Background
Gaddis, M. Francis was born on July 27, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Michael Joseph and Catherine Agnes (Lavelle) Gaddis.
environmental scientist marine engineer
Gaddis, M. Francis was born on July 27, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Michael Joseph and Catherine Agnes (Lavelle) Gaddis.
Bachelor of Science, University Alabama, 1945. Bachelor, Adelphi University, 1977. Master of Science, Adelphi University, 1979.
Certified environmental management, Adelphi University, 1979. Master of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1988.
Chief marine engineer United States Army, Port of New York, 1944-1945. Service engineer Garlock Inc., Boston, 1946-1947, territory manager New York City, 1947-1961. President, chief engineer Gaddis Engineering Company, Port Washington, New York, since 1961.
Seals education workshop committee Department Energy, Office Naval Research, American Society Lubrication Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1979-1980. Naval architect and marine engineering committee People to People Delegation to China, 1986, Delegation to Bicentennial Maritime Symposium, Australia, 1988, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Delegation to South America, 1989. Columbia University delegate Harwell Environmental seminar, Oxford (England) University, 1982.
Engineer consultant Gaddis, Inc., Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, since 1994. People to People science and industry delegate to Cuba, 2000.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society Naval Engineers (president Club), American Society Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (emissions committee 1980-1984), National Association of Environmental Professionals, Environmental Law Institute, Pacific Basin Consortium for Hazardous Waste Research, East-West Institute, Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Association Environmental Professionals (California), Marine Technology Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Society for Risk Analysis, John Henry Newman Honorary Society, Columbia (New York City) Club, North Shore Yacht (Port Washington) Club, Adelphi University Alumni Association (vice president 1999-2003), Delta Tau Delta (Massachusetts Institute of Technology chapter adviser 1946-1947).
Married Marie B. Leen, November 22, 1946 (deceased February 1979). Children: Robert L., Paul L. Married Jeanne Bowen Crites, October 27, 1990.