The mayor of Anchorage, Alaska is a Sullivan

A Famous American Photographer was an O'Sullivan

Timothy H. O’Sullivan (c. 1840 – January 14, 1882) was a very prominent photographer of the American War Between the States and the Western United States. He was born in New York City and worked with the famous photographer Matthew Brady as a young man. In 1861 he was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Union Army and saw action in Beaufort, Fort Pulaski, Fort Walker, and Port Royal. He was honorably discharged and re-joined Brady to photograph the war. In July, 1863 he published his most famous photograph, “The Harvest of Death”, depicting dead soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg. Following the war he explored the American west extensively, providing some of the first photographs of its dramatic landscape and Native American culture.

An Australian O'Sullivan is Developing the Next Generation of Radio Telescopes

John O’Sullivan is a digital systems engineer with CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility developing novel receiver technologies for radio astronomy.

John O'Sullivan's scientific career spans more than 30 years. He led the CSIRO team that invented the high speed wireless computer networking technology now in laptops, games and phones all over the world and was awarded the 2009 Prime Minister's Prize for Science.

John O'Sullivan's energies are directed towards developing an innovative radio camera with an unusually wide field of view for the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope.

ASKAP will be able to quickly capture radio images of large areas of the sky with unprecedented sensitivity, giving it vastly improved survey speeds compared with existing radio telescopes.

Dr. O'Sullivan's checkerboard design for the phased array feed (as the camera is known) increases its information gathering capacity by more than ten times. The prototype receiver is already delivering world-leading performance. 

His work is crucial in terms of ASKAP achieving its science outcomes and it has the potential to influence the design of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) – a huge international project to build a A$3 billion radio telescope. 

Outside CSIRO, Dr. O’Sullivan is a Director and consultant on algorithm development for Taggle Systems, a company developing low power tags for long distance tracking of objects.

Prior to joining CSIRO in 1983, Dr. O’Sullivan led the engineering group at the Foundation for Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands (now ASTRON) that developed a broadband digital receiver for the Westerbork Synthesis Radio telescope.

He left CSIRO in 1995 to join News Limited as their Australian Director of Technology.

His other positions include:

·   Vice President of systems engineering, Radiata Communications, 1999–2001

·   Director of integrated circuit systems engineering, Cisco Systems, 2001–04

·   Lead signal processing architect, G2 Microsystems, 2004–06.

Dr. O’Sullivan returned to CSIRO in 2005.

Dr. O’Sullivan was awarded a:

·   Bachelor of Science, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1967

·   Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, The University of Sydney, 1969

·   Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, The University of Sydney, 1974.

Among other recognition throughout his career, Dr. O'Sullivan has received the:

·   Prime Minister's Prize for Science, 2009

·   CSIRO Chairman's Medal, 2009

·   CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement, 2000

·   University Medal, The University of Sydney, 1969.

He has published over 60 scientific papers and holds 12 patents in the areas of special purpose fast Fourier transform (FFT) processors, wireless local area networks (WLANs) and antennas.

His technical achievements include:

·   an eight-fold increase of the bandwidth processing capacity of the Westerbork Radio Telescope

·   developing an intellectual underpinning for adaptive optics in light telescopes and redundant baseline interferometer in radio telescopes

·   creating a computer chip that could perform FFT rapidly enough to process audio and video signals in real time (a later version of this chip held the record for the fastest single chip FFT for many years)

·   conceiving the design of the receiving system for the Australia Telescope

·   leading the CSIRO team that developed high speed wireless local area networking (WLAN).

Dr. O'Sullivan is a member of the following professional bodies:

·   IEEE

·   Institute of Engineers Australia

·   Optical Society of America.

Hopalong Cassidy is a Sullivan

Joe "Hoppy" Sullivan keeps the memory of "Hopalong Cassidy" alive for children of all ages. He encourages and inspires. He helps children learn values such as: honesty, respect, hard work, and patriotism. He is authorized by Hopalong Cassidy Enterprises to portray "Hoppy" and has done so at Western events form coast to coast, including the Kanab Western Film Roundup, the Tombstone Western Music Festival, Lone Pine Film Festival and past Western Film Festivals. He has appeared and performed at the New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, California, and appeared as a host for the Hopalong Cassidy Western Series on Satellite TV. He also has performed at Carnegie Hall with Prairie Rose. His costume is a detailed replica of the one William Boyd wore while playing the role in 1939. Being an experiences horseback rider, Sullivan uses his own black/silver saddle and tack. Sullivan has been portraying "Hoppy" for 15 years and says, "I enjoy keeping the spirit of my childhood hero 'Hoppy,' going and meeting so many wonderful people sharing in the same interest. A big thrill was meeting and knowing Grace Bradley Boyd, a great lady."

