Winter in Hawaii: Christmas Morning, 2004, at Ka'ena Point, Oahu
This picture was taken Dec. 1, 2001, in
front of a poster at the Hong Kong Museum of History.
My 50th birthday picture:
taken in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 1, 2000, from the
observation deck at the Kuala Lumpur Tower, looking out about a
mile to the Petronas Towers, which at that time were the world's tallest buildings (if
you counted the uninhabited spires on top.)
That's me on Sentosa Island, Singapore,
in April 1998 with Merlion, Singapore's National Symbol, and at
the Colisseum in Rome in February 1999.
That's me in October 2000 not quite
half way into the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. I
finished the race, my eighth (and last!) full marathon, and my
fifth on the course in Washington.
The photo of me above is after
finishing the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C, in
October 1999.
I tried driving that camel while
stopping in Giza, Egypt, on a round-the-world trip for my 40th
birthday. The bungee jump was in Orlando, Fla., and the skydive
was at the Oz Sport Parachute Club in Lyons, Kan.
I am Keith Murray and I live in Wichita, Kansas.
A native of Pasadena, Calif., I have lived in
Wichita since 1978. I enjoy personal fitness, running,
surfing the Internet, and world travel.
Among things I've done in life that I care to
admit are graduating from Claremont McKenna College in
California in 1972, magna cum laude in political science,
and Wichita State University in Kansas in 1996, summa cum
laude in Spanish. I've also attended the University of
California's Davis School of Law and been in the U.S.
Army Reserve.
I worked with Knight Ridder newspapers (The
Pasadena Star-News and The Wichita Eagle) for 22 years,
taking what amounted to early retirement in 1993 and
returning to school to study Spanish in early 1994. From
1987 until 1993 I was vice president and general manager
of The Eagle.
I worked with Big Brothers and Sisters of
Sedgwick County (Kansas) for nine years. I was a board
member, and from 1992 to 1993, board president.
I follow Major League Baseball, including the Kansas City Royals.
I've run eight full marathons (26.2 miles), the
fastest time being 3:36:09 in the Marine Corps Marathon
in 1992. My most recent marathon was on that course in
2000 (4:12:48). I've also run a bunch of half marathons
and shorter races, and - as you can see - I've tried my
luck in bungee jumping and skydiving. I'm still here!
