Murray Jarvik

Murray Jarvik
Murray Jarvik
Born	Murray Elias Jarvik; June 1, 1923; New York City, U.S.
Died	May 8, 2008 (aged 84); Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, San Francisco; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Los Angeles; City College of New York;
Known for	Co-inventor of the nicotine patch
Spouse	Lissy Feingold (m. 1954)
Children	2
	Scientific career
Fields	Psychiatry; Psychopharmacology
Institutions	University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis	A study of some factors involved in probability discrimination (1952)
Doctoral advisor	Edward Chace Tolman

Murray Elias Jarvik (June 1, 1923 – May 8, 2008) was an American psychopharmacologist and academic who was among the first scientists to study d-lysergic acid, the precursor to LSD, and later became the co-inventor of the nicotine patch. He was a longtime professor emeritus at University of California-Los Angeles, where he taught as a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology for many years.

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