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Richard A. Morrissey Jr., 71, human-resources executive

Richard A. Morrissey Jr., 71, a human-resources executive for several firms, died of heart failure Saturday at Montgomery Hospital in Norristown. He lived in Blue Bell.

    by Walter F. Naedele, Inquirer Staff Writer
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Richard A. Morrissey Jr., 71, a human-resources executive for several firms, died of heart failure Saturday at Montgomery Hospital in Norristown. He lived in Blue Bell.

Mr. Morrissey was senior vice president of human resources in the property and casualty insurance division of the Cigna Corp. in Philadelphia from 1979 to 1999.

Then, until 2006, he was head of human resources for Pinkerton Computer Consultants in Plymouth Meeting and New York City.

While at Pinkerton, Mr. Morrissey started his own firm, NuPath Consulting, in 1999, serving the Philadelphia School District, among others.

Raised in Hatboro, Montgomery County, Mr. Morrissey graduated in 1955 from Hatboro-Horsham High School, where he was on the football and track teams.

A 1959 graduate of Villanova University with a degree in economics, he earned his MBA in management and industrial relations from the University of Bridgeport (Conn.) in 1981. He graduated from the executive program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1995 and later taught there and at Temple University.

After serving in the Army, in the early 1960s he became a computer design engineer for the Univac division of Sperry Rand Corp., then joined the missile and space division of General Electric Co., first in Valley Forge and later in Fairfield, Conn.

His son James said that "he recruited scientists" for GE, where, by the time of his retirement, he was head of human resources for the company's corporate consulting service.

And he helped develop the Phil Martelli Charity Golf Tournament at the Ace Club in Lafayette Hill. The charity helps developmentally disabled adults in Montgomery County.

Besides his son, Mr. Morrissey is survived by his wife, Norma; sons Richard and Matthew; a grandson; a brother; and three sisters.

A viewing from 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at Epiphany of Our Lord Church, 3050 Walton Rd., Conshohocken, will be followed by an 11 a.m. Mass there. Burial will be in St. John Neumann Cemetery in Warrington Township.