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  Geophysicists - Eugene McDermott
It was during the first year of the GSI venture that Eugene McDermott hired me and thus began our friendship and close association which have endured for 41 years—a time period which has witnessed many evolutionary changes in technology and also in human affairs.
McDermott's ability as an engineer was revealed in his early designs of sensitive, yet rugged, seismometers, amplifiers, filter systems, recording cameras, and related practical field logistics.
Eugene McDermott can be variously referred to as a pioneer geophysicist, scientist, engineer, businessman, a philanthropist, but best of all, we are all proud to know him as a wonderful human being.
www.mssu.edu /seg-vm/bio_eugene_mcdermott.html   (839 words)

  
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McDermott is a legendary contributor to higher education and the fine arts in Texas and beyond.
McDermott also received the 2000 Philanthropic Award from the Texas Library Association for her gift of $1 million toward the renovation of the Dallas Public Library J. Erik Jonsson Central Library.
McDermott's husband, who died in 1973, was one of three co-founders of Texas Instruments, as well as the research institution that became UTD in 1969.
www.utsystem.edu /news/2004/MMcDermottWinsSantaRitaAward10-11-04.htm   (427 words)

  
 The Eugene McDermott Scholars Program
Eugene McDermott in support of her husband's dream, the McDermott Scholars program provides select UTD students with a rigorous and personalized education as well as intensive extracurricular activities.
The latest class of McDermott Scholars, made up of seven women and seven men, includes six valedictorians and one salutatorian and boasts an average SAT score of 2180 out of 2400.
Molly Seeligson joins the McDermott Scholars as their new director as students and staff bid a fond adieu to Dr. Charlie Leonard, who makes a move to Illinois.
www.utdallas.edu /mcdermott   (271 words)

  
 Election 2006
Eugene’s extensive committee work with bench and bar led to the establishment of a dedicated mental health court in Toronto, as well as putting in place alternative justice and case management practices.
Eugene has made presentations to police, prosecutors, and heads of prosecutions on many diverse subjects including gang violence, racially motivated crime, and police best practice standards.
Eugene and his wife Jackie, whom he married in 1979, have seven children.
www.ctv.ca /mini/election2006/candidates/35016_CON.html   (309 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Mcdermott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
According to prosecuting barrister John McDermott QC the woman, a married professional, is completely devastated by her medical condition.
John McDermott QC, for the prosecution, said the woman, a married professional, is completely devastated by her medical condition.
Beverly McDermott is descended on her mother's side from the Townsends, who came to Flushing in the 1630's.
www.nametraq.org /Jan04/M/Mcdermott.shtml   (2447 words)

  
 Margaret McDermott presented most prestigious UT System award - News
McDermott would be next to receive it, considering she's been the most interesting and involved benefactor of the (UTD) in recent years.
The most recent impetus to this honor comes from McDermott's donation of $32 million in 2000 for the establishment of the Eugene McDermott Scholars Program, which she bequeathed in honor of her late husband, Leonard said.
McDermott joins UTD founders Eugene McDermott (1969), Cecil H. Green (1973) and Erik Jonsson (1977) as an award recipient, the first since Wales H. Madden, Jr., received the award in 2002.
www.utdmercury.com /news/2004/08/23/News/Margaret.Mcdermott.Presented.Most.Prestigious.Ut.System.Award-703803.shtml   (414 words)

  
 McDermott - Biographies - Eugene I. Goldman
Eugene regularly counsels clients on trading and disclosure issues, and on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, with emphasis on auditor independence issues and tax and other non-audit services.
In 1986, Eugene took a sabbatical from private practice to become one of the first two law clerks to Judge Stanley Sporkin of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  Judge Sporkin previously served as director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.
Eugene is a member of the Board of Arbitrators of the National Association of Securities Dealers.  He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.mwe.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/bios.detail/object_id/af99fe09-ca78-4881-b6ef-d6096069bac6.cfm   (253 words)

  
 Philanthropist awarded UT's most prestigious award - University
McDermott donated $32 million in 2000 to establish the Eugene McDermott Scholars Program, named after her late husband, who founded Texas Instruments Inc. and received the second Santa Rita Award.
She said the McDermotts have a long history of donations to fund the arts in Dallas.
Eugene McDermott established a foundation in 1955 that awards grants for cultural and educational ventures, according to the Texas Handbook Online.
www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2004/07/21/University/Philanthropist.Awarded.Uts.Most.Prestigious.Award-694734.shtml   (500 words)

  
 NYFA Source - free national database of grants, awards, services, and publications for artists of all disciplines.
The Eugene McDermott Award was established in 1974 by the Council for the Arts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to honor the memory of Eugene McDermott, benefactor to the Institute in education and the arts.
In 1990, the objectives and criteria of the Eugene McDermott Award were amended to enhance its relevance to the MIT arts community.
The Eugene McDermott Award is presented at the Annual Meeting of the Council for the Arts at MIT.
www.nyfa.org /nyfa_source_full.asp?id=138&fid=1&sid=47&program_id=3275   (388 words)

  
 arts@MIT - Arts Awards - Eugene McDermott Award
The Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts is among the country's most esteemed arts awards.
Established to honor Eugene McDermott, founder of Texas Instruments and long-time friend and benefactor to MIT, the award was created by the Council for the Arts at MIT in 1974, and further endowed by Eugene's wife, Margaret.
Since its inception, the Council has bestowed the award upon 31 individuals producing creative work in the performing, visual and media arts, as well as authors, art historians and patrons of the arts.
web.mit.edu /arts/about/awards/mcdermott.html   (214 words)

