Education
An author and teacher, Murphy has written a chemistry textbook and was awarded National Science Foundation grants for training elementary teachers. In the 1990s, Murphy was selected to participate in the Institute for Chemical (Institute of Civil Engineers) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he earned his Bachelor of Surgery degree in secondary education. He earned a Master"s degree in chemistry from the University of South Dakota in 1965 and a Doctor of Philosophy in chemistry and chemical education from the Ohio State University in 1972.
Murphy has been teaching chemistry and physical science at Northwest-Shoals Community College since 1983, and formed the college"s first Bluegrass Jam Club in 2006.
