Robert K. Murray (April 9, 1922 – February 9, 2019) was an American professor of history at the Pennsylvania State University for 35 years, best known for The Harding Era (1969), a biography of US President Warren G. Harding, which won a History Book of the Month Club selection, McNight Distinguished Book Award, and Phi Alpha Theta National Book award.
In 1943, he earned an MA and in 1949 a doctorate in Modern American History from Ohio State University.
[1] During World War II, Murray served as a Signal Intelligence Specialist in Europe.
[1] Murray began his long academic career as instructor in History at Ohio State University.
[1] On December 7, 1943, Murray married Evelyn Fay Keller (died 2015); they had two daughters and a son.