SCIENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL Mr. Michael Bartolotta First Southwest Company Mr. Evan Betzer – Chair, Science & Engineering Committee Stoneworth Financial, LLC Mr. John Boland – Chair, Medical & Health Committee Frank Crystal & Company Jane and Dr. David Braden Community Volunteers Dr. Ray Casserly ’70 Chevron Energy Technology Company Dr. Ebrahim S. Delpassand Excel Diagnostic Imaging Clinics David Durham Consultant Dr. Bert Edmundson, Jr. ’69 Memorial Neurological Associates, Inc. Mr. Carlos Escobar UTMB Galveston Mr. Scott Ferguson United Healthcare Mr. James Gallogly LyondellBasell Industries Mr. Joe Gutierrez National Energy & Trade, LP Dr. Sandra E. Lemming Village Family Practice Mr. Michael Marcon InControl Technologies, Inc. Mr. David McClanahan CenterPoint Energy Dr. Bela Patel Memorial Hermann Hospital Mr. K. Cody Patel ’00 – Vice Chair Pulmo Guard Healthcare
Building the Center for Science and Health Professions Building bridges that connect the University of St. Thomas to the heart of our community is the goal of the University’s outreach. It permeates every aspect of University life, making Houston a better place. The University of St. Thomas recognizes and benefits from the volunteer service of an outstanding fundraising group, the Science Advisory Council. Their collective experience and commitment ensure success in securing the support needed to build the Center for Science and Health Professions. “The University of St. Thomas is a very special university known primarily for its liberal arts education coupled with Catholic and Basilian traditions,” said David M. McClanahan, president and chief executive officer of CenterPoint Energy. “With the growing need for science, math and health professionals, it’s great that UST is expanding its curriculum in these areas. I’m pleased to be part of the effort to secure funding for a new Center for Science and Health Professions.” “The University of St. Thomas has always excelled at providing a liberal arts education. With the development of a new Center for Science and Health Professions, UST can make a substantial impact on the quality of research and the delivery of excellent healthcare,” said Dr. Bela Patel, assistant chief medical officer and executive medical director at Memorial Hermann Hospital. “Providing the highest caliber of education to develop our future scientists and healthcare providers is the key to our continued growth and innovation.” “The high quality of life we enjoy today is largely built on advances we have made through the years in the science and health fields,” said James Gallogly, chief executive officer of LyondellBasell Industries. “We must have the highest quality educators, students and facilities available to continue to invent and advance. The University of St. Thomas can be an important part of this equation in Houston, in the region and nationally.”
Mr. Jorge Puig ’01 Bank of America Dr. B.C. Robison ’69 – Chair Environ Corporation Robert “Pete” Seale, Jr., Esq. Liskow & Lewis Mr. Guy Sharfman Intelometry, Inc. James E. Smith, Esq. Porter and Hedges, LLP Mr. David W. Theis, MLA ’09 Dresser-Rand Mr. Jeff Thomas St. Jude Medical Ms. Jessica Verduzco Archer Commercial Insurance Group Dr. Kenneth Wells Alken Health Resources
John Boland, B.C. Robison, ’69, UST President Dr. Robert Ivany and K. Cody Patel, ‘00, assemble prior to a recent Science Advisory Council meeting on the University of St. Thomas campus.
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