Murray Arthur Goudie

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Arthur Goudie Murray (1898 – 1957)
Arthur Murray died in July last year as the result of overwork. He had only joined the Alpine Club in 1951, but had been active in climbing long before that. He joined the S.M.C. in 1931 and was a regular attender at Meets and climbed consistently in Scotland throughout the year. When Dr. Macphee was revising the Ben Nevis guide-book of the S.M.C., Murray took part in many of his expeditions to verify old routes and to explore new ones. He was a steady and reliable climber. I had the privilege of climbing with him in the Engadine, Pennines and Mont Blanc area. In 1948, at Pontresina, we had three attempts on Bellavista, but failed owing to bad weather; we also climbed Piz Zupo, and the Cima di Rosso on the For no glacier.
In 1949 we were at Arolla and did l'Eveque and went on over the Tete Blanche to Zermatt. It had always been one of Murray's ambitions to climb the Matterhorn, and this he achieved by ascending the Hornli ridge, descending by the Italian side and recrossing to Zermatt the same day by the Furggjoch. I well remember his boyish joy in having accomplished this on a perfect day. In addition, he got the Weisshorn, and the Wellenkuppe with another party.
He served on the Committee of the S.M.C. from 1945 to 1948 and as Vice-President from 1953-5. He vvas a very competent skier with a good eye for country, and a fast mover. He normally visited Switzerland about Christmas-time, often accompanied by some of his younger relatives.
His outside interests were many. Following the example of his father, he became a member of the Glasgow Town Council in 1945, becoming a bailie and in 1952 Senior Magistrate of the city. He was in business as a steel merchant and established himself as an authority on housing and planning, to which he devoted particular attention in his civic work.
He was devoted to art, music and literature and was a director (later Chairman) of the Scottish National Orchestra Society, an active member of the Glasgow Art Club and of the committee of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts. For a number of years he was on the committee of the Royal Scottish Automobile Club and was Chairman from 1953 to 1954. He was a keen golfer and a member of the Prestwick Golf Club.
To take part in an expedition with a man of such wide and varied interests, could not but be an exceptional pleasure, and we who had that privilege will always remember the days we spent together.
Alexander Harrison
Quelle: Alpine Journal Vol. 63. Nr. 297, 1958, Seite 238-239


Geboren am:
1898
Gestorben am:
07.1957