Gerard Kitchen O'Neill

Background

O'Neill, Gerard Kitchen was born on February 6, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Edward G. and Dorothy (Kitchen) O'N.

Education

Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1950; Doctor of Science (honorary), Swarthmore College, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1954.

Career

Member faculty, Princeton University, 1954-1985; professor physics, Princeton University, 1965-1985; professor emeritus, Princeton University, 1985-1992; co-founder, president, Space Studies Institute, Princeton University, from 1978; founder, president, Chairman, Board Of Directors, Geostar Corporation, 1983-1985; also board directors, Geostar Corporation, 1983-1991; founder, Chairman, Board Of Directors, OCI, Princeton, 1986-1991; founder, general partner, VSE International, Princeton, 1991. Hunsaker professor aerospace Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976-1977. Presidential appointee National Commision on Space, 1985-1986.

Achievements

• Gerard Kitchen O"Neill has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Physical Society, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married, 1950 (divorced 1966). Children: Janet, Roger, Eleanor. Married Renate Steffen, 1973.

1 son, Edward.

Father:

Edward G. O'N.

Mother:

Dorothy (Kitchen) O'N.

Spouse:

Renate Steffen

child:

Janet O'Neill

child:

Eleanor O'Neill

child:

Roger O'Neill