Morrison studied art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, with academics at the University of Chicago, and earned a BFA in spring, 1963. In the fall 1963 he returned to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he earned an MFA in 1965. He completed further graduate study at DePaul University and Loyola University, earning the equivalent of a master's degree in Art Education in 1967. He holds the Jamaican title of National Honors, Commander in the Order of Distinction (C.D.).