Background on Paul R. Murphy
Born and raised in Boston, Paul R. Murphy attended Boston Public School, graduating from Rosindale High School. While at UMass Amherst (Class of 1973), he lived in Thatcher House in the Quad, was a floor counselor, and particpated in house government and intramural sports. Many of his professional purusits have been in the realm of service: Murphy is an Honorably Discharged Veteran of the States Navy Reserve; he worked as a tax examiner, a middle school teacher at Sacred Heart School Rosindale, and as the Executive Director of the Parkway Boys and Girls Club in West Roxbury, Mass. He worked for Merrill Lynch, and retired as an associate vice president for AECOM, U.S.A.
Over the years, Murphy donated a large numismatics to SCUA as well as university treasures and ephemera spanning its founding and history. He also established a planned gift to create the Paul R Murphy Special Collections and Archives Fund.
