 He was a member of the Syracuse Board of Education from 1965 to 1973 and President of the Board, from 1968 to 1970.Munson was nominated by President Gerald Ford on August 26, 1976, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York vacated by Judge Edmund Port.He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 23, 1976, and received his commission on October 4, 1976.