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Murray, Bruce Churchill (Planetary Scientist, Geologist, Director, JPL)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1931 - 2013

Biographical/Historical

Background: Caltech Professor of Planetary Science and Geology, 1960- present; Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1976-1982; Co-founder of the Planetary Society.

Biographical/Historical

Collection Notes: Oral history, 1983-1984. This 198 page oral history covers Murray's youth and family life, the origins of JPL and his role as director, the Mariner series and Mars exploration, Venus missions, the Deep Space network, the relationship between Caltech and JPL and the history of Caltech astronomy.

A final session of the oral history dated April 3, 1984 is currently closed to researchers except by permission of Bruce Murray.

Papers. This collection is closed to researchers.

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Airtalk: The Caltech Edition

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1989-00275

Airtalk: The Caltech Edition

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1989-00276

AirTalk with Thomas McDonough and Bruce Murray

 Digital Record
Identifier: 2018-01-31-000008

AirTalk with Thomas McDonough and Bruce Murray, 1989-11-15

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is divided according to the recording type: audio and video then ordered chronologically. Each recording includes an interview with either Caltech faculty, administrators, staff, students, alumni, JPL scientists or administrators. It also includes features such as Caltech Almanac -a detailed look at some of the many interesting people, places and discoveries in Caltech’s history-, Caltech Calendar -a listing of upcoming public events on campus- and Caltech in the News....
Dates: 1989-11-15

Can China Catch Up?

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1986-00468

Challenge Of Success

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1986-00460

Jupiter and The Mind Of Man

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1986-00459

Man's Future On Mars

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1986-00469

Mars and The Mind Of Man

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1986-00462

Monitoring Earth's Capacity To Support Life

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1993-00078

Bruce C. Murray Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MurrayBC
Content Description

Collection includes material relating to the future of JPL at the completion of Murray's term as Director. Also includes technical reports, talks, and other typed reports.

Dates: 1965-1968; 1982

New View Of Mars

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1986-00461

New View Of Mars

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2000-00196

Science, Transcience & Miracles

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1986-00464

Science, Transcience & Miracles

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2002-00399

Setting Priorities In Space

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1986-00463

Setting Priorities In Space

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1999-00276

Solar Energy: True God Or False Prophet?

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1986-00466

Solar Energy: True God or False Prophet?

 Digital Record
Identifier: 2022-01-25-000016

Solar Energy: True God or False Prophet?, 1978-01-04

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is arranged by chronological order. This series started in 1922, but the first recording dates back to 1971 and since it is still ongoing, the collection continues to grow, with about 9 new lectures per academic year.These lectures feature speakers from Caltech and JPL, spotlighting a small selection of the pioneering research conducted in the fields of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Engineering and Applied Science,...
Dates: 1978-01-04

The Earth And The Planets Conference

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1995-00223

The World of our Grandchildren: Visualizing Alternative Futures with the World Wide Web, 1998-01-14

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is arranged by chronological order. This series started in 1922, but the first recording dates back to 1971 and since it is still ongoing, the collection continues to grow, with about 9 new lectures per academic year.These lectures feature speakers from Caltech and JPL, spotlighting a small selection of the pioneering research conducted in the fields of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Engineering and Applied Science,...
Dates: 1998-01-14

Visions Of A Sustainable World--Session 5

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1991-00132

Additional filters:

Type
Unprocessed Material 24
Archival Object 5
Digital Record 2
Collection 1
 
Subject
Watson Lecture 11
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 5
Seminar 4
AirTalk 3
Administration 2