Robert Wayne "Bob" Morgan passed away on January 5, 2024 at the age of 77.

Beloved husband of Carol Morgan. Dear father of Taylor (Jillian) Morgan and Krystina (Todd) Lesiak. Proud grandfather of Malcolm, Hazel, and Madison. Loving brother of John H. Morgan, Jr., the late William T. Morgan, and James L. (Frieda) Morgan. Bob is also survived by many nieces and nephews. He was also predeceased by his parents, John H. and Ruth E. Morgan.

Bob was born on June 4, 1946 in Toledo, Ohio. In 1968, he achieved his BBA from the University of Michigan. That same year, Bob enlisted in the U.S. Navy as an Ensign and was accepted to the US Naval Officer Candidate School and commissioned in 1969. He was assigned to active duty to the Beach Jumper Unit 1 – Special Warfare. He served two combat tours in Vietnam, one in 1969 and the second in 1970-1971. He was promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade before being discharged in 1972. His military awards include: Expert Rifleman Badge, Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device, Vietnam Service Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, and the Navy Commendation Medal.

Bob earned his JD from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1974 and was the recipient of awards for outstanding scholarship. His specialty was management-side labor and employment law and commercial litigation with focuses on union organizational activities, collective bargaining, contract administration, and litigation and defense claims of discrimination and wrongful discharge. He had BAR and Court admissions in the State of Michigan, U.S. Eastern and Western Districts, U.S. Northern District of Indiana, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth District.

Through his career, Bob taught as associate and adjunct professors for Eastern Michigan University College of Business 1974-1987 and University of Toledo College of Law in 1975. He was a speaker at the University of Toledo Law Review 335, "Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair", the 15th annual Labor and Employment Law Conference in 1990 where he presented " The Borderline Employee: Salvage or Fire, or in Search of the Righteous Discharge", and the Midwinter Meeting of Labor Lawe under the National Labor Relations Act where he presented "Black Hole II, Selected RICO Developments and Impact of Labor"

Bob also worked for several Law Practices, the most recent being Berry Moorman, P.C. from 1999 through 2023 where he served as a Senior Attorney and Managing Partner. Before that he served as an Attorney and Member of the Labor and Employment practice Law Group at Clark Hill, P.L.C. 1996 – 1999, and as a managing partner for Chirco, Herrington, Runstadler, Thomas, and Morgan 1981-1996.

Bob was a member of the Michigan BAR Association and the American BAR Association: Section on Labor Law, Committee on Development of Labor Law under the National Labor Relations Act, and was a contributing editor to the BNA treatise, "The Developing of Labor Law"

Outside of his love for the law, Bob was a lifelong supporter of the University of Michigan Athletics, holding season tickets for the football team for over 40 years, as well as sporadic holding for basketball and baseball. He was a voracious reader, enthusiastic logophile, and amateur dissectologist.

He was the second of three generations to attend Camp Pemigewasset in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and was a lifetime member of the Barton Hills Country Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

His favorite pastime was sitting in the sun, reading a book, and smoking a good cigar.

"With the law in such great state of flux…someone has to take the job and make the critical decisions…of knowing the law, and keeping current with its changes, it is perhaps the only hedge against disastrous decision making."

A Memorial Gathering will be held on Saturday; February 3, 2024, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Barton Hills Country Club (730 Country Club Road  Ann Arbor MI, 48105)