Murray S. Blum

Murray Sheldon Blum (19 July 1929 - 22 March 2015) was an American entomologist and a researcher in the field of chemical ecology.

Born in 1929 to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Blum grew up in that city and in Chicago.

Blum died in 2015 at the age of 85. His daughter Deborah Blum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author.

Publications A past winner of the Lamar Dodd Award for excellence in research, he was the author of many scholarly publications, including the book Chemical Defenses of Arthropods.

Blum, Murray S. Chemical Defenses of Arthropods. New York: Academic Press, 1981. Blum, Murray S, ed. Chemistry and Toxicology of Diverse Classes of Alkaloids. Fort Collins, CO: Alaken, 1996. Blum, Murray S., ed. Fundamentals of Insect Physiology. New York: Wiley, 1985. Blum, Murray S. and Nancy Ann Blum, eds. Sexual Selection and Reproductive Competition in Insects. New York: Academic Press, 1979. Blum, Murray S., ed. Toxic Action of Marine and Terrestrial Alkaloids.Ft.Collins, CO: Alaken, 1995.