Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, Murray was in the United States Army Air Forces from 1943 to 1945.

He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the District of Maryland from 1954 to 1956.

[1] Murray was nominated by President Richard Nixon on July 19, 1971, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland vacated by Judge Roszel Cathcart Thomsen.

He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 29, 1971, and received his commission the same day.

Murray served in that capacity until his death on July 12, 1999, in Baltimore.