Background
Murdock, James Oliver was born on June 23, 1893 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Willard Dolman and Sarah Jane (Blunt) Murdock.
Murdock, James Oliver was born on June 23, 1893 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Willard Dolman and Sarah Jane (Blunt) Murdock.
Educated University School, Mexico City, Mexico, 1900-1905. Bachelor of Philosophy, Chicago University, 1918. George Washington University Law School, 1921-1922.
Academy International Law (The Hague), 1923.
Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1924.
Admitted to New York bar, 1925, and District of Columbia, 1937. Practiced with Cadwalader, Wickersham, and Taft, New York City, 1924-1925. Private practice in Washington, District of Columbia, since 1937.
Lecturer and professor, George Washington University Law School, 1930-1958.
Assistant United State Attorneys, Southern District New York, 1923-1927. Assistant legal adviser, State Department 1927-1938.
Secretary American delegation International Conference American States on Conciliation and Arbitration, Washington, 1928-1929. Counsel for United States and Canada, 1929-1932.
Counsel for United States, United States-Sweden Arbitration, 1932.
Member Inter-American Juridical Committee, 1959, 61. First lieutenant and captain Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1921. Member American Bar Association (section International and Comparative Law, (chairman, 1936-1937), American Society International Law (secretary, 1943-1944), Inter-American Bar Association, (council, and executive committee 1941-1944), District Columbia Bar Association, American Law Institute, Inter-American Academy of Comparative and International Law, Havana, Cuba (member Curatorium), Phi Delta Phi, Phi Gamma Delta, Order of Coif.
Club: Harvard (Washington).
Mason, Scottish Rite.
Married Elizabeth Overton Lea, December 2, 1922. Children: James Oliver, Junior.