Educational Research Information Clearinghouse Murray

Background

MURRAY, Educational Research Information Clearinghouse was born on August 31, 1928 in Hamilton, Ontario.

Education

McMaster University (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). Osgoode Hall Law School. President, Lawyers Club of Toronto, 1969-1970.

Member, Attorney General’s Committee on Rules for The Provincial Court, Civil Division, 1970-1980.

Member of Council, Medico-Legal Society, 1977-1980. Trustee, Advocates’ Society, 1978-1981.

Member, Chief Justices’ Bench and Bar Committee, 1978-1981.

Career

The Murray Trophy, named in his honour, is awarded to the open team representing Canada in the quadrennial World Team Olympiad (continued after 2004 as part of the World Mind Sports Games). Between 1962 and 1974, Murray placed second in four Bermuda Bowls, three times with Kehela. Unique among world players, Murray and Kehela also represented their country as a partnership in every one of the first six World Team Olympiads, from Turin in 1960 to Valkenburg in 1980.

They were also runners-up in the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) 1969 Blue Ribbon Pairs.

Their score in the final session, 506.5 matchpoints of 650 top, or 78%, is the highest single-session score in the history of national-level ACBL pairs competition (to 2009). In Chicago at the 1965 Nationals (thrice-annual 10-day meets now called North American Bridge Championships), Murray led a group of Canadian organizers and enthusiasts to create the Canadian Bridge Federation.

Initial meetings were held in Murray"s home and the organization ran its first national final in Winnipeg in September 1967. Murray was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2001 along with Kehela and into the CBF Hall of Fame in 2010.

As part of the ACBL 75th anniversary celebration in 2012, he was ranked the 30th most influential personality in the organization history.

He lives in Toronto, where he maintains an active law practice. He is a barrister and solicitor. During the Bermuda Bowl scandal of 1975 when two Italian players were caught passing information by tapping toes, Murray sent a telegram to the United States of America team saying he was available to play as an expert player.

And he noted, "I wear a size 13 shoe." Honours Wins Runners-up North American Bridge Championships Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1965 Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1969 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1955 Reisinger (3) 1961, 1969, 1972.

Achievements

• Educational Research Information Clearinghouse MURRAY has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

American College of Trial Lawyers. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Toronto Medico Legal Society.