Thomas Andrew Cahill

Background

Cahill, Thomas Andrew was born on March 4, 1937 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Thomas Vincent and Margery (Groesbeck) Cahill.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics National Defense Education Act fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 1965.

Career

Assistant professor in residence, University of California, Los Angeles, 1965-1966; North Atlantic Treaty Organization fellow, research physicist, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, France, 1966-1967; professor physics, University of California, Davis, since 1967; acting director, Crocker Nuclear Laboratory, 1972; director, Crocker Nuclear Laboratory, 1980-1989. Director Institute Ecology, 1972-1975. Consultant National Research Council of Canada, Louvre Museum United Nations GlobalAtmospheric Watch, since 1990.

Member International Committee on PIXE and Its Application, California Attorney General, National Audubon Society, Mono Lake Committee.

Achievements

• Thomas Andrew Cahill has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Principal investigator IMPROVE National Air Pollution Network., 1987-1997. Co-director Crocker History and Archeological Projects. Member international committee Ion Beam Analysis.

Member American Physical Society, Air Pollution Control Association, American Association Aerosol Research, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Virginia Ann Arnoldy, June 26, 1965. Children: Catherine Frances, Thomas Michael.

Father:

Thomas Vincent Cahill

Mother:

Margery (Groesbeck) Cahill

Spouse:

Virginia Ann Arnoldy

child:

Catherine Frances Cahill

child:

Thomas Michael Cahill