[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 176 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO MAJOR GENERAL JOHN E. MURRAY

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 19, 2008

  Mr. PASCRELL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and 
accomplishments of veteran, civil servant, and author Major General 
John E. Murray (United States Army Retired).
  Born in Clifton, New Jersey, November 22, 1918, General Murray was 
drafted into the United States Army in 1941 as a private leaving his 
studies at St. John's University and rose to the rank of Major General. 
The career that followed was to take him through three wars, ten 
campaigns and logistic and transportation operations throughout the 
world. He earned his LL.B. from New York Law School in 1949, LL.D. in 
1975 and M.A. from George Washington University in 1961. He was a 
member of the New York and United States Supreme Court Bar as well as a 
member of the Korean Bar.
  He fought and served bravely during the Korean War and went on to 
become the Director of Army Transportation in 1969 and 1970. He then 
served as Chief of Logistics to the Pacific Command and Chief of 
Logistics for the Military Assistance Command from 1972 until late 
1973, under the command of Admiral John S. McCain, Sr. After the cease 
of hostilities in Vietnam, he remained as chief military in charge of 
intelligence operations and support of the Vietnamese Armed Forces.
  President Reagan called General Murray back to service in 1988-1989 
where he served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict. He was inducted into 
the Army Transportation Corps Hall of Fame, located at Fort Eustis, 
Virginia in 2001.
  After retiring from the military he served as Vice President of the 
Association of American Railroads and as special counsel to American 
International Underwriters. He served on the White House Agent Orange 
Working Group and the Defense Intelligence Task Force on POWs and MIAs. 
He also served with the White House Office of Science and Technology on 
epidemiological studies and with industry of a variety of legal and 
logistics matters.
  General Murray lectured at Georgetown University on Crisis Management 
and at the National Defense University. He was a prolific author of 
articles involving logistics and business matters and also contributed 
book reviews to Time-Life books and National Defense Transportation 
magazine. Publications include Lawyers, Computers and Power; War 
Transport; Show Biz; The Myths of Business and the Business of Myths; 
Sweet Adversity; and The U.S. Army, how it Motivates.
  Among his numerous awards were the D.S.M.; Legion of Merit; the 
Italian War Cross, Knight Order Crown of Italy; and decorations from 
the Korean and Vietnamese Governments.
  Madam Speaker, I was truly saddened by the death of General Murray. I 
would like to extend my deepest condolences to his family. My thoughts 
and prayers are with his daughter Valerie, of Norfolk Virgina, his 
granddaughter Shana and grandson Andrew of Norfolk Virginia; his 
brother Danny of Arlington Virginia, and a large extended family.

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