Background
Murphy, Franklin David was born on January 29, 1916 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Franklin E. and Cordelia (Brown) Murphy.
Murphy, Franklin David was born on January 29, 1916 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Franklin E. and Cordelia (Brown) Murphy.
University of Kansas and Gottingen and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Professor, of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas 1948-1951. Chancellor, University of Kansas 1951-1960. Chancellor, University of Calif, at Los Angeles 1960-1968.
Chairman Times Mirror Company 1968-1981, Chairman Executive Committee 86. Chairman Board National Gallery, Washington since 1985. Director Emeritus, The Times Mirror Company.
Chairman Kress Foundation. Trustee, J. Paul Getty Museum, L.A. County Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Honorary L.H.D., Honorary Doctor of Science.
Chairman Kress Foundation. Trustee emeritus National Gallery of Art. Trustee Los Angeles County Museum Art.
Captain Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Beta Theta Pi, Nu Sigma Nu.
Married Judith Joyce Harris, December 28, 1940. Children: Joyce Murphy Dickey, Martha (Mistress Craig Crockwell), Carolyn (Mistress Ross Speer), Franklin.