Background
Shuman, Marjorie D. Gould Murphy was born on November 16, 1916 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of LeRoy Boardman and Florence Emily (King) Gould.
Shuman, Marjorie D. Gould Murphy was born on November 16, 1916 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of LeRoy Boardman and Florence Emily (King) Gould.
AB, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 1937. Master of Arts in Teaching, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1942.
Instructor English and psychology, Lasell Junior College, Auburndale, Massachusetts, 1941-1944;
staff assistant, American Red Cross, Italy & Germany, 1944-1946;
instructor English, U. Connecticut Fort Trumbull, New London, Connecticut, 1946-1948;
assistant to registrar, Colby College, 1948-1949;
instructor English, U. N.H., 1949-1951;
instructor English, Hofstra U., Hempstead, New York, 1956;
instructor English, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, 1970-1971, 72-73;
tutor College Writing Center, State University of New York, Oneonta, 1981-1988. Editor children's page The Daily Star, Oneonta, 1979-1981. Contributor poetry National Poetry Institute, 1995, The Boston Herald, 1933.
Reporter Clay County Leader, Orange Park, Florida, since 1995.
Board of directors League of Women Voters, Oneonta, 1978, 86.
Married Howard Rogers Murphy, June 17, 1950 (deceased September 1980). Children: Arthur Gilbert Murphy, Katherine Rogers Murphy (deceased), Jennifer Davis Murphy. Married Edwin H. Shuman, May 4, 1991.
