Maxey N. Morrison ’29

Maxey Morrison died June 5, 2002, near Kennett Square, Pa., of pneumonia and other complications following a hip operation. He was 95.

He was valedictorian at Abington HS and then went to Lawrenceville School. At Princeton he played varsity football, was treasurer of Tower Club, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

He began his career as a newspaper reporter at the Norristown Times Herald, then for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and finally for the Evening Ledger. During WWII, Maxey worked in public relations for Curtiss-Wright in Alaska.

For the last two years of the war, Maxey went to DC as director of information for the War Production Board. Following the war, he moved to Swarthmore and joined A1 Paul Lefton Advertising Agency, where he was the account representative for the Philadelphia Electric Co. and the Delaware Port Authority.

After he retired, he joined the Philadelphia Trail Club and walked the Appalachian Trail from North Carolina to Maine; he also led the group on trips to England, Wales, Austria, Switzerland, Scotland, the Caribbean, Denmark, and Norway.

He was on the Swarthmore library board, the Wallingford-Swarthmore school board, and was also active in the Boy Scouts.

Surviving are his widow, Mary, sons Hugh and William, and daughter Helen, as well as eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. To all of them, the class extends its sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1929