Professor J. A. Finnegan was born in Oceanview, Kansas.
After receiving his MS degree in Engineering from Oceanview University
he joined the ADP (now IT) department of the First National Bank of
Oceanview. His many innovations and the numerous technical papers which
he published in the scientific literature while working at FNBO earned
him the admiration of all his peers.
After several years at FNBO he returned to his alma mater to continue
his scientific pursuits. He graduated in the top 90% of his class.
After receiving his PhD he joined the Computer Science faculty at
Oceanview University.
Computer communication, artificial intelligence, and VLSI are only a few
of the many scientific areas that he actively investigates.
It came as no surprise that he has won a highly acclaimed knowledge
competition, as indicated by a pin that he often wears on the lapel of
his suits.
Professor Finnegan contributes regularly to many technical
publications and conferences.
In 1987 he became a bona fide associate member of the International Flat
Earth Society.
While on sabbatical leaves from his home institute in Oceanview he used
to work at USC/ISI with Danny Cohen and Jon Postel but recently, due to
global warming, he works with the scientists of Sun Laboratory in
northern California, where the weather is better.
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