ALBERT MORRISON JR.

MORRISON, ALBERT, JR., founding partner of Morrison, Brown, Argiz and Farra--the largest independent accounting firm in the Southeast United States--died Thursday morning. He was 72 years old. A native Miamian, Al attended the University of Florida, and graduated from the University of Miami in 1958, the same year he married his wife Joan. They were married for 51 years. It was in 1969 that Al sat at his kitchen table with fellow practitioners Sanford Caplan, Manny Zaic, Bert Brown and Alvin Brown, and together they formed a firm known as Caplan Morrison & Brown. The firm, now known as Morrison, Brown, Argiz and Farra, now has a staff of more than 300 and seven offices. Al was active in both business and civic organizations. He was a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was on the Board of Florida International University and chairman of the audit committee; he was long time chairman of the Dade County Industrial Development Authority; a board ember of Heico, Inc.; on the board of the Holocaust Museum on Miami Beach; and a founding member of Temple Beth-Am. He was also an avid golfer. Although a successful and respected accountant, Al was devoted to his family, and reveled being with his wife, children and grandchildren. His sense of humor was legendary. He was a caring, compassionate man who will be missed by many. He is survived by his wife, Joan; his three children and six grandchildren; a brother, and two nephews. The children are: Richard and his wife, Jennifer, and their children Elizabeth and Katherine; Judy (Feldman) and her husband, Hal, and their children Emma and Andrew; and Larry and his wife, Susan, and their children Brian and Jay. His brother is Dr. Theodore Morrison and his wife, Patricia and their children, Steven and Michael. Services will be at noon on Sunday, January 3 at Temple Beth-Am. 5950 N. Kendall Drive. View this Guest Book at www. MiamiHerald.com/obituaries.