Robert George Everitt Murray is professor emeritus and former department chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Western Ontario in London. His numerous accomplishments in bacterial taxonomy, ultrastructure, and education have been recognized by his investiture as an officer of the Order of Canada in 1998.

Murray received his early education in Britain, but moved to Montreal in 1930 where his father was Professor of Bacteriology and Immunology at McGill University. He attended McGill from 1936 to 1938,then returned to England to study at Cambridge University (B.A. in Pathology and Bacteriology in 1941 and with a M.A. in the same discipline in 1945). In 1943 he also received a M.D. degree from McGill.

In 1945, Murray joined the faculty of the Department of Bacteriology and Immunology at the University of Western Ontario in London as a Lecturer. He remained at Western for the remainder of his career...