Bangkok, Thailand 2012–2013: Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma, Acting 2011–2012: Director, Mainland Southeast Asia 2010–2011: Deputy Director, Mainland Southeast Asia 2009–2010: Team Leader, Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team, Iraq 2006–2008: Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé, Embassy Maseru, Lesotho 2003–2006: Political and Economic Counselor, Embassy Rangoon, Burma 2000–2002: Senior Advisor, Haiti Working Group 1998–2000: Burma and Laos Desk Officer 1995–1998: Political and Economic Chief, Embassy Conakry, Guinea 1993–1995: Vice Consul, Consulate General Guangzhou, China 1990: Graduate intern, Political and Economic Section, Embassy Bamako, Mali Awards and honors Murphy received a dozen of the Department of State's commendations, including the Department of the Army's Superior Civilian Service Award and the National Defense University President's Award. He was also a finalist for the Secretary of State's 2005 Human Rights and Democracy Achievement Award. Publications Murphy, W. Patrick, & Vandal, Thomas (2010, July 15). Winning in Iraq by Working Together. The Washington Times. Sewell, John W., & Murphy, W. Patrick (1992). The United States and Japan in Southeast Asia: Is a Shared Development Agenda Possible? The U.S.-Japan Economic Relationship in East and Southeast Asia, XIV(1), Significant Issues Series, 115–138. Asia-Pacific Association of Japan and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Personal life Murphy speaks French, Burmese, Cantonese, and Spanish. He and his wife Kathleen have one son, Seamus, and two daughters, Meghan and Gillian. References Living people Ambassadors of the United States to Cambodia National War College alumni Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies alumni University of Vermont alumni 21st-century American diplomats 20th-century American diplomats People from Windham County, Vermont United States Foreign Service personnel Peace Corps volunteers 1963 births