Background
O'Connor, Thomas Austin was born on August 19, 1943 in New York City. Son of James Francis and Catherine O'Connor.
O'Connor, Thomas Austin was born on August 19, 1943 in New York City. Son of James Francis and Catherine O'Connor.
Spanish teacher Bishop Gibbons High School, Schenectady, New York, 1965—1967. Consultant New York State Education Department, Albany, 1969—1971. Assistant to associate professor State University of New York, Cortland, 1971—1976.
Associate professor to professor Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, 1976—1980. Professor, department head modern languages Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1980—1988. Professor, chair Romance Language State University of New York, Binghamton, 1988—1994, professor, since 1995.
Member of Modern Language Association, Cervantes Society America, International Association Hispanists, American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese.
Married Rae Carolyn Schroeder, December 31, 1969. Children: Thomas Austin Junior, Carolyn Annual.