Murray was born in Nairobi, Kenya on the 9th of December 1990. His parents, Danny and Margaret were full-time Christian workers, originally from the USA. Allison, his only sister was born in 1992. Murray spent nine years in Zimbabwe where he completed his primary school education. He moved with his family to Pretoria in 2005 when Murray was in Form 2. He loved PBHS from the very first day. He participated on the debate team, tennis team, table tennis team, and many other activities at the school. He was the Dux Scholar for his class in Form 4 and Form 5. After matriculation in 2008, he took a GAP year and travelled and worked in Cape Town, Europe and several cities in the USA.
In August 2010, he began his studies at Princeton University with a focus on Public Policy and IT. While playing in a rugby match at school, he sustained a skull fracture with a brain bleed. Due to the seriousness of his head injury, he withdrew for the rest of the school year. During this period of time, he underwent intensive therapy and re-entered Princeton the following year. Murray also studied French during one summer break at Middlebury College and spent another summer doing several internships in New York and San Francisco
Most recently, Murray was working for a business solutions company in Pittsburgh, PA where he was helping with software development. He described his work as “my dream job!” Nevertheless, Murray continued to struggle with depression.Many people remember Murray as someone who smiled a lot and was very friendly and accepting of others. He also had a lot of passion for life but the head injury gave him a sense of hopelessness that no one could quite understand. Murray passed away on January 31, 2018 unexpectedly. He is survived by his parents Danny and Margaret Lynch, his sister Allison and many other aunts, uncles, and cousins.
