- Sylvan Rodriguez
Sylvan Rodriguez (
March 20 1948 ,San Antonio, Texas -April 7 2000 ,Houston, Texas ) was atelevision news personality inTexas ,United States .In 1977, Rodriguez moved to Houston; 10 years later he left Houston's
ABC13 forABC News inLos Angeles , but returned whenKHOU-TV hired Rodriguez back. Rodriguez worked as an anchor for over two decades.his After a 15-month battle withpancreatic cancer , Rodriguez died at his home in Clear Lake in 2000, aged 52, survived by his three children and his widow, Texas politician and physicianShelley 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 acreSylvan Rodriguez Park in Clear Lake nearEllington Field .ee also
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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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