My 9th grade (1966-67 school year) in San Antonio proved to be the happiest of my childhood. I was liked by everyone and performed well. This photo shows my three first place ribbons in chess, extemporaneous speech, and science regional championships.
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Yale awarded annually only a few National Scholarships to honor the applicants that Yale most wanted to matriculate with promise of a full ride financially.
I was awarded a multi-year 'Physician Computer Science Training Program' grant from NIH to study computer science
at the University of Illinois. This photo shows my annual 'Notice of Appointment'. It covered tuition and living expenses.
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1992: Programa ICFES BID Award. ICFES is Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluacion de la Educacion from Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento which means Colombian Institute for the Evaluation of Education from Inter-American Development Bank. This Award led me to Bucarmanga, Colombia for two weeks where I lectured and consulted as an international hypertext expert.
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Awarded "Honorary Professor" at Dalian Maritime University
in Dalian, China and spent time in Dalian working with colleagues.
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