Hopalong Cassidy's Creed for American Boys and Girls:

1. The highest badge of honor a person can wear is honesty. Be truthful at all times.
2. Your parents are the best friends you have. Listen to them and obey their instructions.
3. If you want to be respected, you must respect others. Show good manners in every way.
4. Only through hard work and study can you succeed. Don't be lazy.
5. Your good deeds always come to light. So don't boast or be a show-off.
6. If you waste time or money today, you will regret it tomorrow. Practice thrift in all ways.
7. Many animals are good and loyal companions. Be friendly and kind to them.
8. A strong, healthy body is a precious gift. Be neat and clean.
9. Our country's laws are made for your protection. Observe them carefully.
10. Children in many foreign lands are less fortunate than you. Be glad and proud you are an American.

A Famous Hollywood Leading Man was a Sullivan

Barry Sullivan was a movie actor who appeared in over 100 movies from the 1930s to the 1980s. Born in New York City on August 29, 1912, Sullivan’s 6 ft 3 in stature and rugged good looks led him to Broadway and later Hollywood. One of Sullivan's most memorable roles was playing a movie director in The Bad and the Beautiful opposite Kirk Douglas.

In 1960, Sullivan played frontier sheriff Pat Garrett opposite Clu Gulager as outlaw Billy the Kid in the western television series The Tall Man. Sullivan was consistently in demand for the entirety of his career. His acting career spanned romantic leading man roles to villains and finally to character roles. In his later years, Sullivan had roles in the films, Oh God with George Burns and Earthquake, where he shared scenes with Ava Gardner.

Sullivan has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one at 1500 Vine St. for his work in television, and another at 6160 Hollywood Blvd. for motion pictures. Sullivan died of respiratory failure on June 6, 1994, in Sherman Oaks, California.

The Highest Officer in the United States Army was a Sullivan

Gordon Russell Sullivan was born September 25, 1937 in Boston but was later raised in Quincy, Massachusetts. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of Armor upon his graduation from Norwich University in 1959 with a B.A. in History. He also earned a M.A. (in political science) from the University of New Hampshire. 

General Sullivan retired from the Army on 31 July 1995 after more than 36 years of active service. He culminated his service in uniform as the 32nd Chief of Staff—the senior general officer in the Army—and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As the Chief of Staff of the Army, he created the vision and led the team that transitioned the Army from its Cold War posture. In August 1993, President Bill Clinton also assigned the duties and responsibility of Acting Secretary of the Army to General Sullivan, who continued to serve as Chief of Staff. 

A Sullivan Founded an American Medical School

Louis Wade Sullivan is an Americab physician and businessman who served as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush. He is also the Founder of the Morehouse School of Medicine.

He was born on November 3, 1933 in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Atlanta public schools and then enrolled at Morehouse College. He graduated from there magna cum laude in 1954. He then went to Boston University Medical School, where he graduated in 1958. He did a residency at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

He, along with other Morehouse alumni, spearheaded the formation of Morehouse School of Medicine. In 1978, he was appointed as the dean and founding director of the medical school.

He married Eve Williamson, an attorney, on September 30, 1955. They have three children.

Sullivan is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.

From 1989 through 1993, Dr. Sullivan was Secretary of Health and Human services for President George H. W. Bush. In that position, he helped create President Bush's proposal for healthcare reform in the United States.

An O'Dwyer Saved the Genealogical History of the O'Sullivan Clan

Riobard O’Dwyer embodies all that is noble and good in the Milesian race. Many years ago, when my family first commissioned Mr. O’Dwyer to document its ancestral past, I visited the author at his home in Eyeries Village. I was immediately impressed with his keen intelligence, his familiarity with the history and customs of the people of County Cork, and his dogged determination to translate and preserve all of the parish records of the Beara peninsula. 

Mr. O’Dwyer single handedly saved this invaluable information from certain extinction.

The Irish Diaspora of Beara owes an enormous debt of gratitude to this remarkable man. 

On a personal note, he has given me two of the most important gifts that I have ever received. The first was the knowledge that our oral family traditions were rooted in genealogical fact. The second was the distinct honor to sponsor his magnum opus, the Annals of Beara.

I am also grateful for his allowing me to include A Brief History of the O’Sullivan Clan as an appendix to his great work, The Annals of Beara, at the end of Volume III.

Riobard O’Dwyer (son of Liam O’Dwyer and Ella Mae Quille, Ardgroom Village, Castletownbere, Co. Cork, Ireland) was born in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., on May 30th 1932. He returned to live in Ardgroom Village with his parents at the age of 3. After attending Ardgroom National School until he was 14 and then taking a year off from study, he began his Secondary School education at Rochestown Capuchin Franciscan College, Cork, in Sept. 1947, and did his Honours Leaving Cert in June 1950, as a result of which he was called to St. Patrick’s Teachers’ Training College, Drumcondra, Dublin. He qualified as a National Teacher in June 1952. Having spent his first two years teaching in The Ballagh N.S., Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, he returned to the Eyeries Parish in June 1954 when he became Principal Teacher of Kilmacowen N.S. He was appointed Principal Teacher of Urhan N.S. in June 1967 and now lives in Eyeries Village. His father, Liam O’Dwyer, was Commandant of the Beara Battalion, 3rd West Cork Brigade of the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence.

