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James Richard Murphy, known as Jim Murphy (born December 8, 1957), is a businessman from his native Houston, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jim Murphy's Biography )〕 From 2007 to 2009 and again since 2011, he has represented District 133 in Harris County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jim Murphy )〕 Murphy won a fourth nonconsecutive term in the state House in the general election held on November 4, 2014. He defeated the Democrat Laura Nicol, 34,530 (74.6 percent) to 11,754 (25.4 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=General election returns, November 4, 2014 )〕 ==Background== A Houston native, Murphy graduated in 1976 from the Roman Catholic-affiliated Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School. In 1980, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State Rep. Jim Murphy District 133 (R-Houston) )〕 In 1986, Murphy, a Realtor, became the president and executive director of Westchase District Management Services, a 4.2-square-mile municipal management district in west Houston which has drawn more than $2 billion in new investment and created thousands of jobs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jim Murphy Biography )〕 He is currently general manager to the district. A former member of the Jaycees, Murphy is affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce, the Houston Association of Realtors, and the Urban Land Institute. He sits on the board of West Houston Medical Center.〔 He is a founder and vice chair of the Alief Education Foundation in the community of Alief. The University of Texas regents appointed Murphy to the advisory council of the John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institutes, named for the late state attorney general, John Ben Shepperd.〔 Murphy is married to Kathleen J. Pace-Murphy (born c. 1959), a Ph.D. and an endowed professor at the Houston School of Nursing within the University of Texas System. An authority on chronic illness in the elderly, Pace-Murphy is a geriatric nurse practitioner.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kathleen Pace-Murphy, Ph.D. )〕 The Murphys have two sons, Robert and Pace,〔 who is a football player for the Northwestern State Demons in Natchitoches, Louisiana.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pace Murphy, 2014 Demon Football )〕 Murphy coaches youth sports and is a member of the pastoral council of Saint Cyril's Catholic Church in Houston. The Murphys reside in the Village Place section of Houston.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Murphy (Texas politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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