Education
Murray received his Doctor of Philosophy in geology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in 1955 and joined Standard Oil of California as a geologist.
Murray received his Doctor of Philosophy in geology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in 1955 and joined Standard Oil of California as a geologist.
He served in the United States Air Force as a geophysicist, and the United States. Civil Service before joining California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1960. He would later become professor emeritus of planetary science and geology. Murray began working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory(managed by/affiliated with Caltech) in 1960, and served as its director from April 1, 1976 to June 30, 1982.
He was an important force in promoting the recruitment and hiring of female engineers at the lab, where more women are employed today than any other National Aeronautics and Space Administration facility.
He applied similar photographic analysis when he served as chief scientist of Mariner 10. With Carl Sagan and Louis Friedman, Murray founded The Planetary Society.
He also served a term as its chairman Murray was twice married.
In 1971, Murray married Suzanne Murray, with whom he had two children.
Murray"s cousin is former Speaker of the House Tom Foley. Murray died at his home in Oceanside, California on August 29, 2013, from complications of Alzheimer"s disease, aged 81.