In the world of sport Riobard was All-Ireland hop, step and jump (or triple jump) champion seven times: 1952, ‘53, ‘54, ‘55, ‘56 (no Irishman has yet equaled his record of 5-in-a-row), 1964 and 1965 (and no other Irishman has yet won 7 All-Ireland hop, step and jump medals). He also won several Cork, Kerry, Wexford, Munster and Leinster long jump and hop, step and jump medals. He still holds the Wexford hop, step and jump record and at one stage held the Cork record. He was Chief Irish Coach for the hop, step and jump. In football he won a Munster Colleges Senior Football Championship medal with Rochestown in 1950 and a Cork County Minor Championship medal with St. Finbarrs in the same year. He was Secretary of the Beara G.A.A. Senior Board; Secretary of the Beara G.A.A. Schools Board for several years; and a member of the Cork County G.A.A. Board Competitions Structure Committee 1985 – 88.

He was goalkeeper on the Beara team that won the Cork County Senior Football Championship in 1967 and the Munster Inter-County Club Senior Football Championship in 1968. He won Beara Junior Football Championship medals with St. Marys in 1964 and with Urhan in 1973. In 1976 he published a G.A.A. History Book “50 Years of Beara Football”.

In the musical world he won the Munster Senior Accordeon-playing Championship in Irish traditional music with a mark of 98% in 1957 and traveled to Liverpool twice for St. Patrick’s Night Concerts. He was finalist in the All-Ireland Fleadh Ceoil and Oireachtas accordeon championships and had several broadcasts of Irish Dance Music over Radio Eireann.

His first genealogical book (1976), “Who Were My Ancestors? Eyeries Parish” marked the first time in Ireland that so deep a study of a whole parish and of its people individually over the past 150 -200 years was published. All the other parishes are now completed as well that Riobard was elected President of the Beara G.A.A. Board. He lectured twice in Boston on his research and also in Salt Lake City.

Mr. O’Dwyer recently completed the Annals of Beara, a three volume set in which all of the parish records of the Beara peninsula are recorded.

On March 17, 2011, the Finte na hÉireann ~ Clans of Ireland organization, representing 60 Irish clans to the government of the Republic of Ireland, announced that Riobard O'Dwyer, N.T. was inducted into the Order of the Clans of Ireland. The Order is an elite society of individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to the culture, heritage, and history of Ireland and her people. On April 16, 2011, Mr. O'Dwyer received the insignia of the Order from the Lord Mayor of Dublin in The Mansion House. The International O'Sullivan Clan is proud to have nominated Mr. O'Dwyer for this honour and is grateful to the Clans of Ireland for their recognition of this great man. Mr. O'Dwyer has acquired the right to add the letters CIOM to his name, Compánach Fhinte na hÉireann.

The greatest 'closer' in horse racing history was a Sullivan

Silky Sullivan was foaled on February 28, 1955 in Pasadena, California. He was sired by Sullivan, an Irish thoroughbred race horse best known for sprinting. Silky would become the greatest ‘closer’ in racing history. As the famous Willie Shoemaker once said of Silky, "You can't do a thing with him, you just have to allow him to run his own race, at his own speed, in his own style in the first quarter or maybe the first three eighths. And you just sit there and wait, hoping you won't have to wait too long, because when he really gets going you have to be alert or he might just leave you behind—and then you hold on for dear life."

His illustrious career of 27 starts included 12 wins, 1 place, and 5 shows. His career earnings exceeded $150,000, which was substantial in the sixties. Silky Sullivan became a legend and his name is now conjured whenever a horse holds back until the very end of the race and then bolts past his competition to win.

This Irish-American legend died on November 18,1977 and is buried beneath the tote board at Golden Gate Fields, San Francisco.  Upon his death the poet Elaine Marfoglia penned this tribute:

“Out of the gate like a bullet of red,

Dropping behind as the rest sped ahead,

Loping along as the clubhouse fans cheer,

Leisurely stalking the field in first gear.”

A Sullivan was the Director of the United States Secret Service

Mark Sullivan was sworn in as the 22nd Director of the United States Secret Service on May 31, 2006.

Mr. Sullivan was named Deputy Director in January 2006. Prior to that, he served as the Assistant Director for the Office of Protective Operations where he managed all protective activities for the agency, encompassing 12 divisions and 2,300 employees.

