Dan Murphy

I entered the Naval Academy from Irving, Texas as a graduate of the Dallas Jesuit Preparatory School. After graduation and following Naval flight training, I served in the US Navy for 20 years as a Patrol Plane pilot/ASW specialist and Naval Training Specialist.  Following retirement in 1995, I spent 17 years teaching the Navy Junior ROTC program in Texas. After retiring for the second time, Pat and I bought a summer retirement home in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the Hiawatha Sportsman Club where we escape the Texas heat.  

Pat and I have been married for 50 years following our chance meeting at the Philadelphia Officer’s Club during my second-class year at USNA. We have 2 daughters and five grandchildren all who live near us in the Dallas area. My hobbies and interests include fishing, snow skiing, sailing, woodworking, and helping my local community. I am a member of the Knights of Columbus and past grand Knight of Council 8157 in Duncanville, Texas.

In 2025, I participated in the Gulf to Goat bike adventure to help raise awareness and to support charities that are closely tied to our classmates. The opportunity to support charities has returned with GOATs Row, and I am looking forward to this physical challenge, to sharing the camaraderie of our like-minded classmates, and to continuing a friendly roommate tradition of: “If you will I will”.

ROW NAVY!