Background

O'Rourke, Michael James was born on June 22, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of James Joseph and Helen Catherine O'R.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1968. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 1970. PhDCE, Northwestern University, 1972.

Career

Instructor, University of Wisconsin -Parkside, Kenosha, 1970-1972; assistant professor, University of Wisconsin -Parkside, Kenosha, 1972-1974; assistant professor, Rensselaer Polytech. Institute, Troy, New York, 1974-1979; associate professor, Rensselaer Polytech. Institute, Troy, New York, 1979-1989; professor, Rensselaer Polytech.

Institute, Troy, New York, since 1989. Consultant National Institute Bdlg. Sciences, Washington, since 1993, Pan American Health Organisation, Washington, 1982-1985, others.

Achievements

• Michael James O"Rourke has been listed as a noteworthy Civil engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society of Civil Engineers (chair standard 7 snow committee, Certified of Appreciation technical council lifeline earthquake engineers 1995).

Interests

• Avocations: racquetball, skiing.

Connections

Married Mary Jane Coatar, August 25, 1968 (divorced January 1989). Children: Breffny, Kate, Mollie. Married Karen Ann Scott, May 18, 1996.

Father:

James Joseph O'R.

Mother:

Helen Catherine O'R.

Spouse:

Mary Jane Coatar

Spouse:

Karen Ann Scott

child:

Breffny O'Rourke

child:

Mollie O'Rourke

child:

Kate O'Rourke