Thomson C. Murray ’56

Tom, the son of G. Donald Murray’21, died Nov. 3, 2006.

Tom, a graduate of the Hotchkiss School, came to Princeton as a football candidate based on his school’s championship record. He soon found other interests, among them the ROTC Mounted Troop. He joined Ivy Club and made many good friends, including Bevis Longstreth, Frank Peabody, Denny Crimmins, and Charlie Obrecht. His roommate was Jerv Janney.

After graduation he married Bobbie Purvis of Honolulu and spent two years in Frankfurt, Germany, in the military. Following his military service, he moved to Mill Neck, N.Y., and worked for 30 years for his good friend, Nelson Doubleday ’55, at Doubleday & Co. Among his many interests, he played the bagpipes and paraded down Fifth Avenue in New York in full regalia on St. Patrick’s Day.

Upon his retirement, Tom formed a small company, Interstate Directory Publishing Co., through which he wrote and sold books and games about license plates.

At the time of his death, Tom was survived by his wife, Bobbie; his son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Cynthia Murray; his daughter and son-in-law, Heather and Bill White; grandchildren Turner and Cynnie White; and brothers G. Donald Murray ’52 (who died July 26, 2013) and Robert Nelson Murray ’60.