Representative Quincy Murphy will
speak at December 16th commencement.

State Representative Quincy Murphy will serve as the graduation speaker at this year's commencement activities. Listed below is the biography of Mr. Murphy.

William Quincy Murphy was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Edgefield County, South Carolina.  He is a graduate of North Carolina A & T State University from which he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics.  He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Quincy Murphy & Associates, an affiliate of the Allstate Insurance Company, and has been in the insurance and financial services business in Augusta since 1979.

Representative Murphy has a history of community and civic service and currently serves as a Board Member of Augusta/Richmond County Communities in Schools.  He is a member of the Augusta and the National Associations of Life Underwriters, the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials, the National Conference of State Legislatures, Alpha Mu—Boulé—Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Omega Psi Phi National Fraternity Inc., State Treasurer of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, and Chairman of the Augusta/Richmond County Legislative Delegation.

He is the former Executive Secretary and Training Officer of the Augusta Association of Basketball Officials, former member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Basketball and Football Officials Association, and the Optimist Club of Richmond County.  Representative Murphy is a former Board Member of the Augusta/Richmond County Coliseum Authority, Care Management Consultants, CSRA Business League Inc., CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority Inc., and the United Way of the Central Savannah River Area.

His awards include three years of recognition as an Allstate Financial Leader and Quality Agent and nineteen years as a recipient of the Honors Ring.  He was named 2005 Man of the Year by Mt. Canaan Baptist Church in Edgefield County, South Carolina, and 2005 Man of the Year by Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Augusta Alumni Chapter.

On his first run for public office in 2002, Representative Murphy was elected to the Georgia General Assembly as the State Representative for House District 97.  In 2004, he was re-elected to the newly formed House District 120.  In the House of Representatives, he serves on the prestigious Higher Education, Insurance, and Transportation Committees.

Representative Murphy is a member of Augusta’s historic Tabernacle Baptist Church, where he is a Deacon, Trustee, Ministry Chairman, and Former Church Treasurer.  He is married to the former Linda Dianne Dunton, and they have two adult children—Jennifer Alisha and William Quincy, III.