Bruce Murray was born on November 30, 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Suzanne Moss and Joan O'Brien. He died on August 29, 2013 in Oceanside, California, USA.
Emeritus professor at Caltech, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and co-founder of the Planetary Society with Carl Sagan and Louis Friedman.