Wider Interests
In retirement Professor Murphy has devoted himself to political activism, serving as Vice President and Steering Committee member of the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice; Steering Committee member of the Southwest Florida Peace Coalition, and as chief writer and consultant for the internet emailing service of Progressive Secretary.
A member of the Sarasota Monthly Meeting (http://sarasota.quaker.org/events.html) of the Society of Friends (Quakers), he is also an avid sailor and amateur home builder. He is married to Winifred WindRiver and has three children by a former marriage: Therese Murphy, Kathleen Murphy DeGrenier and Emmett J. Murphy III, who is known by being the drummer for the rock band Dinosaur Jr.
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