150th Celebrations 1995, Physics Contribution
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
150th Celebrations 1995, Physics Contribution
Identifier
VHG0084
Depiction
Picture 1: A large group of people, with people standing in the back two rows and seated in the front row
Picture 2: Eleven people comprising six women and five men standing in front of a table in the Aula Maxima
Picture 3: Eight men standing including a priest, with some wearing identification labels
Description
The Department of Physics (as with other Departments) marked the 150th year of the University’s existence and foundation as Queen’s College Galway in 1845, with a variety of events. A reunion of graduates in Physics was held on the weekend of July 7 – 9 in the Department. More than 80 graduates and their partners, spread over a number of decades, attended. Three pictures are shown: Picture 1: A complete Group; Picture 2: A smaller Physics Group; Picture 3: an Atmospheric Physics Group. Names are given from left to right.
Picture 1:
Back row: Unidentified; Richard Coughlan (1972); Karl Flannery; Conor McDonagh (1989); John Goode (Technician); Richard Sherlock (1991); Conor Donnelly (probably); Unidentified
2nd row: Paul McBride (1990) with reddish hair; Unidentified (between two persons with glasses); Unidentified (between person with red shirt and woman); Unidentified (Below the 4th person on the left in back row); Unidentified (between person with white coat and the person with reddish hair and reddish tie); Gerard O’Connor (1989) with white top and glasses; Unidentified; John Geaney (1986)
3rd row: Gerard Scully (1973); Jarlath Feeney (1980); Unidentified woman; Unidentified; Unidentified; Unidentified; Catherine Walsh (1983) and above the 2nd person to the left in front row; Unidentified; Paddy Fleming (1966) with red shirt; Áine Reilly (1974); Bob O’Connell; Vincent Flanagan; Unidentified; Unidentified; Unidentified; Unidentified; Parker Reist; John O’Dea; Philip Walton
Front row: Liam Kelly (1971); Tom Glynn (1968); Elaine Morris (1989); Aodhagán Ó Rodaighe (1962); Stephen G. Jennings (1965); Deirbhile Ní Bhrolcháin; Mairéad Uí Bhrolcháin; Tom O’Connor; Fr Gerard McGreevy; Frank Imbusch (1956); Josephine Lombard (1974); Gerard Morgan (1976)
Year in parenthesis ( ) indicates the year of graduation
Picture 2:
Jo O'Connell (wife of Bob O'Connell); Unidentified; Unidentified; Bob O’Connell; Niamh Imbusch; Frank Imbusch; Mary Imbusch; Mairéad Uí Bhrolcháin; Stephen G. Jennings; Deirbhile Ní Bhrolcháin; Tom Lonergan
Picture 3:
Aodhagán Ó Rodaighe; John O'Dea; Tom O’ Connor; Vincent Flanagan; Stephen G. Jennings; Fr Gerard McGreevy; Gerard Scully; Parker Reist
Bob O'Connell graduated in 1953 and is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, U.S.A.
Fr Gerard McGreevy was awarded a Ph. D. degree from UCG in 1965 and was Prof. of Physics in St. Patrick's College Maynooth (O'Connor, 1999, p. 207).
Parker Reist, Prof. of Industrial Hygiene and Air Engineering at the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, was awarded a Fullbright Scholarship and spent the year 1984-5 in the Dept. of Physics, UCG (O'Connor, 1999, p. 210).
Picture 1:
Back row: Unidentified; Richard Coughlan (1972); Karl Flannery; Conor McDonagh (1989); John Goode (Technician); Richard Sherlock (1991); Conor Donnelly (probably); Unidentified
2nd row: Paul McBride (1990) with reddish hair; Unidentified (between two persons with glasses); Unidentified (between person with red shirt and woman); Unidentified (Below the 4th person on the left in back row); Unidentified (between person with white coat and the person with reddish hair and reddish tie); Gerard O’Connor (1989) with white top and glasses; Unidentified; John Geaney (1986)
3rd row: Gerard Scully (1973); Jarlath Feeney (1980); Unidentified woman; Unidentified; Unidentified; Unidentified; Catherine Walsh (1983) and above the 2nd person to the left in front row; Unidentified; Paddy Fleming (1966) with red shirt; Áine Reilly (1974); Bob O’Connell; Vincent Flanagan; Unidentified; Unidentified; Unidentified; Unidentified; Parker Reist; John O’Dea; Philip Walton
Front row: Liam Kelly (1971); Tom Glynn (1968); Elaine Morris (1989); Aodhagán Ó Rodaighe (1962); Stephen G. Jennings (1965); Deirbhile Ní Bhrolcháin; Mairéad Uí Bhrolcháin; Tom O’Connor; Fr Gerard McGreevy; Frank Imbusch (1956); Josephine Lombard (1974); Gerard Morgan (1976)
Year in parenthesis ( ) indicates the year of graduation
Picture 2:
Jo O'Connell (wife of Bob O'Connell); Unidentified; Unidentified; Bob O’Connell; Niamh Imbusch; Frank Imbusch; Mary Imbusch; Mairéad Uí Bhrolcháin; Stephen G. Jennings; Deirbhile Ní Bhrolcháin; Tom Lonergan
Picture 3:
Aodhagán Ó Rodaighe; John O'Dea; Tom O’ Connor; Vincent Flanagan; Stephen G. Jennings; Fr Gerard McGreevy; Gerard Scully; Parker Reist
Bob O'Connell graduated in 1953 and is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, U.S.A.
Fr Gerard McGreevy was awarded a Ph. D. degree from UCG in 1965 and was Prof. of Physics in St. Patrick's College Maynooth (O'Connor, 1999, p. 207).
Parker Reist, Prof. of Industrial Hygiene and Air Engineering at the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, was awarded a Fullbright Scholarship and spent the year 1984-5 in the Dept. of Physics, UCG (O'Connor, 1999, p. 210).
References
Tom O'Connor: Private communication via documents and photographs in about 2009.
Private communication: Gerry Morgan via email, 10 March 2024.
Tom O’Connor, 'Natural Philosophy / Physics' in Tadhg Foley (ed.), From Queen’s College to National University (Dublin, 1999), p. 207.
Tom O’Connor, 'Natural Philosophy / Physics' in Tadhg Foley (ed.), From Queen’s College to National University (Dublin, 1999), p. 210
Private communication: Gerry Morgan via email, 10 March 2024.
Tom O’Connor, 'Natural Philosophy / Physics' in Tadhg Foley (ed.), From Queen’s College to National University (Dublin, 1999), p. 207.
Tom O’Connor, 'Natural Philosophy / Physics' in Tadhg Foley (ed.), From Queen’s College to National University (Dublin, 1999), p. 210
Contributor
event
150th Celebrations of the founding of the University in 1845
Bibliographic Citation
T. C. O’Connor, G. P. Morgan, S.G. Jennings, ‘150th Celebrations 1995, Physics Contribution’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14661, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1990s
Category
colour
group
on-campus
indoors
Keywords
150th anniversary
Language
English
Publisher
University of Galway Library
Rights
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