Michael Mortell

Michael Philip Mortell is an Irish mathematician and academic. He was the president of University College Cork from 1989 to 1999.[1] Mortell also had a sporting career and played hurling with a number of club sides and the Cork senior hurling team.

Michael Mortell
12th President of University College Cork
In office
1989–1999
Preceded byTadhg Ó Ciardha
Succeeded byGerard Wrixon
Personal details
Born
Michael Philip Mortell

Cork, Ireland
EducationC.B.S. Charleville
Alma mater
ProfessionMathematician and academic
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-forward
Club(s)
Years Club Apps (scores)
1958-1963
1959-1963
1973-1976
 Rath Lúirc
→ University College Cork
Carrigaline
20 (8-53)
Club titles
Cork titles 1
Colleges(s)
Years College
1958-1963
 University College Cork
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 3
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1962-1963
 Cork 2 (0-08)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0

Early life and education

Born in Cork, Mortell was educated at Charleville CBS Secondary School. He studied for his primary degree in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at University College Cork (UCC) where he was awarded a BSc in 1961 and an MSc in 1963. Mortell subsequently studied at the California Institute of Technology and was awarded a PhD for a thesis on "Waves on Shells" in 1968.[2]

Academic career

Mortell was named associate professor at the Center for the Application of Mathematics at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania in 1967. From 1973 he was statutory lecturer in the department of Mathematical Physics at UCC and later Professor of Applied Mathematics. He was appointed registrar in 1979 and was named president in 1989. Mortell held a personal chair in Applied Mathematics from 1999 until he retired in 2006.[2][3][4]

Sporting career

Mortell first played hurling with the CBS Charleville team in the Harty Cup. He joined the Rath Lúirc intermediate team in the 1958 season. Mortell lined out with UCC GAA from 1959 until 1963, during which time he won three Fitzgibbon Cup titles. He was also a member of the team that won the college's inaugural Cork Senior Hurling Championship title in the 1963 Cork Senior Hurling Championship. Mortell first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor hurling team during the 1959 Munster MHC.[5] He later played with the Cork senior team for one season.[6] Mortell ended his club career with Carrigaline.[7]

Sporting honours
University College Cork
Carrigaline

References
  1. "UCC president steps down". Irish Times. 26 January 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  2. "Michael P. Mortell". UCC website. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. "Former professor accuses college of age bias". Irish Independent. 30 October 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. "Biography". UCC website. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. "Cork minor hurling teams: 1928-1969" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  6. "Cork SHC teams: 1960-1969" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  7. "Heroes of thirty years ago should inspire todays hurlers". Irish Independent. 8 April 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
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