Murray Eden
Murray Eden (August 17, 1920 – August 9, 2020), was an American
Eden was a pioneer in the field of
The National Institutes of Health stated that "Dr. Murray Eden elevated the NIH Biomedical Engineering and Physical Science Program."[4]
Eden was born in
Due to the
He graduated at 14 from Townsend Harris High School in Manhattan in 1935, attended City College of New York, 1935–39, graduated in 1939. In 1940 he moved to Washington, D.C., as a chemistry major and in 1951 received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Maryland.[5][6]
Career
During
Between 1949 and 1953, Murray worked at National Cancer Institute.[1]
Between 1959 and 1979, while working in electrical engineering, he has split his groundbreaking body of work between
Murray was one four editors of
Murray headed the
Eden contributed to the World Health Organization,[13][14] and was a consultant on research and development for its director-general.[3]
Murray was also a lecturer, a visiting professor or adjunct professor at various institutions, including at:
Murray Eden was also consultant on the team that created the Universal Product Code barcode.[5][15] As chairman of a committee of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he helped select a symbol that would endure the inevitable rush of technology that lay ahead.[16][6] He chose the font, and he came up with the idea to add numbers to the bottom, which is a failsafe system, in case the code reader is down.[11][17]
Views
Eden was an activist since early on, including being involved in peace activism.[3] On Darwinism he regarded "evolution" as "highly implausible."[18]
Awards
Eden received
In 1983, he was awarded the
Personal
In 1945 he married Sara Baker.[5] Sara was a consultant and a political and community activist. She died on September 15, 1995, at the age of 73.[19]
Death
Eden died on August 9, 2020,[4] in Tucson, Arizona,[11] leaving behind a brother, Dr. Alvin Eden; 5 children and 7 grandchildren.[3][11]
References
- ^ a b Research Fellows of the National Cancer Institute. U.S. Government Printing Office, National Cancer Institute. 1959. p. 30.
- ISBN 9780262110235.
- ^ a b c d e f "Remembering Murray Eden, 1920-2020 | MIT EECS". www.eecs.mit.edu. 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ a b c d e "Longtime Engineering Authority Eden Mourned". NIH Record. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ a b c d e "Oral-History:Murray Eden - Engineering and Technology History Wiki". ethw.org. 1999-11-10. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ a b c "Murray Eden Obituary - Tucson, AZ". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
- ^ Current Projects on Economic and Social Implications of Science and Technology. National Science Foundation. 1965. p. 249.
- ^ Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1974. p. 683.
- ISSN 0019-9958.
- ISSN 0890-5401.
- ^ a b c d e Casanova, Stephanie (2020-08-18). "Murray Eden, a biomedical engineer with a love of singing, dies in Tucson at 99". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ a b The NIH Record. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. 1994-03-15. p. 7.
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- PMID 4578363.
- ^ Technology Applied to the Food Industry: A Preliminary Report. National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality. 1975. p. 15.
- ISBN 978-0-674-00657-7.
- ^ Roth, Brad (2020-04-17). "Murray Eden". Medium. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ^ "List of Intellectual Doubters of Darwinism". www.ideacenter.org. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-01-12.