Name Frank Murray | ||
Died February 12, 1995, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Education Georgetown University Law Center | ||
Frank Jerome Murray (April 6, 1904 – February 12, 1995) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Mansfield, Massachusetts, Murray received a B.S. from Georgetown University in 1925 and an LL.B. from Georgetown University Law School in 1929. He was in the United States Army, Reserve Lieutenant, from 1925 to 1935. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1929 to 1938, and was then an Associate counsel, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, New England Agency from 1938 to 1939. He was a Trial counsel, Boston Housing Authority, Massachusetts from 1939 to 1941. He was a Corporation counsel, City of Boston, Massachusetts from 1941 to 1945. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1945 to 1946. He was a Trustee, Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company from 1945 to 1946. He was an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts from 1946 to 1967.
On February 21, 1967, Murray was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated by George C. Sweeney. Murray was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 5, 1967, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on July 15, 1977, serving in that capacity until his death, in Boston, Massachusetts.