Miles Murphy

John 'Miles' Murphy was a founder of what became one of the largest accredited higher education institutions in the world. John 'Miles' left the private university in 1997 to dedicate himself to varied other interests, including the writing of a screenplay based on an historical event that he had researched while a college student in the 1970's.

Previous to helping found and manage the private university, John 'Miles' taught at San Jose State University where he founded and directed Community of Communities, a mental health socialization and advocacy project with former state mental hospital patients, and published a layman's guide to mental health services and laws, Family Journal of Mental Health, for the families of the adult mentally ill.

John 'Miles' and his wife, Paula, support a variety of arts and human services organizations, and he is on leave from the Board of Smuin Ballets of San Francisco. John 'Miles' has also penned The Iron, an action-thriller set in San Francisco.

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