Murray Michael MCCOLLOCH

Background

McColloch, Murray Michael was born on June 9, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Carrick L. and Irma (Shelton) McColloch.

Education

University of Maryland (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, 1949). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1952). Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Sigma Alpha.

Career

Law clerk to presiding judge The United States of America Court Appeals, Washington, 1952-1953. Attorney subcommittee administration internal revenue laws United States House Representatives, 1953. Associate Gray, Binkley & Pfaelzer, Los Angeles, 1953-1955.

Assistant counsel Occidental Life Company California, 1955-1962. Vice president and counsel Fidelity Bankers Life Insurance Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1962-1967. Vice president, secretary and counsel J.C. Penney Life Insurance Company subsidiary J.C. Penney Company, Incorporated, New York York City, 1967-1976, senior vice president, secretary and counsel Plano, Texas, 1982-1994, J.C. Penney Life Insurance Company, Great American Reserve Insurance Company, Dallas, 1976-1982.

Of counsel Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, Limited liability partnership, since 1994. Chairman industry advisory committee Conference Insurance Legislation, 1982-1983. Chairman legal section American Council Life Insurance, 1985.

Chairman Florida Insurance Council, 1990-1991.

Works

• Other Work

  • Anatomy of a Merger, Textbook for Welfare, Pension Trustees and Administrators, 1964. Chairman, Executive Board, Conference of Insurance Legislators Industry Advisory Committee, 1982-1983. Chairman, Legal Section, American Council of Life Insurance, 1985.Associate, Gray, Binkley & Pfaelzer, Los Angeles, California, 1953-1955. Assistant Counsel, Occidental Life Insurance Company of California, 1955-1962. Vice President and Counsel, Fidelity Bankers Life Insurance Company, Richmond, Va, 1962-1967.

Religion

The faith should be based on the Bible, but also on reason, tradition, and personal experience.

Politics

Church members should support and resourcing their institutions to reflect on political issues in the light of Christian faith.

Views

Just as a human body contains different limbs and organs that depend on each other, so members of a Christian society should be close and caring enough to feel each other's pain and delight.

Membership

Board directors Plano Chamber Orchestra Served as corporal Air Corps United States Army, 1944-1945. Member American Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association, Association Life Insurance Counsel, Plano Bar Association.

Connections

Married Jane Frye, October 17, 1953. Children: Sidney Michael, Mark Lindsey.

Father:

Carrick L. McColloch

Mother:

Irma (Shelton) McColloch

Spouse:

Jane Frye

child:

Sidney Michael McColloch

child:

Mark Lindsey McColloch