Mr. William F. Murdy graduated from West Point in 1964 and was commissioned as an Engineer. He served as a Combat Engineer in the Dominican Republic, and in Vietnam. After his second year in South-East Asia, he earned his MBA at Harvard and returned to West Point and taught in the Department of Social Sciences. In 1974, Mr. Murdy left the military and entered the business world. He began applying the lessons he learned at West Point and in the military to his new career in business and became known as a “turn around person,” able to take a company, analyze problems and issues, and make changes to increase success. Mr. Murdy currently is the chairman of the Thayer Leader Development Group and the Thayer Hotel and serves as a Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army and on the board of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. In this interview, he discusses his time at West Point, including playing on the Sprint Football (150 lbs) Team under Coach Tipton, serving in Vietnam in the 173rd Airborne Brigade and as an Aide to MG Robert R. Plogher (USMA ’39). He describes his task of setting up a brigade level training school for Soldiers in Vietnam and taking over a Combat Engineer Company in the 173rd Airborne Brigade in January, 1971. He talks about the problems of drugs and fraggings in country in the early 70s. After leaving the military, he discusses his business career and how it has grown and developed over the years, to include owning the Thayer Hotel. Finally, he discusses how his military experiences have helped him in the business world.