Name the American medical doctor who was convicted in 1979 of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters and whose story is ruminated over in a study by Janet Malcolm titled 'The Journalist and the Murderer'?
Jeffrey R. MacDonald
Title: The Journalist and the Murderer
Passage: The Journalist and the Murderer is a study by Janet Malcolm about the ethics of journalism, published by Alfred A. Knopf/Random House in 1990.  It is an examination of the professional choices that shape a work of non-fiction, as well as a rumination on the morality that underpins the journalistic enterprise.  The journalist in question is Joe McGinniss; the murderer is the former Special Forces captain Dr. Jeffrey R. MacDonald, who became the subject of McGinniss' 1983 book "Fatal Vision".
Title: Janet G. Travell
Passage: Janet Graeme Travell (December 17, 1901 – August 1, 1997) was an American physician and medical researcher.  She was born in 1901 to John Willard and Janet Eliza (Davidson) Travell.  Heavily influenced by her father's profession of physician, Travell made the decision to pursue a career in the medical field.  In June 1929, in New York City, Janet married John William Gordon Powell, who was an investment counselor.  They had two daughters—Janet and Virginia.  At the age of 95, Travell died of heart failure at her home in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Title: Jeffrey R. MacDonald
Passage: Jeffrey Robert MacDonald (born October 12, 1943) is an American medical doctor who was convicted in 1979 of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters in February 1970.
Jeffrey R. MacDonald The Journalist and the Murderer