Taught at Harvard
Brig Gen John E. Murray,
Ex Investigations Chief
WELLESLEY - Brig Gen John E. Murray, Jr., USAF (ret.) 50, died suddenly in his home.
He retired in 1959 due to a heart ailment.
As a civilian he became active in the field of education, serving as a member of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
In 1962, Gen Murray was appointed by Gov. John Volpe to a six-year term of the advisory board of Higher Education Policy, a state agency established by the Legislature to review all state supported programs for higher education.
He was born in Worcester and graduated from Holy Cross, where he earned degrees of bachelor and master's in science.
Prior to his service with the armed forces, he was a special agent of the FBI.
During World War II, he served as Director of the Criminal Investigations Divion in the China-Burma-India theater.
He was appointed chief of criminal investigations Gen MacArthur's' staff in Tokyo and served in that capacity until 1948, when he was transferred to the Office of Special Investigations for the Air Force.
From 1951 to 1954 he was director of special investigations in Europe. He was appointed director of the Office of Special Investigations, in 1955. In this post he was responsible for supervising all Air Force investigative and counter-intelligence activities worldwide.
Gen Murray leaves a wife, Mary L. (Monson), a son John E. Murray, 3d., a daughter, Mary L., and two sisters, Mrs. John V. Ballantine of Worcester and Mrs. Richard Cahill of Auburn.
The Boston Globe
Boston, Massachusetts · Saturday, October 10, 1964
Taught at Harvard
Brig Gen John E. Murray,
Ex Investigations Chief
WELLESLEY - Brig Gen John E. Murray, Jr., USAF (ret.) 50, died suddenly in his home.
He retired in 1959 due to a heart ailment.
As a civilian he became active in the field of education, serving as a member of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
In 1962, Gen Murray was appointed by Gov. John Volpe to a six-year term of the advisory board of Higher Education Policy, a state agency established by the Legislature to review all state supported programs for higher education.
He was born in Worcester and graduated from Holy Cross, where he earned degrees of bachelor and master's in science.
Prior to his service with the armed forces, he was a special agent of the FBI.
During World War II, he served as Director of the Criminal Investigations Divion in the China-Burma-India theater.
He was appointed chief of criminal investigations Gen MacArthur's' staff in Tokyo and served in that capacity until 1948, when he was transferred to the Office of Special Investigations for the Air Force.
From 1951 to 1954 he was director of special investigations in Europe. He was appointed director of the Office of Special Investigations, in 1955. In this post he was responsible for supervising all Air Force investigative and counter-intelligence activities worldwide.
Gen Murray leaves a wife, Mary L. (Monson), a son John E. Murray, 3d., a daughter, Mary L., and two sisters, Mrs. John V. Ballantine of Worcester and Mrs. Richard Cahill of Auburn.
The Boston Globe
Boston, Massachusetts · Saturday, October 10, 1964
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