REBECCA MORGAN

2006 Recipient

Rosalie Wolf Memorial Elder Abuse Prevention Award

National Category

The National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA) and the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma are pleased to announce that Becky Morgan is the 2006 recipient of the Rosalie Wolf Memorial Elder Abuse Prevention Award in the national category. 

The award was established in 2002 to commemorate the achievements of Rosalie Wolf, a driving force in the field of elder abuse prevention. Dr. Wolf founded and presided over NCPEA and the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, edited the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, and conducted groundbreaking research on elder abuse. The award is given to an individual or organization that has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to Rosalie’s ideals by promoting awareness through research, education, policy, or practice.

Rebecca C. Morgan is the Boston Asset Management Faculty Chair in Elder Law and Director of the Center for Excellence in Elder Law at Stetson University College of Law. Professor Morgan teaches a variety of elder law and skills courses, and oversees the Elder Law concentration program for JD students. She is a successor co-author of Matthew Bender’s Tax, Estate, and Financial Planning for the Elderly and its companion forms book, and a co-author of Representing the Elderly in Florida. She is a Past President of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Past President of the Board of Directors of the National Senior Citizens Law Center, past chair of the American Association of Law Schools Section on Aging and the Law and of the Florida Bar Elder Law Section, and was on the Faculty of the National Judicial College, served as a special advisor to the ABA Commission on Law and Aging as well as the reporter for the Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act. She served on the Florida Attorney General’s Task Force on Elder Abuse and the Legislative Guardianship Study Commission. She is a member of the academic advisory board for the Borchard Center for Law and Aging, an academic fellow of the American College of Trusts & Estates Counsel, and a member of NAELA’s Council of Advanced Practitioners. Professor Morgan was the recipient of the 2003 Faculty Award on Professionalism from the Florida Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. She received the NAELA Unaward in November 2004 from President Stu Zimring for her accomplishments in the field of elder law. Professor Morgan, along with Professor Roberta Flowers, received the 2005 Project Award on Professionalism from the Florida Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism for their video series on ethics in an elder law practice. Professor Morgan recently finished overseeing a nineteen month Elder Consumer Protection demonstration project funded by the Administration on Aging. She has authored a number of articles on a variety of elder law issues and has spoken frequently on subjects of elder law.

A consummate scholar who has taken her extensive academic expertise and applied it to the tough issues facing the elderly, Rebecca has fostered a climate of cooperation between the law school and the various professionals who face the problem of exploitation on a daily basis. She is an innovator and has supplied the energy behind successful partnerships with law enforcement and social services in Florida. Professor Morgan represents the marriage between academics and practice achieved by Rosalie Wolf.

A NCPEA committee selected Professor Morgan to receive the award which will be presented at the 11th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma in San Diego, California on September 19, 2006.  For information, visit www.ivatcenters.org.

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