Nathaniel Allison Murray was one the seven founders (commonly referred to as Jewels) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. He was a member of Alpha chapter?s first committee on organization of the new fraternal group, as well as the Committee on the Grip, and later became a charter member of Washington D.C.?s Mu Lambda Chapter.

Murray pursued graduate studies at Howard University and later taught in public schools. Much of his career was spent at Armstrong Vocational High School in the District of Columbia.

Nathaniel Murray died in 1959.

External links

• Alpha Phi Alpha website

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