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Daniel Joseph Murphy Sr. (March 24, 1922 – September 21, 2001) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy and an official in the Carterand Reaganadministrations.Murphy grew up in Brooklyn,and graduated from the University of Maryland andthe Naval War College. He joined the Navy in 1943, during his second year at St. John\'s University inNew York, and flew anti-submarine patrols over the North Atlantic during World War II.Duringthe 1960s he was commanding officer of the aircraftcarrier USSBennington. He commandedthe Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean duringthe Arab-Israeli War of 1973 and the Cyprus crisis of 1974. He retired fromactive service in 1977. Murphy\'s son, Vice Admiral Daniel J. Murphy Jr., lateralso commanded the Sixth Fleet, from 1998 to 2000. Murphy was principalmilitary assistant to successive Secretariesof Defense Melvin R. Laird and ElliotRichardson, deputydirector of the CIA in 1976 and 1977, and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policyat the Pentagonfrom 1977 to 1980 under Jimmy Carter. He was Vice President George H. W.Bush\'s chief ofstaff from 1981 to 1985.[4] At the end of Ronald Reagan\'sfirst term, Murphy left government to join the Washington D.C. lobbying andpublic relations firm Gray and Company (later Hill &Knowlton Worldwide) as a vice chairman. He later founded Murphy& Associates in Georgetown providing public affairs and consulting supportto U.S. and international firms. He facilitated former President George H.W.Bush\'s celebratory visit to Kuwait in 1993. He died at the age of 79 in 2001 ofa stomachaneurysm.