Douglas P. Murray died on April 19th at the age of 84. His loss is mourned by his wife Peggy Blumenthal, daughter Gwyn Firth Murray, and grandchildren Laila and Oscar Murray Volpe. He was born in Tenafly, NJ, earned his BA degree at Yale and a PhD at Stanford University. His long career was spent strengthening US-Asia relations. At first he taught in Hong Kong through the Yale-China Program, but later served as the Singapore Director of the Asia Foundation. He was Vice President of the East-West Center and President of the National Committee on US-China Relations, the China Institute and the Lingnan Foundation.
Doug was an active lifetime lover of nature and wildlife who spent many happy years walking the woods and trails of the California Sierras, in Vermont and near Grafton, CT where he also played cornet in the town band. He was active in the Tenafly, NJ Nature Center and was a regular participant of the AMNH Wednesday birdwalks led by Joe DiCostanzo. He was a member of the Linnaean Society of New York since 2010 and will be missed by his friends everywhere.
–Chuck McAlexander