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MURRAY B. SACHS
Pages 314-317

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... in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his graduate work, he turned his atten tion to studying the brain, working with the noted auditory neuroscientists Nelson Kiang, William Peake, and Tom Weiss.
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... He initiated and led the Johns Hopkins Center for Hearing and Balance, which brought together researchers from biological, medi cal, and engineering departments to collaborate on these sen sory systems. The center flourished under his leadership and remains a major internationally recognized research group.
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... Murray loved being a grandfather and spending time with his grandchildren. He is survived by his sons Benjamin and his wife Lisa, Jonathan and his wife Kate, and six grandchildren.
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