Mary Morris Hearley, Class of 1948

7/8/2015 4:00 AM

Mary Morris Hearley ’48 died July 8, 2015. She was a professor at Rochester (MN) Community College where she taught speech and lip reading. She was prominent in the Cleveland Council of World Affairs and served on Gov. John Gilligan’s Patient Care Committee. Her research appeared in the Journal of Curriculum Studies and commentary in USA Today. She was preceded in death by husbands, Ray Gifford ’44 and Thomas Hearley. She is survived by three daughters and two grandchildren.