Howard Murphy:  

Life: I graduated from Fitchburg High School (but also attended Notre Dame and St Bernard's), class of 1964. Then, on to Fitchburg State University, where I graduated in 1968 with a BA degree in English. Immediately after graduation, I joined the US Air Force as an officer/pilot candidate. I was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in November 1968, and was awarded USAF pilot wings in November 1969. I served as an active duty Air Force pilot until 1978, then transferred to the USAF Reserve where I continued military flying until 1990, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. After leaving active duty military service in 1978, I was hired as a pilot by United Airlines, a position I held from 1979 - 2006. I was promoted to Captain in 1992, and selected as a Domicile Flight Manager at United's San Francisco flight office in 1998. I retired from United o...Expand for more