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Michael J. Murphy was first elected in a special election in 1989, and now is serving his sixth term as 10th District alderman. Since April 2004 he has served as chair of the Common Council’s budget-writing Finance and Personnel Committee, and he is currently the longest serving member of the Common Council.
He serves as chair of the Milwaukee Arts Board, as vice chair of the Steering and Rules Committee, and is also a member of the Council’s Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee and the Employes' Retirement System Annuity and Pension Board.
A lifelong west side resident, he is the first son of Irish immigrants to be born in America. Alderman Murphy attended Hi Mount and St. Catherine’s elementary schools and graduated from Milwaukee’s Madison High School in 1980.
Alderman Murphy earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee in 1986 and has completed graduate course work toward a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. While paying his way through school he worked as a lab technician at the Great Lakes Research Institute, researching the effects of heavy metal contaminants in the Fox River valley, and at the Milwaukee Public Museum in the Geology Department.
He has served on the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Alumni Association Board, and is a member of Gesu Parish.
He is married to Terry (Theresa) Tuttle and they are the parents of an adorable and perfect three-and-a half-year-old daughter.
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