Jim Murphy Hometown: Warren, Rhode Island Position: Director Emeritus Monogram Earned: Cross Country & Track

Former Notre Dame All-America distance runner Jim Murphy ('49) continues to serve the Monogram Club board in the role of director emeritus, after serveral years on the board in a number of roles (including a three-year term on the board of directors and stints as an advisor and legal counsel).

Murphy was a founding partner of the Carroll, Kelly and Murphy law firm (in 1966), specializing in litigation and estate planning. He earluer had served in the Coast Guard from 1952-54 before running his own law practice from 1954-66 (in his current hometown of Warren, R.I.).

He was a trustee of the Portsmouth Abbey School for 15 years ('74-'90) and served a trustee at St. Mary's Church for 25 years, in addition to being chair of the board of trustees at St. Philomena School.

Murphy earned All-America honors in cross country after placing 14th at the 1948 NCAA meet. Originally from Cranston, R.I., he graduated in 1949 with a degree in sociology and went on to earn his law degree from Georgetown in 1952.

He and his wife Corinne are the parents of nine children: sons James, John and Cornelius and daughters Mary Ellen, Sheila, Kathleen, Eileen, Patricia and Meghan.