John F. Murray
John Frederic Murray (June 8, 1927 – March 24, 2020) was an American pulmonologist best known for his work on acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which was responsible for his death after he fell ill with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3]
Murray, the son of cartoonist and former Olympic hurdler Frederick “Feg” Murray, and his wife, Dorothy (née Hanna) was born in Mineola, New York.[4] After his father moved the family to Los Angeles and after a period of wartime national service in the US navy as a radar engineer, Murray entered Stanford University and then the Stanford University Medical School, graduating in 1953.[1] He was a Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine[5] and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care at San Francisco General Hospital from 1966 to 1989.[1] After retiring from his full-time positions, he lived part-time in France with his wife, the writer Diane Johnson, where he died in Paris after being infected by COVID-19.[1][6]
Works
- Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine[7]
References
- ^ a b c d Crowley, Kerry (March 25, 2020). "Longtime Bay Area pulmonary specialist Dr. John F. Murray dies of disease he helped fight after bout with COVID-19". MercuryNews.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020.
- ^ Shannon, Joel (March 25, 2020). "Doctor dies of coronavirus complications, but his life's work will help fight COVID-19". USAToday.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Announcing the Death of John F. Murray, MD, Emeritus Professor of Medicine". medicine.UCSF.edu. March 25, 2020. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020.
- ^ "John F Murray obituary". 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Remembering John F. Murray, MD". medschool.UCSF.edu. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020.
- ^ Schwartz, John (2 April 2020). "Dr. John Murray, Pioneering Lung Expert, Dies at 92". The New York Times.
- ^ John, Arit (March 25, 2020). "Leading lung expert John F. Murray dies of coronavirus-related complications at 92". Yahoo.com. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 27, 2020.