Honoring a career
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Forty-one years ago, Bill Murphy walked into this building as a junior engineer with a flat-top and a slide rule. Today, he's walking out. Most of us in this room owe at least one good thing in our lives to him being here in between. Bill didn't just build the testing program — though he did that. He built the team that built the testing program. He hired me when I had no business being hired. He hired half the people in this room. And once he hired you, he had your back, even on the days you didn't deserve it. I want to tell one story. In '03, when the Renville project nearly killed all of us, Bill stayed every night that month. He never made a speech about it. He just stayed. That's the kind of leader he is. Bill — you taught us to do the work, take the work seriously, and not take ourselves too seriously. We will keep doing that. You earned this rest. To Bill. Cheers.