The late Dan Morales ’47 took three years of Greek the first time it was offered at SI, graduated Summa Cum Laude from USF, received his doctorate from Yale’s Sterling School of Medicine, taught biochemistry and obstetrics at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and improved the diagnosis of potentially catastrophic infant health problems as chief of the State of California Department of Health 服务s’ Genetic Disease Laboratory.

尽管他在学术和专业上取得了成就，但毕业后，他的大多数SI同学都与他失去了联系，他们认为他是一个和蔼、内向、非常注重隐私的人。 However, his widow, Ann Morales of Oakland, noted that her husband “always spoke of his Jesuit education as being the foundation of his success in life, both personal and professional. His character reflected the Jesuit way of seeing good in every person he met and treading lightly on the planet.”

丹在他的遗产计划中表达了他对SI的感激之情，现在包括一份实质性的礼物年金合同，该合同将向安支付终身固定收入，并保留任何支持SI的资金。 遗传疾病筛查项目助理主任莱斯利·加夫尼（Leslie Gaffney）说，他对加州人健康的贡献也很大。 “He improved the quality control of the PKU blood tests of infants,” said Ms. Gaffney of the test that checks whether a newborn baby has the enzyme needed to use phenylalanine, an amino acid needed for normal growth and development. Lack of the enzyme — a rare anomaly that requires a special low-protein diet — can lead to retardation if not identified and treated.

Dan, a founding scientist for the Genetic Disease Screening Program, improved the quality control of these crucial tests, making their analysis the responsibility of the State’s Genetic Disease Screening program. “He also added additional tests, including markers for hypothyroidism and other genetic diseases that can result in developmental delay in infants,” added Ms. Gaffney.

如今，该项目筛查了80种遗传疾病，从囊性纤维化到内分泌和代谢紊乱。 该实验室每年发现大约850名加州新生儿有严重的发育问题风险，但大多数是可以治疗的。

安妮补充说，丹还为加利福尼亚的研究做出了贡献，这些研究导致了更科学精确的酒后驾车立法，并帮助监测果蝇的侵扰。 他还喜欢摄影、园艺、露营、参观博物馆、跑步和在美国和欧洲旅行。 “My favorite photograph of Dan was taken Dec. 5, 1982, during the Great Berkeley Race,” she said. “The route started at the foot of the Campanile, wound through campus and then along Shattuck Avenue into the tunnel to North Berkeley, along the Alameda, and ended at Edwards Field. He also ran the Oakland Half Marathon and San Francisco’s Bay to Breakers and Bridge to Bridge races. His race-event tee-shirt collection will be a quilt.”