Background
Monahan, Edward Charles was born on July 25, 1936 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edward C. and Helen G. (Lauenstein) Monahan.
academic administrator marine science educator
Monahan, Edward Charles was born on July 25, 1936 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edward C. and Helen G. (Lauenstein) Monahan.
Bachelor of Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1959. Master of Arts, University Texas, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966.
Doctor of Science, National University Ireland, Dublin, 1984.
Research assistant, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1964-1965; assistant professor physics, Northern Michigan U., Marquette, 1965-1968; assistant professor oceanography, Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, New York, 1968-1969; assistant professor department meteorology, oceanography, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1969-1971; associate professor department atmosphere and ocean science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1971-1975; director education and research, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, 1975-1976; statutory lecturer physical oceanography, U. College, Galway, Ireland, 1976-1986; professor marine science, U. Connecticut, Avery Point, since 1986; director, Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, Avery Point, since 1986.
Fellow Royal Meteorological Society, American Meteorological Society (Editor's award 1997), Acoustical Society of America. Member American Association of University Professors, American Geophysical Union, American Society Limnology and Oceanography, International Association Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Irish Meteorology Society, Irish Marine Science Association, European Geophysical Society, The Oceanography Society (life).
Married Elizabeth Ann Eberhard, August 27, 1960. Children: Nancy Elizabeth, Carol Frances, Eilis Marie.