McMurry is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Frank Morton McMurry
Early life
Frank Morton McMurry (1862–1936) was an American educator, educational theorist, pioneer in American Herbartianism, and brother to Charles Alexander McMurry.
In 1862, McMurry was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Following the ...
(1862–1936), American educator
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John E. McMurry, whose name is given to the McMurry reaction
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Lillian McMurry
Lillian Shedd McMurry (December 30, 1921 – March 18, 1999) was one of the earliest American female record producers and owner of Trumpet Records. She was influential in the development of blues music, particularly through her recordings of Sonny ...
(1921–1999), American record producer
See also
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McMurray (disambiguation) McMurray or MacMurray may refer to:
*McMurray (surname)
*McMurray, Pennsylvania
*Fort McMurray, urban service area in Alberta, Canada
*Lake McMurray, Washington
*McMurray Formation, stratigraphical unit
*McMurray test, physical examination of the k ...
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McMurry University
McMurry University is a private Methodist university in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1923 and named after William Fletcher McMurry. The university offers forty-five majors in the fields of fine arts, humanities, social and natural scien ...
in Abilene, Texas
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McMurry reaction
The McMurry reaction is an organic reaction in which two ketone or aldehyde groups are coupled to form an alkene using a titanium chloride compound such as titanium(III) chloride and a reducing agent. The reaction is named after its co-discoverer, ...
, in which two carbonyls are coupled to give a single alkene
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