Background
O'HARA, Michael was born on February 22, 1933 in Sydney, Australia. Son of late Michael Patrick O'Hara and of Dorothy Winifred Avis.
O'HARA, Michael was born on February 22, 1933 in Sydney, Australia. Son of late Michael Patrick O'Hara and of Dorothy Winifred Avis.
Dulwich College Prep., London, Crarileigh School, Surrey, and Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Fellow, Carnegie Institute of Washington Geophysical Laboratory 1962-1963. Professor, University College Aberystwyth, Department, of Geology 1978-1988, Head of Department 87, Professor, Institute of Earth Sciences since 1988. Sherman-Fairchild Distinguished Visiting Scholar, California Institute of Technology 1984-1985.
Visiting Professor Department, of Earth Sciences, Harvard University since 1986. Professor, and Head of Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman 1988-1991. Chairman University Grants Committee Earth Sciences Review.
Natural Environment Research Council 1986-1988. University Grants Committee 1987-1989. Geological Society France.
Married 1st Janet Prudence Tibbits in 1962 (divorced, one son two daughter. Married 2nd Susan Howells in 1977, two son one daughter.