ASU remembers

   

June Neely Morrison

Co-founder of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy - 1982

   

  

  

April 4, 2026

June Neely Morrison started at University of Redlands  and, moved home to Gilbert to be a bookkeeper at the Hayden Flour Mill, while also a student then graduate of Arizona State University.

June was the organist for Gilbert United Methodist Church until she could no longer see due to macular degeneration, but remained a choir member most of her life. She was a board member of Chandler Hospital, and, with Marvin, a founder of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy and the Morrison School of Agribusiness at Arizona State University.

June was a gardener all her life, and a grower of opportunities. She was a supporter of her church, United Methodist Ministries, Habitat for Humanity, Chandler Center for the Performing Arts, the Child Crisis Center, the Phoenix Zoo, and many other community and mutual aid groups, both personally and through the Neely Foundation, which she helped form in honor of her late brother.

She is survived by her three sons and their wives; her seven grandchildren; and her eight great-grandchildren.