A Columbia University professor, Dr. Margaret R. Murray, was cited for her "pioneering efforts in research into multiple sclerosis" at a banquet Saturday of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society at the Sheraton-Charles Hotel. Dr. Murray, professor of anatomy at Columbia's college of physicians and surgeons in New York City, was presented a check for $1,000 and the "International Golden Hope Chest Scientific Award" golden medallion. Some 300 delegates attending the conference, which concludes Sunday, were welcomed by Mayor Victor H. Schiro at the banquet. The society also presented awards to Rex Fleming of Santa Barbara, Calif., and R. Robert Parman of New York, for outstanding volunteer activity. Also at the dinner, Mrs. Dorothy Huber of New Orleans described how she lost and regained her eyesight when she was stricken by multiple sclerosis a few years ago. Mrs. Huber, the mother of two children and a dancer who appeared in local night clubs and auditoriums, was totally blind for a period of three months while she was suffering from the disease. Also participating in the program were Leo Zinser, chairman of the speech department of Loyola University; Dr. Richard M. Paddison, professor of neurology at Louisiana State University School of Medicine; Bob Jones, local television newscaster, and Mrs. Elizabeth Mein of San Francisco, Calif. At a luncheon session Saturday, Mrs. William H. Hasebroock, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, told the group that "science has not, cannot, replace humane-ness." She said that while science will eventually find the answer to the mystery of multiple sclerosis, "science has never underwritten the quality of human compassion."
Sunday's sessions will be devoted largely to an examination of current research trends in multiple sclerosis and a discussion of medical aspects of the disease. PHOTO: DR. MARGARET R. MURRAY Receives award
