Murphy, Francis Seward

Abstract Francis Seward Murphy (1914-2003) and Clare Eastham Cooke Murphy (d.1991) were both Reed graduates, he in 1936, she in 1938. An anthropology major at Reed, he worked at the Oregonian before and after his army stint in 1942-1946. He was a columnist and radio/ television editor until his retirement. Murphy’s interest in archeology and photography took him around the world but most often to Mayan ruins in the Yucatan; his book is on the Dragon Mask Temples in Central Yucatan (1988). The...