In Memory of Morris G. McGee:

An Endowed Fund to Provide Honoraria for Our Annual General Meeting Speakers

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As Ricardians, we would be hard-pressed to thank long-time member Morris McGee enough for his many activities on behalf of the Society.

He was one of the driving forces, and for many years the chairman and principal fund-raiser, of our graduate scholarship program, the William B. Schallek Memorial Graduate Fellowship Awards.

At a time when the American Branch needed strong and skillful leadership, he accepted the position of Chairman and guided us through a difficult transition to a new period of stability. He continued to chair the Schallek Committee until 1989. When the program faltered in 1991, he stepped out of retirement to rejoin its selection committee, served as a leadership donor and general cheerleader in the endowment campaign of 1992-93, and has continued to support the program with his time, his talent, and his checkbook ever since. Although he has retired from the selection committee, we still value his counsel and his long memory for names and details.

Now we'd like to honor this man who has shown Ricardian loyalty of the best kind for more than two decades. The American Branch Board has voted to name the keynote speech at the AGM in his honor and to earmark $2,500 from the general fund toward the endowment of a fund to pay honoraria to the speakers each year. In this way, we can recognize our good friend (who is a bit of a ham -- just ask his students) at the same time we make it possible to attract and award high-quality speakers for our Annual General Meeting.These funds are contingent upon the members matching this sum with our own contributions.

You can make an online pledge or make an online gift through Helping.org using your Mastercard or VISA. Whichever method you choose, please specify that this is a gift toward the McGee Fund.

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