5 Apr.

2021

Résumé of ✜ Dr. Francis Joseph O'Brien, Jr.

Researcher & Educator

Aquidneck Indian Council in Newport

12 Curry Avenue
Newport, RI 02840-1412
e-mail: frankwaabu@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/frank.w.obrien
https://www.scribd.com/user/71256581/Frank-Waabu-O-Brien-Dr-Francis-J-O-Brien-Jr
EDUCATION (Science & Humanities)
 A.A. & B.A. <> Rhode Island Junior College (Highest Distinction) & Rhode Island College (Highest
Distinction). Undergraduate concentration was philosophy with broad course-work in liberal arts and
math/science.
 M.A. & Ed.M. <> Teachers College, Columbia University (General & Educational Psychology)
 M.Phil. & Ph.D.<> Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Columbia University in the City of
New York (Romiett Stevens Scholar, Applied Statistics). Dissertation on Applied Linguistics, American
Dialectology—advisors: Prof. Wm. Stewart, CUNY; Prof. Tom Bever, Columbia;
Professors R. Wolf, M. Sontag & A. McKillop, Teachers College, Columbia. Selected as one of 3 best
dissertations in history of Department (1980)—copy on Scribd
 Doctor of Humanities (Hon.) <> Rhode Island College, invited 2004
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1980-1987 <> Statistical & Social Science Researcher, Manager; State & US Government & Consultant
1987-2016 <> Mathematician, Scientist & Program Manager, DoD, Department of Navy
1996-2002 <> President, Aquidneck Indian Council, Inc.
1999-2001 <> Rhode Island Indian Council Board of Directors (Secretary ) http://www.rhodeislandindiancouncil.org/
1999-2001 <> Linguist, Mystic Voices: The Story of the Pequot War (Emmy Award PBS documentary)
http://www.pequotwar.com/
2001-2002 <> Co-Principal Investigator, National Historic Publications and Records Commission grant (Heritage
Harbor Museum & Rhode Island Indian Council), "Native Journies" Documentation Project
http://www.archives.gov/
2009-2010 <> Native American Languages Consultant for Nick Bunker, Making Haste from Babylon: The
Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
2009-2016 <>Wikipedia Contributor and cited authority

MILITARY EXPERIENCE
US Air Force, 1964-1968; Medical Services Specialist; honorably discharged with rank of Sergeant. Disabled
veteran (10 point/compensable). http://www.airforce.com/.

PUBLICATIONS (partial)
 Patents & Papers: 38 US patents http://patft.uspto.gov/ ; Integral Formulas in I.S. Gradshteyn & I.M. Rhyzik, Table of
Integrals, Series and Products (6th & 7th & 8th eds.) http://www.mathtable.com/gr/ ; DoD Engineering and Scientific
Tech. Reports; refereed articles & proceedings papers; journal referee
 Book publications: see Scribd website
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 Journals &c: “Testing the Validity of Standard-Form Categorical Syllogisms” (Honors Paper, 1972, unpub.);
“Mankind in defense of womankind….,” Intertel, 1990, Vol. R, no. 5 ; “An essay on the philosophical assumptions
underlying the theory and practice of psychometrics,” Intertel, 1990, Vol. R, no.11; “Bringing back
our lost language,” American Indian Culture & Research Journal, 1998, 22(3):215-227; “The Rabbit Story,”
Gatherings: The En’owkin Journal of First North American Peoples, Vol. IX, Fall:1998; “Nókas—I come from her”
(1999-2000, extinct Indian languages CD); “Bringing Back the Massachusett Language: The Work of Dr. Francis
O'Brien and Julianne Jennings.” Whispering Wind, 2000, 31(2):14-17
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HONORS, SOCIETIES, AWARDS, TITLES, NOMINATIONS, INVITATIONS (past & present)

o Asian/American Who’s Who, Vol. V, 2008

o IBC International Order of Merit, 2005
o IBC Dictionary of International Biography,
32nd ed.
o Marquis Who’s Who in Science and
Engineering
o Marquis Who's Who in the East
o Who's Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges, 1971-72
o New York Academy of Sciences
o Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
o Columbia University Graduate Faculty Alumni
o Mathematical Association of America
o Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
o Psychometrika, American Psychological Assn.
o Mensa & Intertel
o Rhode Island State Poetry Society
o Φ Θ Κ (National Junior College Honor Society)
o ΚΔΠ and ΠΛΘ (International Honor Societies
in Education)
o Member, Friends of Haffenreffer Museum of
Anthropology, Brown University
o Member, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Museum
o Associate, John Carter Brown Library
o RI Historical Society Library
o Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the
American Indian
o RI House of Representatives Citation for Volunteer
CASA work, 1989
o Citation, Office of the Governor, RI
o Native American Heritage Month Proclamation,
Mayor Of Newport, RI
o United States Commission on Civil Rights, RI State
Advisory Committee (2004-2008)
o American Name Society
o Society of American Indian Government
Employees DoD Meritorious Service Award
o Numerous Special Act Awards, Naval Undersea
Warfare Center, Newport, RI

NATIVE AMERICAN STATUS

 Rhode Island Indian Council (Member & Former Board Member—Council Secretary)
 Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi (St. Francis & Sokoki Bands)
 American Indian name ~ Frank Waabu, Frank Waabu O’Brien, formerly known as ~ Moondancer ~ Francis
Moondancer O’Brien, inter alia

WUNNOHTEAONK

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