After serving four years in the Navy as an S-2 pilot, he joined Grumman Aerospace Corporation on Long Island, working on the F-14 program.
His wife, Nicki, passed away one year before he died. He is survived by five children and ten grandchildren.
After serving in the Navy for four years, he resigned and then completed the MBA Program at Harvard Business School, "65.”
He is survived by one sister, Betsey, and many extended family members.
A private service was to be held at a later date.
Upon graduation he served in USS Flechteler. While posted at the NROTC Unit at the University of Colorado he met and married Rebecca Reiland of Santa Fe, New Mexico. He later served in several nuclear powered submarines operating out of Hawaii.
In 1970 he and his family settled in El Toro, California, where he worked for Southern California Edison as a nuclear engineer until retiring in 1993 as Vice President and Site Manager at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Plant.
Gene is survived by his beloved wife Becky, a son and a daughter, and three grandsons. He was buried at El Toro Memorial Park on 4 May, 2009.
Family and friends are encouraged to donate to the USNA Foundation Honor Chair Program in memory of Gene. Include the following memo on your check: "In memory of Gene Morgan-HC" Attn: Violette Wright, 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21402.