Joseph Francis Mulligan

Background

Mulligan, Joseph Francis was born on December 12, 1920 in New York City. Son of Joseph Lawrence and Mary (Collins) Mulligan.

Education

Student, Fordham College, 1938-1939, 41-43; Bachelor of Arts, Boston College, 1945; Master of Arts, Boston College, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Catholic U. American, 1951.

Career

Instructor physics, St. Peter's College, Jersey City, 1946-1947; faculty, Fordham University, 1955-1968; associate professor physics, Fordham University, 1963-1968; department chairman, Fordham University, 1956-1964; dean Graduate School Arts and Sciences, dean liberal arts faculty, Fordham University, 1964-1967; professor physics, U. Maryland., Baltimore County, 1968-1989; professor emeritus, U. Maryland., Baltimore County, since 1989; dean for graduate studies and research, U. Maryland., Baltimore County, 1968-1982. Member advising committee graduate fellowship program National Defense Education Act, 1960-1963.

Achievements

• Joseph Francis Mulligan has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, historian of science, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Practical Physics : The Production and Conservation of Energy
  • Practical Physics: The Production and Conservation of Energy

Membership

Board directors Excel Interactive Science Museum, Salisbury, 1998-2000. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers, History of Science Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma.

Connections

Married Eleanor Lee Wells 1984.

Father:

Joseph Lawrence Mulligan

Mother:

Mary (Collins) Mulligan

Spouse:

Eleanor Lee Wells 1984.