Former KU Chancellor receives institute honor
A former KU chancellor, Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, will receive the Midwest Research Institute 1970 national citation for his achievements in medicine, education and communication.
Murphy, who will receive the award at the annual dinner meeting of the MRI trustees May 12 in Kansas City, was chancellor at the University from 1951 to 1960. He is currently chairman of the board of the Times Mirror Co. in Los Angeles.
The announcement was made Tuesday by George E. Powell Jr., chairman of the board of MRI
Murphy, receiving the award during MRI's silver anniversary celebration, join a group of 13 other distinguished Americans who have been similarly honored with the MRI citation since it was first awarded to Ralph J. Cordiner, president of General Electric Co., in 1956.
Charles Kimball, president of MRI, said Murphy was nationally recognized for his imaginative leadership and insight in the demanding area of corporate decision making.
"He is that uncommon man," Kimbala said, "equally at home
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in many areas of human endeavor medicine and science, industry education, journalism and the arts."
Murphy was appointed dean of the KU School of Medicine in 1948. During that time, he developed a health plan that encouraged physicians to extend their services to small Kansas communities. While he was chancellor of the University, he increased the institution's national stature by creating and building endowed professorships, gifted student programs, international education and library holdings.
In 1960 he was appointed chancellor of UCLA where he directed the largest expansion of its history: $100 million in new buildings, three new schools-Fine Arts, Dentistry, and Architecture and Urban Development, and the development of a major research library.
He was elected chairman and chief executive officer of the Times Mirror Co., which has extensive newspaper, telecommunications and educationally related activities.
Murphy has been a trustee of MRI since 1950. He is a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development, the Urban Institute and the Menninger Foundation.
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