Birth Name:

Richard A. Tapia

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Mar 25, 1939

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Santa Monica, California, United States

Age:

85

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

4°

Ari

17'

About Richard A. Tapia

Richard Alfred Tapia (born March 25, 1938) is an American mathematician and champion of under-represented minorities in the sciences. In recognition of his broad contributions, in 2005, Tapia was named "University Professor" at Rice University in Houston, Texas, the University's highest academic title. The honor has been bestowed on only six professors in Rice's one-hundred-five-year history. On September 28, 2011, President Barack Obama announced that Tapia was among twelve scientists to be awarded the National Medal of Science, the top award the United States offers its researchers. Tapia is currently the Maxfield and Oshman Professor of Engineering; Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Office of Research and Graduate Studies; and Director of the Center for Excellence and Equity in Education at Rice University.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Richard A. Tapia: Sun 4 Aries, Moon 0 Gemini, Mercury 17 Aries, Venus 23 Aquarius, Mars 2 Capricorn, Jupiter 19 Pisces, Saturn 18 Aries, Uranus 15 Taurus, Neptune 21 Virgo, Pluto 29 Cancer, Sun Trine Pluto, Mercury Conjunct Saturn, Sun Square Mars, Venus Quincunx Neptune, Mars Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Jupiter Semi Sextile Saturn, Jupiter Opposition Neptune, Saturn Quincunx Neptune

Categories related to Richard A. Tapia: Living people, University of California, Los Angeles alumni, 20th-century American mathematicians, 21st-century American mathematicians, Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering, March 25 births, National Medal of Science laureates, Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1939 births, American academics of Mexican descent, Rice University faculty

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