  
 Cecil Howard Green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1930, the Greens moved to Oklahoma where Cecil accepted a job from Eugene McDermott as chief of a seismographic field crew for the newly organized GSI.
Founded in May 1930 in Dallas, Texas, GSI was one of the first independent prospecting companies established to perform reflection seismic exploration for petroleum.
Green and three partners -- J. Erik Jonsson, Eugene McDermott and H.B. Peacock -- bought GSI when they heard the owners planned to sell the oil production unit.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cecil_Howard_Green   (818 words)

  
 UTD Selects 15 New Eugene McDermott Scholars
As McDermott Scholars, the students will have all of their educational expenses — including travel, room and board and books — covered for the next four years and will participate in a wide variety of artistic and educational experiences.
Margaret McDermott, wife of the late Eugene McDermott, one of the co-founders of Texas Instruments.
McDermott and two of his TI co-founders, Cecil Green and Erik Jonsson, both of whom also are deceased, founded the research institution that in 1969 became UTD.
wwwpub.utdallas.edu /news/archive/2006/mcdermott-scholars-2006.html   (1707 words)

  
 Santiago Calatrava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calatrava was awarded the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts.
Established to honor Eugene McDermott, founder of Texas Instruments and long-time friend and benefactor to MIT, the award was created by the Council for the Arts at MIT in 1974, and further endowed by Eugene's wife, Margaret.
2006 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts from the Council for the Arts at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Santiago_Calatrava   (1215 words)

  
 University of Dallas - Press Room
She has redefined the idea of a monument, addressing the critical social and political issues of our time — war, racism and gender equality — with her highly acclaimed works: the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial (Washington, DC 1982), the Civil Rights Memorial (Montgomery, AL 1989), and The Woman’s Table (Yale University, New Haven, CT 1993).
The Eugene McDermott Lectureship, established in 1974, honors the late scientist, businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist.
McDermott has been called a one-man symbol of education and culture.
www.udallas.edu /advancement/pr.cfm?NewsArticleID=1276   (594 words)

  
 St. Marks School of Texas
Arnold E. Holtberg, Eugene McDermott Headmaster, announced that the Edward and Wilhelmina Ackerman Family recently established the Ackerman Character Education Award at St. Mark’s School.
The Award recognizes a teacher whose work is focused on the total development of his or her students with particular emphasis on character and morality.
Arnold E. Holtberg, Eugene McDermott Headmaster, St. Mark’s School of Texas, 10600 Preston Road, Dallas, TX 75230 by May 1, 2006.
www.smtexas.org /news/news/detail.asp?newsid=259205   (195 words)

  
 McDermott Scholars program announces 2004 class - News
A new class of McDermott Scholars has just been selected, bringing a new crop from five different states to join their diverse counterparts in the scholarship's fourth year.
Eight men and eight women from Missouri, South Carolina, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas, were chosen from 100 nominations and 39 finalists, said Charles Leonard, director of the Eugene McDermott Scholars Program.
The McDermott Scholars Program was instituted in 2001 through a $32 million endowment by Margaret McDermott, wife of the late Eugene McDermott - co-founder of the research institution that became UTD in 1969.
www.utdmercury.com /news/2004/03/22/News/Mcdermott.Scholars.Program.Announces.2004.Class-655969.shtml   (343 words)

  
 Frank Bass of the University of Texas at Dallas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
She wrote: "We were the first to use the Bass Model, an econometric model introduced in 1966 by Frank Bass that accurately predicted the sale of TVs, to forecast the emerging anti-obesity pharmaceutical drug market".
(Eugene McDermott, was co-founder of Texas Instruments, a principal financial supporter of UTD).
This one is an acknowledgment of the reputation the School of Management has for excellence and a reflection of the esteem held for Dr. Frank Bass, UTD's Eugene McDermott Professor of Management and director of its PhD Programs.
www.stanford.edu /group/wais/Health/health_obesity.htm   (473 words)

  
 Grant challenge raises $16M for performing arts center - Dallas Business Journal:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The widow of Texas Instruments founder Eugene McDermott has inspired $16 million in donations to the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts.
The efforts of Dallas philanthropist Margaret McDermott, 93, were honored by a $5 million challenge grant from the Texas Instruments Foundation, which was met with $11 million in contributions from 31 families and organizations including Dallas business luminaries Boone Pickens and Raymond D. Nasher.
McDermott's support of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center as it was being built in the mid-1980s resulted in the naming of the venue's performance hall in honor of her late husband, Eugene.
www.bizjournals.com /dallas/stories/2005/10/24/daily15.html?from_rss=1   (569 words)