A native of Arlington, Massachusetts, Mr. Sullivan began his Secret Service career as a special agent assigned to the Detroit Field Office in 1983, after having served for three years as a special agent in the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In 1990, Mr. Sullivan was transferred to the Fraud Division in Washington, D.C., where he coordinated and monitored multi-jurisdictional criminal investigations involving credit card fraud, bank fraud, and similar criminal activity. In 1991, Mr. Sullivan received his first assignment to the Presidential Protective Division, where he served for four years.

In 1996, Mr. Sullivan entered the agency’s supervisory ranks with his selection as Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Protective Operations. He returned to the field in 1997 as the Resident Agent in Charge of the Columbus Resident Office, which oversaw all Secret Service activities in Central Ohio. Twenty months later, Mr. Sullivan was promoted and transferred back to Washington, D.C., as Deputy Special Agent in Charge of the Counterfeit Division, where he managed the agency’s investigative activities related to the criminal production and distribution of counterfeit currency and other financial instruments. In July of 1999, he returned to the Presidential Protective Division, this time as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge.

Mr. Sullivan was promoted into the federal Senior Executive Service in July of 2000, when he was selected as a Deputy Assistant Director in the Office of Protective Operations. In 2002, he was reassigned to the position of Deputy Special Agent in Charge of the Vice Presidential Protective Division. A year later, he was reassigned to the position of Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Human Resources and Training.

Mark Sullivan has been the recipient of numerous awards for superior performance throughout his 25-year tenure with the Secret Service and his 30-year career in federal law enforcement. Most recently, he was awarded a 2005 Distinguished Presidential Rank Award.

Mr. Sullivan received his bachelor’s degree from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.

A Sullivan was the most feared Texas Ranger in the history of the State

In his book, Twelve Years in the Saddle, W.J.L. Sullivan recounted his ancestry:

“My father, Tom Sullivan, was born and raised at No. 99 Broome Street, New York City, where he engaged in business as a master mechanic. My grandfather, John Sullivan, was born in Ireland. He and my grandmother moved to New York City and settled on Broome Street, where my father, who was an only child, was born. My grandfather was a Mason by order and also by occupation. My father went to Perry County, Alabama, and met and married my mother, Summer McFarlen, and they moved to Winston County, Mississippi, where my father engaged in farming until his death.”

William J.L. Sullivan was born on July 10, 1851, seventy-nine days after his father’s death. His mother remarried and moved the family to Arkansas. His mother died when he was eight years old and his step-father married another woman. In 1861 William’s stepfather was killed, fighting for the Confederacy. William and his brother Jim were left in the care of their stepfather’s stepfather. “Old Man Jeams” was a cruel tyrant who beat the children mercilessly. Eventually the two boys escaped this hell and joined the Confederate Army. The soldiers knew that the boys had been abused and welcomed them into their camp. Thus started the path that would lead William J.L. Sullivan to eventually become a Texas Ranger.

A review of Ranger Sullivan’s career was written in the Amarillo Northwest Newspaper:

Ex-Ranger Sergeant W.J.L. Sullivan (better known as “John L.”) is rapidly improving from the recent accident which occurred at his ranch north of town some two months ago. As a full account was given in these columns at the time, it is not necessary to refer to it again.

Sullivan’s first experience as a Ranger was in 1888, under Captain McMurray, who was then commanding Company B of the State Ranger Force. Since that time Sullivan has been a terror to lawbreakers of the State and has succeeded in running down more criminals than any other Ranger ever in the service, before or since.

Eminently possessed of those sturdy qualities which go to make up a successful executive officer, Sullivan has justly earned a distinction as broad as that State, which he so faithfully served.

Quiet and always sober, he stood when in the service without a peer in the State as an executive officer. He made some enemies, it is true, but so has every other officer who has discharged his duty as honestly and as fearlessly as he did. It is not necessary to enumerate numerous scouts and various expeditions led and the important captures made, as they are a part of the criminal annals of the State. Wish you an immediate recovery John L., and may you live many years to rest on the laurels you have so justly won.

The legal glass ceiling was shattered by a Sullivan in 2010

Quinn Emanuel & Urquhart will now be Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. According to John B. Quinn, a senior partner in the firm, "Kathleen Sullivan would be on anyone's list of the top three or four advocates practicing in the United States today."  Sullivan is a former dean of Stanford Law School who has been with the firm since 2005. She has argued five cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning the last two. "I am thrilled to have been added to the name of this unique and magnificent law firm," Sullivan said in the press release. "My colleagues at Quinn Emanuel combine legal brilliance, energy and creativity in a way that consistently produces rare and remarkable results for our clients. I am deeply committed to our firm's litigation practice, and look forward to our continued growth." Sullivan's appointment represents the first time a woman has been named a partner in a top level American law firm.

Education:

Harvard Law School (J.D. 1981)

Oxford University (B.A. 1978) [Marshall Scholar]

Cornell University (B.A. 1976) [Telluride Scholar]