Winfred A. “Buddy” Morgan passed away in June. Buddy, as most people called him, directed and produced many of the Stuttering Foundation’s videos. 
 
“He was very exacting in making sure each shoot was the best that it could be. We would rehearse and then do takes. We each hoped we would come up with a good shot within the first one or two takes.  Sometimes it took multiple takes,” said Carroll Guitar, who along with her husband, Barry, worked with Buddy on numerous occasions. “If Buddy wasn’t happy, he’d just say ‘let's do it again.’ We were all waiting for the magic words to come — which they inevitably did — when he would say after a take — and with a pause — ‘I'll buy that!’”
 
Jane Fraser remembers those long hours getting the videos just perfect.
 
“So many wonderful memories come to mind when thinking back on the many hours we spent with Buddy filming and in the edit suite,” Fraser said. “He helped so many people who stutter — both children and adults — with the marvelous work he did for the Stuttering Foundation.”
 
Carroll reminisces, “The funniest thing that ever happened was at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis when we were filming one of the videos.  We had all the usual characters there plus the film crew.  We worked in a conference room, and the table was strewn with papers.  Each of us had a copy of the script, which we were editing as we went along. Buddy had his own copy which was the master.  
 
The hotel staff had assured us that we could leave the papers on the table overnight. They would only come into the room to remove dirty dishes, etc. Imagine our horror when we walked in the room the next day, and it was clean as a whistle — not a piece of paper in sight. We immediately informed the hotel staff, and the next thing we knew a guy came in bearing a huge trash bag. It was all our stuff which we had to sort through to find Buddy’s master copy.  Find it we did, but it was covered with coffee and food stains. However, Buddy hung on to that script for the remainder of the filming session, filthy though it was.”
 
Lisa A. Scott, who is featured in some of the videos, said, “I remember how kind he was, how professional, and how much he seemed to enjoy his work. It was always a pleasure to spend time with him and get his advice on how to produce a high-quality product. Buddy’s work has helped thousands of children who stutter and their families — it’s amazing to think of how many lives he touched!”
 
Although a perfectionist, Buddy was very charming.
 
“Coming from the North, I was always struck by his Southern ‘gentlemanliness,’” Carroll said. “It was always ‘Yes, ma’am’ and ‘yes, sir.’ He was unfailingly polite, always interested in our projects and incredibly loyal to the Stuttering Foundation.”
 
Following Buddy Morgan’s retirement, a tribute to his career ran in the Fall 2004 newsletter. At the time, Buddy said, “What was really nice about working with SFA was that there was always a script. Details were taken care of. It was fun because people were so nice and willing to try something new... I’ve learned a lot about stuttering over the years. I stuttered myself as a real young child.”
 
From the Winter 2014 Newsletter