Memorial for Dr. Jon Moris is June 10, 2015

A ceremony to honor and remember the life of Utah State University Eastern professor Jon Moris will be June 10 at 7 p.m. at St. Christopher’s Mission in Bluff, Utah. The family invites friends, colleagues and students from USU Eastern and the USU Logan campus to join them. 

Moris, a professor emeritus in anthropology since 2009, and adjunct professor, began his teaching career on the USU Logan campus in 1980. He continued teaching, writing and doing research for USU on the Uintah and Blanding campuses, retiring from USU Eastern, Blanding at the age of 75, just one day before his death, May 30, from heart complications. 

While at USU, Moris, who was born in Kiomboi, Tanganyika, to missionary parents in 1939, taught 14 different courses in the areas of comparative rural development, African pastoralism, applied economic/cultural anthropology, international development and peoples of Africa and of the world. 

In addition to Wednesday’s memorial service in Bluff, the Moris family also plans to commemorate his life during a private celebration July 25 at the Little Church of the Wildwood in Featherville, Idaho. His daughter, Julia Moris-Heartley, said any friend or relative who would like to attend is welcome.

Read more about professor Moris and his career on the Utah State University Eastern Blanding Campus website.