Linda Murphy, BUROS Institute, to retire

17 Jan 2013    

Linda L. Murphy is retiring from her position as Managing Editor at the Buros Center for Testing.   For nearly 30 years, Linda has been instrumental in a large number and wide variety of Buros Center publications, as she advanced from an entry-level position to a manager, taking time to earn her Master’s degree.  She was Managing Editor on nine of the ten Mental Measurements Yearbooks and all five of the Tests in Print volumes that have been published since the Buros Center moved to the UNL in 1978.
 
Her editorial skills are legion and matched – or possibly exceeded – only by her interpersonal skills.  Linda has been the voice of reason, caring, and calm insistence in countless phone and face-to-face conversations and email communications with test publishers, test reviewers, graduate assistants, student workers, and colleagues. In addition to her editorial responsibilities, she has represented the Center at professional conferences, served on numerous search committees, proofread drafts of myriad documents, and offered many encouraging words to those who needed them.  Linda is looking forward to having more time to spend with her children and grandchildren.  We wish her the very best and extend to her our gratitude for the many years of outstanding service to the Buros Center for Testing and the University of Nebraska!