Article: Lobbyist had key role in PSU's rise.

Byline: Bill Graves

Aug. 16--Deborah "Debbie" Murdock, a popular lobbyist who helped transform Portland State University from a commuter college to a vibrant urban research university, died Tuesday in a Portland hospital only days after learning she had cancer. She was 52.

Friends and community leaders described Murdock as a well respected, behind-the-scenes player in a variety of public policy jobs that ended with her position at PSU. She was gifted at building relationships among people from various levels of government, friends said.

"She had this unquenchable belief that the wrongs that had been inflicted on people could be made right by ...

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