  
 McDermott Learning Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The restoration of the structure was made possible by a gift from Mrs.
Eugene McDermott and was renamed the Margaret and Eugene McDermott Learning Center on October 11, 2002.
The Margaret and Eugene McDermott Learning Center is used as a multi-purpose educational facility supporting diverse programs - from live animal demonstrations to photography exhibits.
www.wildflower.org /?nd=mcdermott   (253 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: EUGENE MCDERMOTT FOUNDATION
The McDermott Foundation was established in 1955 by industrialist Eugene McDermott,qv cofounder of Geophysical Services, Incorporated (now Texas Instrumentsqv).
The McDermott Foundation gives grants in support of educational, cultural, social-service, and other civic and community ventures.
The foundation office was in Dallas, and Mary McDermott Cook was president.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/EE/vre3.html   (108 words)

  
 Calatrava is lauded by MIT Real Estate Weekly - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Internationally acclaimed architect, engineer and artist Santiago Calatrava has been awarded the 2005 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts by the Council for the Arts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Established in 1974, the McDermott Award in the Arts is given annually to a distinguished artist recognized for excellence and innovation in his/her field.
I'm sure that Eugene McDermott, for whom the award is named, would have been proud to see Mr.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3601/is_28_51/ai_n12935155   (337 words)

  
 Oceanprobe Seismic Survey Supervision
The seismic contractor was GSI and the vessel was the R/V Eugene McDermott.
McDermott returned to port and we were met with by a squad of Thai infantry.
When the job was done, I was dropped off the McDermott to a fishing boat who had been chartered by Ian Taylor to ferry personnel and supplies.
www.geoprobe.org /seismic.html   (3630 words)

  
 Texas Instruments | World of Computer Science
In order to emphasize the diversity of its electronic products the company's name was changed to General Instruments, Inc., but when a name conflict arose it was renamed Texas Instruments Inc. in 1951, with GSI as a subsidiary.
McDermott became TI's first chairman and Jonsson its first president.
At this time the company set three goals: (1) to continue developing and producing geophysical equipment and providing seismic services, (2) to become a major military systems provider, and (3) to enter emerging electronics technologies.
www.bookrags.com /research/texas-instruments-wcs   (1015 words)

  
 LVAC-Outdoor Sculpture
Eugene McDermott in 1964 made possible the commission of MIT's signature sculpture, Alexander Calder's La Grande Voile (Big Sail) (McDermott Court).
Additional loans, gifts and purchases have expanded, and continue to augment the Permanent Collection.
Gift of the Eugene McDermott Family and Other Friends of MIT
web.mit.edu /lvac/www/collections/sculpture.html   (176 words)

  
 Summer 2006 Groups: University of Texas at Dallas Eugene McDermott Scholars
Eugene McDermott Scholars will return to St. John's for the sixth consecutive summer to participate in orientation and training.
McDermott Scholars will be housed in the upper dorm area near the Chamisa Building.
The first floor of upper dorm Murchison (#16) is reserved for your group and has one semi-private double, single dorm rooms, as well as one-room double rooms.
conferenceservices.sjcsf.edu /cnfservut.htm   (269 words)

  
 McDermott Scholars Abroad
The fact that the Eugene McDermott Scholars Program encourages this kind of experience shows its dedication to the well-rounded development of its scholars and demonstrates its desire to help motivated, great students like you become people who can truly change the world.
Being able to say “I play volleyball” in Spanish may have gotten me through high school, but was of little help when I needed to order food, give directions to a taxi driver, or barter the price of something on the street.
I admit, the nine hour bus ride was a bit grueling, but the smell of the ocean and the sight of the beach when we arrived at 1 a.m.
mcdermottsabroad.blogspot.com   (4944 words)

  
 "Lab Day" is Tuesday at University of Texas-Dallas | The Newsbulletin | September 16, 2002
The university established the Eugene McDermott Scholars Program, which awards four-year scholarships to students who demonstrate high intellectual achievement, leadership skills and high ethics.
Eugene McDermott in support of her husband's dream of a great university for the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and his conviction about the vital importance of highly educated minds.
Aidan Skoyles, a UT, Dallas McDermott Scholar, will talk to attendees about his experiences as an intern at the Lab.
www.lanl.gov /orgs/pa/newsbulletin/2002/09/16/text04.shtml   (615 words)

  
 University of Dallas - McDermott Lectureship
In addition to two public lectures, his residency at UD will involve special events for the UD community.
We know you will enjoy this extraordinary opportunity made possible through the generosity of the Margaret and Eugene McDermott Lectureship endowment.
The late Eugene McDermott established the lectureship in 1974.
www.udallas.edu /advancement/McDermottLectureship.cfm   (425 words)

  
 UTD McDermott Scholars -- What's New
We can be found in Suite 3.202 of the library, which is marked as MC on the campus map.
McDermott Scholar Chris Affolter has had an article published in Arms Control Today newsletter as part of his Archer internship at the Arms Control Association.
Second Class of Eugene McDermott Scholars Named By The University of Texas at Dallas
www.utd.edu /mcdermott/new   (328 words)

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