Ruth Bullard Murdock '41

(b. December 15, 1918, LaGrange, IL-d. October 30, 1945, Turin, Italy)

Attended Montclair High School, Montclair, NJ

Entered Rutgers New Jersey College for Women September 1937, BA, 1941

Entered Service American Red Cross, Staff Assistant

While at Rutgers, Ruth majored in music. Upon graduation, she taught music at Washington High School in NJ before taking a job as a technician with Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York. As a staff assistant for the American Red Cross, Ruth organized clubs for American soldiers. First stationed at a bomber base in England, she later transferred to an Eight Army Air Force group in Munich. Her family believes she was returning to her post in Munich from leave on the Riviera when her plane went down. Ruth was killed in a plane crash near Turin, Italy.

Ruth B Murdock