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GELL-MANN, Murray, theoretical physicist; b. N.Y.C., September 15, 1929; s. Arthur and Pauline (Reichstein) Gell-M.; B.S., Yale, 1948; Ph. D., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1951; m. J. Margaret Dow, April 19, 1955; children-Elizabeth, Nicholas. Mem. Inst. for Advanced Study, 1951; instr. U. Chicago, 1952-53, asst. prof., 1953-54, asso. prof., 1954, research dispersion relations, developed strangeness theory; asso. prof. Cal. Inst. Tech., Pasadena, 1955-56, prof., 1956--, now R.A. Millikan prof. physics, research theory of weak interactions, developed eightfold way theory and Quark scheme. NSF post doctoral fellow, vis. prof. Coll. de France and U. Paris, 1959-60. Recipient Dannie Heineman prize Am. Phys. Soc., 1959; E.O. Lawrence Meml. award AEC, 1966; Franklin medal, 1967; Carty medal Nat. Acad. Scis., 1968; Research Corp. award, 1969; Nobel prize in physics, 1969. Fellow Am. Phys. Soc., mem. Nat. Acad. Scis., Am. Acad. Arts and Scis. Club: Cosmos. Author (with Y. Ne'eman) Eightfold Way. Home: 1024 Armada Dr., Pasadena, California 91103.