William P. Murchison Jr.

Bill sponsored me to the bishop when I was ordained to the priesthood in 1985. I asked him to do this because I wanted a person of Bill's deep faith and orthodox Christian beliefs to give me a blessing by being there and making the vows. If I can but make it to my own end with faith likes his; if I can face challenges the way he did--with charity and wit, with understanding and backbone, with compassion and intelligence; and if I can be as chipper as he was always, then I will have made...

I just read in NATIONAL REVIEW of Mr. Murchison's passing. I have read his work for years and corresponded with him. He was extremely generous in replying to notes from a stranger. On one of the most difficult days of my life I received a copy of Mr. Murchison's collection of columns, THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN POLITICS, that I had ordered. I quickly came across a 1995 column he wrote while being treated for a tumor in an auditory canal. He wrote: " Again and again, it is borne in on me: A...

God Bless a good man and UT Ex, Bill Murchison.

Sincere