George Patrick Murphy (born December 1, 1948)
is a former
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Carbondale,
Illinois
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, Murphy was in the
United States Marine Corps
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during the
Vietnam War
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, from 1966 to 1969, and then received a
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...
degree from
Southern Illinois University
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Board of trustees
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in 1974 and a
Juris Doctor
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from
Southern Illinois University School of Law
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History
The Southern Illino ...
in 1978. He was in private practice in
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People a ...
, Illinois from 1978 to 1998, and is doing so again after his tenure as a federal judge ended.
Federal judicial service
On July 31, 1997, Murphy was nominated by President
Bill Clinton
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to a seat on the
vacated by
William D. Stiehl. Murphy was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on April 2, 1998, and received his commission on April 3, 1998. He served as chief judge from 2000 to 2007. He retired on December 1, 2013.
References
Sources
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1948 births
Living people
Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
United States Marines
Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumni
People from Carbondale, Illinois
Southern Illinois University School of Law alumni
20th-century American judges
21st-century American judges