Hispanics in Science

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Hispanics in Science

• 1943 Hispanic physicist Luis Walter Alvarez left
  his post at MIT to join the secret Manhattan
  Project to develop the first atomic bomb.

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Hispanics in Heroism

• 1984 Héctor García Pérez, was a Mexican American
  physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil
  rights advocate, and founder of the founder of
  the American GI Forum, became the first Hispanic
  to be awarded the United States of America Medal
  of Freedom.

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Hispanics in Space

• 1986 Franklin Chang-Díaz became the first
  Hispanic in space the astronaut spoke to
  television viewers from the space shuttle
  Columbia in Spanish.

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Hispanics in Space

• 1990 Ellen Ochoa became the first Hispanic female
  to serve as an astronaut.

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Hispanics in Education

• 1988 Jaime Escalante became the first Hispanic
  teacher to become the subject of a Hollywood
  feature film Stand and Deliver.

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Hispanics in Education

• 1996 Antonia Pantoja, educator and founder of
  Aspira, Inc., became the first Hispanic woman to
  receive the Medal of Freedom.

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Hispanics in Business

• 2003 Mexican-American businessman Arturo Moreno
  becomes the first Latino owner of a Major League
  baseball team when he plunks down 184 million to
  buy a controlling stake in the Anaheim Angels. He
  then lowers tickets prices but spent major to
  acquire stars like Vladimir Guerrero. The Angels
  became American League Division Camps in 2004 and
  2005.

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Hispanics in Architecture

• 1991 Argentine-American architect César Pelli
  became the first U.S. Hispanic to be named by the
  American Institute of Architects as one of the 10
  most influential living architects.

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Hispanics in Math

• 1991 Argentine-American mathematician Alberto P.
  Calderón became the first Hispanic to receive the
  National Medal of Science. He was one of the 20th
  centurys most important mathematicians.

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Hispanics in Technology

• 1991 Alberto Vinicio Baez advanced the study of
  X-ray imaging optics. His pioneering
  contributions to this field include the
  Kirkpatrick-Baez X-ray double reflecting system.
  The Kirkpatrick-Baez Lamar X-ray telescope has
  been approved for flight on the Freedom Space
  Station.

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Hispanics for Freedom

• 1999 Puerto Ricos Sister Isolina Ferré is
  awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her
  work as an advocate of the poor.

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Hispanics in Science

• 1995 Mario Molina of MIT shared the Nobel Prize
  in chemistry with two others for work that led to
  the international ban on chemicals believed to be
  depleting the earths protective ozone layer.

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Hispanics in Medicine

• 1995 Lydia Aguilar-Bryan and her husband Joseph
  Bryan, endocrinologists at Houstons Baylor
  College of Medicine, were the first researchers
  to solve the problem of hyperinsulinism. The pair
  discovered how the body regulates the secreting
  of insulin, thus preparing the way for a cure or
  better treatment of diabetes.

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Hispanics in America

• 2000 The Census Bureau documents the booming U.S.
  Hispanic population at 35.3 million strong, the
  number of Hispanics in the United States is
  expected to triple to over 100 million by the
  year 2050, making Latinos a hot commodity.
• 2003 Hispanics are pronounced the nation's
  largest minority groupsurpassing blacksafter
  new Census figures are released showing the U.S.
  Hispanic population at 37.1 million as of July
  2001.

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