Morey William McDaniel was born August 20, 1939, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away on October 29, 2009, in the city of his birth. McDaniel Street, McDaniel School and McDaniel Lake had been named after his great-uncle, Bunch McDaniel, who founded the Union National Bank on the downtown square in Springfield. His great-aunt, Elizabeth McDaniel, purchased the Shepherd of the Hills farm and Old Matt's Cabin, preserving them for public enjoyment. His aunts, Mary and Emma Jane McDaniel, were enthusiastic supporters of the arts and active in refurbishing Christ Episcopal Church and the Landers Theater. Born into an accomplished and well known family, Morey started to school as just another little boy attending elementary school, junior high and high school in Springfield. He soon distinguished himself academically making top grades every year. In 1955, as a junior at Central High School, the Springfield Chamber of Commerce named him "Young Man of the Year." Near the end of the school year, he was selected to be a summer exchange student in the American Field Service program. That summer he lived for eight weeks in Germany. He graduated second in his class and was elected president of his class at the new Parkview High School in 1957. He then attended Wesleyan University with a full scholarship, graduating with high honors, and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa national honor society. After college, on June 17, 1961, he married a lovely New York City girl, Susan Stephens, in Manhattan, New York. Following his marriage, he attained an LL.B. degree from Stanford Law School and a LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School. While still a law student, he filed a law suit against Pacific Telephone Company against unwanted solicitations generating great publicity, and his picture appeared in Time Magazine. Beginning his law career in New York with the prestigious Wall Street firm of Cravath, Swaine, and Moore, he was assigned as a corporate lawyer in Paris for two years. While in Paris, he and Susan traveled to London, Rome, Venice, Madrid, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Tripoli, North Africa. In 1974, Morey left his law firm to join the law department of Union Carbide Corporation as Chief Finance Counsel, where he worked for twenty years until his retirement. He published numerous articles in finance and law journals. His work in simplifying the legal language associated with indenture led the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to offer him official praise. As a member of the American Bar Association, he served on the Committee on Federal Regulation and Securities, the Committee on Developments in Business Financing, and the Committee on Corporate Counsel. Morey's generosity allowed him to give substantial amounts of money to the educational institutions he attended, to numerous environmental organizations, to other causes and organizations with which he found favor, and to numerous individuals, including one student referred to him by Wesleyan University for whom he paid total expenses through the University. In personality, even slight acquaintances found him friendly and congenial. He was insightful and analytic, an intelligent detailed planner, highly organized, yet reflective and imaginative. Morey was extremely capable though modest. He was judicious and discerning and cautiously balanced in his judgments. However, all of his ponderously critical faculties were abandoned at a funny movie. There, he had no discrimination whatsoever. His laughing responsiveness made him the best of comedy cinema companions. He led audiences in avalanches of laughter. He also loved musicals, symphonies and operas. Frequently, he was given to imaginary orchestra conduction, waving his hands enthusiastically in the air and cueing the wind or string sections, alerting them for melodic entry into the composition. He was unusually well read and enjoyed engagements in philosophical, political, literary and religious discussions. He was liberal in his views though tolerant toward differing opinions. He was a loyal friend, appreciative of virtually everyone he met. After thirty-nine years of happy marriage, Morey lost his wife, Susan, to cancer. Some years later, he returned to Springfield for a high school reunion and met Carol McClain Smith. Their friendship was extended by emails, telephone conversations, visits, and upon his return to Springfield, a full courtship blossomed into an engagement in November of 2004. They were married on June 11, 2005. They celebrated their happiness enjoying lifetime friends from school days and new friends they met through each other. One of these friends said of them, "They are so cute. They look like book ends." They traveled broadly. As a tender bond was created between them, Morey had found a sensitive, cultured, and intelligent companion, who he leaned upon in his hours of waning strength. They had enjoyed almost five exciting years of loving care together. Living these last five years in his hometown of Springfield allowed him the enjoyment of being with his mother, and siblings and their families. This was especially meaningful after being away for so many years. He enjoyed the stories told, Stephen cutting up, Marianne giggling, everyone laughing, and just having the family together. He also took pleasure in Carol's family and the winsome invasion of her grandchildren, who delighted him in their rambunctious fun. He relished seeing the world afresh through their excitement with life. Morey faced his brief illness with courage and without complaint. His personal experiences during the illness and death of his first wife had drawn him into a spiritual transformation. For many years he had been an important part of the Congregational Church of New Canaan, Connecticut, where his faith was nurtured. His last literary achievement was a book expressing his profound belief in immortality. He also wrote an essay entitled "Heaven, Our True Home." He applied his fine mind and strong rational abilities in these writings before his illness ensued, and he found his faith a formidable resource during the time of his demise. He lived and died with great faith. It is a tribute to his modesty that many, perhaps almost all, of his friends will not know of his achievements mentioned in this obituary. Beyond his stunning accomplishments, he was simply a good man that died at peace. Morey William McDaniel is survived by his wife, Carol, and her children and grandchildren; by his mother, Pauline Napper and husband, Jim; by his sister, Marianne McDaniel and her partner, John Goslick; by a brother, Stephen McGuire and his wife, Tina; by a nephew, Weston; by a nephew Kirt Nickmeyer and his wife, Sharon and their children, Augustus and Emma; and by other dear relatives and friends. The memorial service for Mr. McDaniel will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 5, 2009 in Christ Episcopal Church, 601 East Walnut in Springfield, Missouri.