Posted:
11:33:49 on November 16 2001
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: General Star Trek
The El Paso Independent School District in El Paso, Texas on Tuesday November 11th voted unanimously to rename their school district planetarium "The Gene Roddenberry Planetarium" in memory of Mr. Roddenberry, who was born in El Paso.
Plans are for a rededication ceremony to be held in 2002 with Majel Roddenberry possibly attending.
According to the El Paso Independent School District, "The Planetarium was built in 1969 as a joint project between the El Paso Independent School District, the El Paso Junior League and the federal government's national Defense Education Act. Today, the EPISD Planetarium [now the Gene Roddenberry Planetarium] is one of the largest school district planetariums in the United States."
More information as it becomes available.