John David Morris (7 December 1946 – 29 January 2023) was an American young earth creationist. He was the son of "the father of creation science", Henry M. Morris, and served as president of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) from the time of his father's retirement in 1996 until 2020. Morris was a creationist author and spoke at a variety of churches. Many of his presentations discussed the fossil record and its relation to evolution.

Biography
Morris has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech (1969), an M.S. from the University of Oklahoma (1977) and a PhD in Geological Engineering from the University of Oklahoma (1980). In 1984 he joined the Institute for Creation Research and in 1996 he became its president.

Evolution
Morris has disputed evolutionary claims. For instance, the following statement by Morris:

... elicited the following response from Jim Foley in the TalkOrigins Archive:

Books

See also
 Creation–evolution controversy
 Lucy (Australopithecus)
 Australopithecines

References

External links
Critical of Morris
 Answers In Creation Old earth creationist reviews of the claims of John Morris

1946 births
Living people
Baptists from the United States
Baptist writers
American Christian Young Earth creationists
Leaders of Christian parachurch organizations
University of Oklahoma alumni
University of Oklahoma faculty
Creation scientists