Timothy John McNamara, ’87, age eighty-four, died
peacefully at home on May 4, 2022. Tim was a graduate
of LSU in Baton Rouge for undergraduate and law
school. While able, he attended every single football
game in Tiger Stadium, no matter the weather, proclaiming,
“it never rains in Tiger Stadium.” Tim was
survived by his wife of thirty-three years, Sarah Elizabeth
McNamara, four children and six grandchildren.
Tim practiced law for over half a century. His many
years of insurance defense made him a risk expert but
a fun-sucker at home to his children, regularly rejecting
any pleas for trampolines, mini-bikes, swimming
pools, or tree forts with the incredulous retort, “Do
you know what the liability is on something like that?”
As a native New Orleanian, Tim enjoyed Carnival season
and was a member of the Krewe of Gabriel, serving
as a Royal Duke, and riding Float #13 with his
same group of friends for decades.
Robert Friend Miller, ’72, passed on July 2, 2021 at
the age of ninety-eight. Bob, a former Arizona State
Chair, graduated from Dartmouth in 1944 and began
law school in 1947. Given that he would have been
twenty-two in 1944, we speculate that the three-year
gap was for military service; but we have to guess. Bob
began his career as a Deputy Pima County Attorney;
by the time he filled out the College’s Statement of
Qualifications form in 1972, he estimated he had tried
more than 230 jury trials.
Arnold Morelli, ’83, age ninety-two, died October 19,
2020, ten months after his wife of sixty-two years, Gloria
Keyes Morelli, preceded him. He was survived by
two children and two grandchildren. Moose attended
the University of Cincinnati, where he received a B.A.
in Political Science in 1951. He received his LLB from
Harvard Law School in 1955 after serving in the Korean
conflict. During school vacations he worked on a fire
suppression crew in Yosemite, California, and then as a
smoke jumper in the state of Washington where he said
he was “pushed” eight times. After service as an Assistant
U.S. Attorney and First Assistant U.S. Attorney in Cincinnati,
Moose practiced law and taught at the University
of Cincinnati Law School and Chase Law School.
James Davis Morton, ’83, died
at age eighty-six on January 27,
2015. Jim graduated from high
school in 1946 and served two
years in the Navy before earning
a degree in business administration
from the University of Pittsburgh and then a law degree,
graduating summa cum laude in 1954. In 1966, Jim
was one of about twenty investors who put together $2.5
million to create an expansion NHL team, the Pittsburgh
Penguins. The group sold the franchise in 1970, a decision
they likely regretted as sports team values skyrocketed, but
they accomplished their goal of bringing the sport to Pittsburgh.
Jim was survived by his wife of fifty-seven years, Bo,
three children and four grandchildren.
Raymond R. Murphy Jr., ’85, died on December 30,
2012 at the age of seventy-six, survived by his wife of
fifty-five years, Kathleen Darwin Murphy, three children,
nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Ray graduated
from the University of North Carolina and earned
his law degree from the University of Michigan. He was a
President and member of the Board of Governors of the
Chattanooga Bar Association. He served many organizations
including Teen Challenge, Inner-city Ministries,
Senior Neighbors, and Turning Point Ministries. He also
was on the organization committee for the incorporation
of the City of Lookout Mountain, Georgia and served on
the volunteer fire department.
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