Cornelius C. Galvin of Harrington Park was honoured this
week by St. Peter's College, Jersey City, new Jersey after
having completed twenty years on the faculty as Professor
of Physics and six years as Chairman of the department.
He received the Bene Merenti Gold Medal and he, his family
and friends were guests of the College president, Very Reverend
Victor Yanitelli, S.J., at a luncheon in his honour.
Born in Boherbue, Cork, Ireland professor Galvin was designated
a King's Scholar on graduation from High School. He entered
the La Salle State Teachers College, Waterford. On Graduation
he received a University Scholarship to University Collede,
Dublin, The National University of Ireland. Majoring in Chemistry
and Physics he graduated with double First Class Honours
and was awarded a research Exhibition. A year later he received
his M.Sc. and H.D.E. degrees with honors. In a competitive
examination open to physisc graduates from the four Irish
Universities, he was plased first and was awarded a Two Year
Travelling Scholarship which he elected to take at the Imperial
College of Science and Technology, London University, where
he researched with Professor Sir George Paget Thomson, working
on Electron Diffraction and Quantom Mechanics.
He has received many grants including one from the Atomic
Energy Commission for the establishment of a Nuclear and
Reactor Laboratory. Two grants from the National Science
Foundation to design a curriculum in Medical Physics
for prospective physicians and a course in Demonstration
Physics. Also under the auspices of The National Science
Foundation, conducts The In-Service Institute for High School
Teachers. The current Institute, in cooperation with Harvard
University, is a Harvard Physics Project.
He is a member of the American Institute of Physics, the
American Association of University Professors, the American
Nuclear Society, Sigma Pi Sigma and the Honor Physics Society
of America.
Professor Galvin is married to the former Delphine Lamborghini
and they have a daughter, Gwynneth, who is a sophomore at
Northern Valley High School, Old Tappa.
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