Murray F. Tuley

Who is Murray F. Tuley?

Murray F. Tuley was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1827. He was a veteran of the Mexican-American War. Tuley became a judge, one of the best known jurists in the West. Tuley was known as the "Nestor" of the Chicago bench. He was president of the Illinois State Bar Association 1902-1903.

The Northwest Division High School in Chicago was renamed in 1917 to Murray F. Tuley High School, after Judge Murray F. Tuley who had risen to fame not only as a judge, but as the author of the State of Illinois's Act of the Incorporation of Cities.

The expansion of Murray F. Tuley High School was completed in 1919 and, again, the school became one of the most modern high schools with new classrooms, laboratories, gymnasiums, swimming pool, shop rooms and one of the largest assembly halls in the city, seating 1,500 people. Tuley High School was one of the best academic high schools in the city and the scholastic laurels won by its students were many. The main goal of the school was to produce scholars.

He died in the Pennoyer Sanitarium in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His death was attributed to nervous exhaustion, the result of overwork.

Tuley Park in Chicago and Tuley High School were named after Judge Tuley.