Murphy's Laws
Murphy's Laws About Murphy Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. (January 11, 1918 – July 17, 1990 [1] ) was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems . He is best known for his namesake Murphy's law , which is said to state, "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." Born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1918, Murphy was the eldest of five children. [2] After attending high school in New Jersey , he went to the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1940. The same year he accepted a commission into the United States Army , and undertook pilot training with the United States Army Air Corps in 1941. During World War II he served in the Pacific Theater in India , China and Burma (now known as Myanmar ), achieving the rank of major . Following the end of hostilities, in 1947 Murphy attended the ...