AKA John Cullen Murphy, Jr.

Born: 1-Sep-1952
Birthplace: New Rochelle, NY

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist, Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Atlantic Monthly

Father: John Cullen Murphy (cartoonist, b. 3-May-1919, d. 2-Jul-2004)
Mother: Joan Byrne
Sister: Mary Cullene Murphy
Sister: Siobhan Murphy Grogan
Sister: Joan Byrne Murphy Sleeper
Brother: Robert Finn Murphy
Brother: Brendan Woods Murphy
Sister: Cait Naughton Murphy
Sister: Mairead Walsh Murphy Nash
Wife: Anna Marie (three children)
Son: John Cullen Murphy III ("Jack")
Daughter: Anna Jane Murphy
Son: Timothy Peter Murphy

    University: BA History, Amherst College (1974)
    Administrator: Trustee, Amherst College

    Vanity Fair Editor at Large (2006-)
    Atlantic Monthly Managing Editor
    Harper's
    The Wilson Quarterly
    Change (1975-77)
    American Society of Magazine Editors
    Emily Dickinson Museum Board of Governors
    Natural Resources Defense Council

Author of books:
Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America (2007)
The Word According to Eve: Women and the Bible in Ancient Times and Our Own (1998)
Just Curious (1995, essays)
Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage (1992, with William L. Rathje)

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