| Rosalind Anne Murphy |
2010
Rosalind A. Murphy, 94, who taught languages at Woodrow Wilson High
School and other D.C. public schools, died April 30 at her home in
Washington. She had Alzheimer's disease.
Miss Murphy, a lifelong Washingtonian, began her teaching career in the
1930s. She taught Latin and German at Wilson High School for about 20
years before retiring in the mid-1970s.
Rosalind Anne Murphy was born in the District, graduated from Sacred
Heart Academy and received a bachelor's degree in Greek language from
what is now Trinity University in Washington.
She received master's degrees in English and Latin from Catholic University
and did additional graduate work in education, social work and business
administration at Georgetown University.
Miss Murphy spoke English, German, French, Latin and ancient and
modern Greek. She was a member of the Catholic Shrine of the Most
Blessed Sacrament in the District. As a volunteer, she recorded readings for
the blind in Latin and Greek.
She had no immediate survivors.
-- Matt Schudel
Rosalind A. Murphy, 94, who taught languages at Woodrow Wilson High
School and other D.C. public schools, died April 30 at her home in
Washington. She had Alzheimer's disease.
Miss Murphy, a lifelong Washingtonian, began her teaching career in the
1930s. She taught Latin and German at Wilson High School for about 20
years before retiring in the mid-1970s.
Rosalind Anne Murphy was born in the District, graduated from Sacred
Heart Academy and received a bachelor's degree in Greek language from
what is now Trinity University in Washington.
She received master's degrees in English and Latin from Catholic University
and did additional graduate work in education, social work and business
administration at Georgetown University.
Miss Murphy spoke English, German, French, Latin and ancient and
modern Greek. She was a member of the Catholic Shrine of the Most
Blessed Sacrament in the District. As a volunteer, she recorded readings for
the blind in Latin and Greek.
She had no immediate survivors.
-- Matt Schudel