I am sorry to bring you the sad news that Morgan Phillips has passed away this last Tuesday. Morgan was one of the founders of the field of historic preservation. He labored diligently throughout his career to understand historic buildings and developed many effective methods and procedures for saving them. Morgan was ever ready to share what he knew in small ways with many of us personally, and in greater ways through his many articles, papers and conference presentations. Just last week I met with him at a conference in Chicago as he prepared to speak once again on preserving historic paints. His good works have broadened our understanding of historic buildings and how to preserve them and will benefit our cultural heritage far into the future. This is an unfortunate loss to the field of historic preservation and our greater humanity.