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John McMurry | |
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| Born | July 27, 1942 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University A.B. 1964 Columbia University Ph.D. 1967 |
| Known for | McMurry reaction |
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| Institutions | University of California, Santa Cruz, Cornell University |
| Doctoral advisor | Gilbert Stork |
John E. McMurry (born July 27, 1942, in New York City) is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. He received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1964 and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1967 working with Gilbert Stork. Following completion of his Ph.D., he joined the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1967 and moved to Cornell University in 1980.