George H. McMurry (1898-1975) was a writer and journalist who studied with Wallace Stegner at Stanford and later worked for Stanford Libraries. He was born in India to Methodist missionary parents.

George Harold McMurry was born in Bombay (Mumbai), India on November 14, 1898, the son of American missionaries Valentine G. McMurry and Celia Ferries McMurry. He received his B.A. degree in 1921 from College of the Pacific where he studied English and History. He served in the Air Service during WWI and in the Air Corps during WWII. McMurry was married, had two daughters, and lived in San Jose, California. For over 20 years he worked as reporter, feature writer, and editorial writer, first with the San Jose Evening News and later with the Mercury-Herald. His first published work appeared in 1933 entitled History of San Jose, co-authored by William F. James.

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