Prof. Murdock was born in Cooperstown, NY, the son of Benjamin F. & Myrtle (Chase) Murdock. He married Dorothy Lee Waugh, of Chicago, Il. in 1923, she predeceased him in 1962. They had two sons, the Rev. Franklin W. Murdock & Edmund L. Murdock.
He graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1902 then from Colgate University in Hamilton in 1907. In 1910 he became an instructor in physics, he received his Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell University in 1919. He was named Dean of Faculty in 1945 and retained that post until his retirement in 1953.
Prof. Murdock's work in physics took him to the Davy-Faraway Laboratory in London, he was a contributing member of the American Physical Society, the American Optical Society, the American Institute of X-Ray and Electron Refraction, and he was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He was active in a number of honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi, Gamma Alpha, Sigma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi.
He began his career at Cornell University in 1909
He graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1902 then from Colgate University in Hamilton in 1907. In 1910 he became an instructor in physics, he received his Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell University in 1919. He was named Dean of Faculty in 1945 and retained that post until his retirement in 1953.
Prof. Murdock's work in physics took him to the Davy-Faraway Laboratory in London, he was a contributing member of the American Physical Society, the American Optical Society, the American Institute of X-Ray and Electron Refraction, and he was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He was active in a number of honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi, Gamma Alpha, Sigma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi.
He began his career at Cornell University in 1909
Prof. Murdock was born in Cooperstown, NY, the son of Benjamin F. & Myrtle (Chase) Murdock. He married Dorothy Lee Waugh, of Chicago, Il. in 1923, she predeceased him in 1962. They had two sons, the Rev. Franklin W. Murdock & Edmund L. Murdock.
He graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1902 then from Colgate University in Hamilton in 1907. In 1910 he became an instructor in physics, he received his Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell University in 1919. He was named Dean of Faculty in 1945 and retained that post until his retirement in 1953.
Prof. Murdock's work in physics took him to the Davy-Faraway Laboratory in London, he was a contributing member of the American Physical Society, the American Optical Society, the American Institute of X-Ray and Electron Refraction, and he was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He was active in a number of honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi, Gamma Alpha, Sigma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi.
He began his career at Cornell University in 1909
He graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1902 then from Colgate University in Hamilton in 1907. In 1910 he became an instructor in physics, he received his Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell University in 1919. He was named Dean of Faculty in 1945 and retained that post until his retirement in 1953.
Prof. Murdock's work in physics took him to the Davy-Faraway Laboratory in London, he was a contributing member of the American Physical Society, the American Optical Society, the American Institute of X-Ray and Electron Refraction, and he was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He was active in a number of honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi, Gamma Alpha, Sigma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi.
He began his career at Cornell University in 1909
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