In Memory

Bill Morgan



 
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06/05/19 02:50 PM #1    

John Pace

So sad, another classmate has left us, RIP Bill


06/06/19 07:36 AM #2    

Bob Murphy

He was in our card-playing, basketball-shooting, fooling around group.  Just a fun guy to be with.  So sad.


06/06/19 09:39 AM #3    

Mike McCutcheon

At Watchung Bill and I spent a year collecting US coins. Good guy, smart guy. You will be missed RIP Bill


06/06/19 11:07 AM #4    

Eric Davidson

Bill was an excellent bridge player, smart, perspective and a friend. You are missed.


06/06/19 03:31 PM #5    

Don Cameron

   Bill and I became good friends in 7th grade at Mt. Hebron and we maintained that friendship for the past 60+ years.  When Bill graduated from college he went to Viet Nam like several of us, but he didn't go with the military.  Instead he volunteered to go with USAID, a governemts agency, to help the South Vietnamese people.  I always thought he was in more danger than most  because he lived in an appartment off base and never carried a weapon.  Alhough he lived in My Tho, a relatvely safe city, the enemy were just several miles away across the river.  He contracted TB while in Viet Nam and while recovering at home he earned a master's degree at UNC. 

   Bill then taught history at N. Plalinfield HS in NJ where he eventually became the department chairman.  Bill loved teaching and his students loved him.  If you think about MHS and your favorite teacher, Bill was that teacher in N. Plainfield.  He took his students on numerout field trips to the UN in NYC and several trips to Washington DC to see how our government works..  Bill took early retirement from N. Plainfield and moved to Oregon with Molly, his second wife, to be close to her family.  He started a second career there teaching history in a private school..  Both he and Molly became huge Oregon Duck's fans, going to most of their home football and basketball games as well as numerous football bowl games and NCAA basketball tournamemts. 

  When Molly died several years ago Bill moved into a retirement community near the University of Oregon campus.  When we had lunch in Portland last year Bill told me he biked to the campus nearly every day to see some university sporting event.  He bacame an avid fan of the women's basketball team.

  Bill enjoyed his life and I feel that he was a major influence in tbe lives of many people.  He definitely made a difference.

   Goodbye my friend.  I will miss you

Don Cameron


06/07/19 11:14 AM #6    

Eric Davidson

Don thanks for sharing some details about Bill and his life. You too are special.

 


06/08/19 12:55 PM #7    

Sherry Monday (Ulrich)

I really didn't know Bill Morgan at all but knew him as a really nice person.  After reading all the comments, I wish I had the chance to know him.  He must have been quite an inspiration to so many people through his teaching and love of life in general.

RIP

Sherry Monday Ulrich


06/13/19 10:14 AM #8    

Sandy Freyn (Kennedy)

Such a good memory of Billy .  He always had that crooked wonderful smile on. Almost like he got the joke-- and he probably did as he was one smart guy. Bill, your memory lingers on------


06/20/19 01:39 PM #9    

Dick Conant

Thanks to Don Cameron for his comments that brought to me parts of Bill's life that I hadn't known, since I lost contact with most everyone after high school---even good friends such as Bill. In senior year a group of us (Don, Bill, George Greene, Alan Adler, and I) often got to Bonds or to That Miniature Golf Place, either as a group or with dates (Bill and I with two sweet, wonderful sophomore girls). As I recall, Bill was the best at timing the rotating windmill blades on the miniature golf course, unfailingly stroking his ball through the tunnel and onto the green. From our class, Bill's death is the first to strike me so personally; good-bye to a good friend and one of the nicest, sweetest guys I've ever known.

 


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