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Famous People with Name Murray

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Murray Perahia     Murray Perahia        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Murray Perahia: is an American concert pianist. He is also a respected conductor. His recordings are characterized by a consistent quality of sound, technique and interpretation and a careful attention to dynamic and stylistic details.

Murray Fife Buell     Murray Fife Buell        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Murray Fife Buell: was an American ecologist and palynologist. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended Cornell University (B.S., 1930) and the University of Minnesota (M.A., 1934; Ph.D., 1935). After completing his Ph.D., studies with W.S. Cooper stimulated his interest in plant ecology.During graduate school, Buell married Helen Foot (Ph. D., Algology, U. Minn.); the Buells raised two children. Helen was his field companion as well as his wife, and the two worked as a team in research and publication of several papers.[1]Buell began his professional career at North Carolina State University in 1935, where he started his research on paleoecology of bogs and plant succession.

Murray Llewellyn Barr     Murray Llewellyn Barr        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Murray Llewellyn Barr: was a Canadian physician and medical researcher who discovered with graduate student Ewart George Bertram, in 1948, an important cell structure, the "Barr body".[1]He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.In 1968, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1959, he received the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal. In 1962, he won a Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation Award for his contributions to the understanding of the causes of mental retardation. In 1963, he received the Gairdner Foundation International Award. In 1998, he was inducted into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

Murray Barnson Emeneau     Murray Barnson Emeneau        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Murray Barnson Emeneau: was an emeritus professor of linguistics at the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, which he also founded. He was prominent in the field of sociolinguistics research in India, being the first to do fieldwork on non-literary Dravidian languages in India, and also initiated the field of areal linguistics. He was president of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) in 1949.

Murray Bernard Koffler     Murray Bernard Koffler        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Murray Bernard Koffler: a Canadian pharmacist, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known for creating the Canadian pharmacy retailer, Shoppers Drug Mart.In 1946, he became a pharmacist at Koffler Drug Stores (established in 1921). From 1968 to 1971, he was President of Koffler Stores Ltd. From 1971 to 1986, he was Chairman of Shoppers Drug Mart. He was appointed an Honorary Chairman in 1986.He and Marvelle established the Koffler Centre of the Arts at the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre in 1974. The Koffler is home to the Koffler Gallery which presents cutting edge contemporary art exhibitions; the Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards; the Toronto Jewish Book Fair, and extensive educational programs in music, dance, and visual arts. A new Koffler Centre of the Arts is under construction at the same site as part of the new Sherman Campus of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and is to be completed in 2011 with greatly expanded galleries

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Murray as Last Name

Charles Murray     Charles Murray       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Murray: was an American boxer at light welterweight.

Raymond V. Murray     Raymond V. Murray       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond V. Murray: was an American speed skater who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics. In 1932 he finished fifth in the 1500 metres event. He also participated in the 500 metres competition but was eliminated in the heats.

Dave Murray     Dave Murray       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dave Murray: was an alpine ski racer. He was noted for being a member of the Crazy Canucks, the Canadian downhill racers of the late 1970s and early 1980s known for their fearless (and sometimes reckless) racing style. His teammates in the group were Ken Read, Dave Ir

Julia Murray     Julia Murray       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Julia Murray: is a Canadian freestyle skier and resides in Whistler, British Columbia. Murray is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team. Murray's parents were both members of Canadian national ski teams. Julia's father was Dave Murray one of the original Craz

James Cunningham Murray     James Cunningham Murray       Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Cunningham Murray: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1955-1957. He graduated from De Paul University Law School in 1940, and subsequently worked as a lawyer. He served in the United States Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1945.Murray was elected to the Chicago City C

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