Morgan, George, 1854–1936.

A prominent journalist with the Philadelphia Record , George Morgan, LL.D., (1854–1936), was an enthusiastic supporter of the University of Delaware. A native of Sussex County and a graduate of the class of 1875, Morgan founded the Philadelphia chapter of the Alumni Association and even served as editor of the Alumni News . He was well versed in the history of both the University and the local Delaware and Philadelphia area. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation in 1925, he delivered a speech to the history department entitled The Romantic Colonial Origins of the University of Delaware . In 1934, on the occasion of the centenary celebration of the University, Morgan, then the University’s oldest living alumnus, delivered a speech entitled The Colonial Origins of Newark Academy . He received an honorary doctor of laws degree from his alma mater in 1917.

Morgan is also the author of several volumes, including The Life of James Monroe (Small, Maynard and Co., 1921); The True Patrick Henry (Lippincott, 1907); The Issue (Lippincott, 1904); The Golden Jubilee of the Philadelphia Record, (1920); and J ohn Littlejohn of J.: Being in Particular an Account of His Remarkable Entanglement with the King’s Intrigues Against General Washington (Lippincott, 1897). He also received favorable reviews for his volume, A City of Firsts, the complete history of Philadelphia .

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