Edward Cahill Park

Background

Park, Edward Cahill was born on November 26, 1923 in Wollaston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Cahill and Fentress (Kerlin) Park.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1947; postgraduate, Amherst College, 1947-1949; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Birmingham, England, 1956.

Career

Instructor, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1954-1955; member of staff, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1955-1957; member of staff, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-1960; group leader electronic systems, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Santa Monica, California, 1960-1964; senior staff engineer, head laser system section, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1964-1968; senior scientist, Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, California, 1986-1988; manager electro optical systems section, Litton Guidance and Control Systems, Woodland Hills, California, 1968-1970; senior physical scientist, The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, 1970-1972; senior scientist, Research and Development Associations, Marina Del Rey, California, 1972-1986; consultant, Research and Development Associations, Marina Del Rey, California, 1986-1989; senior technical specialist, Rockwell International, North America Aircraft, Seal Beach, California, 1988-1994.

Achievements

• Edward Cahill Park has been listed as a noteworthy physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Fellow Explorers Club (secretary Southern California chapter 1978-1979). Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Optical Society American, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: music, art, architecture, body surfing, gardening.

Connections

Married Helen Therese O'Boyle, July 28, 1951.

Father:

Edward Cahill Park

Mother:

Fentress (Kerlin) Park

Spouse:

Helen Therese O'Boyle