One afternoon around 15 or 16 years ago I walked passed a green SUV parked on the street.  I thought nothing of it at first glance, but then I stopped to do a double take.  The license plate on the SUV said, “4MORRY”.  What made this amazing was my thinking around that time, about making a movie about the life of Morry Stein. 

I went to Echo Lake in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and like many people, was extremely fortunate to have known Morry.  From a homesick 8-year-old Inter “A” in 1969 to a 21-year-old Group Leader in the early 1980’s, I spent a significant part of the first half of my life at Camp Echo Lake.  And, as he was for many, Morry Stein was like a second father to me.  He saw me grow up, gain confidence as a teenager, become a leader, hit the rec hall roof during a sachem basketball game, and go to college.  He saw me get married and saw me get my adult life underway.  I will never forget what he meant to me and countless others, and I know my life is better off for having known him.

How better to honor his memory, his legacy and his impact then to tell his story.

-Mark Katz

(CEL Alum from 1969-1982)