Morgan F. Murphy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Morgan F. Murphy

United States Marine

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1932

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 04-Mar-2016

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Morgan F. Murphy

  • Morgan Francis Murphy (April 16, 1932 – March 4, 2016) was a U.S.
  • Representative from Illinois. Murphy attended Chicago parochial schools.
  • He received a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University in 1955 and was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
  • Murphy received a J.D.
  • from DePaul University School of Law in 1962.
  • He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1955–1957, including a one-year tour of duty in the Far East.
  • He was administrative assistant to Clerk of the Circuit Court of Chicago from 1958–1961, was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1962, and commenced practice in Chicago.
  • Murphy was special attorney, Board of Election Commissioners, for the 1964 at-large elections.
  • He was attorney for Chicago Dairymen's Association during 1968 milk strikes, and a trustee-management representative of the Milk Wagon Drivers Union.
  • He was hearing officer for Local Liquor Control Commission, 1969–1970 and delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1968 and 1972.
  • Murphy was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1981).
  • Murphy was not a candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress and resumed the practice of law in Chicago. Murphy partnered with union official John Serpico of Lincolnwood, Illinois in Studio Networks, Inc.
  • a venture to purchase a building on Chicago's near west side and develop it as a film studio.
  • Serpico was a former vice president of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) as well as former president of the Central States Joint Board (CSJB), a labor organization made up of as many as eight local unions.Murphy was a Board Member on the Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals from 2005 to 2014.

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