Murray Eden

Murray Eden (August 17, 1920 – August 9, 2020), was an American physical chemist and academic. He was a professor in electrical engineering,

Between 1949 and 1953, Murray worked at National Cancer Institute. Harvard Medical School, the NIH and the World Health Organization.

Murray headed the NIH's Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Program (BEIP) since 1979 and retired from BEIP in 1994. Since Eden's retirement, under merged leadership, the BEIP program has been facing significant challenges. and was a consultant on research and development for its director-general.

Murray was also a lecturer, a visiting professor or adjunct professor at various institutions, including at: Harvard University, American University, Boston University Law School, Johns Hopkins University as well as (in the 80s 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. 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.

Views Eden was an activist since early on, including being involved in peace activism.

Awards Eden received NIH's Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Program (BEIP) Directors award in 1993.

Death Eden died on August 9, 2020, in Tucson, Arizona, leaving behind a brother, Dr. Alvin Eden; 5 children and 7 grandchildren.