In Remembrance is an occasional column featuring short obituaries of CAS members who have recently passed away. These obituaries and sometimes longer versions are posted on the CAS website; search for “Obituaries.”
The Crafter/Gamer
Aaron Mark Sass (FCAS 2021)
1994-2023
Aaron Sass died in August 2023. He is survived by his parents, Bruce and Ellen Sass; brothers Brian (Kris) Sass-Hurst and Matthew (Katie) Sass; nephews Ezra and Charlie; grandfather, Homer Sass; and many extended family members. Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Sass attended Worthington City Schools and The Ohio State University. Sass excelled academically and athletically. He was a pole vaulter for the Worthington Kilbourne High School track and field team and played soccer and football. Sass easily met and made many meaningful friendships that lasted into adulthood. He and his friends loved playing video games together on weekends to unwind. He used his sharp intelligence to routinely hone his chess skills. His longtime partner, Molly Berlin, and he had a great love for their dog, Philbert. Sass enjoyed traveling, exploring and jokes. He took great pride in perfecting his crafts of cooking, baking and coffee brewing. With family, Sass always paid special attention to young cousins and nephews to keep them entertained. He was a loving brother and always willing to help when needed.
The Historian
Nolan Asch (FCAS 1979)
1950-2024
Nolan E. Asch of New York, New York, passed away in May 2024. Asch attended school at New York’s Columbia University and New Orlean’s Tulane University. He worked for SCOR Re and ISO (now Verisk). A longtime volunteer for the CAS, Asch was a CAS Student Central Liaison and a member of the Prizes and a member of several committees, including Awards Administration, Strategic Planning, Ratemaking Seminar, Long Range Planning, and the Syllabus and Examination. Asch enjoyed history and was a member of the Summit Old Guard, American Revolution Round Table, Civil War Round Table and the Alexander Hamilton Awareness (AHA) Society. He also helped raise awareness on the importance of monitoring near Earth objects like asteroids in the late 1990s. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ellen; children, Melissa (Robert) McInerney and Greg Asch; sister, Elizabeth Downing; two grandsons; and two nephews.
A CAS Past President
George Morison (FCAS 1962)
1928-2021
George Morison, CAS President from 1976-1977, died in June 2021 in West Hartford, Connecticut. He was 92. Born in Freeport, New York, he graduated from Fordham University in New York. He married Patricia Graf in 1954, and they had three children, six grandchildren and two great-granddaughters. Morison enjoyed a lengthy career in the insurance industry as a casualty actuary and had many ideas for the CAS that are in place today. Just a few years after getting his FCAS, he authored the paper “Study of Expenses by Size of Risk,” which was published in the 1965 Proceedings of the Casualty Actuarial Society. A little more than 10 years later, Morison would become CAS president. In his presidential address in November 1977, Morison presaged the development of the P&C actuarial pipeline with university and high school student outreach programs, the importance of feedback from new CAS members for long-range organization planning and the involvement of more members in volunteer opportunities. George and Pat Morison were longtime West Hartford residents and founding members of the Church of St. Peter Claver there. After his wife died in 1994, Morison remained a devoted community member in West Hartford and at The McAuley. He is survived by his brother Robert; children, Timothy, Maureen and Paul; his grandchildren; and great-granddaughters.
