William D. Morgan, '61, passed away on December 21, 2019 in Hastings, Nebraska.William Morgan, born on December 7, 1942-the first anniversary of Pearl Harbor-spent his earliest years in Hood River, Oregon, along the Columbia River.
After his parents’ separation and his mother’s early death, Bill and his siblings were sent to Boys Town, where they completed grade and high school. Bill served in the U.S. Air Force, after which he returned to Omaha, where he worked as a psychiatric aide at NPI, then was, for a time, an optician; later, he became a self-employed commercial painter. In his forties, after years pursuing drawing, painting and sculpture, Bill attended UNO, receiving a BFA in Painting and Sculpture, thereafter creating artwork throughout the rest of his life. His work has been exhibited in galleries and other venues in Omaha, Kansas City and at Hastings College. He contributed illustrations for PAN, an early publication of the Writer’s Workshop at UNO. Bill was especially proud of his 38 years of sobriety, and was dedicated to helping others in such efforts.
He had many friends, who appreciated his sense of humor and intellectual curiosity. Bill lived a number of years in Hastings before his final months in a care facility in Aurora.
After his parents’ separation and his mother’s early death, Bill and his siblings were sent to Boys Town, where they completed grade and high school. Bill served in the U.S. Air Force, after which he returned to Omaha, where he worked as a psychiatric aide at NPI, then was, for a time, an optician; later, he became a self-employed commercial painter. In his forties, after years pursuing drawing, painting and sculpture, Bill attended UNO, receiving a BFA in Painting and Sculpture, thereafter creating artwork throughout the rest of his life. His work has been exhibited in galleries and other venues in Omaha, Kansas City and at Hastings College. He contributed illustrations for PAN, an early publication of the Writer’s Workshop at UNO. Bill was especially proud of his 38 years of sobriety, and was dedicated to helping others in such efforts.
He had many friends, who appreciated his sense of humor and intellectual curiosity. Bill lived a number of years in Hastings before his final months in a care facility in Aurora.