Regis Doubet Murrin passed away Saturday surrounded by family after several months of hospitalization following surgery. He was 82.

Mr. Murrin was raised in Butler, the great-great-grandson of Hugh Murrin, a pioneering Revolutionary War veteran who acquired a land grant in northern Butler County in the 1790s. His great-grandfather, John, built St. Alphonsus Church at Murrinsville in 1841, one of the oldest Catholic churches in the Pittsburgh Diocese.

He attended Butler High School and graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame in 1952. Although admitted to Harvard Law School, he enlisted in the Navy and attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I. Assigned to an admiral's staff, he served in Korean waters during the Korean War and was with some of the first U.S. personnel in Vietnam.

After retiring from active duty, Mr. Murrin graduated from Harvard Law School in 1959, where he met his wife Evelyn, a psychologist who graduated from Harvard with a master's degree.

Mr. Murrin returned to Butler to join his family's law firm and practiced with his brother, John IV, and sister, Virginia.

In 1962, he worked for the Kennedy Administration's Philadelphia office of HHFA, the precursor to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mr. Murrin earned a master's degree in law from Temple University in municipal, planning and zoning law.

In 1964, he came to Pittsburgh to practice with the Baskin Firm where he became partner. Mr. Murrin specialized in corporate real estate development and financing and was recognized as an expert in condominiums and air space development.

In 1984, he joined Reed Smith where he served as head of the Real Estate Department. He was active during Pittsburgh's Renaissance II and played a significant role in the planning and development of PPG Place, Liberty Place, One Mellon Bank, Oakland Plaza, the Pittsburgh Technology Center, the Webster Hall, Oakland Plaza and Trimont.

In 1993, Mayor Tom Murphy appointed him chairman of the Zoning Board of Adjustment for the City of Pittsburgh, where he served until 2006.

In retirement, he was active in the Osher Life Long Learning Institute at Carnegie Mellon and led classes in a variety of topics. He and his wife traveled widely in the United States and overseas with family and friends.

He served on the boards of Horizon Homes, the Ellis School and the Shadyside Presbyterian Church Nursery School. Mr. Murrin was a proud member of the Founder's Circle of the Sorin Society and the Badin Guild of the University of Notre Dame.

He was active in the Catholic community as a member of the St. Paul Cathedral Choir, the St. Bede Choir, as chairman of the Council of the Pittsburgh Oratory Parish and as a trustee of the Oratory, where he was legal counsel for more than 25 years.

Mr. Murrin is survived by his wife of 53 years, Evelyn, his traveling companion and best friend; four loving daughters, Cathe (George) Hargenrader of Oak Hill, Va.; Mary Murrin of Point Breeze; Elizabeth (Jon) Talotta of Arlington, Va.; and Becky (Jimbo) Lamanna of Wexford; son-in-law, George Smith of Point Breeze; 12 admiring grandchildren, Kate and Jenny Hargenrader, George, Jackworth and Lucas Smith, Emily, Katy and Jessica Talotta, and Sarah, Samantha, Elizabeth and James Lamanna; sister-in-law, Nancy McKenna Murrin of Butler; and nieces Denise Murrin Macey of West Mifflin and Ann Lascuola of Butler.

He is preceded in death by his six older siblings.

MURRIN — Friends of Regis Doubet Murrin, who passed away Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, will be received at JOHN A. FREYVOGEL SONS, 4900 Centre Ave. at Devonshire Street, Pittsburgh, (www.freyvogelfuneralhome.com) from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Bede Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery, Butler.The family asks that in lieu of flowers, contributions will be welcome to the Notre Dame Club of Pittsburgh Scholarship Fund, Notre Dame Alumni Association, 100 Eck Center, Notre Dame, IN 46556; Commonwealth Magazine, 475 Riverside Drive, Rm. 405, New York, NY 10115; or to a charity of preference.