Murray has had one of the most! brilliant careers in the diplomatic: service of the United States. A graduate of Princeton University, studied law at Columbia Univer y_and was admitted t6 the Bar in New York State. He then enter~ ced upon his diplomatic career, being' appointed Congul-General ' and Secretary of Legation at, Bangkok, Siam. After service in St, Peter burg (as the Russian capital was then called), he became chief of the Near Eastern Affairs Division the State Department which position he held unfit 1913 when he] became Secretary of Legation at Poking.
Mr, MacMurray's Far Eastern assignments were numerous. Remaining at Peking until 1917, he was then appointed counsellor the American Embassy at Tokyo and during the next two years he spent much of his time between Peking and 'Tokyo, belonging as much to one as to' the other. In 1919, he was appointed Chief of the Far Eastern Division of the State Department, a position which hho. held practically until he was appointed Minister to Peking in 10925.
In' 1916, Mr, MacMurray was married to Miss Lois R. Goodnow, daughter of President Frank Goodnow of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Professor Goodnow is also an expert for Far Eastern Affairs, acted as legal adviser to the Peking: Government during 1913 and 1914.
Tu the field of scholarship, Mr MacMurray has established a ro-putation for himself as the author: Of the monumental "Treaties an Agreements with and concerning China 1804-1919" published by the! Cavnegie. Endowment for Inter~ national Peace, This is the standard work on the subject, there being noother of its magnitude snd com Pleteness, Practically all" books Gealing with subjects related to China during this period must quote from "MacMurray," as it has come to be known,
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