Peter Marshall Murray

Peter Marshall Murray, M.D. (June 9, 1888 – December 19, 1969) was president of the National Medical Association from 1932 to 1933.[1][2]

Biography

He was born on June 9, 1888 in Houma, Louisiana to John L. Murray and Louvinia Smith. He attended Dillard University and graduated in 1910. In 1914 he was awarded his M.D. from Howard University. He interned at Freedmen's Hospital and then taught at Howard University. He married Charlotte Wallace.[2]

He became an attending physician at Sydenham Hospital.[3]

He was president of the National Medical Association from 1932 to 1933. He died on December 19, 1969.[1]

References

1. "Peter Marshall Murray, M.D., 1888-1969". J Natl Med Assoc. 62 (2): 161. March 1, 1970. PMC 2611885.
2. Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2005). "Peter Marshall Murray". Encyclopedia Africana. ISBN 9780195170559.
3. "Harlem Shuffle". Time magazine. November 20, 1944. Retrieved 2010-12-27. ... Harlem's Sydenham Hospital ... Famed Negro Surgeon Peter Marshall Murray, an attending physician on the Obstetrical and Gynecological Service, has numerous white patients. ...