DescriptionConstitutional Convention Delegate from Kalispell/Flathead County, Marshall Hugh Murray was born in Eureka in the northwest corner of Montana on August 29, 1932. After attending the University of Montana and its Law School, he entered law practice in 1956. He was elected as a Republican to the Montana Legislature in 1960 and served three terms in the House of Representatives where, among other things, he served on the Rules Committee. Among the highlights of his career, activities and recognitions, Marshall was, in addition to his legislative and ConCon service, a Deputy Missoula County Attorney, City Attorney for Kalispell, Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Montana, President of the Montana Consumer Affairs Council, and President of the State Bar of Montana. Marshall was also a Board member of Valley Bank in Kalispell, a ruling elder and President of the Board of Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church and was recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Kalispell Junior Chamber of Commerce. As a life-long member of the Montana Bar he was authorized to practice before the United States District Courts, the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals and the US Supreme Court.
ConCon President Leo Graybill, a Democrat, appointed Marshall, a Republican, as Chair of the important Rules Committee when the Convention organized in late November 1971. The other Committee members were also appointed at that time and drafted proposed rules that once approved, helped guide the ConCon through a demanding power-sharing process that involved broad public participation under tight time-frames and limited budget. Those rules were the most advanced set of rules by any state constitutional convention, encompassing the most open and flexible procedures and rules to that date and continue to serve as a model for other state constitutional conventions.
As chair of the Rules Committee, Marshal was called upon to be the lead attorney in the important post-convention case before the Montana Supreme Court and the appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The convention prevailed in those cases.
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Audio and video edits, Final Cut Pro Studio package deployed in the iMac system. Graphics designs and editing, Adobe Photoshop. Open animation and closing credit creation, Adobe After Effects. Transcoding, Adobe Media Encoder and Final Cut Pro.
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Blackmagic Designs ATEM mini switcher Date Digitized2022
Helena Civic Television and Orphan Girl Production, Episode 03 - The Rulemaker (2022). Montana History Portal, accessed 07/12/2023, https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/110610
