Background
Murphy, Wendell H. was born in 1939 in Rose Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Holmes Murphy.
Murphy, Wendell H. was born in 1939 in Rose Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Holmes Murphy.
Bachelor in Agriculture, North Carolina State University.
With The Leadership Cir.PAC. Member Elizabeth Dole Committee, Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, National Pork producers Council. With McCain-Palin Compliance Fund.
Private investor; president Murphy Family Farms Inc., Murphy Milling Company. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Murphy Farms, Inc., Rose Hill, North Carolina, 1964—2000. Representative United States House of Representatives, 1983—1988.
With Order of the Long Leaf Pine, 1988. Senator North Carolina, 1988—1992. Former board trustee Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North Carolina.
Board directors Smithfield Foods, Inc., 1991—1998, Triangle Bank Inc. (subsidiary Triangle Bancorp, Inc.), 1993, Triangle Bancorp, Inc., 1993, Royal Bank of Canada Bancorporation (formerly Centura Banks, Inc.), United States, since 2000, Smithfield Foods, Inc., since 2000.
Board trustee North Carolina State University.
Married Linda Murphy.