William P. Murphy Jr.

William P. Murphy Jr.
Murphy on his 100 ton steam ship, 2013
Born
William Parry Murphy Jr.

(1923-11-11)November 11, 1923
DiedNovember 30, 2023(2023-11-30) (aged 100)
Occupations
  • Doctor
  • inventor
  • executive
Spouses
  • Barbara Eastham
    (m. 1943, divorced)
  • Beverly Patterson
    (m. 1973)
Children3
Parent(s)William Parry Murphy
Harriett Adams

William Parry Murphy Jr. (November 11, 1923 – November 30, 2023) was an American physician and inventor of medical devices including collaborating on a flexible sealed blood bag used for blood transfusions. He was the son of the American physician William Parry Murphy who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology for Medicine in 1934,[1] and Harriett Adams, the first licensed female dentist in Massachusetts.[2]

  1. ^ "Biography". nobelprize.org. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  2. ^ "Lemelson-MIT". Archived from the original on October 11, 2003. Retrieved November 7, 2013.