Obituary: Peter G Morgan HonFIIMS 1948 to 2021
Peter's long-time friend and colleague, Gordon Bailey OBE, catalogues Peter's professional achievements.
Peter commenced a career in the merchant navy, but eventually left the sea behind him to go back to college in Cardiff to study English, Law and Economics.
After studying, Peter went to live in Germany for a period of 8 years during which he worked for a variety of firms primarily involved in the paint inspection field of shipbuilding and ship repair. He progressed into technical services, trouble shooting and failure analysis. Peter's areas of specialisation were marine coatings, tank linings, paint failures and inspection.
He returned to the UK to join Solas Schall and headed up their paint inspection and consultancy department, supporting 36 overseas offices, their 150 plus paint inspection personnel, together with their subsequent diverse paint and corrosion operations.
Peter was one of the founder trainers and peer of the internationally recognised NACE USA coating and certification programme. He subsequently joined Lithgow Associates in 1986 and became their Managing Partner. Lithgow Associates were independent corrosion consultants. Services offered by the firm included arbitration and litigation, condition monitoring, corrosion and chemical degradation, failure analysis and laboratory testing, materials selection and specification, paint and coating technology and project management.
Peter also administered on behalf of the UK Department of Trade and Industry National Corrosion Advisory Service Helpline.
Peter Morgan (right) with the late Tony McGrail at the IIMS offices
During his long and successful career, Peter undertook work in 79 countries. He acted to give independent determination and adjudication on a US$ 300 superyacht coating dispute. He was heavily involved in the development of new ISO Standards as the UK expert, including ISO/CD11347/ISO-TC35/SCI and TC32 and SC8. He was also the IIMS representative on British Standards committees.
Peter co-authored several books in partnership with Roger Weatherhead - Fitz’s Atlas of Coating Defects in 1999 being one and now out of print; and What A Marine Surveyor Needs to Know About Paint Failure, Corrosion and Rectification, published and available as part of the IIMS handy guide series, being another.
Awarded an Honorary Fellowship, Peter was elected as President of the International Institute of Marine Surveying from 2010 - 2012.
Peter Morgan (left) with Capt Allen R Brink
Peter Morgan HonFIIMS
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