Sept 30, 1912 – November 16, 1989
San Francisco Chronicle (CA) - Saturday, November 18, 1989
Ruth Eileen Murphy, former reporter, publicist and journalism teacher, died Thursday in Berkeley at the age of 77.
Mrs. Murphy was a society reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle and the Oakland Tribune during
World War II. She entered public relations in Oakland, working for the
city park department, the YWCA, Merritt Hospital and the Community
Chest.
She then taught at Oakland High School for 10 years, specializing in journalism and English, before retiring in 1969.
A
native of Madison, Wis., Mrs. Murphy graduated from the University of
California at Berkeley with a degree in English in 1933. She was a
reporter on the Daily Californian, then the university newspaper, and
was women's editor her senior year.
Mrs.
Murphy was a member of numerous groups, including the Berkeley City
Club, the League of Women Voters, Women in Communication, Berkeley
Democratic Club and the Sierra Club.
She
is survived by her husband, Raymond, of Berkeley; a son, Peter, of
Livermore; a daughter, Sue Mote of Vacaville; a sister, Mary Anne
Ramsden of Long Beach and five grandchildren.
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