Herbert Frazier Murray

Herbert Frazier Murray (December 29, 1923 – July 12, 1999) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

Herbert Frazier Murray
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office
December 31, 1988  July 12, 1999
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office
July 29, 1971  December 31, 1988
Appointed byRichard Nixon
Preceded byRoszel Cathcart Thomsen
Succeeded byWilliam M. Nickerson
Personal details
Born
Herbert Frazier Murray

(1923-12-29)December 29, 1923
Waltham, Massachusetts
DiedJuly 12, 1999(1999-07-12) (aged 75)
Baltimore, Maryland
EducationYale University (B.A.)
University of Maryland School of Law (LL.B.)

Education and career

Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, Murray was in the United States Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1945. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1947 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1951. He was a law clerk Judge William Calvin Chesnut of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland from 1951 to 1952. He was in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland from 1952 to 1954. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the District of Maryland from 1954 to 1956. He was in private practice in Baltimore from 1956 to 1971.[1]

Federal judicial service

Murray was nominated by President Richard Nixon on July 19, 1971, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland vacated by Judge Roszel Cathcart Thomsen. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 29, 1971, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1988. Murray served in that capacity until his death on July 12, 1999, in Baltimore.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Roszel Cathcart Thomsen
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
1971–1988
Succeeded by
William M. Nickerson
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