Arthur Purves grew up in Washington, D.C., and has a BA, MS, and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania. He retired after 40 years as a computer programmer. He and his late wife, Carol, moved to Vienna in 1976.
They have two children, who attended Fairfax County Public Schools grades K-12, and eight grandchildren.
He was president of the Marshall High School lacrosse boosters and the Thomas Jefferson High School crew boosters.
For 27 years he has been president of the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance. Arthur was Scoutmaster for a small Latino troop, has helped a refugee family with asylum applications, was treasurer for the Fairfax Committee of 100 and served on the 2014 Fairfax County Meals Tax Task Force and on the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Family Life Education Advisory Committee.
He is currently on the FCPS Equitable Access to Literacy Community Advisory Committee.
