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| | Thomas McMahon Dies; Studied Animal Locomotion, Wrote Novels |
 | | Three years ago, McMahon and graduate student James Glasheen gained wide notice for experiments demonstrating how the basilisk lizard -- a Central and South American creature popularly known as the "Jesus Christ lizard" -- scampers upright across rivers fast enough to walk on water. |
 | | He leaves his wife Carol Ehlers McMahon, of Wellesley, Mass.; son James Robert McMahon, daughter-in-law Lauren Rosenfield, and granddaughter Mira -- all of Atlanta, Ga.; daughter Elizabeth Kirsten McMahon; sister Jean McMahon Humez and brother-in-law Alex Humez, of Somerville, Mass.; and sister Nancy McMahon Swanborn and brother-in-law Edwin Swanborn, of Duxbury, Mass. |
 | | In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Thomas A. McMahon Fund at Harvard University (soon to be established for future students in McMahon's laboratory), in care of the Dean's Office, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Pierce Hall 217, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. |
| www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/1999/02.18/mcmahon.html (535 words) |
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