Reporter Volume 25, No.23 April 7, 1994

`Daniel H. Murray, 76, former UB Pharmacy dean

Daniel H. Murray, 76, former dean of the UB School of Pharmacy, died
March 26 in Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia, N.H. He had lived
in Gilford, N.H. since his retirement in 1984. 
	Murray was largely credited with developing the School of
PharmacyUs strong research orientation, which continues to flourish
today. The school is regularly ranked among the top 10 in the United
States.
	He served as dean twice, from 1954-69 and from 1976-84.
	Murray was responsible for doubling the schoolUs enrollment
and quadrupling the number of faculty. During the 1960s, under his
direction, the School of Pharmacy led all others in the number of
research grants it received. The school also accounted for 25 percent
of all pharmaceutical research papers published in 1966-67.
	During his tenure, he helped create at UB the first
departments of medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics and biochemical
pharmacology housed in a U.S. school of pharmacy.
	A native of Fort Frances, Ont. Murray earned a bachelorUs
degree in pharmacy from the University of Toronto. He also received a
bachelorUs degree and a masterUs degree, both in chemistry, from the
University of Saskatchewan. He received his doctorate in biochemistry
from the University of Toronto.
	During World War II, Murray was a squadron radar officer in
the Royal Air Force.
	In 1950, he became an assistant professor of pharmaceutical
chemistry at the University of Toronto, and in 1953, came to UB as an
assistant professor and assistant dean.
	In 1969, he was named dean of UBUs Graduate School and acting
vice president for academic affairs.
	In 1971 he took a leave of absence to become provost for
graduate education and research for the State University of New York
Central Administration at Albany. He returned to UB to take over as
dean of the School of Pharmacy in 1976.
	Survivors include his wife, M. Dorleen of Gilford; a son,
Randall Gardner of Gilford; a daughter, Judith Bliss of Ann Arbor,
Mich.; a brother, Bruce of Fort Frances; Ont.; a sister, Joyce Tilbury
of Abbotsford, B.C.; and three grandchildren.
	A memorial service will be held this summer in Lake
Winnipesaukee, N.H.