- John E. Murray, Jr.
Infobox University President
name =John E. Murray, Jr.
caption =
order =11th
university =President ofDuquesne University
term_start =May 1988
term_end =May 2001
birth_date =Birth date and age|1932|12|20
birth_place =flagicon|PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
death_date =
death_place =
predecessor =Rev. Donald Nesti
successor =Charles J. Dougherty
alumna =La Salle University (1955)Catholic University of America (1958)University of Wisconsin-Madison (1959)
residence =Whitehall, Pennsylvania
profession =
religion =Roman Catholic
salary =
website =
footnotes =|John E. Murray, Jr. is the Chancellor and a Professor of Law at
Duquesne University inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania , United States. He is a former dean of theUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Law and theVillanova University School of Law . Dr. Murray lives in Whitehall, Pennsylvania with his wife Liz, a Villanova graduate. He has four children and six grandchildren.Duquesne presidency
Dr. Murray was president of Duquesne University from 1988 to 2001, serving what the "
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette " referred to as an "extraordinary tenure" that set "a standard of excellence and achievement that is truly remarkable and may prove hard to equal."cite news | title =Editorial: Murray to Dougherty / Duquesne's new leader inherits a stronger school | work =Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = 2001-08-18 | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/20010818edduquesne0818enp1.asp | accessdate =2007-10-09] During his administration, Duquesne grew from a small, financially-distressed Catholic university to a major research institution with over 12,000 students, a significant endowment, and numerous new buildings and facilities.cite news | first=Eleanor |last=Chute | title =Duquesne's Murray bids farewell to alums | work =Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = 2001-04-27 | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20010427murrayreg6.asp | accessdate =2007-10-09]cholarly career
Dr. Murray has written a on contracts and sales, "Murray on Contracts" (ISBN 0820551252), which is used by law students and practicing attorneys across America and has been cited in opinions by courts in numerous jurisdictions, including the
United States Supreme Court . [cite web | title =Murray on Contracts | publisher =Pennsylvania Bar Institute | url =http://materials.legalspan.com/PBI/20070207-150226-142204/MurrayContractsWeb.pdf | format =PDF | accessdate =2007-10-09] He also is the principal author of the supplements for the landmark multiple-volume treatise "Corbin on Contracts" (ISBN 0314284338). In addition, he has written 19 books and numerous law-review articles on the law of contracts and sales. In 1992, he teamed with a former law student, Jon Hogue, to practice law and is a named principal and consulting partner in the Pittsburghlaw firm of Murray, Hogue and Lannis. He was appointed in 2004 as representative on the Oversight Authority for the City of Pittsburgh by Pennsylvania GovernorEdward Rendell . [cite news | title =Governor Rendell names Duquesne Chancellor Murray to Pittsburgh oversight authority | work =PA PowerPort | publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | date =February 2004 | url =http://www.state.pa.us/papower/cwp/view.asp?A=11&Q=436194&pp=3 | accessdate =2007-10-09]References
External links
* [http://www.lawyers.com/Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh/Murray,-Hogue-and-Lannis-1557365-f.html Profile for Murray, Hogue and Lannis]
* [http://www.lawyers.com/Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh/Dr.-John-E.-Murray,-Jr.-1557355-a.html? Biography at "lawyers.com"]
* [http://www.law.duq.edu/Academics/AcaFacMur.html Duquesne University faculty listing]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.