Physics Graduation Class of 1971
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Physics Graduation Class of 1971
Identifier
VHG0067
Depiction
Picture of nine men in academic gowns, with two men at the back and the remainder at the front
Description
The picture shows the 1971 Honours Physics graduation class with names from left to right as follows:
Back row: John Sheil; Ted Hyland
Front row: John O’Dea; Liam Kelly; Cilian Ó Brolcháin; Frank Imbusch; Gerry O’Brien; Brian Leavy; Bro. Eamonn MacLochlainn
Prof. Cilian Ó Brolcháin was Head of the Dept. of Experimental Physics (1934-1973).
Dr Frank Imbusch was then Associate Prof. in the Dept. of Experimental Physics.
Cilian Ó Brolcháin obtained his BSc in UCD in 1925 and his MSc in 1926, after which he studied under Nobel prizewinner V.F. Hess in Graz. Following a period as lecturer in UCG in 1932, he was appointed to the Chair of Experimental Physics there in 1934, upon the retirement of Prof. Alexander Anderson. He served as Dean of Science and took a keen interest in the teaching of science and other disciplines through Irish. In 1973, ill health obliged Cilian Ó Brolcháin to retire and he passed away in Galway in 1976 (www.ainm.ie/Bio).
Frank Imbusch graduated in Physics at UCG in 1956 and obtained an M.Sc. also at UCG in 1958. He obtained his Ph.D. at Stanford, followed by some years in Bell Labs in New Jersey, before returning to a Lectureship in Experimental Physics at UCG in 1967. After becoming Associate Professor in 1970, he was appointed Prof. of Experimental Physics at UCG in 1974. He was Vice-President (Human and Physical Resources) 1992-98. He retired in 2001.
Back row: John Sheil; Ted Hyland
Front row: John O’Dea; Liam Kelly; Cilian Ó Brolcháin; Frank Imbusch; Gerry O’Brien; Brian Leavy; Bro. Eamonn MacLochlainn
Prof. Cilian Ó Brolcháin was Head of the Dept. of Experimental Physics (1934-1973).
Dr Frank Imbusch was then Associate Prof. in the Dept. of Experimental Physics.
Cilian Ó Brolcháin obtained his BSc in UCD in 1925 and his MSc in 1926, after which he studied under Nobel prizewinner V.F. Hess in Graz. Following a period as lecturer in UCG in 1932, he was appointed to the Chair of Experimental Physics there in 1934, upon the retirement of Prof. Alexander Anderson. He served as Dean of Science and took a keen interest in the teaching of science and other disciplines through Irish. In 1973, ill health obliged Cilian Ó Brolcháin to retire and he passed away in Galway in 1976 (www.ainm.ie/Bio).
Frank Imbusch graduated in Physics at UCG in 1956 and obtained an M.Sc. also at UCG in 1958. He obtained his Ph.D. at Stanford, followed by some years in Bell Labs in New Jersey, before returning to a Lectureship in Experimental Physics at UCG in 1967. After becoming Associate Professor in 1970, he was appointed Prof. of Experimental Physics at UCG in 1974. He was Vice-President (Human and Physical Resources) 1992-98. He retired in 2001.
References
Natural Philosophy / Physics by Tom O’Connor in ‘From Queen’s College to National University’, pp 184 – 217, 1999, Four Courts Press, Editor: Tadhg Foley.
https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=2149, accessed 24 Jan. 2024
https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=2149, accessed 24 Jan. 2024
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
J. Sheil, S.G. Jennings, ‘Physics Graduation Class of 1971’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14532, Archival id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1970s
Category
b&w
group
on-campus
outdoors
Subject
Language
English
Publisher
University of Galway Library
Rights
This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA
see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/