John Frederic Murray (June 8, 1927 – March 24, 2020) was an Americanpulmonologist best known for his work onacute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which was responsible for his death after he fell ill withCOVID-19 during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3] On the international stage, he was involved for more than 40 years in the work of theInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (the Union), based inParis. As its secretary general, he extended the scope of the organisation to diseases other thanTB, and made its membership much less exclusive.
Murray, the son of cartoonist and former Olympic hurdlerFrederick “Feg” Murray, and his wife, Dorothy (née Hanna) was born inMineola, 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 enteredStanford University and then theStanford University Medical School, graduating in 1953.[1] He was a Professor of Medicine emeritus at theUniversity of California, San Francisco(UCSF) School of Medicine[5] and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care atSan 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 writerDiane Johnson, where he died in Paris after being infected byCOVID-19.[1][6]
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