Rodman Morgan ’37

Rod Morgan died Jan. 22, 1996, in Roseville, Calif., of double pneumonia. At Germantown Academy and Princeton, Rod played several sports and was on the varsity soccer team for three years at Princeton. He was on the junior and senior prom committees and was a member of Cap and Gown.

After graduation, when he still lived in Princeton, he was the district chairman of the president's 1938 program dinner, chairman of our 31st, 32nd, and 34th reunions, and class secretary from 193940.

After seven years in the brokerage and banking businesses in Philly, he became a department store secretarytreasurer for Bright Stores, Inc. During that time, he ushered at three classmates' weddings and was best man at two. There followed 28 years as an air force supervisor accountant in California before he retired.

For our 50th reunion, he wrote, "After taking all the English courses at Princeton, in preparation for a teaching profession, I turned out to be an accountant."

At our 55th reunion, he was given an award in honor of his captaincy of our 1936 championship team. Of that reunion, wife Peggy wrote, "We never dreamed a reunion anywhere ever could be so wonderful and so elegant, tasteful, efficient, and fun."

He was treasurer of the State Federal Credit Union and a member of the MENSA, the high IQ society.

He is survived by his second wife, Peggy; sons Steven and Christopher; and daughter Becky. He produced our Class Girl Elizabeth (June 22, 1938) by first wife Betty Bright, whom he married July 2, 1937, and who died in 1989. Other progeny were Alice, Susan, Roddy, and Jane.

The Class of 1937