Obituaries

After high school, he ran the bar business until 1977. He then spent 15 years as a high school history and special education teacher in Brooklyn. He graduated from Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., when he was 45.

He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II.

Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Marilyn Grimm Doherty of Silver Spring; four children, Patricia Doherty of Nutley, N.J., Robert Doherty of Washington, Erin Rose of Silver Spring and Kathleen Doherty, a Foreign Service officer stationed in Moscow; and six grandchildren.

-- Adam Bernstein

Peter MurphyLaw Firm Partner

Peter Murphy, 42, a partner in the environmental and natural resources practice group of the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher died June 30 in Cancun, Mexico, while on vacation. He died of an apparent heart attack.

Mr. Murphy, a Vienna resident, worked in the firm's Washington office since 1994. He was a member of the firm's corporate and litigation departments and was listed in Washingtonian magazine in 2004 as one of the top lawyers in his field.

He was born in Mineola, N.Y., and raised in Lewiston, Maine. He was a 1987 honors graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a 1990 graduate of the University of Michigan law school, where he edited the Michigan Journal of International Law.

After law school, he spent four years as an Army Department assistant general counsel. He advised the Army's senior civilian leadership on environmental and natural resources law and policy.

He was a board member, commissioner and coach for Vienna Youth Soccer and was a member of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic church in Vienna.

Survivors include his wife of 10 years, Sheila Royston Murphy, and their three children, Patrick Murphy, Kevin Murphy and Maeve Murphy, all of Vienna; his father, Thomas Murphy of Lewiston; a sister; and two brothers.