Franklin D. Murdock

Franklin Dale Murdock, was born December 15th 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah- Murdock is the fourth of five boys and one girl and graduate of West High School with the class of 1939. He volunteered his service to the U.S. Navy early in 1944 and spent one year in intensive schooling studying radio and radar electronics; serving on two different surface vessels before being discharged early in 1946. Following military service, he went to work for the Douglas Aircraft Company as a technician in the study of radio energy propagation and development of flush mounted antennae. During employment Franklin took extension courses sponsored by UCLA and attended refresher courses at a local college. He was general foreman of all engineering research and development laboratories before accepting a position of design project engineer for electronics and weapons systems for the A4 SKYHAWK airplane used by the Marines, U.S. Navy and several foreign countries. He retired after 34 and a 1/2 years; after the last of the A4 SKYHAWKS had been delivered. Mr. Murdock is the author of 4 books: My Life in Poetry and The Absolute Truth, My Father's Wondrous Love, Blessing or Presumption, My Life in Poetry and now The Best is Yet to Come, a moving and thoughtful sojourn with spiritual hope and insight for living your best life. VerveStar is also developing his sixth book Wondrous Love: A Memoir (working title) for an upcoming release and their are plans for a feature film based on the memoir. Franklin also has a bonus eBook hitting the market that is a retirement journal.