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Description: Approx. 45 items: two LAT reprints, "Chancellor (Murphy) views future of restless students," from 1/24/1965, and "Frank Murphy...UCLA man in motion"; large number of news clips and magazine articles from 1968 reporting Dr. Franklin D. Murphy's exit from the post of UCLA chancellor to become chairman of the board and CEO of Times Mirror on 9/1/1968; more clips from 11/1968 on rumors that Murphy would leave TM and join President Nixon's cabinet. A collection of clips on Franklin D. Murphy as he closed out his job as chancellor of UCLA and joined Times Mirror, looking at his activities, his style, his accomplishments; tear sheet of LAT's West (mag.) - cover story on UCLA.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1965, 1968 - 1969
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)

Murphy, Dr. Franklin

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1 item: 63-pp. transcript of interview with Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chairman of the Board of Times Mirror Co. Murphy discusses his life and careers, both as Chancellor at UCLA and at Times Mirror.

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7 items: 12-pp. speech text, "The state of the university," a commencement address by Chancellor Murphy at UCLA, 6/14/1968; 4-pp. text, headed "Shareholder Meeting, 1969," and "Following Dr. Murphy's talk" (there was a question and answer session); booklet, text of an address in 1971 to the 25th National Conference of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, titled "Over 50 looks at under 30"; 6-pp. transcript of "Address to Shareholders" at TM Annual Meeting, 5/26/1976; 38-pp. transcript of Dr. Murphy's speech at Times Mirror Luncheon, 3/27/1979 (incl. intro by Ellen Sacher of Paine Webber, et al.), with handwritten notes in pencil making changes; 9-pp. text headed "Draft #3 [Franklin D. Murphy speech, 1980] to TM meeting; 3-pp. stapled, no date, no heading, and pages are numbered 4 o 6;booklet, "Pluralism...Hallmark of American Society," being "Remarks by Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chairman of the Board, Times Mirror," upon the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Richard Gilman as president of Occidental College; 3-pp. reprint from Financial Executive, 10/1975, "Government, education and the economy," by Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chairman and CEO of The Times Mirror Co.

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Murphy, Franklin D

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Files on Franklin Murphy (1916-1994) and his wife, Judith. Franklin was chairman and CEO of Times Mirror from 1968-1980 and a director from 1980-1986. Date range is 1965-1994.

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Approx. 30 items: collection of both briefs and longer articles on Franklin Murphy, chairman of TM board, from various news sources, many of them in Kansas, Missouri, Michigan and elsewhere in the Midwest, on the activities, accomplishments and other bio info on Murphy; article copy, "Kansas City Star. 1971," is handwritten at margin, "Forty Years Ago," a column devoted to reviewing events of 4 decades past, reminds readers that in 1931, at age 15, Murphy was an "all-star" quarterback for Pembroke (H.S.); clip, Daily Pennsylvanian, 9/28/1971, "Franklin Murphy...Univ. trustee who fits many different roles"; cover letter (for previous item) from U. of Penn., for two copies of the article; tear sheet, Los Angeles (mag), "Chatting with Franklin Murphy in the Executive Suite at (LAT)"; a UCLA NEWSLETTER, 5/1977, on Murphy's choice as "1977 Executive of the Year"; several other briefs on Murphy's activities.

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Biographical Material

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Approx. 12 items: packet with cover letter from Murphy to Otis Chandler, 4/9/1968, includes 3 copies of a UCLA biography of Dr. Murphy; 1-pp. copy of "Biographical Data" for Judith Joyce Harris Murphy (Mrs. Franklin D. Murphy); 2 sheets (torn from?) Current Biography, 3/1971, entry for "Franklin D(avid) Murphy"; 2-pp. of bio info for "Dr. Franklin D. Murphy - to be honored as E.P.A. Executive of the Year (1977); 4-pp. TM Biographical Data for Dr. Murphy, 1/1980; 6-pp. "Franklin D. Murphy - Biography," 1980; 4-pp.TM Biographical Data on Murphy, 8/1982; 8.5" x 11" program booklet, Third Annual Armand Hammer Award -- 1982, produced for the award luncheon by the Cultural Commission (8/24/1982); booklet, produced by the University of Kansas, Our Amazing Chancellors (late 1960s ?), which includes a segment on Dr. Murphy.

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5 items: LAT clip, photo & caption, 9/27/1982, "Gala honors contributors to Honor"; cover and 9-pp. article copy, Directors & Boards, Fall 1982, "Starting corporate life at the top" (Murphy); LAT clip, 11/24/1982, "Franklin Murphy Library dedicated"; tear sheet of major article, Lawrence (KS) Journal-World, 11/18/1984, "Dr. Murphy's Law," focusing on the former Kansas U. chancellor; LAT clip, 12/11/1987, with photo of Murphy with actor Vincent Price & caption, "International art fair gala...color it successful."

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