Background
O'Neill, Thomas Brendan was born on October 16, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Edward and Margaret (Hodgskinson) O'N.
O'Neill, Thomas Brendan was born on October 16, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Edward and Margaret (Hodgskinson) O'N.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University Notre Dame, 1950. Master of Science, University Notre Dame, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Davis, 1956.
Postdoctoral, Scripps Ocean Institute, LaJolla, California, 1963.
Machinist's apprentice, Bethleham Steel Company, Quincy, Minnesota, 1941-1943; teaching assistant, U. Notre Dame, Indiana, 1950-1951; teaching assistant, University of California, Davis, 1951-1955; biology professor, Ventura (California) College, since 1955; research biologist, United States Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory, Port Hueneme, California, since 1957.
Flight engineer United States Navy, 1943-1946. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Research Society of America, Society Applied Microbiology, Sigma Xi.
Married Annemarie Bailey, June 24, 1947 (divorced September 1970). Married Stasia Anne Sprout, January 25, 1986. Children: Terrence, Timothy, Kathleen, Margaret, Michael.