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10 July 2019 Proposed Revisions
I would like to propose some minor edits to this page.

I would like to propose two revisions to the Philanthropy and Legacy Section. First, the addition/update of total funds dispersed by the Murdock Trust to $1 billion as recently noted in media. Second, I would like to propose the removal of the second half of the final sentence that references criticism of the Murdock Trust. This item is discussed in detail on the Murdock Trust Wikipedia page and is not relevant to the biography of Jack Murdock. Editors have decided that the Murdock Trust Wikipedia page is not appropriate for biographical material on Jack Murdock given his life and work are covered on their own page. By that logic, criticism of the nonprofit foundation should be limited to the foundation page. The proposed revision would be as such:

Murdock never married, had no immediate relatives, and continued his philanthropy by leaving the vast majority of his estate– approximately $80 million in 1971 –to a charitable foundation that would become the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. (The total fund amount would reach approximately $91 million, with accumulated interest, when the Trust began operating in 1975 and surpassed $1 billion in giving in June 2019 ).[23][24][25][26]  As of January 2018, the M.J Murdock Charitable Trust has given more than $900 million in grants to organizations serving the Pacific Northwest,[27] but has been the subject of public criticism[28] for donations noted as contrary to its benefactor's well-documented egalitarian agenda.[29][30][31]

I would like to propose an update to the Background section. This fact shows Jack's early interest in electronics, as well as the interesting fact of him working on electronics at his high school.

Jack Murdock enjoyed electronics from an early age, even serving as the resident electrician at Franklin High School. After graduation, Murdock’s father offered him a choice of financing for college, or for a business. Murdock opened "Murdock Radio and Appliance Company" in 1935 in southeast Portland,[2][3] where, in 1936, Howard Vollum began working as a radio technician in the back of the shop.[4]

I would like to propose an addition to the Tektronix, Inc. section that speaks to Jack Murdock's relationship with his employees and his approach to management, as well as his role in supporting several other organizations. I welcome revision if this is written too robustly.

In 1946– headquartered a mere six blocks from his earliest family home[7] –Murdock formed Tektronix, Inc. as an equal partnership with Vollum, fellow former "coastie" Miles Tippery, and accountant Glenn McDowell.[8][9] Tektronix, Inc. quickly became one of the world’s largest manufacturers of oscilloscopes, as well as other electronic devices.[10][11] Murdock advocated for a worker-focused environment, promoting flexible work hours, profit sharing, a healthy workplace and providing employees the ability to use company resources for private projects, helping launch more than 300 companies.

ColbyReade (talk) 19:36, 10 July 2019 (UTC)ColbyReade

Reply 12-JUL-2019
Regards, Spintendo  13:55, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) The Philanthropy section was revised to include only basic information.
 * 2) The unclear citation style template was appended. The article uses two different styles.