Jamal Morris, Pottruck Center

Jamal Charlton Morris, a part-time staff member at Penn’s Pottruck Health & Fitness Center, died at Penn Presbyterian Hospital on April 18 after a hit-and-run incident in West Philadelphia. He was 27 years old.

Mr. Morris grew up in Warwick, New York. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering & mechanics from Drexel University in 2011.

In 2008, he joined Penn’s staff as a part-time recreation aide at Pottruck. He was also a piping designer for Amec Foster Wheeler, an international engineering and project-management firm.

Since he was an organ donor, eight people have received organs after his death.

He is survived by his parents, Hector Charlton Morris and Channabel Latham-Morris.

Molly Roth, Office of the Secretary

Molly Dulcinea Roth, Gr’03, a former staff member in the Office of the University Secretary at Penn, died on March 9 in Philadelphia. She was 53 years old.

Dr. Roth was born in Chicago and grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She earned her BA in history from Swarthmore College in 1985 and her PhD in anthropology from Penn in 2003. Her dissertation was published as Ma Parole S’achete: Money, Identity and Meaning in Malian Jeliya (LIT Verlag, 2008).

She joined Penn’s staff in 2001 as a planning coordinator in the Office of the Secretary. In 2002, she became director of Trustee Affairs (Almanac September 24, 2002). She stayed at Penn until 2006, then held leadership positions at OIC International, Inc., Philadanco, the Library Company of Philadelphia and the American Philosophical Society. She was founding executive director at the Global Philadelphia Association.

Dr. Roth is survived by her parents, Martin and Martha; her husband, Michael Hesson; two daughters, Elinor and Claudia; her sister, Jennifer; her brother, David; and five nieces and nephews, Grey, Henry, Faye, Ramona and Leo; as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins. A memorial service is planned for next year in Clark Park.

Donations in her memory may be made to the American Philosophical Society (http://www.amphilsoc.org/contribute) or the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (http://www.lungcancerfoundation.org/contribute).