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.