Background
He was born in Newport News, Virginia on April 11, 1914.
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Lewis Archer McMurran
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He attended Washington and Lee University.
Career
He represented the City of Newport News, Virginia including representing Warwick County, Virginia before it was consolidated into the City of Newport News. He served in the United States Navy Reserve in World World War II rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He was a Democrat. He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1948.
He served until 1977.
His committee assignments included Federal Relations (Chairman), Chesapeake and Its Tributaries, Counties Cities and Towns, and Roads and Internal Navigation. Through his work in the Virginia General Assembly, he was instrumental in the founding of Christopher Newport University in 1960 as a two-year branch of the College of William and Mary.
In 1964 the first building built for Christopher Newport University (Lewis Archer McMurran, Junior, Hall) was constructed on the site of the current campus. In 1981 the College of William and Mary awarded Lewis A. McMurran, Junior. an honorary degree (Doctor of Laws).
He was the founding chairman of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the Virginia state agency that operates Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center.
He continued as chairman of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation until 1986 and was chairman emeritus at the time of his death in 1989.
Membership
He was member of the Virginia Delegation to the 1948 Democratic National Convention. As a member of the Virginia House of Delegates he was instrumental in the creation of the Virginia 350th Anniversary Commission in 1954 and served as its chairman.
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United States