Thomas James McIlrath

Background

McIlrath, Thomas James was born on May 10, 1938 in Dowagiac, Michigan, United States. Son of William Fredrick and Leora (Lewis) M.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1966.

Career

Research fellow, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1970; research associate, lecturer physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1970-1973; associate professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1973-1981; professor, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1981; physicist, National Institute Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland., since 1974. Consultant Princeton (New Jersey) Plasma Physics Laboratory, 1984-1991, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, since 1985. Program officer National Science Foundation, since 1993.

Achievements

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

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society, Optical Society American. Member Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Valerie Hoy, June 30, 1962. Children: Christine, Laura.

Father:

William Fredrick M.

Mother:

Leora (Lewis) M.

Spouse:

Valerie Hoy

child:

Christine McIlrath

child:

Laura McIlrath