William Ashley Morrill
William Ashley Morrill, age 88, died on July 25, 2018 at his home in Pennswood Village, Newtown, PA, from complications of Parkinson’s disease.
Born in Bronxville, NY, to now deceased Katharine Anderson Morrill and Ashley Baker Morrill, M.D., (both offspring of Methodist Bishops), Bill attended the Bronxville School (K-12). He graduated in 1952 from Wesleyan University, majoring in government, and got his Masters in Public Administration in 1953 from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
He is also pre-deceased by his brother, Richard Baker Morrill, and his former wife, Lois Birrell Morrill. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Porter Morrill, and four daughters: Margaret K. Morrill Gates of Madrid, NY (Cedric); Carolyn R. Cummins of Sabael, NY (Joseph); Elizabeth Darcie Corbin of Bloomington, MN (Roger); and Janet Robin Forsell of Clifton Park, NY (Jeffrey); seven grandchildren: Daniel Gates, Molly Baker (Justin), Kim Gates, Kate Cummins, Cody Cummins, Mindy Corbin, and Kurt Forsell; two great-grandchildren Callie Cummins and Cash Baker; and his sister-in-law JoAnn Morrill of Minneapolis and her son and daughters and their children.
In 1953 Mr. Morrill began his over 60 year career in public service in successive posts in the Directorate of Manpower and Organization, United States Air Force. From 1962-1971 he served in several roles ending as Deputy Director for the National Security Programs Division at what is now the Office of Management and Budget. He represented OMB on the Rostow Task Force on National Telecommunications Policy and led the effort to open the Highway Trust Fund for mass transit.
In 1972 Mr. Morrill’s objection to the Vietnam War led him to serve as Deputy County Executive of Fairfax County, VA. He then returned to the Federal government as Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at what is now the Department of Health and Human Services from 1973-1977. In 1977 Mr. Morrill was recruited to join the team responsible for creating the new U.S. Department of Energy.
At the end of 1977, he began a 23 year relationship with the Mathematica Companies in Princeton, NJ, first as Senior Fellow, Sr. VP, and then President of Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; VP and General Manager, Consulting and Research at Martin Marietta Data Systems; and CEO, Chairman, and Sr. Fellow of Mathtech, Inc. In 2000 Mr. Morrill joined ICF International in Fairfax, VA as a Senior Fellow, retiring in 2013.
Over the years Mr. Morrill authored and co-authored several professional reports, chapters, and publications; he received many honors and awards throughout his career, including Lifetime National Associate of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2013 he published his memoir: A Journey through Governance — A Public Servant’s Experience under Six Presidents, edited by John C. Long.
Mr. Morrill served on many boards, committees, and councils including the National Academy of Public Administration; Council for Excellence in Government; the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management; Child Development Research and Public Policy Standing Committee, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences; the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Children and Families. In Bucks County, PA, Mr. Morrill was active with Planned Parenthood, the Moyer Scholarship Foundation, Bucks County Food and Wine Festival, Bucks County Women’s Advocacy Coalition, and Pennswood Village.
Bill Morrill was a true Renaissance man: wine enthusiast, accomplished cook, self-taught guitar player, author of illustrated travel journals, splendid writer, aspiring tennis player, wise gardener, prolific artist in colored pencils, impressive poet, aficionado of folk and bluegrass music, singer of all Methodist hymns by number, consummate workaholic, and preserver of family treasures and stories.
For the full obituary and information concerning a memorial service, please contact Joseph A. Fluehr Funeral Home, Richboro, PA at (215) 968-8585 or www.fluehr.com.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a financial contribution to The Wesleyan Fund, 318 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459; The Maxwell School, 44 University Place, Syracuse, NY 13210; National Academy of Public Administration, 1600 K Street, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20006; Planned Parenthood Keystone, P. O. Box 813, Trexlertown, PA 18087; The Fellowship Fund, Pennswood Village, 1382 Newtown-Langhorne Road, Newtown, PA 18940; or a progressive charity of your choice.
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Carolyn Hansen Jones
Carolyn Hansen Jones of Stonebridge at Montgomery, passed away on July 26, 2018, two weeks shy of her 93rd birthday.
Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Carolyn had a passion for nursing and travel. A few years after attending Seton Hall University and receiving her nursing degree from Mountainside Hospital School of Nursing, Carolyn traveled to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, where she worked as a nurse for the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO). There she met and married George Jones, her husband of 52 years, until his death.
Together with their four children, they worked and traveled throughout the Middle East, before moving to England, then Singapore, finally returning to the States after 20 years overseas.
Carolyn is predeceased by her parents, her five siblings and husband, George. She is survived by a daughter, three sons, their spouses, and seven grandchildren.
Arrangements are by Mather-Hodge, Princeton. Memorial services are private.
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Gail Liebmann
Gail Liebmann died on August 4. She was born in Manhattan in 1923 to Sarah (Weinstein) and Raphael Liebman, joining four siblings, all of whom were unprepared for but thrilled with her arrival. Her birth name was Abigail, which she shortened to Gail well before entering Seward Park High School, from which she graduated early and with high honors. As a teenager in Brooklyn, she became an active member of the Labor Zionist Youth Movement’s Hashomer Hatzair, cultivating friendships which were to last a lifetime, and would work as a volunteer on a Hashomer Hatzair kibbutz in Israel many years later. When she was 16, she was introduced by a mutual friend to her future husband, Abe Liebmann, because, though spelled differently, they shared a last name. Their marriage would last until his death over 60 years later.
Mrs. Liebmann attended Hebrew Union College, from which she received her Hebrew Teacher’s license after completing classes at night while raising three children in West Orange, New Jersey, her home since 1952. She was a Hebrew teacher to thousands of children at The Jewish Center of West Orange B’nai Shalom, where she taught for over 42 years (a school record). In the mid-1980s, The Gail Liebmann Fund was established at B’nai Shalom by her family in her honor to recognize a Hebrew School student of distinction chosen by the school’s principal each year.
In 1989, Mrs. Liebmann earned the title “Master Teacher,” qualifying her to mentor colleagues in New Jersey’s Metro-west area. Upon her retirement in 1996, she was formally commended for her decades of service to the Jewish community at B’nai Shalom, with the Mayor of West Orange, Samuel Spina, proclaiming May 1, 1996 “Gail Liebmann Day,” and Rabbi Stanley Asekoff (now Rabbi Emeritus) stating that “what Gail has been able to do is convey to generations of youngsters the knowledge, excitement, and joy of the Jewish experience.”
Gail Liebmann was also on the faculty of Hebrew Union College, The Jewish Education Association’s Midrasha Institute of Jewish Studies, and B’nai Shalom’s Adult Education Program. For many years, she served as President of the Hebrew Teachers’ Association of Essex County.
Gail Liebmann was a past-president of B’nai Brith Women (now Jewish Women International), and was a life member of Hadassah. Her children, Robin Liebmann Wallack (Alan), Rory Liebmann (Kay), and Dr. Dana Liebmann, recognize their mother’s profound influence on their immediate and extended family, with all her children, her five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren continuing a legacy which values the importance of education, compassion for animals, singing, good literature, and, of course, the Jewish traditions passed on to her from her own parents so long ago.
Donations in Gail Liebmann’s memory may be made to The Matthew J. Ryan Hospital for Small Animals at The University of Pennsylvania.
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Stacy Beth Cramer
Stacy Beth Cramer, 44, of Princeton passed away on Monday, July 30, 2018.
Born in Cincinnati, OH and was a resident of Princeton. She was a teacher at Stuart Country Day School in Princeton. Stacy enjoyed spending time with her family as well as traveling and reading.
She is survived by her husband Christopher M. Cramer, son William S. Cramer, father Donald and mother Elizabeth Gay (Hull) Stevens, brother and sister-in-law Craig and Cheryl Stevens, and nephews Michael and Matthew Stevens.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Stuart Fund at www.stuartschool.org/giving/the-stuart-fund or Living Beyond Breast Cancer at www.lbbc.org.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
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Memorial Service
A Memorial Service in celebration of the life of Rooney (Ann) Poole will be held on Thursday, September 6, 2018 at Noon in the Princeton University Chapel, Marquand Transept, Princeton, NJ 08544. Reception to follow. Please RSVP to
Katie Poole at Rooney.memorial.service@gmail.com.