Background
Murrin, Sterling Moss Mc was born on January 12, 1914 in Woods Cross, Utah, United States. Son of Joseph W. and Gertrude (Moss) McMurrin.
Murrin, Sterling Moss Mc was born on January 12, 1914 in Woods Cross, Utah, United States. Son of Joseph W. and Gertrude (Moss) McMurrin.
Bachelor of Arts Utah, 1936. Master of Arts, University Utah, 1937. Doctor of Laws, University Utah, 1961.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Southern California, 1946. Doctor of Laws, University Southern California. Doctor of Laws, Clark University.
Doctor of Laws, Delaware State College, 1962. Doctor of Laws, Pepperdine College, 1967. Doctor of Literature, University Puget Sound, 1963.
D. Hum. Little, Westminster College, 1985.
Assistant professor philosophy, University of Southern California, 1946-1948;
professor philosophy, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1948-1964;
dean College Letters and Science, U. Utah, 1954-1960;
academic vice president, U. Utah, 1960-1961;
Ericksen distinguished professor, U. Utah, 1964-1987;
Electrical Engineer Ericksen Distinguished professor emeritus, U. Utah, 1987-1996;
provost, U. Utah, 1965-1966;
U. Marshall dean Graduate School, U. Utah, 1966-1978;
professor philosophy education, U. Utah, 1968-1983;
professor of history, U. Utah, 1970-1996;
Adjunct Professor philosophy, U. Utah, 1979-1996. Visiting scholar Columbia University, 1952-1953, Union Theological Seminary, 1952-1953. Ford fellow Princeton University, 1952-1953.
United States commissioner education, 1961-1962. Consultant to American Tel. & Tel. Company, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Committee for Economics Development, Fund Advancement Education, District of Columbia Commission Licensure, Office Science and Technology Executive Office President.
Member of the United States Commission United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1961-1962. Member Board Foreign Scholarships, 1961-1962. Executive Board National Cultural Center.
Chairman Federal Commision on Instructional Technology. Adviser, chancellor U. Teheran, 1958-1959. Vice president 25th International Congress on Education, Geneva, Switzerland, 1962.
Member United States delegations on education and cultural affairs to, Washington, Chile, Japan, 1962. Chairman Mountain States and Midcontinent manpower advisory committees unites states department Labor, 1965-1968. Member higher commission Northwest Association Secondary and Higher Schools, 1964-1973.
Senior commissioner Western Association Schools and Colls., 1974-1977. Member Grad.Record Examination Board, 1974-1979. Board of directors Agency for Instrnl.
Television, 1974-1978. Trustee Carnegie Foundation Advancement Teaching, American University of Rome;advising committee for philosophy Princeton University. Member board national humanities ctr.Yale U., member of national board fellowships and associateships National Research Council, 1974-1977.
Trustee Tanner Lecture Trust, 1977-1989, Westminster College, 1986-1991. Director Tanner Lectures on Human Values, 1978-1987. Board directors Utah Humanities Endowment, 1977-1983.
Member American Philosophical Association (Vice-President), Mountain Plains Philosophical Association (president), National Association State Universities and Land-Grant Colls. (commission on federal legislation), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi (Rosenblatt prize 1984, 1st Governor's Award in Humanities 1988).
Son of Joseph W. and Gertrude (Moss) McM. M. Natalie Barbara Cotterel, June 8, 1938. Children: Gertrude Ann, Joseph Cotterel, Sterling James, Natalie Laurie, Melanie.