Murray Seasongood

Background

Seasongood, Murray was born on October 27, 1878 in Cincinnati. Son of Alfred and Emily (Fechheimer) Seasongood.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1900, Master of Arts, 1901, Bachelor of Laws, 1903. Doctor of Laws, Marietta College, 1950, New York University, 1951, Miami University, 1963, U. Cincinnati, 1964. Doctor of Humane Letters, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute Religion, 1962.

Doctor of Laws, Wilmington College, 1963.

Career

Mistress Herbert Hoffheimer, Junior). Admitted to Ohio bar, 1903. Practiced law, Cincinnati.

Member Paxton & Seasongood.

Participant time professor of University Cincinnati College Law, 1925-1959, now professor emeritus. Visiting professor law Harvard, 1947-1948, Godkin lecturer, 1933.

Mayor, Cincinnati, 1926-1930, chairman City Planning Commission Former president Cincinnati Legal Aid Society, National Municipal League. Vice president National Civil Service League.

Honorary vice president National Legal Aid Association.

Member President's Housing Conference, 1932. Security consultant to personnel Clearance Security Board, United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1954-1959. Member of advisory committee rules criminal procedure Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1941-1944, Ohio Commission Code Revision, 1945-1949.

Former president Hamilton County Good Government League.

Former member Hamilton County Charter Commission. Former president National Association Legal Aid Orgns.

Member United States Civil Service Commission Loyalty Review Board, 1947-1953, Ohio Turnpike Commission, 1949-1952, Task Force on Personnel Administration, Ohio Program Commission 1950-1951. Member Ohio Common for Blind, 1915-1926.

Achievements

• Murray Seasongood has been listed as a reputable lawyer, mayor. by Marquis Who's Who.

Views

Quotations: When once asked what his hobby was, he responded by saying, "Good government.".

Membership

Member overseers commission to visit Harvard Department Government. Member National Municipal League (life. Clubs: Harvard (past president), University (past vice president), Literary (past president), Travel, Print and Drawing, Queen City, Cincinnati Art (life associate) (Cincinnati).

Connections

Married Agnes Senior, November 28, 1912.

Father:

Alfred Seasongood

Mother:

Emily (Fechheimer) Seasongood

Spouse:

Agnes Senior