[1] Capital Hospice Father: Edward McGaffigan, Sr. (d. 1969 cancer)
Mother: Margaret McGaffigan
Sister: Kathleen
Brother: Brien
Wife: Peggy Weeks McGaffigan (m. 1982, d. 2000 Huntington's disease)
Son: Edward Francis McGaffigan (b. 1984)
Daughter: Margaret Ruth McGaffigan ("Meggy", b. 1986)
High School: Boston Latin School
University: BS Physics, Harvard University (1970)
University: MS Physics, California Institute of Technology (1974)
University: MA Public Policy, Harvard University (1976)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1996-2007)
Congressional Staff Senior Policy Advisor to Sen. Jeff Bingaman (1983-96)
White House Staff Office of Science and Technology Policy
US National Security Council Staffer
US State Department (1976-83)
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1975)
RAND Corporation (1974)
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Irish Ancestry