Release on receipt UMD NEWS SERVICE 
724-8801 Ext 210 
March 2, 1964 
Duluth --- Sterling M. McMurrin, former Commissioner of Education 
of the United States, will speak on "The Individual., His Freedom and His 
Education" at B p.m. Friday (March 6) in UMD's Kirby Student Center ballroom. 
Now professor of philosophy at the University of Utah, Dr. McMurrin 
served the U.S. government from 1961-62 and traveled extensively to inter-
national education conferences from Washington to Japan to Geneva. 
He held many government appointments which included work with the 
National Commission for UNESCO, the Board of Foreign Scholarships and the 
National Culture Center Board. 
Another mission sent Dr. McMurrin to Iran as a specialist for the 
Department of State to serve as special advisor to the Chancellor of the 
University of Tehran. 
Dr. McMurrin presently serves as a member of the Research Advisory 
Council of the Committee for Economic Development and the Commission on Plans 
and Objectives for Higher Education of the American Council on Education. 
A published author of two books on philosophy, Dr. McMurrin attended 
the University of Utah, where he earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees, and the 
University of Southern California (Ph.D.). 
He also holds honorary degrees from Utah, Clark University, Delaware 
State College, Southern California and the University of Puget Sound. 
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