William P. Murphy Jr.

William P. Murphy Jr.
Murphy on his 100 ton steam ship, 2013
Born
William Parry Murphy Jr.

(1923-11-11)November 11, 1923
DiedNovember 30, 2023(2023-11-30) (aged 100)
Occupations
  • Doctor
  • inventor
  • executive
Spouses
  • Barbara Eastham
    (m. 1943, divorced)
  • Beverly Patterson
    (m. 1973)
Children3
Parent(s)William Parry Murphy
Harriett Adams

William Parry Murphy Jr. (November 11, 1923 – November 30, 2023) was an American physician and inventor of medical devices including collaborating on a flexible sealed blood bag used for blood transfusions. He was the son of the American physician William Parry Murphy who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology for Medicine in 1934, and Harriett Adams, the first licensed female dentist in Massachusetts.