Background
Murphy, James Bumgardner was born on August 4, 1884 in Morganton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Patrick Livingston and Bettie (Bumgardner) Murphy.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
James Bumgardner Murphy
James B. MURPHY, American Commissioner, State Board of Social Welfare. Member of New York Academy, of Medical; Association American Physicians; Association Française pour L’Etude du Cancer; Deutschen Zentralkomittees zur Erforschung und Bekampfung du Krebs Krankheit.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University North Carolina, 1905, Doctor of Science, 1927. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1909. Honorary Doctor U. Louvain, Belgium, 1927.
Doctor of Science, Oglethorpe U., 1938.
Career
Medical international Pathol. Institute, New York City, 1909-1910. Assistant in pathology and bacteriology Rockefeller Institute, 1910-1913, associate, 1913-1915, associate member, 1915-1923, life member, since 1923, in charge Laboratory of Cancer Research.
Member National Advisory Cancer Council 1938-1944. Member board visitors New York State Institute for the Study of Malignant Diseases. Board Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research.
Commission on growth National Research Council. Thayer lecturer, 1934. Hatfield lecturer, 1936.
Tufts College Harvey lecturer, 1937. Cancer educational lecturer University of Chicago, 1939. Cutter lecturer, Harvard, 1940.
Phi Beta Pi lecturer, University of Virginia, 1940. Barnard Hospital lecturer, St. Louis, 1941. Commissioner New York Board Charities, 1922-1930.
Major Medical Corps, staff of surgeon general, 1917-1919.
Works
Other Work
-
Author of numerous articles in medical and science journals, dealing with tissue grafting, cancer immunity, also role of the lymphocyte in tuberculosis, and studies in X-ray effects, nature of malignant tumors of fowls, cancer inhibitor from normal tissues.
-
Membership
Member, 1915-1923, life. Member National Advisory Cancer Council 1938-1944. Member board visitors New York State Institute for the Study of Malignant Diseases.
Member of board of managers Memorial Hospital (New York), Mount Desert Hospital (president 1928, vice president since 1929). Member Federation American Societies for Experimental Biology, American Society for Experimental Pathology, New York Academy of Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Clinic Investigation, Association American Physicians, American Association for Cancer Research (council, vice president 1921, president 1922), Association Française pur L’Étude du Cancer, Leewenhoek-Vereeniging, American Cancer Society, Roscoe Jackson Memorial Laboratory of Bar Harbor (member board), National Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi, Sigma Nu, Nu Sigma Nu. Clubs: Knickerbocker (governor), Coffee House.
Member advisory board and chairman editorial committee of Cancer Research.
-
Member of New York Academy, of Medical. Association American Physicians. Association Française pour L’Etude du Cancer. Deutschen Zentralkomittees zur Erforschung und Bekampfung du Krebs Krankheit. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Racquet and Tennis, Coffee House, Pot and Kettle.
Connections
Married Ray Slater, 1919. Children: James Slater, Ray Livingston.
- Father:
- Patrick Livingston Murphy
- Mother:
- Bettie (Bumgardner) Murphy
- Spouse:
- Ray Slater
- child:
- James Slater Murphy
- child:
- Ray Livingston Murphy
-
Born
-
Died
August 24, 1950 (aged 66) -
Nationality
American
Awards
-
Decorated Officer, Order of Leopold, 1939. Chinese medal of Honored Merit, 1940.Decorated Officer, Order of Leopold, 1939. Chinese medal of Honored Merit, 1940.