Lieutenant Colonel Scott F. "Dutch" Murray

About

Scott F. “Dutch” Murray, US Air Force, was a national security affairs fellow for 2006–2007 at the Hoover Institution.

Lt Col Murray is the representative of the Department of the Air Force. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Lt Col Murray graduated from the US Air Force Academy with a BS in International Relations (1987). He is a career intelligence officer having served in a variety of tactical, operational and headquarters assignments worldwide most recently as the Director, Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Action Group then as the Commander of the 26th Air & Space Intelligence Squadron, both at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. He is a distinguished graduate of the USAF Fighter Weapons School (1991) and also a graduate of the US Army Command & General Staff College (2002) and USAF Air War College (2006). He received a MA in Ethics & Policy Studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1997) where he authored “Civic Virtue and Public Policy: Discerning the Particulars of Reforming the General Mining Law of 1872.” Lt Col Murray also has a Master of Airpower Art & Science degree from the USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (2003) with a thesis entitled “The Moral and Ethical Implications of Precision-guided Munitions.” His published works include “Battle Command, Decision-Making and the Military Panopticon” in Military Review (2002). In 2000, Lt Col Murray received the Major General Jack E. Thomas Award presented by the National Military Intelligence Association to the Outstanding US Air Force Professional for his work during Operation ALLIED FORCE--the air war over Serbia. His research will examine the impact of the Intelligence Reform & Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 on national security assessment and estimate processes, ongoing military ethics debates and a review of General Claire Chennault's personal papers housed in the Hoover collection.