Murray Jarvik | |
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| Born | Murray Elias Jarvik June 1, 1923 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | May 8, 2008 (aged 84) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Co-inventor of the nicotine patch |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry Psychopharmacology |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | A study of some factors involved in probability discrimination (1952) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Chace Tolman |
Murray Elias Jarvik (June 1, 1923 – May 8, 2008) was an American psychopharmacologist and academic who was among the first scientists to study d-lysergic acid, the precursor to LSD,[1] and later became the co-inventor of the nicotine patch.[2] He was a longtime professor emeritus at University of California-Los Angeles, where he taught as a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology for many years.[2]