Peter Marshall Murray

American physician

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

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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.[2] He served on the Howard University Board of Trustees.[3]

He married Charlotte Wallace in Washington, DC on July 2, 1917. In 1920 they lived in the Truxton Circle neighborhood at 1645 New Jersey Ave NW with Charlotte's mother, her 23-year-old sister, and a live-in domestic servant. Charlotte and her sister Sametta worked as teachers. In July 1921, the Murrays had a son, John. In 1921 the family moved to New York City to live in Harlem.[4][5]

He became an attending physician at Sydenham Hospital.[6]

In 1956, his portrait was painted by artist Betsy Graves Reyneau. The portrait is currently held by the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution as a gift of the Harmon Foundation.[7]

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

## References

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1. ^ a b "Peter Marshall Murray, M.D., 1888-1969". J Natl Med Assoc. 62 (2): 161. March 1, 1970. PMC 2611885.
2. ^ a b Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2005). "Peter Marshall Murray". Encyclopedia Africana. ISBN 9780195170559.
3. ^ "Howard Trustees Plan Larger Engineering and Religion Schools". No. April 12, 1944. Evening Star (Washington, DC). April 12, 1944. pp. A-4. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
4. ^ "Peter Marshall Murray Family Tree". Ancestry. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
5. ^ Maxwell, M. "Black Home Owners of Truxton Circle: Peter M. Murray- 1645 New Jersey Ave NW". InShaw Blog. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
6. ^ "Harlem Shuffle". Time magazine. November 20, 1944. Archived from the original on December 14, 2008. 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. ..."
7. ^ "Peter Murray". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 20 May 2022.

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