Inducted: 1996
Washington Park High Graduate,
Dr. Cecil 'Chip'Murray, served 10 years of active duty in the U.S. Air Force as a jet radar intercept officer with Air Defense Command and as a navigator with Air Transport Command. Was senior pastor of the 15,000 member First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. Dr. Murray's church was the 177th Point of Light by President George H.W. Bush for its community service outreach.