Frisbee Plastics, the original molder. After learning that he could produce his own disc more cheaply, in 1955 Morrison designed a new model, the Pluto Platter, the archetype of all modern flying discs. He sold the rights to Wham-O on January 23, 1957, and in 1958 Morrison was awarded U.S. Design Patent D183,626 for his product. In June 1957, Wham-O co-founders Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin gave the disc the brand name "Frisbee" (pronounced "friz'-bee") after learning that Northeastern college students were calling the Pluto Platter by that term, which derived from the name of the Connecticut-based pie manufacturer, Frisbie
Andrew Morrison in his home country of Guyana on 27 January 2004, and was buried in the Sacred Heart Church in Georgetown amidst many tears and emotional tributes. He certainly lives on in the hearts of many as the man described by Fredrick Kissoon, Ricky Singh and Hugh O'Shaughnessy as a 'Symbol of courage' and one who went about living serenely amidst insecurity; an insecurity that had his co workers quite nervous but was of no concern to him. Morrison died in his Georgetown home on 26 January 2004, at the age of 84. Andrew Morrison Andrew Morrison, SJ (1919 – 2004)