Background
O'Shea, Thomas Joseph was born on November 5, 1948 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Aloysius and Katherine Ruth (Sachtleben) O'S.
O'Shea, Thomas Joseph was born on November 5, 1948 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Aloysius and Katherine Ruth (Sachtleben) O'S.
Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University, 1970. Master of Science, Northern Arizona University, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, Northern Arizona University, 1977.
Research biologist, United States Fish and Wildlife Svc., Laurel, Maryland., 1977-1979;
research biologist, United States Fish and Wildlife Svc., Gainesville, Florida, 1979-1985;
station leader, United States Fish and Wildlife Svc., Gainesville, 1985-1992;
assistant director, National Ecology Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, since 1992. Adjunct associate professor of University Florida, since 1985. Adjunct curator Florida Museum National History, Gainesville, since 1983.
Research associate National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, 1973-1974. Committee science advisors United States Marine Mammal Commission, since 1991.
Author: various scientific publications, since 1980. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Mammalogists, Society for Marine Mammalogy, Wildlife Society, Society Conservation Biology.
Married Sherry Anne Caikowski, September 19, 1972. Children: Mary Rose, Jacqueline Kelly.