John Hegarty (born 1948) is an Irish physicist and academic who served as the 43rd Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 2001 to 2011.[1]
John Hegarty | |
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.jpg) Provost John Hegarty announcing the new Fellows and Scholars on Trinity Monday 2006 in Trinity College Dublin. | |
| 43rd Provost of Trinity College Dublin | |
| In office 1 August 2001 – 30 July 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Noel Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Prendergast |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Spouse | Neasa Ní Chinnéide (m. 1981) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Maynooth University (B.Sc., H.Dip.Ed) University of Galway (Ph.D.) |
Early life and education
editHe was born in Claremorris, County Mayo, and was educated locally at St Colman's College. He holds a BSc in Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics/Philosophy from St Patrick's College, Maynooth, a HDipEd also from Maynooth and a PhD from University College Galway.[1]
Academic career
editFollowing a postdoctoral stay at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he was a research scientist at Bell Labs, New Jersey for six years. He returned to Ireland in 1986 as a Professor of Laser Physics at Trinity College. Producing over 140 publications, and developing several patents, he was a co-founder of Optronics Ireland and campus company Eblana Photonics. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy, the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers and Fellow of the Institute of Physics.[1]
Before becoming Provost, Hegarty was Dean of Research and Head of the Physics Department.[1]
Personal life
editHegarty is married to Neasa Ní Chinnéide, President of the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages,[2] and they have two children, Cillian and Ciarán.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Current Provost's Biography. Retrieved on 4 November 2009.Archived 16 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "About Us" "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages. Retrieved on 4 November 2009.
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