Background
Murphy, Robert Martin was born on July 7, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph M. and Anna D. (Bieler) Murphy.
Murphy, Robert Martin was born on July 7, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph M. and Anna D. (Bieler) Murphy.
Juris Doctor, Suffolk University, Boston, 1950. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1969.
Assistant volunteer defender, (public defender), Boston, 1954-1955; associate counsel, Great American Insurance Company, Boston, 1956-1959; private practice, Boston, since 1954; New England regional counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission, Boston, 1963; counsel, Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board, Boston, 1965-1970; with firm, Murphy & Murphy, Boston, since 1959; assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1989-1991. Chairman Massachusetts Parachute Commission, Boston and Orange, Massachusetts, 1960-1963. Chief Executive Officer, National Check Protection Svc., Inc., 1994-1996.
Democratic party candidate for Massachusetts Senate, 1959-1964. Member 82d Airborne Division Association (president 1960-1961, 94, board directors), 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment Association (president 1991-1997).
Married Joanne Murray, May 11, 1946 (deceased November 1962). 5 children, 3 deceased. Married Barbara Atwood, February 14, 1967 (deceased August 2002).