Ralph Michael Sullivan

Background

Sullivan, Ralph Michael was born on July 6, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralph Nutter and Mary Veronica (Carter) Sullivan.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Boston College, 1957; Master of Science in Applied Science, George Washington University, 1970.

Career

Aerospace technologist energy conversion, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1961-1965; power system engineer, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland., 1966-1982; power system supervisor, Applied Physics Laboratory JHU, Laurel, Maryland., 1982-1998. Instructor Whiting School Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, since 1989.

Achievements

• Ralph Michael Sullivan has been listed as a noteworthy space power systems engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Presentor of science show St. Catherine Labore, Metropolitan District of Columbia and other public grade schools, 1982-1990. Science fair judge St. Catherine Labore Elementary School, Wheaton, Maryland., 1989-1990. With United States Army, 1957.

Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior, aerospace power system technical committee chairman since 1991).

Interests

• Avocations: travel, reading, jogging, camping, woodworking.

Connections

Married June Elizabeth McAvoy, June 6, 1959. Children: Kevin Joseph, Karen Ann Sullivan Smith.

Father:

Ralph Nutter Sullivan

Mother:

Mary Veronica (Carter) Sullivan

Spouse:

June Elizabeth McAvoy

child:

Karen Ann Sullivan Smith Sullivan

child:

Kevin Joseph Sullivan