Walter R. Murray Jr.

House

Vanderbilt University
Walter R. Murray Jr.

Walter Murray Jr. was born in Nashville in 1948 and graduated

from Pearl High School in 1966. As a Vanderbilt
undergraduate, he was vice president of the Student
Association and founder of the Afro-American Association and
Project Opportunity. In his senior year, he was elected by his
classmates to a four year term on the Vanderbilt Board of
Trust.
After graduating in 1970, Rev. Murray worked at Vanderbilt as
an admissions counselor and later as the university’s first
Opportunity Development officer. After receiving a master of
management degree from Owen in 1974, he earned a master
of divinity degree from Harvard in 1986. Rev. Murray served
as managing director of INROADS and as adjunct faculty at
Andover Newton Theological School. He later became
minister of Zion Baptist Church in Lynn, MA.
Rev. Murray was recognized by the Massachusetts state
legislature and the Massachusetts Council of Churches for his
ecumenical leadership against violence. In 1996, he received
the First Decade Award from Harvard Divinity School. He
founded the Association of Vanderbilt Black Alumni and
became the namesake of its Distinguished Alumnus Award in
1995. Rev. Murray died in 1998 at the age of 50.
Proposed Walter R. Murray Jr. House

•Prominent location along eastern border of new quad

•45,000 sq. ft.
•155 student beds
•Music practice room, Seminar room, central study/social spaces
•Faculty apartment
•Laundry and kitchen facilities
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