William H. Morris ’32

BILL MORRIS died Dec. 26, 1989, at the Bethesda Retirement and Nursing Center, following a stroke. His wife Margaret died in the same center three months earlier. At college Bill was in the glee club, played 150-lb. football and basketball, and was a member of Key and Seal. A loyal classmate, he kept his Princeton contacts close wherever he was. While living in England, he was V.P. of the Princeton Club of London. Later, in Washington, he was a member of the Alumni Assn. schools committee.

Bill worked for several federal bureaus before the war. He left for service in the Army in New Guinea and Manila. Following his discharge, he returned to government service, this time with the Federal Office of Education, from which he was recruited by the Foreign Service, spending several years in embassies in London, Stockholm, and Manila before resigning to start his own travel business, from which he retired in 1980.

Bill was an avid collector of books, manuscripts, maps and coins. Toward the end of his life he devoted himself to running down the published works of every author who had ever lived in his hometown, Garrett Park, Md., and then donating his collection to the town archives. He also served as a town councilman and was active in his church. He is survived by a daughter, Zoe Halpern, and by three grandchildren, to all of whom we send deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1932