Herbert Frazier Murray

Herbert Frazier Murray
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 by	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Roszel Cathcart Thomsen
Succeeded by	William M. Nickerson
Personal details
Born	Herbert Frazier Murray; December 29, 1923; Waltham, Massachusetts
Died	July 12, 1999 (aged 75); Baltimore, Maryland
Education	Yale University (B.A.); University of Maryland School of Law (LL.B.)

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.

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]

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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