Dr. James Getty was a scientist that worked for NASA. Little is known of his early life, but he began a friendship with Murph Cooper around the year 2089, when she was a feisty and independent, yet bitter woman still missing her father and angry at him. In the year 2091, she had solved the gravity equation to get people off Earth and soon afterwards, the two married and had two children, though Murph kept her maiden name. Getty died in the 2040's on one of the smaller space stations he and Murph lived on.