I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements. The order in the universe seemed miraculous.

Upon graduation Murray attended the College of the Holy Cross intending to play baseball; however baseball practices and lab schedules conflicted forcing him to give up the sport. Murray shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 with E. He received the American Surgical Association's Medal for DistinguiJoseph Murrayd Service to Surgery the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Francis Amory Prize the American Association of Plastic Surgeons' Honorary Award and Clinician of the Year Award and the National Kidney Foundation's Gift of Life Award.

Joseph Edward Murray (April 1 1919 – November 26 2012) was an American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick on December 23 1954. Murray shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 with E. ".