Dr. Hector de Jesús Ruiz to return to Eagle Pass November 19th
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-Eagle Pass
The Eagle Pass Library Foundation will once again bring a known author to Eagle Pass. A previous author who also came to Eagle Pass was Hipolito Acosta writer of "Shadow Catcher" which the Starz T.V. Network purchased the television rights to the book for a "Made for TV" movie.
This time they are bringing one of our own, Dr. Hector Ruiz. Ruiz was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. As a teenager, he walked across the Mexico-United States border every day to attend a high school here in Eagle Pass, Texas from which he graduated as valedictorian in 1964, just three years after beginning to learn English. Ruiz earned a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas in 1968 and 1970 respectively and a Ph.D. from Rice University in 1973.