Background
Murray, Robert Fulton was born on October 19, 1931 in Newburgh, New York, United States. Son of Robert Fulton and Henrietta Frances (Judd) Murray.
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Robert Fulton Murray
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Bachelor of Science, Union College, Schenectady, 1953; Doctor of Medicine, University Rochester, New York, 1958; Master of Sciences, University Washington, Seattle, 1968.
Career
Rotating intern, Denver General Hospital, 1958-1959;
resident in internal medicine, U. Colorado Medical Center, 1959-1962;
staff investigator (service with United States Public Health Service), National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1962-1965;
National Institutes of Health special fellow medical genetics, U. Washington, 1965-1967;
member of faculty, Howard U. College Medicine, Washington, since 1967;
professor pediatrics and medicine, Howard U. College Medicine, since 1974;
graduate professor, Howard U. College Medicine, 1976;
professor oncology, Howard U. College Medicine, 1976;
chief division medical genetics, Howard U. College Medicine, since 1968;
department chairman genetics and human genetics Graduate School, Howard U. College Medicine, since 1976. National advisory general medical science county National Institutes of Health, 1971-1975, recombinant DNA advising committee, 1988-1992. Science advisory board National Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation.
Ethics advisory board to secretary Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1978-1980. Chairman Washington Mayor's Advisory Committee on Metabolic Disorders, 1980-1989. Active Medical Committee Human Rights.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Union College, 1972-1980. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute Medicine (county member 1983-1985), Institute Society, Ethics and Life Sciences (board directors), American College Medical Genetics. Member American Association of University Professors, Association Academy Minority Physicians, American Society Human Genetics, Genetics Society American, Academy Medicine Washington, Neighbors Inc.
District of Columbia, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Isobel Ann Parks, August 26, 1956. Children: Colin Charles (deceased), Robert Fulton III, Suzanne Frances, Dianne Akwe.
