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2/14/2002 12:09:00 AM Tapia
named to Texas Science Hall of Fame BY B.J. ALMOND Richard Tapia, the Noah Harding Professor of Computational and Applied Mathematics, was chosen for his many contributions to mathematics and education, including the nationally recognized model program he established to produce more women and underrepresented minority Ph.D.s in mathematics. Thirty-one mathematics students have received Ph.D. degrees under Tapia’s direct supervision. Tapia and 10 other Texans, including astronaut Mae Jemison and Nobel laureates Hans Deisenhofer, Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein, were inducted at a ceremony in January in San Antonio, where efforts are under way to raise funds to build a facility to house the Texas Science Hall of Fame. “I was extremely honored to be included in a group of such distinguished individuals who had demonstrated science creativity in so many original ways,” Tapia said. The new inductees were recognized in both houses of the Texas legislature and commended by Gov. Rick Perry. Henry Cisneros, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, spoke at the induction ceremony. The Texas Science Hall of Fame, established in 2000 by the Center for Leadership in Science, Mathematics and Technology at the Alamo Community College District, recognizes Texans who have played a major role in significant scientific accomplishments in the state. Tapia, who also is director of the Center for Excellence and Equity in Education and associate director of graduate studies for Rice’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies, is internationally known for his research in the computational and mathematical sciences. The complete list of inductees to the Texas Science Hall of Fame can be found on the Web at <www.texas sciencesummit.org/halloffame/hof00.htm>. |
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