6. Dr. Susan Naylor
& Dawn K Garcia
“Initial sequencing and
analysis of the human
genome”
Dr. Susan Naylor
Feb. 12, 2001,
Journal Nature
7. SwRI
TIBR
Founder Thomas
Baker Slick Jr. -
businessman,
inventor, oilman,
rancher, engineer,
philanthropist,
peacemaker,
adventurer, and
visionary.
Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace at the University of Texas
Institute for
Inventive
Research, 1949, Re
ader’s Digest, 1000
a week, Circus
Tent, 114 Viable
Mind Science
Foundation
23. Of the two million U.S. arts jobs requiring
significant technology proficiency:
• 10% architects
• 11% artists, art directors and animators
• 7% producers and directors and
• 7% photographers
The products of these disciplines
represent 6.4% of the U.S. economy and
over $126 billion annually in revenue from
foreign trade. Read more at Arts in the
Workforce. http://www.nea.gov/research/ArtistsInWorkforce.pdf
24. 1912
Night skywriter
Loop-the Loop
Snap roll on top of the loop
Flying school in world
U.S. Airmail
Japan and China
Fly alone at night
Only to enlist WWI
Trained WWI fighter pilots
Airport in San Antonio
25. In 1925, he graduated from the Army's flight-
training school at Brooks and Kelly fields. In
1927 he flew the Spirit of ST Louis from New
York to France. http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/index.asp
32. Since 1979, 32,768 middle school and high school students
have successfully completed at least one summer component of
TexPREP. Of these students, 81% have been members of minority
groups and 53% have been women. Of the 16,617 who are of
college age 5,711 responded to the 2011 annual survey.
- 99.99% are high school graduates.
- 90% of the college attendees are college graduates.
- 74% of the senior college graduates are members of
underrepresented minority groups.
- 44% of the senior college graduates are
engineering, mathematics, science or computer science majors.
37. There are between 3.8 and 5.8 million
people in the US employed in NIT.
Computer and mathematical occupations
are projected to add 785,700 new jobs from
2008 to 2018.
As a group, these jobs are forecast to grow
more than twice as fast as the average for
all occupations in the economy.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-nitrd-report-2010.pdf
45. General Bernard
Schriever
Feb. 19, 1957
Inaugural Air Force Office of
Scientific Research
Astronautics Symposium in
San Diego.
Commander of Western
Development Division
Headquarters
Charles Wilson
64. Julio C. Palmaz, M.D., UTHSC
Richard Schatz, M.D., Brooks
1988
Palmaz-Schatz Stent®
65. Robert Rodriguez
Edgar Rice Burroughs'
science fiction classic
'Princess of Mars' for
Paramount Pictures.
1992
66. WheelGroup Network Security
Cisco Extends Leadership in End-To
End Network Security Products
SAN JOSE, Calif. February 18, 1998
Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced
it has signed a definitive agreement
to acquire privately-held WheelGroup
Corporation of San Antonio, Texas.
Under the terms of the acquisition,
between 1.8 and 2.0 million shares of
Cisco common stock will be
exchanged for the outstanding shares
and options of WheelGroup. Based
upon Ciscos February 18 closing
price of $65.50 the stock exchanged
would have a value of approximately
$124 million.
1995 - 1998
70. First VLSI
implementation
of the IEEE
802.11b wireless
LAN protocol
known as Wi-Fi
(Michael Fischer,
Intersil)
Very large-scale integration allowing over 100,000 transistors on a chip
71. Richard V. Butler, Ph.D.
Mary E. Stefl, Ph.D.
Trinity University
SFBR is home to the world's
largest computer cluster devoted to
statistical genetic analysis.
Home of military
medicine.
2005
74. Miguel Yacaman, who heads UTSA's physics and astronomy department, shows off images taken by the
world's most powerful electron microscope, nicknamed 'Helenita' after King Ranch heiress Helen
Groves, whose gift was used to buy the device. / SA
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/article/UTSA-boasts-world-class-gift-794295.php
75. Avatar, Star Wars: Episode
2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban, Lord of the
Rings, The Passion of the
Christ, Spider-Man 2, The
Matrix, Pirates of the
Caribbean, Black Hawk
Down, Star Trek
Nemesis, AI, Jimmy
Neutron, Jurassic Park III, Spy
Kids, Charlie’s Angels, The
Gladiator, Red Planet, Titanic.
Tim
Jenison
76.
77. 77
Since going public on August 8, 2008, the
company’s stock has soared from $12.50 a
share to more than $56 a share today. The
company has a market capitalization of $6.5
billion.
http://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2012/03/23/rackspace-and-graham-westons-impact-on-silicon-hills/
2008