Background
McGarity, Arthur Edwin was born on April 2, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Owen and Lois Thomas McGarity.
researcher engineering educator
McGarity, Arthur Edwin was born on April 2, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Owen and Lois Thomas McGarity.
Bachelor of Science, Trinity University, San Antonio, 1973. Microsoft Security Essentials, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1979.
Assistant professor Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, 1978—1984, associate professor, 1984—1993, professor, since 1993, Henry C. and J. Archer Turner professor engineering, since 2000, coordinator environmental studies, 2000—2005. Visiting assistant professor Johns Hopkins University, 1981. Scientist residence Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, 1981—1982.
Visiting fellow Princeton University, New Jersey, 1985—1986. Fulbright senior lecturer Krakow University of Technology, Poland, 1989—1990, 1998, honorary professor, since 2005. Founder and chair Crum Creek Watershed Partnership, Swarthmore, 1999—2004.
Trustees Swarthmore United Methodist Church, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 2005—2008. Board member Swarthmore Swim Club, 2001—2005. Member Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association, Media, 1995—2001.
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, American Water Resources Association.
Married Jane Ellen Ziegler, June 11, 1977. Children: Kate McGarity Woodruff, Owen Carlos, Samuel Arthur, Micajah Ziegler.