UCLA Alumnus Richard Tapia
The
National Science Board (NSB) announced that mathematician Richard
Tapia, a leader in mentoring minorities in science, engineering and
mathematics fields, is the 2014 recipient of its Vannevar Bush Award.
Tapia is a mathematician in Rice University's Computational and Applied
Mathematics Department. His research on computational optimization is
highly regarded, as is his strong support of women and minorities in the
sciences. Tapia earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics
from the University of California, Los Angeles and was on the faculty
of UCLA as well as the University of Wisconsin before coming to Rice
University in 1970.
The Vannevar Bush Award honors truly exceptional lifelong leaders in science and technology who have made substantial contributions to the welfare of the Nation through public service activities in science, technology, and public policy. The award was established in 1980 in the memory of Vannevar Bush, who served as a science advisor to President Franklin Roosevelt during World War II, helped to establish Federal funding for science and engineering as a national priority during peacetime, and was behind the creation of the National Science Foundation.
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The Vannevar Bush Award honors truly exceptional lifelong leaders in science and technology who have made substantial contributions to the welfare of the Nation through public service activities in science, technology, and public policy. The award was established in 1980 in the memory of Vannevar Bush, who served as a science advisor to President Franklin Roosevelt during World War II, helped to establish Federal funding for science and engineering as a national priority during peacetime, and was behind the creation of the National Science Foundation.
Read the full article here.
