Morrie was The Associated Press chief of bureau for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean when I joined the bureau in 1966 as an eager young reporter still rough around the edges. Years later we were reunited when Morrie became a member of the Advisory Council to the Latin American Journalism Program I was managing at Florida International University. Morrie was a man of gentle good humor and great integrity who made a profound mark on my life. You can read a little about this good man here.
What makes me sad is that Morrie and Lucie were living in Chapel Hill, NC, less than 250 miles away and I did not know it. I had lost touch with him while winding down my time at FIU and relocating in North Carolina and thought he still lived in Washington, DC.
Happier Note
On a lighter scale, Grandson Paul had taken the weekend off from his studies at Queens University of Charlotte to spend time with us. We'll fish, eat well, talk about Hemingway and just enjoy his company.
