11 Facts About Larry Murray

Larry Murray became commander of Maritime Command in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1994.

Larry Murray became vice chief of the Defence Staff in 1995 continuing in that role while serving as acting chief of Defence Staff from October 8,1996 until September 17,1997.

In 1997, Larry Murray was appointed associate deputy minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and in 1999 was appointed deputy minister of Veterans Affairs Canada.

Larry Murray was appointed deputy minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and served in that role from 2003 until his retirement from the public sector in 2007.

Larry Murray was a member of the Task Force on Governance and Cultural Change in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a Trudeau Foundation Mentor, and served as president of the Nova Scotia Mainland Division of the Navy League of Canada.

In June 2010, Larry Murray took over the honorary position of grand president of the Royal Canadian Legion.

In 2015, Larry Murray became chair of the Independent Review Panel on Defence Acquisition.

In 1983, Larry Murray was made an officer of the Order of Military Merit, and was promoted to the grade of commander in 1994.

In 1984, Larry Murray was awarded the Chief of Defense Staff Commendation for his role as Commanding Officer of HMCS Iroquois in the successful rescue of the crew of the foundering Panamanian bulk freighter HO MING 5 in a gale south of Newfoundland in December 1983.

Larry Murray served in the honorary position of colonel commandant of the Chaplain Branch of the Canadian Forces for five years and was appointed a member of the Order of St John in 2001.

Larry Murray was awarded the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation for his contribution to the care and well-being of veterans and to the remembrance of their service and sacrifice.