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Raymond C. Murray
Missoula, MT 59803
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EDUCATIONA.B., Geology, Tufts University, 1951
M.S., Geology, University of Wisconsin, 1952
Ph.D., Geology, University of Wisconsin, 1955
EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCEForensic Geologist 1973-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 Geologywith John Tedrow, Forensic Geology, Rutgers
University Press, 1975with Blatt and Middleton, Origin of Sedimentary Rocks,
Prentice Hall, 1980with John Tedrow, Forensic Geology (revised), Prentice Hall,
1991
with Louis Solebello, Forensic Examination of SoilsChapter in
Richard Saferstein, Forensic Science Handbook, Prentice Hall,
2001
Evidence from the Earth, Mountain Press, 2004Consultant, Earth Evidence, Capstone Press,
2007Evidence from the Earth, 2nd ed, Mountain
Press 2011
ASSOCIATED EXPERIENCEChair, 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 teamsConsultant to numerous law enforcement organizations and lecturer in
Forensic GeologySEE: "WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA
Forensic Geoscience Group/Geological Society London Outstanding
Contributions Award 2010
Publications in forensic Geology- R.
C. Murray
1975
"The Geologist as Private Eye," Natural History, February, p. 22-24.
With Tedrow, J., Forensic Geology, pp. 217. New
Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press.
1976
"Soil and Rocks as Physical Evidence," Law and Order, July, p.
36-40.
"Studies in Forensic Geology," presented at the Geol. Soc.
of America meeting, Denver
1977
"The Geologist as Private Eye," reprinted in The Craft of the Essay,
p 408. Edited by Taylor, H.P., and Okada, V.N., Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich.
"Problems Inherent With Some Methods for the Forensic
Examination of 'Soil,' presented at the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
Section, Assoc. of Forensic Scientists, Mt. Laurel, N.J.
1979 Forensic Geology, presented at the N.W. Assoc. Forensic
Scientists meeting, Spokane, WA.
1980 With Murray, R., "Soil Evidence," Law and Order, July.
1982
"Forensic Examination of Soil," Forensic Science Handbook, Chapter
13, p. 725. Edited by Richard Saferstein. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:
Prentice Hall.
1988
"Forensic Geology - 100 Years," INTER/MICRO - 88. Chicago: McCrone
Research Institute
1990
"The Geologist as Private Eye." Reprinted in A Writer's World, p.
548. Edited by Trudy Smoke, St. Martin's Press.
1992 With Tedrow,J., Forensic Geology, Prentice Hall.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J..203pp.
"Soil in Trace Evidence Analyses", International Symposium
on the Forensic Aspects of Trace Evidence, FBI Academy, Quantico,
Virginia.
1994
"Soil in Trace Evidence Analyses", Proceedings of the
International Symposium on the Forensic Aspects of Trace Evidence,
FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia, U.S. Government Printing Office, p.
75-78.
1998 Forensic Geology: Soil Sciences in Criminal Investigation,
Soil Science Society of America, Oct. 18-22, Baltimore, MD
1999
The Geologists as Private Eye, reprinted in Beeman s Christmas
Annual, Camden House Journal, Zeigler, Ill. USA
2000 Devil in the Details- The Science Forensic Geology, Geotimes,
February p. 14-17
2002 With Solebello, L. Forensic Examination of Soil, Chapter
11 in Forensic Science Handbook,R. Saferstein, ed. Prentice Hall.
2003 Forensic Sedimentology, in Encyclopedia of Sediments and
Sedimentary Rocks, G. V. Middleton, ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers
2004 Evidence from the Earth-Forensic Geology, Northwest
Association of Forensic Scientists, Spring Meeting, Missoula, MT.
Forensic Geology: yesterday, today and
tomorrow, Forensic Geoscience: Principles, Techniques and
Applications, Geological Society, London, Special Publication 232,
p 7-9 Pye and Croft ed.
Evidence from the Earth, Mountain
Press 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, Mountain Press, Missoula, MT
201pp.
2012
Wildlife Forensic Field Manual 4th ed, p26-29, D. N. Walker
and W. J. Adrian, editors, 222pp.
Forensic Chemistry Handbook, Chapter #4, Forensic Examination of
Soils, L. Kobilinsky ed., John Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, USA, 504pp.
Importance of the unusual in soil examination, European Academy
Forensic Science, The Hague, Abstract.
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