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, inve
ntor, oilman, ranch
er, engineer, phila
nthropist, peacem
aker, adventurer, a
nd 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.
36. 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
50. 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
69. Julio C. Palmaz, M.D., UTHSC
Richard Schatz, M.D., Brooks
1988
Palmaz-Schatz Stent®
70. Robert Rodriguez
Edgar Rice Burroughs'
science fiction classic
'Princess of Mars' for
Paramount Pictures.
1992
71. 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
75. 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
76. 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
79. 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
80. 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
81.
82. 82
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