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The Hon. CPT Patrick J. Murphy, Former Congressman from Bucks County and Former Acting Secretary of the Army
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Cocktails: 11:30 a.m.
Program: 12:00 noon
Lunch to follow
Merion Cricket Club
325 Montgomery Ave
Haverford, PA 19041
Cost: $ 60 in advance
$ 65 at the door with reservation
$ 70 walk-ins (if there is room)
COAT AND TIE REQUIRED! (Mufti or Uniform) The EQUIVALENT FOR LADIES
CPT Murphy was an All-American paratrooper with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, where he served on two combat deployments in Iraq, earning the Bronze Star for service. In 2007 our speaker became the nation’s first Iraq War veteran elected to Congress, representing Pennsylvania’s 1st district.
The 32nd Under Secretary of the Army, the Hon. Patrick J. Murphy while acting Secretary of the Army, was instrumental in achieving Army recruiting goals for the first time in five years, recruiting 120,000 Gen Z troops in 2016. He expanded the "Soldier for Life" initiative, which helped the Army generate over $250 million in public-private partnerships. To connect the Pentagon better to 19+ million American veterans, he opened online sales to drive revenue beyond the 2,500 Army & Air Force Exchange Service retail stores, increasing annual sales to over $6.7 billion. The Army is a Fortune 2-sized organization with over 1.3 million members and an annual budget of over $185 billion.
In 2007, CPT Murphy, a decorated combat veteran, became the nation’s first Iraq War veteran elected to Congress, representing Pennsylvania’s 1st district. He authored several groundbreaking pieces of legislation that became law, including the 21st Century GI Bill, the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and the Affordable Healthcare Act. He subsequently served as Distinguished Chair of Innovation at West Point. A Tech & Cyber Expert, Secretary Murphy serves as senior advisor to tech companies and sits on the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0. He chairs the National Task Force Cyber + Movement, which connects military families, personnel, and service members to in-demand jobs in transportation, healthcare, and cyber. He also advises multinational corporations and the US government on how to protect America’s critical infrastructure.
A serial entrepreneur, former Representative Murphy has had numerous successes in media, venture capital, and corporate leadership and advising. Besides being a "Vetrepreneur" himself, Secretary Murphy is a general partner at the Stony Lonesome Group, a venture capital firm that has invested hundreds of millions in over 100 veteran-owned or dual-use companies in the healthcare, cyber security, and AI sectors. He is also a lecturer at the Army War College in Carlisle, PA and at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
We encourage you to invite spouses, adult children, and friends, especially those that may be eligible to be Hereditary or Veteran Companions, to hear this decorated combat veteran, former Acting Secretary of the Army, and former Congressman. He earned his Bachelor's degree at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Please fill out and mail the attached reservation form with your cheque, payable to: “The PA Commandery – MOFW” to MAJ James Mallinson, PO Box 627, Paoli, PA 19301. Please try to mail it by Saturday, October 4. The cost for the event is $60 per person if we receive your cheque in advance. If you reserve in advance but do not send a cheque, you may pay $65 at the door, preferably by cheque. Walk-ins, if there is room, will be charged $70. If you do not send your reservation in time but wish to attend, call or text Jim at 610-457-0003, or email him at [email protected] . We regret having to bill no-shows if they do not cancel their reservation by Tuesday, October 7.
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Please advise MAJ Mallinson ( [email protected] ) or 610-457-0003 (mobile) that you will attend, and please send cheque for $65/person, payable to The PA Commandery – MOFW to:
Major James Mallinson
PO Box 627
Paoli, PA 19301
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