US Army: HHM Bios

National Hispanic Heritage Month15 September – 15 October 2003

Resource Information National Hispanic Heritage Month is commemorated, by Presidential proclamation, from September 15

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through October 15

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each year. The themethis year is:

“Hispanic Americans: Honoring Our Past, Surpassing Our Present,and Leading Our Future.”

The U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) Office of Equal EmploymentOpportunity (EEO) Programs has completed a project in support of the 2003national observance of Hispanic Heritage Month. For this project, we havecollected the biographical data on forty-seven (47) Hispanic Americans whohave made significant accomplishments in education, science, government,community service, and other professions.The Resource Information was compiled by Ms. Alice Ramirez, currentlya student at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX,working this summer for the MEDCOM Office of EEO Programs at Fort Sam Houston. We want to thank Ms. Ramirez for her hard work and dedication tothis project. We encourage Army Hispanic Employment Program Managers and committee members to use this information as resource material, for displays, or forguest speaker invitations. We also invite you to share this informationand the MEDCOM EEO website address with other agencies, organizations,schools, and members of the general public who may be interested in thisResource Information.Our point of contact is EEO Specialist, Mrs. Carmen Lopez, who hasserved as the Action Officer for this project. For more information,contact Mrs. Lopez at our EEO e-mail address

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medcom.eeo@amedd.army.mil

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DELIA RAMIREZ TRIMBLEDirectorOffice of EEO Programs

ALCALA, DORA G.Mayor, City of Del RioDel Rio, Texas

Biographical Data

:Dora G. Alcala was sworn in as Mayor onMay 9, 2000, and is the first woman ever electedMayor in the history of Del Rio, Texas. Sheretired as Director, Civilian Equal EmploymentOpportunity Training at the Defense EqualOpportunity Management Institute (DEOMI), PatrickAir Force Base, Florida. During her 37 years ofservice with the U.S. Air Force (USAF), she workedin the area of Human Resources Management,Financial Management, Education and EqualEmployment Opportunity. In 1990, she attained therank of Senior Executive. She was appointed andserved as the Deputy for Equal Opportunity for theUSAF. During her assignments in the Human ResourceManagement area, she held high managerial levelpositions in Del Rio, Texas; San Antonio, Texas;Albuquerque, New Mexico; Montgomery, Alabama;Washington, D.C. (the Pentagon); Arlington,Virginia; and Cocoa Beach, Florida. Mrs. Alcalahas a Master’s Degree in Management from WebsterUniversity. She is also a graduate of the AirUniversity’s Academic Instructor’s School andlater became the Director of the Ira C. EakerCenter for Professional Development in Montgomery,Alabama. In December 1988, she was featured on thecover of

Hispanic Times

magazine.

For more information

:http://www.cityofdelrio.com/mayor.htm Point of Contact:

Address – The City of Del Rio, 109 W. BroadwayDel Rio, Texas 78840Telephone – (830) 774-8558E-mail - mayor@cityofdelrio.com

Biographical Data

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Dr. Tomas A. Arciniega was named one of theTop 100 Hispanic Influentials by

HispanicBusiness

magazine, September 1997 and receivedthe Service Award for DistinguishedAdministrator and Policy Maker presented by theHispanic and Business Alliance for Education,Inc., 1991. His professional experience has beenin education, serving as an administrator forvarious universities. He is the immediate pastChair, Board of Directors, of the HispanicAssociation of Colleges and Universities. Hisrecent publications include

Achieving Equality of Opportunity in American Education: A Continuing Nagging Problem for America,

and

TheNature and Importance of Minority Leaders in theDecade Ahead.

He is the Trustee Emeritus of theBoard of Trustees of the Carnegie Corporation ofNew York Foundation.

For more information:

publicaffairs@calstate.eduPoint of Contact:

Address – 9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93311Telephone – (661) 664-2241E-mail –schavez@csub.edu

ARCINIEGA, DR. TOMAS A.President, California

State UniversityBakersfield, California