Golden Owl Samuel H. Murray, 91, died May 17

Samuel H. Murray, a tax lawyer, writer and 55-year member of the National Press Club, died May 17 in Leesburg, Virginia. He was 91.

Murray was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, and earned undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Virginia. He worked for a circuit court judge in New York City before moving to the Washington area in the late 1950s. He was editor of The Kiplinger Tax Letter from 1959 to 1971. Murray did legal tax work at the publishing firm Matthew Bender and at the accounting firms of Cooper & Lybrand and Arthur Andersen.

In 1986, Murray served on a committee tasked with choosing an auditing firm for the Club. He frequently brought family members to Luncheons and proudly wore his Golden Owl lapel pin even when not attending Club events. He was also a member of the University Club of Washington, D.C.

Murray, a long-time resident of Darnestown, Maryland, retired in 2004 as vice president for government affairs of the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America.

A member of the U.S. Navy Reserve, Lt.j.g. Murray was activated during the Korean War and served aboard the destroyer USS Henley in the Mediterranean and northern Europe.