He graduated from Harvard in 1908 with his younger brother, Ray D. Murphy (1887–1964) (future chairman of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States 19xx-1952), where they were both in the Harvard Glee Club, Harvard Quartet and the Pi Eta Society.
He graduated from Harvard in 1908 alongside his younger brother, Ray D. Murphy (born in 1887 and died in 1964; future chairman of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States from 19xx to 1952), where they were both members of the Harvard Glee Club, Harvard Quartet, and Pi Eta Society.