I've
lived in Pennsylvania most of my life. I attended St. Anne's
grammar school and graduated
from St. Joe's Prep in 1964. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in political
science from St. Joseph's University and an MBA from Drexel
University.
I was an adjunct professor in the MBA programs at
Temple University, Rutgers University and St. Joseph's University,
and I am a past president of the Philadelphia chapter of the
American Marketing Association.
Early in my career I was a high
school history teacher. I served for many years on the
negotiating committee and was senior delegate of the teachers'
union.

Later I worked for major companies; including Michelin
Tire Corporation and a subsidiary of W. R. Grace. I was an
independent management consultant for 14 years.
I guess you
could say I've been politically active as early as 1952, when at age
six, I pulled my red wagon filled with campaign literature behind my
father as we campaigned for the "antiwar candidate" Dwight David
Eisenhower who promised to bring our troops home from
Korea.
I was politically active
in the early 1960's and was president of the Young Republican Club
at St. Joseph's University.
The escalation of the war in
Vietnam caused a political rebirth and I became an active antiwar
demonstrator during the late 1960's and early 197 0's.
As part of the 2004
Nader for President Campaign, I represented Mr. Nader in a series of
debates throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania.
I worked ardently to
help him achieve ballot access and spoke at his press conferences
and meetings in Philadelphia.
I am one of the founding
members of the Pennsylvania
Ballot Access Coalition, which is a group of people representing
all of the major "third parties" and independent candidates working
for fair and equitable election laws in Pennsylvania.

I am a member of Amnesty
International, the American Civil Liberties Union and a Proclaimer of the Word in my parish church.
I live
in Chester County, Pennsylvania with my wife Joan and two children Amanda, 16 and Andrew, 12.
Thank
you, John Murphy
"The Corporate-Free
Candidate"
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