Philip Morgan

1932 - 2015

Philip John Morgan, Jr.

March 27, 1932 - November 23, 2015

Phil Morgan, a well loved physician and musician in the Bay Area, died on Monday, November 23, 2015. He was 83 years old. Phil was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA to Elizabeth Flanders and Philip John Morgan, MD. He grew up in Kingston, PA and was educated at Wyoming Seminary, Wesleyan University and Jefferson medical School. He served in the US Army in Europe. He married Jean Hume with whom he had to daughters, Myvanwy Ester and Maureen Elizabeth. Prior to retirement, Phil was an emergency room physician at Kaiser Permanente in South San Francisco and a long time volunteer at the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic. He was an avid back-packing hiker both locally and in the Sierra Nevada mountains. In 1998 he married Margot Beattie. Phil was a long-standing member of the San Francisco Folk Music Club (SFFMC), serving as treasurer and vice-president and participating for many years in both the SF gatherings at Faith Petric's home and with the Marin County group. Phil had a beautiful voice, knew a wealth of songs and sang them easily in their entirety.
Phil will always be remembered by his family and friends for his generosity, quiet sense of being, his fine intellect, sense of adventure and his good humor; and mostly for his great, great kindness. He is survived by his wife, Margot, her two children Thomas Edward and Mary Louise, his daughters Maureen and Myvanwy, his grandson Zachery, two sisters Betsy Salisbury and Connie Scanlon, nieces Heather, Karen and Megan and nephew Brock and their families.
A memorial service for Phil will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2015 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm at the Northbrae Community Church in Berkeley. Donations in his honor may be made to the SFFMC.