Jacques van Oene
October 8th 04, 10:21 AM
John Ira Petty
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(281) 483-5111
Report #J04-042
NASA JSC SPACE MEDICINE CHIEF WINS HALL-OF-FAME INDUCTION
Nitza Margarita Cintron, chief of NASA Johnson Space Center's Space Medicine
and Health Care Systems Office, will be inducted into the Hispanic Engineers
National Achievement Awards Conference's (HENAAC) Hall of Fame Oct. 7.
The induction ceremony will be held during HENAAC's 16th Annual Conference
Oct. 7 to 9 at the Pasadena (Calif.) Hilton Hotel.
"It's HENAAC's purpose to work towards involving Hispanic school kids
in science, math and engineering, and make it real to them -- to show them
that it's not such a faraway goal," Cintron said. "Being involved in
HENAAC is one way of being able to give back, and I think that's very
valuable."
Cintron, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry and
molecular biology from Johns Hopkins and an M.D. degree from the University
of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. She came to Johnson Space Center in
1978.
She has held increasingly responsible positions. She was originator of the
center's biochemical laboratory in 1979 and 1980, and subsequently served
for six years as project scientist for the Spacelab 2 Mission, launched
aboard Challenger in July 1985.
She served as chief of the Biomedical Operations and Research Branch in the
Medical Science Division and later held responsibility as director for
managing the Life Sciences Research Laboratories in support of medical
operations. She assumed her present position earlier this year.
She has published scores of papers and holds numerous awards. Among them is
the JSC Director's Commendation and Innovation Award, the center's highest
award for civil servants.
"NASA has provided me the opportunity to grow," said Cintron. "And of course
I wouldn't be here if I didn't believe in what we do."
Irving Wladawsky-Berger, IBM Corp.'s vice president for technology and
strategy, also will be inducted into the HENAAC Hall of Fame during the
Oct. 7 ceremony
The Hall of Fame was established by in 1998 to recognize the contributions
of Hispanics in science, engineering and technology. With Cintron and
Wladawsky-Berger, its membership will number 25.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(281) 483-5111
Report #J04-042
NASA JSC SPACE MEDICINE CHIEF WINS HALL-OF-FAME INDUCTION
Nitza Margarita Cintron, chief of NASA Johnson Space Center's Space Medicine
and Health Care Systems Office, will be inducted into the Hispanic Engineers
National Achievement Awards Conference's (HENAAC) Hall of Fame Oct. 7.
The induction ceremony will be held during HENAAC's 16th Annual Conference
Oct. 7 to 9 at the Pasadena (Calif.) Hilton Hotel.
"It's HENAAC's purpose to work towards involving Hispanic school kids
in science, math and engineering, and make it real to them -- to show them
that it's not such a faraway goal," Cintron said. "Being involved in
HENAAC is one way of being able to give back, and I think that's very
valuable."
Cintron, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry and
molecular biology from Johns Hopkins and an M.D. degree from the University
of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. She came to Johnson Space Center in
1978.
She has held increasingly responsible positions. She was originator of the
center's biochemical laboratory in 1979 and 1980, and subsequently served
for six years as project scientist for the Spacelab 2 Mission, launched
aboard Challenger in July 1985.
She served as chief of the Biomedical Operations and Research Branch in the
Medical Science Division and later held responsibility as director for
managing the Life Sciences Research Laboratories in support of medical
operations. She assumed her present position earlier this year.
She has published scores of papers and holds numerous awards. Among them is
the JSC Director's Commendation and Innovation Award, the center's highest
award for civil servants.
"NASA has provided me the opportunity to grow," said Cintron. "And of course
I wouldn't be here if I didn't believe in what we do."
Irving Wladawsky-Berger, IBM Corp.'s vice president for technology and
strategy, also will be inducted into the HENAAC Hall of Fame during the
Oct. 7 ceremony
The Hall of Fame was established by in 1998 to recognize the contributions
of Hispanics in science, engineering and technology. With Cintron and
Wladawsky-Berger, its membership will number 25.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info