THE SCIENCE
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Raymond C. Murray
Missoula, MT 59803
e-mail: *******@*******.***
EDUCATION
A.B., Geology, Tufts University, 1951
M.S., Geology, University of Wisconsin, 1952
Ph.D., Geology, University of Wisconsin, 1955
EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCE
Forensic Geologist1973-Present
Vice President for Research & Development, The University of Montana, 1977-1996
Chairman, Department of Geology, Rutgers University, 1967-1977
Associate Professor, Geology, University of New Mexico, 1966-1967
Manager, Production Geology Research, Shell Development Company, Houston, Texas, 1955-
1966
AUTHOR: Numerous books and publications in Forensic Geology and Sedimentary Geology
with John Tedrow, Forensic Geology, Rutgers University Press,
1975
with Blatt and Middleton, Origin of Sedimentary Rocks, Prentice Hall, 1980
with John Tedrow, Forensic Geology (revised), Prentice Hall, 1991
with Louis Solebello, Forensic Examination of Soils Chapter in Richard Saferstein,
Forensic Science Handbook, Prentice Hall, 2001
Evidence from the Earth, Mountain Press, 2004
Consultant, Earth Evidence, Capstone Press, 2007
Evidence from the Earth, 2nd ed, Mountain Press 2011
ASSOCIATED EXPERIENCE
Chair, Police Commission, Missoula, Montana, 1986-present
Member, Montana Public Safety Officer Standards and Training Council (POST)
Board Member Five Valleys Crime Stoppers
Member Montana Board of Private Security Patrol Officers and Investigators
Sworn Law Enforcement Officer, Middlesex County, New Jersey (SPCA), 1977
Participant and/or instructor in forensic science courses
Chairman Juvenile Conference Committee (Judge, Juvenile Court), Middlesex County, New
Jersey, 1969-1977
Leadership Cadre COPS assessment teams
Consultant to numerous law enforcement organizations and lecturer in Forensic Geology
SEE: "WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA
Forensic Geoscience Group/Geological Society London Outstanding Contributions Award 2010
232, p 7-9 Pye and Croft ed.
Evidence from the Earth, Mountain Publishing Co. Missoula, MT 226 pp
2005 Collecting Crime Evidence from Earth, Geotimes January p. 18-22
2006 Sherlock Holmes to the Present-Progress in Forensic Geology, Abstract, GSA meeting,
Philadelphia
2007 Consultant, Earth Evidence, Capstone Press, Mankato, MN 32pp
Forensic Geology- Public Forum Geological Society of America, Denver, Co.
2008 with Ruffell, A and Donnelly, L. The Future of Geoforensics, Abstract, GSA meeting
Houston
with Stam, M. Forensic Geology in the United Kingdom and the United States, Abstract,GSA
meeting Houston.
With Stam, M, Forensic Geology in the United Kingdom and the United States, Abstract,
Forensic Geoscience Group, GSL, London.
2009 Forensic Geology: Earthly Crimes Solved with the Microscope, The Microscope, Vol.
57:1, pp.27-33.
Soil Analysis in Forensic Taphonomy. Mark Tibbett and David O. Carter (Editor)
GEOARCHAEOLOGY: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, VOL. 24, NO. 6 BOOK REVIEWS p 853
2010 Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics, Karl Ritz, Lorna Dawson, David Miller
(editors) Vadose Zone j. Vol 9, No 1, Book Review
Forensic Geology-Getting the Dirt on Crime, International Game Warden Magazine, Summer
edition, 32-33
2011 Evidence from the Earth, 2nd edition, Mountanin Press, Missoula, MT 200pp
2012 Forensic Chemistry Handbook, Chapter #4, Forensic Examination of Soils, L.
Kobilinsky ed., John Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, USA, 504pp.