Murray Sanders
Murray Sanders | |
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Sanders in 1945. | |
| Birth name | Murray Jonathan Sanders |
| Born | April 11, 1910 Chelsea, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | June 29, 1987 Delray Beach, Florida, US |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1943–1949 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Legion of Merit |
| Alma mater | Tufts University (B.S.) Rush Medical College (M.D.) |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Weatherly |
| Children | 3 |
| Other work | Physician, head of ALS clinic |
Murray Jonathan Sanders (April 11, 1910 – June 29, 1987) was an American physician and military officer who was involved with the U.S. Army's biological warfare program during World War II. He was a leading figure in the American cover-up of Japanese war crimes, having been the U.S. officer who convinced General Douglas MacArthur to grant legal immunity to members of the infamous Japanese Unit 731 chemical warfare research unit, despite the unit's practice of unethical human experimentation.
Sanders was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1966 for his efforts in devising a potential treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was also the first to identify adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis, a viral infection of the eye.