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"but I also saw aspects of his life that others were not as privy too
the husband, the father, the grandfather
along the way, Hal became my good friend.
Hal epitomized what the great Herman B. Wells said
"It's not what you do. Instead it's what you help others do."
Hal always had a strong personal desire to be in the lab collecting his own
research data, but he knew that a more lasting legacy would be instead trying
to build the laboratories for others to use and that is why we are here today.
Hal had the vision to realize that exercise science is vitally important
to our department and our school and that exercise scientists needed
laboratories to solve many of the real-world health issues facing our nation
today. I'll close with a few words about Hal's influence on my personal and
professional life. In a nutshell, Hal was a person I tried to never disappoint."
And many of us are the same. "He instilled in me a sense of pride
a sense of fairness, and a sense of integrity. We often joked about our
strange relationship. The Irish man from Kansas and the Polish kid from
Wisconsin, sharing moments together, whether those moments were in
the classroom or the laboratory, at the professional conferences or on the
golf course. It has been said that we must look back on our lives to fully
understand how we arrived at where we are. As I look back, the single biggest
influence on my life was Hal." and I think many of us can say that.
As I reflect on those moments Hal and I spent, I almost marvel that we live in a
world of over 6 billion people but as individuals we only truly connect with
a few. I'll always be thankful that Hal was one of my few. Of course, we cannot
change the past. I miss him every day - a smile and a fond memory always washes
over me when I come down to these laboratories because I know that Hal's
legacy and his vision will always be here at the Harold H Morris Human
Performance, Research and Teaching Labs. Thank you. David Koceja."
[applause]
I really don't know if I can add anything to that. That is pretty marvelous.
Some of you heard me say once or twice that William James once said "If it
doesn't make a difference, what difference does it make." Well, if we
paraphrase that and say if we don't make a difference, what difference do
we make. And Hal was a man who truly, truly made a difference. He made a
difference in the lives of his children, his wife, his family, his friends, his
colleagues. And not many of us can say that we really have made a difference.
And this is a person who really did. And he was able to make a difference in
this laboratory. The name is really the insight of several different people. John
Shea, the former chair of the department of Kinesiology, deserves a lot of credit
for moving this along. Vice President, Terry Klapacs for agreeing to allow
this to happen. Dean Mobley for his wisdom and his vision over the years.
There's been many people that are here today that have made a difference
also along with Hal. I'm not one that believes very much in legacies.
But if there was a person that has a legacy it's Hal Morris and we are all
better because of it. Thank you very much.
[applause]
[inaudible]
I'd like to introduce Hal's family - John [inaudible] - stand up
[laughter]
Mark from Sommerville South Carolina where Beth and his four children are.
Eddie and his wife [inaudible] from Bloomington.
Mike and [inaudible] from Santa Monica, California.
Okay, like most of us, Hal was a dreamer. He would dream of a hole in
one. He would dream of snagging a 24 inch trout on some Colorado
mountain stream. He would dream of restoring a [inaudible].
[laughter]
Of publishing a textbook he was writing.
Of the department of Kinesiology at Indiana University being the best in the
nation. Of seeing, knowing and loving all of his grandchildren.
But this afternoon, this dedication was something that he couldn't have
imagined. This belongs to all those who have trudged through mounds of
red tape for spacing allocations, budgeting concerns, planning sessions,
scheduling issues, and many, many setbacks over the last four and a
half years. This belongs to those, like Hal, who vision nuturing and developing
college education and instruction.
And this belongs to those who knew Hal well and for their own personal and
professional reasons contributed in their own way to [inaudible].
So, to all those people, I express congratulations - job well done.
He has passed you the baton in your running of the race. Enjoy your time
in this space and may you feel his presense ocassionally and bump into
his memory often. From all the Morris family I'd like to say thank you
for this legacy for dreaming this dream with Hal. Thank you.
[applause]
Thanks to all of our speakers [inaudible] and the Morris family.
I won't share with you too many details about the driving force, because I want
you to get out and experience them here in just a bit but what you're sitting in is
part of an over $300,000 rennovation in our teaching labs. And we're so proud
of the fact that our students are going to have the best, most up-to-date,
most technologically advanced learning experiences available in the United
States today, probably available in the world today. We have some stations
set up and what's going to happen in just a minute - you're going to have the
opportunity for you to explore both the teaching laboratories. We have a room
here and a room over there which you may be particularly interested in
because that's where the reception will be. That's where our snacks are.
We also have our students who are here to go on tours of both the teaching
lab as well as the research labs which are on this side of the building.
So, both rooms [inaudible] wander around [inaudible], ready to provide
more information about what's going on in our teaching and in our research
[inaudible]
I should say just a couple of thanks [inaudible]
in the the Office of Advancement, Diane Buzzel, Kristie Wasson, our department
secretary, Joel Stager and Rob Chapman who did a great deal of work
here [inaudible]
The future plans will include official signage out in the halls. [inaudible]
Most of you are faculty, or former faculty, so you know the IU wheels turn slowly
and so the signage probably won't be up for a year [inaudible]
That process has begun and we do have some temporary signs up.
[inaudible]
Both outside the hallway and [inaudible]
Thanks again, welcome, I encourage you to stay [inaudible]
[applause]