John David Murphy – known by all as David or Dave since childhood – died peacefully on September 15th at the Anna Mae Owen Hospice House in Murray, Kentucky surrounded by his loving family. David was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, on December 4, 1941, three days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor but in some circles, equally noteworthy. He attended Holy Cross High School in Bayside, Queens. At Georgetown University he received a bachelor’s degree in history and English with a minor in philosophy, followed by an MBA from Drexel University.

David started his career at Merck in 1965 as a pharmaceutical representative, and quickly moved up the corporate structure. He was named director of international personnel, moving his young family to England for three and a half years, then re-settl

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