Jacques van Oene
July 26th 05, 08:22 PM
Dolores Beasley/Erica Hupp
Headquarters, Washington July 26, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1753/1237)
RELEASE: 05-202
NASA OFFICIAL NAMED HISPANIC ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Alphonso V. Diaz, Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission
Directorate, was selected as Hispanic Engineer of the Year by the Hispanic
Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAAC). The selection was
announced today by HENAAC.
The award is presented for overall leadership and technical achievement.
Diaz is HENAAC's 17th Engineer of the Year. He was selected from among the
top candidates submitted in all professional categories. The last NASA
recipient was astronaut Sid Gutierrez in 1993. He was the first Hispanic to
command a Space Shuttle.
The HENAAC selection committee represents industry, government and academia.
According to HENAAC Chair Ray Mellado, Diaz was selected in part because of
his position in NASA, his experience as Director of NASA's Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., and his leadership of the agency-wide team
which prepared the response to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
"I am pleased to have even been considered for such a prestigious award and
am grateful to work in an organization like NASA where diversity in every
dimension, including points of view, are recognized to be important in
achieving mission success," Diaz said. "I will accept this award on behalf
of all those in NASA who worked with me to make these achievements
possible."
HENAAC was established in 1989 to identify, honor, and document the
contributions of outstanding Hispanic American science, engineering,
technology and math professionals. Corporations, government agencies,
academia, and business have submitted thousands of nominees over the past 16
years for recognition.
The live webcast awards' presentation is Friday, October 7, 2005, in
Anaheim, Calif. For information about HENAAC, visit: www.henaac.org. For
information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Headquarters, Washington July 26, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1753/1237)
RELEASE: 05-202
NASA OFFICIAL NAMED HISPANIC ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Alphonso V. Diaz, Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission
Directorate, was selected as Hispanic Engineer of the Year by the Hispanic
Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAAC). The selection was
announced today by HENAAC.
The award is presented for overall leadership and technical achievement.
Diaz is HENAAC's 17th Engineer of the Year. He was selected from among the
top candidates submitted in all professional categories. The last NASA
recipient was astronaut Sid Gutierrez in 1993. He was the first Hispanic to
command a Space Shuttle.
The HENAAC selection committee represents industry, government and academia.
According to HENAAC Chair Ray Mellado, Diaz was selected in part because of
his position in NASA, his experience as Director of NASA's Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., and his leadership of the agency-wide team
which prepared the response to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
"I am pleased to have even been considered for such a prestigious award and
am grateful to work in an organization like NASA where diversity in every
dimension, including points of view, are recognized to be important in
achieving mission success," Diaz said. "I will accept this award on behalf
of all those in NASA who worked with me to make these achievements
possible."
HENAAC was established in 1989 to identify, honor, and document the
contributions of outstanding Hispanic American science, engineering,
technology and math professionals. Corporations, government agencies,
academia, and business have submitted thousands of nominees over the past 16
years for recognition.
The live webcast awards' presentation is Friday, October 7, 2005, in
Anaheim, Calif. For information about HENAAC, visit: www.henaac.org. For
information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info