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245 10 a| Walter P. Murphy, Jr., oral history interview,f| April 26, 2001.;

264 0 c| 2001.;

300 3| sound recordinga| 1f| audiocassette (1.5 hours);

336 a| spoken wordb| spw2| rdacontent;

337 a| audiob| s2| rdamedia;

338 a| audiocassetteb| ss2| rdacarrier;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Interviewer: Jonathan Dembo. Interview date: April 26, 2001.;

506 a| No access restrictions.;

524 a| Walter P. Murphy, Jr., Oral History Interview (#OH0186), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.;

540 a| Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.;

541 3| Joyner-c| Gift ofa| Walter P. Murphy, Jr.;

545 a| Walter Patrick Murphy was born October 25, 1919, in Brooklyn, New York, to Walter and Ellen Murphy. He graduated from United States Naval Academy (1941), went on to serve on the Support Force (May-December 1941) aboard the cruiser USS Nashville. He graduated from Submarine School in July 1942 and continued to serve on submarines until he retired in August 1966. He had also been involved with the Polaris Missile program. After he retired, he accepted a civil service position with NASA as Senior Staff Officer to the Director of Kennedy Space Center where he stayed for seven years during the Apollo Program. He then became the NASA European Representative for five years in Paris until 1978 when he returned to California to head the NASA Office at Vandenberg AFB. Murphy retired again in 1983 and moved to Santa Barbara, California, where he died May 24, 2013, at the age of 93. He married Ruth Guenter in April 1942 and they had three children and seven grandchildren; his oldest son became a Captain in the US Navy.;

600 10 a| Murphy, Walter P.,c| Jr.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

610 10 a| United States.b| Navyx| Submarine forces.=| ^A402253;

610 10 a| United States.b| National Aeronautics and Space Administrationx| Employees.=| ^A5437;

700 1 a| Dembo, Jonathan,d| 1948-e| interviewer.=| ^A146741;

856 42 3| Finding aidu| http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0186/;

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Walter P. Murphy, Jr., oral history interview,

Author/creator	Murphy, Walter P. creator, interviewee.
Other author	Dembo, Jonathan, 1948- interviewer.
Format	Archival & Manuscript Material
Production	2001.
Description	sound recording 1 audiocassette (1.5 hours)
Supplemental Content	Finding aid
Subjects	Murphy, Walter P., Jr. United States. Navy--Officers. --Interviews. United States. Navy--Submarine forces. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Employees.

General note	Interviewer: Jonathan Dembo. Interview date: April 26, 2001.
Access restriction	No access restrictions.
Cite as	Walter P. Murphy, Jr., Oral History Interview (#OH0186), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Terms of use	Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Acquisitions source	Joyner- Gift of Walter P. Murphy, Jr.
Biographical note	Walter Patrick Murphy was born October 25, 1919, in Brooklyn, New York, to Walter and Ellen Murphy. He graduated from United States Naval Academy (1941), went on to serve on the Support Force (May-December 1941) aboard the cruiser USS Nashville. He graduated from Submarine School in July 1942 and continued to serve on submarines until he retired in August 1966. He had also been involved with the Polaris Missile program. After he retired, he accepted a civil service position with NASA as Senior Staff Officer to the Director of Kennedy Space Center where he stayed for seven years during the Apollo Program. He then became the NASA European Representative for five years in Paris until 1978 when he returned to California to head the NASA Office at Vandenberg AFB. Murphy retired again in 1983 and moved to Santa Barbara, California, where he died May 24, 2013, at the age of 93. He married Ruth Guenter in April 1942 and they had three children and seven grandchildren; his oldest son became a Captain in the US Navy.

Walter P. Murphy, Jr., oral history interview,

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