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|organization = |known_for = MOJS equation |awards = }} Morrough "Mike" Parker O'Brien, Jr. (September 21, 1902 – July 28, 1988) was an American hydraulic engineering professor and is considered the founder of modern coastal engineering.〔 In addition to his academic work, O'Brien served as a consultant on a variety of government and private sector projects including work for General Electric. O'Brien's government career culminated in a presidential appointment to the National Science Board. ==Early life and education== O'Brien, the only child of Morrough O'Brien Sr. and Lulu Avis Parker was born in Hammond, Indiana on September 21, 1902. O'Brien grew up in South Bend, Indiana until age ten, then Phoenix, Arizona for two years before moving to Toledo, Ohio where he attended St. John's High School. O'Brien then attended St. John's College in Toledo for his freshman year of college and Holy Cross College for his sophomore year before finally matriculating at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Two years later in 1927, O'Brien was one of seven recipients of a scholarship from John R. Freeman to study hydraulic engineering at the ''Techniche Hauptschule of Danzig'' for six weeks followed by a year studying at the Royal College of Engineering in Stockholm. O'Brien took a second Freeman scholarship in France while also working at United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce office in with the American legation in Stockholm. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morrough Parker O'Brien」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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