Mr. Eugene Sepulveda Re-Elected to McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors

FORT DAVIS — Mr. Eugene Sepulveda of Austin and Marfa, Texas, has been re-elected to a three-year term as a Member of The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory and Department of Astronomy Board of Visitors. Mr. Sepulveda is CEO of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas in Austin.

 ”It doesn’t take too many visits to become an evangelist for the McDonald Observatory,” Mr Sepulveda said. “Joining the Board of Visitors was just the next step.”

 Mr. Sepulveda joined the Board of Visitors in 2010. He has also been active with the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas, the McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre & Dance, and Marfa Public Radio.

 The Board of Visitors is a supporter’s group for the Texas Astronomy Program. It has accomplished great things, from funding chairs, professorships, and fellowships at the University, to developing private contributions for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope and the Frank N. Bash Visitors Center at McDonald Observatory. The Board’s Planned Giving Committee raises funds for the Observatory’s future, and the Lighting Ordinance Committee ensures that McDonald enjoys the darkest night skies of any professional observatory in the continental United States.

 Established in 1932, The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory near Fort Davis, Texas, hosts multiple telescopes undertaking a wide range of astronomical research. McDonald is home to the consortium-run Hobby- Eberly Telescope (a joint project of The University of Texas at Austin, The Pennsylvania State University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). An internationally known leader in astronomy education and outreach, McDonald Observatory is also pioneering the next generation of astronomical research as a founding partner of the Giant Magellan Telescope.

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