45 community Priscilla Morgan, a long-time supporter of the arts and a founding board member of Long Island City’s Noguchi Museum, has passed away, according to the New York Times. She was 94. Morgan died peacefully at her Manhattan home on Sunday, March 30, the Times reported. “She was a great friend and a major figure in the art world,” said former Borough President Claire Shulman, who met Morgan through the late Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi. Describing her as charming, warm, intelligent and classy, Schulman said she will miss Morgan’s friendship. Born in Poughkeepsie in 1919, Morgan began her career in radio production and later became an agent, working with theatrical talent, according to her alma mater Vassar College. Morgan soon formed the Priscilla Morgan Agency, which was bought by the William Morris Agency in 1955. She met the composer Gian Carlo Menotti in Italy in 1958 and eventually helped bring to the USA his Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, a performing and visual arts event, according to the college. Morgan, in addition to being a founding member of the board, was also the first Honorary Life Trustee of the Noguchi Museum. She spent the last decades of her life “furthering artistic causes and nurturing friendships across many generations,” a Times obituary said. “Priscilla Morgan was a remarkable woman. Her love for Isamu Noguchi and by extension his museum will continue to guide us. The board and staff of the Museum mourn her passing,” Director Jenny Dixon said. Memorial contributions can be made to the Children’s Aid Society, according to a Times obituary. Photo by Sara Wasilausky, The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York Priscilla Morgan at her 90th birthday celebration held at the Noguchi Museum. RCN channels $15K to Girls Inc. BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO RCN Telecom Services donated over $15,000 to Girls Inc. of New York City, funding life-changing programs for girls throughout the five boroughs. The donation total of $15,682 was presented to the non-profit organization on March 27 at RCN’s Long Island City office. RCN provides high-speed internet, digital TV and phone services. The company collected fees from new customer installations to be donated to Girls Inc. of NYC. “As a company, we strive to help support the community and city in which we both work and live, and Girls Inc. of NYC is the epitome of those same values,” said Bruce Abbott, general manager of RCN New York. “It’s an amazing organization — one that is changing lives of young girls in our city every day — and we are delighted to be a part of that.” Girls Inc. of NYC works to improve the lives of girls ages 6 to 18 through educational programs conducted by trained, mentoring professionals who work to help the girls succeed academically and lead healthy lives. Both companies plan to continue working together to find other ways to help and support girls in the city. OBIT PRISCILLA MORGAN Noguchi Museum founding board member remembered Photo by Allen Ngai
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