J. Reginald Murphy | |
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Born | John Reginald Murphy 1933 (age 89–90) Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Publisher and business executive |
Known for | Being kidnapped in 1974 |
John Reginald Murphy (born 1933), usually known as Reg Murphy, is a publisher and business executive.
A native of Gainesville, Georgia and a graduate of Mercer University, [1] Murphy began his career in journalism with the Macon Telegraph . He became editor of the Atlanta Constitution , editor and publisher of The San Francisco Examiner , and publisher and CEO of The Baltimore Sun .
Murphy was president and CEO of the National Geographic Society from 1996 to 1998.
From 1994 to 1995, Murphy served as the president of the United States Golf Association. [2] He authored a biography of Griffin Bell, Uncommon Sense: The Achievement of Griffin Bell.
On 2012 he served as Executive-in-Residence at the College of Coastal Georgia. [3]
Murphy was kidnapped on February 20, 1974, at the age of 40, and was freed two days later after the Atlanta Constitution paid $700,000 ransom. [2] [4]
Murphy was well known for his stance against the Vietnam War, but the motive for the kidnapping is still unknown. [5] William A. H. Williams was arrested for the crime only six hours after Murphy was released, and all of the money was recovered. [6]
Williams was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in jail but served only nine; his wife Betty received probation for not reporting her husband to police. [2] [7] Williams claimed to represent a right-wing militia group called The American Revolutionary Army, protesting against "too leftist and too liberal" media outlets and a government which was a “fraud and a murderer on a mass scale”, and sought to have all federal elected officials resign. [8]
On 2019, contacted by a journalist, Williams apologised for the kidnapping. [9]
Murphy has a wife named Diana and two daughters. [2]
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