Rockland County Legislature Honors A Pearl River Resident

John Allen Murphy - Age 89

Residence - 2106 Schindler Drive, Pearl River, NY 10965

Spouse - Eileen Mclaughlin Murphy - US citizen immigrated from Northern Ireland 60+ years ago

County resident for over 60 years

A Marine veteran of 14 years - 3 years active Duty- 11 years of Reserve Discharged as Captain

Most important former honors - once identified as the most honored Orangetown resident in Town history

Honors - Residences named after John

Abbott House @ 8 Green Bower Lane, New City

Murphy Venture House @ 220 Kings Highway, Sparkill

Rockland Housing Action Coalition @ 45 S 9w, Haverstraw

Honorary Doctorates

St Thomas Aquinas College

Dominican College

Long Island University

Rockland County Civil & Human Rights Hall of Fame

Other facts

Current charities & community volunteer involvements in alphabetic order:

Joseph’s Home serving our homeless - Cofounder & Past President

NYS Rockland Psychiatric Center - President of the Board of Visitors

Rockland Homes For Heroes serving our homeless veterans - Cofounder & President

Past charities & community volunteer involvements in alphabetical order.

Abbott House, St. Dominics Home & St. Agatha’s Home - orphanages

American Cancer Society Relay For Life 3X

Camp Venture serving our intellectually & developmentally disabled for 44 years as President

Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center - Cofounder, BOD Member, Irish Performing Arts Show Producer

Loeb House serving our mentally ill – Cofounder & President - 35 years

Murphy-O’Sullivan Pub Tour of Ireland - Partner for 30 years

NYS Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center Board of Visitors

Orangetown Narcotic Guidance Council

Petition For Paula - [keeping Paula’s murderers in prison] - Cofounder & President

Rockland Autism Symposium - Cofounder

Rockland County Board of Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Alcoholism

Rockland County Child Advocacy Council Founder

Rockland County Legislator for 44 years

Rockland County Youth Bureau Sponsor

St Thomas Aquinas College’s Congressman Ben Gilman Lecture Series

Surrogate Decision-Making Committee of the NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs.

United States Marine Corps 1053 -1967 3 years Active Duty- 11 years Reserve Duty Honorably Discharged as a Captain

My social associations are the American Legion, Order of Hibernians, Marine Corps League, Knights of Columbus