MacMurray, Frank Goodnow

Birth Name MacMurray, Frank Goodnow
Gender male
Age at Death 91 years, 3 months, 26 days

Narrative

Frank died Jan. 25, 2010, at The Sylvestery, an assisted-living center in McLean, Va.

He was born in Beijing, China, where his father, John MacMurray 1902, was a U.S. diplomat. He attended Gilman School. At Princeton, he majored in history and graduating with honors, rowed on the varsity 150-pound crew, and was a member of the Student Council of the SPIA, and the Glee, German, and Cap and Gown clubs.

A 1943 graduate of Harvard Medical School, he served as an Air Force captain in the Pacific and as a medical examiner and officer-in-charge of a polio ward in Walter Reed General Hospital.

Frank and another doctor started a private practice, Foxhall Internists, in 1953. He was also a clinical professor at Georgetown Medical School and the private Madeira School in McLean. He was an officer of the American Clinical and Climatological Association and a regional governor of the American College of Physicians. His leisure interests included tennis, mountain backpacking, and camping with his family.

Frank’s wife, the former Rose Chatfield-Taylor, whom he married in 1941, predeceased him. He is survived by his sons, Frank Jr. and Worth; daughter Adelaide “Lolly” MacMurray-Cooper; a sister; four grandchildren; and three great-grandsons. His classmates offer them their sincere sympathies.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 29 September 1918 Peking, China    
Death 25 January 2010 Mclean, Virginia, USA    

Cause: Alzheimer's disease

Families

Family of MacMurray, Frank Goodnow and Chatfield-Taylor, Rose

Married Wife Chatfield-Taylor, Rose ( * 8 October 1921 + 15 December 1997 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 14 June 1941 District of Columbia, USA    
  Narrative

Name: Frank Goodnow Macmurray
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 14 Jun 1941
Event Place: District of Columbia
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1919
Spouse's Name: Rose Chatfield-Taylor
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1922
GS Film number: 2319185 , Digital Folder Number: 4661674 , Image Number: 00299

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
MacMurray, Worth Daniels15 March 1954
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
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Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
_UID 0E29C6E3F930894C80AA544F9B5505670769
 

Pedigree

    1. MacMurray, Frank Goodnow
      1. Chatfield-Taylor, Rose
        1. MacMurray, Worth Daniels