Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Nancy L. Murphy (1929-2011)
MSA SC 3520-11985

Biography:

Born December 31, 1929, in Baltimore, Maryland.  Daughter of John and Mabel (O'Brien) Murphy.  Attended Catonsville Senior High School; Catonsville Community College.  Three children.  Died December 30, 2011, in Baltimore, Maryland.

General Assembly:
Member, House of Delegates, Legislative District 12 (Baltimore County), Baltimore County, 1983-89 (first woman elected to represent District 12).  Democrat. House majority whip.  Member, Legislative Policy Committee.  Senate, Legislative District 12 (D), 1989-94.  Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee, 1989-90, 1992-94; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1994; Joint Committee on Protocol; Budget and Taxation Committee, 1991; Joint Subcommittee on State's Capital Program, 1991-92; Special Joint Committee on the Medical Assistance Program.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Realtor.  Member, Democratic State Central Committee, 1978; Women Legislators of Maryland; Citizens Advisory Board, Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents--Baltimore, 1983-93; Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission, 1984-89; Governor's Task Force on Self-Esteem, 1990-91; State Council on Cancer Control, 1993-94; Maryland Juvenile Justice Advisory Council; Governor's Volunteer Council; Maryland Parole Commission, Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services.  President, Maryland Association of Elected Women.  Member, executive committee, Southern Legislative Conference; Catonsville Chamber of Commerce; Women's Caucus; Catonsville Business Association; Business and Professional Women; Soroptomist; United Democratic Women; Columbia Democratic Club; Independent Women's Democratic Club; English Consul Democratic Club; NDC-1; League of Women Voters; Catonsville Historical Society; Organization of Women Legislators.  Board member, ReVisions.  Board of directors, Sexual Assault Domestic Violence Center (SADVC), Inc.  Woman of the Year, Women's Council of Realtors, 1983, 1988.  Legislative Honor Roll, Maryland Psychosocial Services, 1998.  Department of Natural Resources Boating Hall of Fame; "Woman of Distinction," Women's Alliance of Maryland. Member, Society of Senates Past.

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