Walter J. Murphy, 1 8 9 9 - 1 9 5 9 JOURNAL
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HIS ISSUE of the JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD C H E M
ISTRY is dedicated to the memory of Walter J. Murphy, who
died on Nov. 26. Dr. Murphy was a prime mover in the found ing of the Journal, served as its first Editor (1953-56), and was Editorial Director at the time of his death.
December
1959
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It is fitting that strong emphasis in this issue be given (pages 813-22) to the food-and-population problem, and its possible
Director of Publications: C. B. Larrabee Editorial Director: Walter J. Murphy Executive Editor: James M. Crowe Assistant to the Director of Publications: Joseph H. Kuney
solution through the application of science and technology. For
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fiber production no less than in manufacturing, was a firm
the need to apply scientific principles and to make the most ef fective possible use of engineering developments, in food and
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Murphy tenet. Dr. Murphy recognized early the immense potential for good or evil in the postwar "population explosion"; with characteristic optimism he saw in it not only a grave responsibility b u t also a challenging opportunity to further the cause of freedom, and to elevate human dignity. As one means of meeting the challenge, he urged—and worked for—faster and better communication of basic research findings in agricultural and food fields, from laboratory to practical appli cation.
Many of his ideas for improving the flow and use of
knowledge were embodied in this Journal, in the establishment of which he campaigned strenuously, and in which he saw the possibility of correlating, through the common bond of chemis try, all the scientific disciplines involved in modern agriculture, food processing, and human and animal nutrition. In introducing the newly-founded Journal early in 1953, Dr. Murphy declared that "the future peace of the world depends on whether science and technology can make possible increases in food production to match the ever-increasing expansion of world population," and that "one of the most effective means of ulti mately eliminating Soviet aggression and establishing political and social stability is a world population adequately clothed and fed." Whatever the Journal has contributed toward this end through the spread of useful knowledge stands in a real sense as a tribute to one man's foresight and to his energetic attempts to translate his convictions into action.
the future, it will serve in part as a reminder of the contributions of Walter J. Murphy.
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