Dunstan Peter Murphy 69 Downsview Crescent Nepean, Ontario K2G 0A4

Phone: (613)224-2593

"Murph" was born to Peter and Margaret (nee Ryan) Murphy in Cardigan, P.E.I., on May let, 1927. The second youngest of five children and the only boy ,he received his elementary education in Cardigan and entered St. Dunstan's High School in 1944 - graduating with a 8.5.0 in 1951.

The four years of university were punctuated with an intense interest in sports including track and field, football and hockey. In hockey - he was a member of the l947 Intramural Champions and a member of what seems to have been the first Junior Hockey team at SDU. In football - he was a member of the First team. His track and field prowess is recorded in the St. Dunstan’s Red and White Autumn edition (1947) report: .

”the outstanding feat of the (field) day was the breaking of the standing broad jump

record by Dunstan Murphy who toped the pre-existing record by three inches".

In February 1950 his good fi‘iend Hugh MacPhee, then President of St. Dunstan’s Amateur Athletic Association, awarded Murph a medal for his athletic excellence, and in 195] he was awarded a Gold pin for winning his letters in football and track. In three out of the four years of track there was keen competition between him and fellow classmate Johnny Cash. However, the outcome was always the same, Johnny lst - Murph 2nd.

One of his fondest recollections of university life was the Great Math Challenge between the two best mathematicians in the class - Mark the math whiz McGuigan and Elmer Einstein McPhee. Both contestants were given a column of numbers to be added. On the word start the contest began. Unbeknownst to Mark, Elmer already had the answers to the calculations. Just before Mark was to announce his answers, Elmer would beat him to the punch. Mark was in awe of Elmer's uncanny ability to add!