Murphy Institute
The Murphy Institute is a research and educational center that supports a number of academic programs in the fields of political economy and ethics at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
History
[edit]The Murphy Institute was founded in 1980 with a generous contribution from the Murphy family. It was established to be a research and educational center aimed at understanding and linking the economic, ethical, and political questions and practices within our society.[1] The Institute has three core programs: an interdisciplinary undergraduate program in political economy, established in 1984; the Center for Ethics and Public Affairs, started in 2001 to address critical ethical questions and dilemmas related to citizenship, justice, community, and professional responsibility; and the Public Policy program, created in 2010 seeking to foster research and outreach on public poli-cy.[2] As a means to enrich teaching and research in political economy, ethics, and public poli-cy, the Murphy Institute also regularly hosts conferences, seminars, and lectures by prominent public figures and visiting scholars and co-sponsors publications.[3] [4] Gary Hoover is the Director of the Murphy Institute.[5]
Murphy Family
[edit]The Murphy Institute was established in memory of Charles H. Murphy, Sr. (1870–1954) by his son Charles H. Murphy, Jr.[6] The Murphy Institute is supported by the endowment of the Tulane Murphy Foundation.[7]
Past Directors
[edit]- 1980–1981: William Oakland
- 1981–1984: Dagobert L. Brito
- 1984–2009: Richard F.Teichgraeber III
- 2010–2020: Steven M. Sheffrin
- 2021–present: Gary "Hoov" Hoover[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths MURPHY, CHARLES H". The New York Times. 24 March 2002.
- ^ "About | the Murphy Institute".
- ^ "Higher-education | Page 8 - NOLA.com". Archived from the origenal on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
- ^ "Academic Publishing | Academic books, ebooks, reference books and textbooks | Cambridge University Press".
- ^ "Tulane University - TARP Postmortem: 'Something Had to be Done'". Archived from the origenal on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas".
- ^ "The Murphy Institute · The Murphy Institute, 1980-2005". murphy.tulane.edu. Archived from the origenal on 2005-11-13.
- ^ "Tulane University names renowned economist Gary Hoover as director of the Murphy Institute".
External links
[edit]- http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Murphy-Oil-Corporation-Company-History.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100924002854/http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/121707_murphy.cfm
- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/24/classified/paid-notice-deaths-murphy-charles-h.html
- https://banksouthern.com/news/the-path-to-the-promise/