Kevin Murphy is from Danbury, CT and pursuing a double major in Finance and Economics. He is currently a member of the Atkins Investment Group, a Dean’s Ambassador, a Paul Scholar, and a Peer Advisor with the FIRE program.
"Favorite memories: Most of my friends are from Paul, and we’re pretty close with one of our professors, Rick Kilbride. Before this school year started we decided to go on a hike with him. And then we spent eight hours trying to climb a number of mountains. People were falling. It was raining. But it was just so fun to be out with my friends and a teacher who has also become a good friend.
Places on campus I’ll miss: There was an empty office in Paul that for years nobody knew about, and I could always sneak up there and get work done if I needed to. And of course the great hall–just for being able to see and spend time with your friends. And the ticker room. Atkins room. Bloomberg room? I spent A LOT of time in there. And Stillings, which is a great dining hall, except on Saturdays.
Favorite class: Financial Scandals. It was more on the ethics side of how scandals happen. Like, step one happens, step two happens, and then step three puts people in jail. So obviously don’t do steps one and two and then step three won’t happen!
Plans post-grad: Moving to NYC to work at Piper Sandler as a healthcare investment banking analyst (fingers-crossed without anything else happening in this crazy world, ) A lot of people helped me along the way—I owe Peter White at least one job in the future, because he’s got me two.
As a high schooler I saw college as get in, do well enough to succeed, get a job. I actually only applied to UNH because the fee was waived and I liked the sound of the business school. I got in, luckily. Thank god. And then I got into the Paul Scholars program, which meant money, so my family figured we should take a look. We came up one day in February or March and it was absolutely beautiful–warm, sunny… looking back four years later I realize that never happens. So I definitely got tricked. But seriously, I saw it as a place where I could leave my mark and get a lot out of it. And I was right. I don’t know how I was so smart as a high school senior. Pat myself on the back for that one."
