Philip Murphy ’44

Phil died Mar. 30, 2004, the eve of his 81st birthday.

He prepared at Haverford School. At Princeton he majored in economics and social institutions, was active with Theatre Intime and the Glee Club, and was a member of Terrace Club.

After service in the Army Air Force, he returned to receive his degree, and then spent two years at Columbia U. Law School before joining Showman's Trade Review, a publication from which he moved to the Modern Talking Picture Service, a business that promoted nontheatrical film. He later founded his own agency, specializing in writing, desktop publishing, and other journalistic services for regional and trade publications, writing as a contributing editor for many journals and newspapers, and serving as a voiceover and onscreen performer for television commercials.

Phil lived mainly in Cos Cob, Conn., where he was involved in poetry, ballet, and music, and in the Oral History Project of Greenwich Library. He is survived by his sister, Mary-Alice Murphy.

The Class of 1944