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Hightower honored for community service
Houston Mayor Bill White declared Feb. 18, 2007 “Joe Hightower Day” to honor the decades of community service performed by Joe W. Hightower, professor emeritus of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Rice University.
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| Joe Hightower bakes about 20 loaves of bread each week for guests at the Hospitality Apartments. |
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Hightower, a parishioner of Bering Drive Church of Christ in Houston, was among the church members who organized the Human Resources Development Foundation in 1968. The HRDF operates the Hospitality Apartments, which provide free housing for out-of-town patients at the Texas Medical Center.
Hightower retired in 2002 after 34 years at Rice, but still teaches one class per semester to undergraduates and graduate students. His research focused on heterogeneous catalysts used in energy production, chemicals manufacturing and pollution control.
Until recently, Hospitality Apartments consisted of 42 apartments in four buildings at 7219 Cecil St. Because of the recent expansion of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, one building has been torn down but construction of a new 46-unit building has begun. Completion is expected in September 2007. The HRDF is supported by 22 churches from nine denominations in Houston.
Hightower, in addition to serving as the HRDF’s principal fundraiser for capital grants from foundations, corporations and area churches, also bakes about 20 loaves of bread each week for guests at the Hospitality Apartments. Mayor White said he “salutes and commends Dr. Hightower for his generous service to the community.”
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