Featured speaker at Creative Mornings Jan. 10:
Born in 1923, Dr. William Murphy Jr. grew up the son of a Nobel prize winner and the first licensed female dentist in Massachusetts. His sister was the first licensed female aviatrix of large aircraft at the age of 15. At the age of 13, he invented the snowblower. He built his first car as a teen. A few decades later he invented the physiologic cardiac pacemaker.
A highly successful entrepreneur and inventor, the owner of 17 patents, a distinguished speaker and published author, Dr. Murphy founded Small Parts,Inc., Cordis Johnson & Johnson (which he led as President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at various times during his 28 years at Cordis until
his retirement in October 1985). served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hyperion Inc., and serves as Chairman of the Board of Bioheart, a cell technologies company.
Dr. Murphy will speak on the theme "Childhood" at Creative Mornings. The details:
January 10 at the InterContinental Miami, 8:30-10 a.m.
Free limited RSVP here (tickets are going fast).
The talk will be videotaped and posted on the Creative Mornings Website.
Read about a past Creative Mornings talk with Mike Tomas here.