Background
Nicholson, Thomas Dominic was born on December 14, 1922 in New York City. Son of Dominic J. and Catherine (Brown) Nicholson.
Nicholson, Thomas Dominic was born on December 14, 1922 in New York City. Son of Dominic J. and Catherine (Brown) Nicholson.
Bachelor of Science, United States Merchant Marine Academy. Bachelor, St. John's University, 1950. Master of Science, Fordham University, 1953.
Doctor of Philosophy, Fordham University, 1962. Doctor of Science (honorary), Lawrence University, 1988.
Marine deck officer, Moore-McCormack Lines, 1941-1946;
from instructor to assistant professor nautical science and assistant to department head, United States Merchant Marine Academy, 1946-1953;
lecturer, instructor department astronomy, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1952-1953;
associate astronomer, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1953-1957;
astronomer, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1957-1967;
chairman, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1964-1967;
music assistant director, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1967-1968;
deputy director, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1968-1969;
director, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1969-1989. Television weather forecaster station W National Broadcasting Company, New York City, 1967-1972. Lecturer in astronomyU.S. Military Academy, Yale University, NNYU.
Member geodetic surveying expeditions, Arctic, 1956, Greenland Ice Cap, 1958. Member of advisory council Astrophysical Observatory, Princeton University. Member evaluation and testing team for hand held space sextant for Gemini XII, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1965, 66.
Member of national advisory board Monell Chemical Senses Center.
Served with United States Merchant Marine, 1941-1946. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Astronomical Society, American Astronomical Association.
Member Institute Navigation (past president), Astronomical Society Pacific, American Meteorological Society, American Association Museums (vice president), Association Systematics Collections (president), Association National Sciences Institutions (founder).
Married Branca Costa, December 26, 1946. Children– Lester C., Diana C., Glen C., Gail C.