EDUCATION

       The Pennsylvania State University

       Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration

       Major in Real Estate and Insurance - June 1980

       Licensed as both a Real Estate Broker and Appraiser having continuously met or exceeded all mandatory continuing education requirements. 

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

APPRAISAL

EXPERIENCE

       Real Estate Salesman License - March 1979

       Real Estate Associate Broker - June 1982

       Real Estate Broker of Record - March 1985

       Gates & Burns Realty/Better Homes and Gardens  -  1979-1989

       Vice-President/General Manager, 1985-1989

       Established the R L Murray Real Estate Service in April 1989

       Pennsylvania State Certified General Appraiser - August 1991

       Residential, Multi-family, Farm, Vacant Land, Retail, Offices, Medical Offices, Industrial, Warehouse, Funeral Parlor, Restaurants, Lumber Mills

       Mortgage financing, insurance, divorce settlement, tax appeals, estate planning and settlement, business planning, marketing, condemnation. 

       Expert witness testimony before Courts of Common Pleas and Boards of Assessment Appeals

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

       Appraisal Institute

       National Association of REALTORS

       Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS

       Allegheny Valley Board of REALTORS

o        President 1984

o        REALTOR OF THE YEAR – 1986 & 1988

PUBLIC SERVICE

Past or Present

       Venango County Board of Commissioners - 1996 to 2003

o        Chairman - 1998 to 2003

       Northwest Regional Planning and Development Commission–1996 to 2003

o        Chairman, Executive Committee – 2001 to 2003

       Northwest County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania

o        President - 2001

       Venango Economic Development Corp., Secretary

       Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry, and Tourism

       Venango County Conservation District

       Venango Park and Natural Resources Authority, Vice-Chairman

       Parks Unlimited, Inc., Treasurer

       Sugar Valley Lodge, Inc.

       United Way of Venango County

       Chambers of Commerce - Oil City, Franklin, Emlenton

       Kiwanis Club of Oil City, President

       Oil City Area Jr. Baseball Association

       Cornplanter Township - Planning Commission, Zoning Hearing Board

       Second Presbyterian Church of Oil City, Elder, Trustee

       Polk MR Center, Gubernatorial Appointment, Trustee

       UPMC Northwest Medical Center, Corporate Member