Anthony Murray (Past Speaker)

Anthony H. “Tony” Murray III joined the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in August of 2000. He works out of the Eastern Region Field Office located in West Trenton, NJ.  As a member of the Hazardous Materials Safety Assistance Team (HMSAT), he is available to help businesses find the resources needed to comply with the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) and to provide compliance assistance to Federal, state and local governments and the private sector.

Tony is a 1976 graduate of the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Transportation.  He received a commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserve and a Third Mate’s license issued by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to sail as a deck office in the U.S. Merchant Marine.  He then sailed onboard U.S. flag ships for 15 years and advanced his merchant marine license to “Master Unlimited” and also holds the rank of Captain U.S. Navy Reserve (retired).

Captain Murray began his Federal civil service career in December 1991 as a Marine Transportation Specialist for the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC). After 6 years with MSC, Murray transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center in Arlington, Virginia, where he administered programs related to the certification, training and licensing of U.S. Merchant Marine officers and seamen.  After leaving USCG and before coming to the US DOT, Murray spent 2 years with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as a Marine Accident Investigator in the NTSB Office of Marine Safety. 

Tony lives in Doylestown, PA with his wife Mary Lou and daughter Grace.