During the 37 years he worked at MIT, James N. Murphy represented the highest standard of service and devotion to the Institute. As the first manager of Kresge Auditorium and the MIT Chapel, he helped develop the policies that make these historic buildings invaluable community facilities. Murphy also took on the added responsibility of managing the MIT Religious Counselors’ House and the Non-Resident Student Association House. In 1966, Mr. Murphy and three MIT students died tragically in an automobile accident while traveling to a national convention of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, for which Murphy was the faculty advisor.