Murray A. Newman (1924 – March 18, 2016) was an American-born Canadian public aquarium director, curator and zoologist.
[1] During his tenure, Newman championed research and conservation, areas that had not previously been a priority for staff at other aquariums.
[1] Newman, who had a firm interest in the Canadian Arctic, created field expeditions and research programs in the country's Far North which continue to the present day.
[1][2] He was hired as a museum zoologist as the University of California, Los Angeles after he completed his master's degree at Berkeley.
Katherine had enrolled as the only woman in a fish biology course, despite being warned that the professor disliked teaching women.