Richard Gordon Leahy

Background

Leahy, Richard Gordon was born on March 6, 1929 in Buffalo. Son of Leon J. and Gladys (Hanley) Leahy.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1952; Master of Science, Harvard University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1957.

Career

Research associate, assistant to director, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1957-1961; director laboratories division applied science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961-1969; assistant dean faculty of arts and science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1973; associate dean faculty of arts and science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1973; executive director, New England Consortium for Undergraduate Science Education, Cambridge, since 1988. Board directors John von Neuman Supercomputer Center, Princeton, New Jersey, 1985-1990, chair, 1987-1988. Member design selection board Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, 1981-1984.

Achievements

• Richard Gordon Leahy has been listed as a noteworthy Science educational association administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1969-1978. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, New York Academy Sciences.

Connections

Married Sarah Griswold, June 19, 1953. Children: Sarah, Elizabeth, Peter.

Father:

Leon J. Leahy

Mother:

Gladys (Hanley) Leahy

Spouse:

Sarah Griswold

child:

Sarah Leahy

child:

Peter Leahy

child:

Elizabeth Leahy