Staff file photo / Morgan Construction Co. Inc. President Jeff Morgan poses for a portrait outside the company offices in 2018 in Chattanooga.Jeff Morgan, a Chattanooga builder who grew Morgan Construction Co. Inc. over the past 38 years into one of Chattanooga’s biggest construction contracting companies, died Sunday after a battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS. He was 61.
Morgan, who graduated from Baylor School in 1978, served on the school’s board of trustees from 2001 to 2007 and served as chair of Baylor’s Buildings and Grounds Committee for three years, overseeing the building of the new Riverfront Hall, the natatorium and renovations to Worsham Memorial Wrestling Arena, among other projects.
He graduated from the University of Tennessee and was inducted into the UTC Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame in 2018.
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The son of the late Chattanooga lawyer John Morgan, Jeff Morgan is survived by his wife, Melissa Morgan; three children and their spouses, John and Kara Morgan, Mary Austin Morgan, Bri and Jeff Boehm, and one grandchild, Alice Boehm.