Yes, we met at SUNY New Paltz on January 17, 1976. It was a blizzard.
We danced the night away at P&G's on the night that we met. That
semester we ended up in the same class, Hugo Munsterberg's, "Art
of China & Japan." We married in June of 1978. Rich graduated
and I had a semester to go. My degree reads Nora Strano-Morris. I dropped
the Morris after one year of marriage after reading the novel, "The
Women's Room." It redefined our marriage. I was always glad that
I dropped the Morris, but kept Rich Morris. Rich Morris and Nora StranoWe
celebrated 20 years of marriage last June and, yes, we moved back
to
New Paltz two and ½ years ago — something about the Shawangunk
curse as I recall. We both ended up being social workers and, you guessed
it, parents. We have three boys: Nicholas, age 9; Isaiah, age 8; and
Michael, age 7. Life is good, but it sure turned out different than
we ever imagined it.
Richard J. Morris Jr. graduated in May 1978 with a bachelor's degree in art education with a speciality in drawing and painting. Nora Strano-Morris (now Nora Strano) graduated in December 1978 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and sociology. We both went on to get our master's degrees in social work.
