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William Gordon Murray

Birth	:	15 Jul 1903 Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	16 Nov 1991 Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Iowa State University Cemetery, Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0306000, -93.6539000
Description	:	William Gordon "Bill" Murray was born on July 15, 1903, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Dr. Frederick G. and Jeanett (Stevenson) Murray. He received a B.A. (1924) from Coe College in economics, an M.A. (1925) from Harvard University in economics, and a Ph.D. (1932) from the University of Minnesota in agricultural economics. Dr. Murray served as a graduate assistant (1925-1926) in the agricultural economics department at Iowa State College (University). After briefly serving as an Assistant Agricultural Economist with the United States Department of Agriculture, he returned to Iowa State as an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics (1927-1931). He was... Read More	William Gordon "Bill" Murray was born on July 15, 1903, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Dr. Frederick G. and Jeanett (Stevenson) Murray. He received a B.A. (1924) from Coe College in economics, an M.A. (1925) from Harvard University in economics, and a Ph.D. (1932) from the University of Minnesota in agricultural economics. Dr. Murray served as a graduate assistant (1925-1926) in the agricultural economics department at Iowa State College (University). After briefly serving as an Assistant Agricultural Economist with the United States Department of Agriculture, he returned to Iowa State as an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics (1927-1931). He was promoted to Associate Professor (1931-1937), Professor (1937-1974), and Professor Emeritus in 1974. Dr. Murray also served as the Head of the Department of Economics and Sociology at Iowa State (1944-1955). His research interests included farm credit, farm appraisal, and tax assessment of farm real estate. Among his major publications are Farm Appraisal: classification and valuation of farm land and buildings (ISU Press 1st edition 1940, 6th edition, 1980), and Agricultural Finance; principles and practice of farm credit (ISU Press 1st edition 1941, 7th edition 1980). Murray ran as the Republican candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1958 and again in 1966. He was also engaged in Indian land appraisal in sixteen states for the United States Department of Justice. In addition, Murray served as research director (1955-1956) for the Iowa Taxations Study Committee, a member (1970-1976) of the Iowa Natural Resources Council, a member and Chairman (1975-1981) of the Iowa State Board of Tax Review, as chairman (1969-1970) of the Governor's Committee for United Nations Day, and as president (1948) of the American Agricultural Economics Association. In 1967, he helped organize the Living History Farms Foundation; he served as the group's research director (1967-1974), president (1974-1981), and chairman (1981-1988). Dr. Murray received an international award for distinguished service to agriculture (1957) from Gamma Sigma Delta, honor society of agriculture. In addition, the Iowa State University Alumni Association awarded him with a Faculty Citation (1965) and he was named Professor of the Year by the Government of the Student Body (1974). Dr. Murray married Mildred Furniss in July 1928; the couple had three children: David, Jean, and John. Mildred passed away in 1974 and he married Alice Van Wert of Hampton, Iowa, in 1975. His daughter Jean married Tom Sutherland (both members of Iowa State's class of 1956), the Colorado State University professor and dean of faculty of agriculture and food science at the American University of Beirut who was held hostage in Lebanon (1985-1991). Dr. Murray died of cancer in 1991 at the age of 88.

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William Gordon Murray's memorial is located at: Iowa State University Cemetery, Ames, Story County, USA.
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William Gordon Murray death on 16 Nov 1991 in Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.0306000
Longitude: -93.6539000

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Mildred Furniss Murray

(1903 - 1974)

Alice Victoria Anderson Van Wert Murray

(1912 - 2014)

Siblings

Eleanor Murray Shepherd

(1906 - 1994)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Iowa State University Cemetery
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0306000, -93.6539000

2. Collegiate Presbyterian Church Columbarium
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0248290, -93.6547490

3. Collegiate United Methodist Church Columbarium
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0226200, -93.6522400

4. Saint Johns Episcopal Church Columbarium
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0224100, -93.6481040

5. Saint Andrews Lutheran Church Columbarium
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0241830, -93.6636190

6. Saint Thomas Aquinas Columbarium
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0224370, -93.6450840

7. Ontario Cemetery
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0286217, -93.6781387

8. First Christian Church Columbarium
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0270500, -93.6174100

9. Ames Municipal Cemetery
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0301208, -93.6061249

10. Story Memorial Gardens
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9933014, -93.6112976

11. Bloomington Cemetery
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0466573, -93.5852182

12. Olive Branch Cemetery
Boone County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0080986, -93.7369003

13. McMichael Cemetery
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0852203, -93.5915833

14. Arrasmith Cemetery
Franklin Township, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0855600, -93.5913900

15. Kelley Community Cemetery
Kelley, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9496000, -93.6582000

16. Gilbert Cemetery
Gilbert, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1135063, -93.6402512

17. Bethany Cemetery
Kelley, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9366989, -93.6594009

18. Walnut Grove Cemetery
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9468994, -93.5903015

19. Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1063740, -93.5614370

20. Born Cemetery
Franklin Township, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1222277, -93.5905220

21. South Saint Petri Cemetery
Gilbert, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1369019, -93.6331024

22. Baldus Cemetery
Lafayette Township, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1369000, -93.6067000

23. Lincoln Cemetery
Cambridge, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9235992, -93.6097031

24. Clark Cemetery
Luther, Boone County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9623146, -93.7752838