Background
Murphree, James Wallace was born on January 26, 1924 in Pratt, Kansas, United States. Son of Charles Otto and Beatrice Lottie (Durham) Murphree.
Murphree, James Wallace was born on January 26, 1924 in Pratt, Kansas, United States. Son of Charles Otto and Beatrice Lottie (Durham) Murphree.
Student, Northeastern State University, 1943. Student, Emory University, 1943. Student, University Oklahoma, 1943.
Doctor of Medicine, University Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 1947.
Intern and resident, St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul, 1947-1949; fellow in radiology, Cleveland Clinic, 1951-1953; locum tenens, Lockard & Wallingford Radiology, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1953; radiologist, St. Joseph Medical Center, Ponca City, Oklahoma, 1954-1976; radiologist, Memorial Hospital, Clovis, N.mex., 1976-1977; radiologist, Hendricks Medical Center, Abilene, Texas, 1977-1978; radiologist, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Lexington, Virginia, 1978; locum tenens, various hospitals, 1978-1995; radiologist, Tahlequah (Oklahoma) City Hospital, 1990-1995; retired, 1995. Visiting lecturer in radiology College Medicine U. Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 1971, member admissions committee, 1974-1975.
President Rotary International, Ponca City, 1963, Ponca City Country Club, 1962. Elder first Presbyterian Church, Ponca City, 1956-1976. Chairman education committee Ponca City Chamber of Commerce, 1962-1965.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1949-1951. Fellow American College Radiology (president Oklahoma chapter 1962). Member American Medical Association, Oklahoma State Medical Association (trustee 1957-1960, contributing editor 1962-1965), Northeastern Oklahoma Radiological Society, Radiological Society North America, Society Nuclear Medicine, Tulsa County Medical Society.
Married Melrose Kelly, October 10, 1948 (divorced October 1976). Children: Paula, Kathy, Jim, Melanie. Married Barbara Battye Walker Kelham, March 18, 1989.