Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy, a lieutenant commander with the U.S. Navy Reserves, is among the missing at the Pentagon.
Murphy, 38, graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1986 with a degree in chemical engineering. He also held master’s degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago.
Murphy served on nuclear submarines in the U.S. Navy, and left with the rank of lieutenant in the early 1990s. He has been a member of the Navy reserves ever since, and was fulfilling the two-week active duty requirement at the Pentagon when it was attacked Tuesday, said Mike Gipson, who was in the ROTC with Murphy in college.
Friends remembered a happy-go-lucky man nicknamed “Murph” who had a great sense of humor and was well read, a tireless worker and a devoted family man.
Gipson and Murphy, who have been friends for nearly two decades, last spoke a few weeks ago.
“We talked about politics, life, sports, the whole bit,” Gipson said. “If the worst is true, he’s going to be missed.”
Murphy, of Berkeley Heights, N.J., is survived by his wife, Masako, and their two young sons.
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