Dan Murphy, former Molloy board chairman, dies

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Dan Murphy (Molloy College, Class of 1987), a member of the Board of Trustees of Molloy College and former chairman of that Board, died on Sunday, March 11 at the age of 52 after a battle with cancer.

Murphy was appointed to the Molloy College Board of Trustees in 2001 and served as Chairman of the Board from 2005-2008.

“Dan Murphy’s positiveness and enthusiasm for the college gave us confidence to achieve many of the things we’ve achieved in recent years,” said Edward Thompson, vice president for Advancement at Molloy College.

His service on the Board included membership on many committees, including academic affairs, fiscal affairs and executive committee.

“He was chairman at a critical time for the college and was most supportive of the building plans. It’s a tribute to his leadership as well as our president [Dr. Drew Bogner] that the campus has been transformed,” said former Molloy College Trustee Jeff Greenfield.

Murphy also served as Co-Chair of the Capital Campaign Committee. This Committee was responsible for raising approximately $20 million for the College to use toward the construction of the Public Square and the College's first residence hall.

"Dan Murphy was an incredible friend and supporter of Molloy College," said Bogner. "His leadership, guidance and vision were instrumental in our growth over the last decade, and our indebtedness and gratitude to him will live forever. He meant a lot to the college and he was chair of the board at a pivotal point in the college’s history.”

Murphy was also on the board of trustees of Winthrop hospital, and was a past chairman of the Queens County Museum of Art.

Murphy was a past president of the Arthritis Foundation and recently was the president of the Theodore Roosevelt Council, Nassau County, of the Boy Scouts of America.

Murphy, a former executive at Roslyn Savings Bank, was the founder of Madison National Bank, which grew to an approximately $300,000,000 institution in the five years when he was CEO and Co-chairman.

“He was always so upbeat, even during his last illness,” said Gerald Kaiser, a Molloy College trustee. “He was truly a unique individual. Long Island is so much poorer without him.”

Kaiser described Murphy as an eclectic man and a “tour de force” in the Long Island business community.