Sylvan Rodriguez

Sylvan Rodriguez

Sylvan Rodriguez (March 201948, San Antonio, Texas - April 72000, Houston, Texas) was a television news personality in Texas, United States.

In 1977, Rodriguez moved to Houston; 10 years later he left Houston's ABC13 for ABC News in Los Angeles, but returned when KHOU-TV hired Rodriguez back. Rodriguez worked as an anchor for over two decades.his After a 15-month battle with pancreatic cancer, Rodriguez died at his home in Clear Lake in 2000, aged 52, survived by his three children and his widow, Texas politician and physician Shelley Sekula-Gibbs.

Sylvan Rodriguez was a founding member of the I Have a Dream Foundation.

Memorials

The Sylvan Rodriguez Foundation was created for contributions made in his memory.

The Sylvan Rodriguez Elementary School in Houston was named after Rodriguez.

The Sylvan Rodriguez Scholarship Banquet was held in 2005 by the Houston Association of Hispanic Media Professionals.

Dixie Friend Gay designed the central plaza for the 111 acre Sylvan Rodriguez Park in Clear Lake near Ellington Field.

ee also

* KENS-TV "KENS 5", CBS affiliate in San Antonio, Texas
* KTRK-TV "ABC 13", ABC station in Houston, Texas
* KHOU-TV "11 News", CBS affiliate in Houston, Texas
* Houston Independent School District
* List of schools in Harris County, Texas

External links

* [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r106:H11AP0-0055: SO LONG TO SYLVAN RODRIGUEZ, ONE OF HOUSTON'S NATIVE SONS] , United States House of Representatives (April 11, 2000)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/rodriguezes/default.htm Sylvan Rodriguez Elementary]


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