Honors Program Distinguished Speakers SeriesAll events are scheduled for 7:00 pm in the Gale Lemerand Auditorium
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Miller Instructional Center, Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical
University, 600 South Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114.
Honors Program Distinguished Speakers Series, 2010Featuring, Homer Hickam:“Dare to Dream” in “An Evening with Homer Hickam.”Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 7:00 P.M.
Homer Hickam Best-selling author/screenwriter and former NASA engineer Homer Hickam will encourage his listeners to “Dare to Dream” in “An Evening with Homer Hickam.” Hickam is the focal point of the semi-autobiographical smash-hit film “October Sky,” based on his best-selling novel Rocket Boys, which is part of the the Coalwood series of novels, all best-sellers. Hickam will review his upbringing in a small coal-mining town in West Virginia, where his imagination was sparked by the launch of Sputnik and how he then defied all odds to realize his dream of becoming a rocket scientist at NASA, rather than remain with the expected and nearly inescapable future of becoming a miner. Hickam has not only worked with the space program at NASA and become a prominent author and screen writer, he is also a diver and explorer. This presentation will also serve as the keynote address for Engineers Week. All events are scheduled for 7:00 pm in the Gale Lemerand Auditorium
inside Willie
Miller Instructional Center, Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical
University, 600 South Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114.
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