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Heather's Comments
10/2- Looks great, Lacy. Can you tell me a little bit more about what you'll update on Murphy's page? If you need help with sources, please reach out to our librarian Rachel through inbox in Canvas.

10/13- Looks good! Keep it up!

10/25- I think you are almost done, Lacy. And you have done a good job keeping the writing neutral. What about a photo that is copywrite free or that he gives you permission to use? Of his work on the job (in scuba gear) maybe?

10/31- You're good! :)

Lacy's Work Log
I have changed my subject from June Sauer to Richard Murphy. He is a marine ecologist and lives in Bonny Doon, Ca in Santa Cruz County. 9/30/2019

Emailed and asked Murph for photos that I could use for his wiki page. He agreed and will be sending me ones that he has asap. Also asked if there was a good time to have a phone conversation on ideas for sources I would be able to find him in. 10/4/19 (.5 hours)

Phone call with Murph about some of the things that I would be able to cover on his wiki page and where I would be able to find him in references. 10/5/19 (1 hr)

Did some digging into Murph's current line of work and what he has been doing since working with the Cousteau family and their show. He was able to give me the name of the group that he works with so I had a head start. I also looked into what he has been doing with UCSC since when we lived on his property he was working closely with the Seymour Center there. 10/6/19 (1.5 hrs)

Added new citation to the Seymour Center and made the outside link for the Ambassadors of the Environment. 10/14/19 (.5 hours)

Downloaded Murphy's Curriculum Vitae and list of Scientific Publications, Reports, and Papers Presented at Conferences in order to review them and use them for this project. (0.5hours) 10/14/19

I am having such a hard time with this because I know this man personally and I thought that I knew him but now looking at all of his accomplishments I feel as though I knew nothing and I want to give him an amazing Wiki page because he deserves it. He is the most interesting and kind hearted man so this is hard trying to keep my personal thoughts out of it!

Linked all of the locations that were originally listed as sites that he has been on expeditions of to the Wiki pages for them. Also added an outside link to the Ocean Futures Society. 10/14/19

Began transferring all information to the main space. Still looking for a photo to upload and possibly adding more of his career in before the end of the project. (10/28/19)

Lacy's edits to Richard Murphy
Richard C. Murphy "Murph" (born 1942) is an American marine ecologist and an author of two books. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. His specialty is marine ecology. He currently lives in Bonny Doon, California.

Education
Murphy earned a B.A. in Zoology (University of California at Los Angeles, 1966) and an M.A. in Marine Biology (California State University at Long Beach, 1969), with a focus on the neuroanatomy (pineal organ) of bluefin tuna. He received a Ph.D. in Marine/Systems Ecology from the University of Southern California in 1982. His research focused on benthic community metabolism and population ecology of infauna.

Career
Murphy began working with Jean-Michel Cousteau and his father, Jacques Cousteau, in 1968. Starting in 1973, Richard has worked with Jean-Michel Cousteau in creating field study programs for students of all ages. The Ambassadors of the Environment program is the most recent of their educational programs. He has been involved with many projects and expeditions in a vast amount of remote areas around the globe. Dr. Murphy's role in these expeditions has included serving as chief scientist, photographer, writer, educator, or project director. He has participated in Cousteau expeditions conducted in many places such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands, the Caribbean, Indonesia, The Mekong River in SE Asia, the Amazon, Sea of Cortez, Australia and New Zealand. For the last 15 years, Murphy has been the director of science and education for Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society, a foundation which promotes ocean exploration around the world and educates about protection of ocean ecology.

Murphy is an experienced scuba diver and has been on thousands of dives.

Murphy is one of the 2019-2020 Honorary Member of the Board of Directors at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Santa Cruz, California