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Hillol Ray
- Inducted
under "Brownbuilders of Note" (1978, 1979)
Hall of Fame - by Brown & Root, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
- Guest Interviewee on "China Campus" from Beijing,
China (April 2004)
- Inducted under "Nobel Laureates and Famous Indian
Americans in U.S.A.
- Winner of 2006 NFIA** Award from U.S.A.
in
Liberal and Fine Arts (California)
- Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America (2008, 2009); Who's
Who in Science
and Engineering (10th
Edition; 2007-2008); Who's Who in the World (2009)
- Laureate: "LEADING SCIENTISTS of the
WORLD 2008" - International Biographical
Centre, Cambridge, England
- Felicitated at the Plano International Festival
in October 2007, in Plano, Texas, USA
- Appearance on "2008 Outstanding
Scientists 2008/2009" Publication (2009) by
the International Biographical Centre of
Cambridge, England
- Recipient of the Special Achievement Award
(2007) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), Dallas, Texas
- Recognition by the State of Louisiana, U.S.A.
(February 8, 2008) for Professionalism and Leadership
Hillol Ray,
Poet Laureate, Author, and Song Writer, is an
Environmental Engineer and Manager of Drinking
Water Supply Enforcement Program, with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Dallas,
Texas. Born and raised in a suburb of Calcutta,
India, he has been writing poetry since the age
of six, in his native language “Bengali”. His poems are
regularly published in Bengali magazines from
Asia, Europe, Canada, Sweden, and North America
and are currently being translated into English,
Swedish, Spanish, German and French languages.
Many issues of “Six Country Reporter”
at EPA in Dallas have also published his English
poems. But one of his recent poems, “Earth
Day”, has made him an “overnight”
sensation. It was read at several local,
national, and international observations,
presented at celebrations in U.S.A. and abroad,
displayed by the Dallas Museum of Art, and has
been published worldwide. It also earned him
letters of personal recognition from the U.S.
President Bill Clinton, Vice President/Nobel
Peace Laureate (2007) Al Gore, Jr. and Indian
Ambassador S.S. Ray (no relation) in Washington,
DC. In addition, he has received letters of
personal appreciations for his poems from Madame
Francine Cousteau, President of the Cousteau
Society, Inc. in Paris, France, (and wife of
world renowned Oceanographer Jacques-Yves
Cousteau), and also from Mother Teresa of
Calcutta, India.
Recently
his poems “Old Wine
in New Bottle”, “Homogenization
- A Millennium Dream” have been selected as
“Choice Poem”
by the Australian Poetic Society. His poems
have been displayed by the J.C. Penney, Inc.,
University of San Francisco in California,
Cultural Association of Bengal in New York,
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX;
University of New Hampshire in Durham, New
Hampshire; University of Michigan Medical School
in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Gallaudet University in
Washington, D.C.; Roane State Community College
in Harriman, Tennessee; Nazareth College in
Rochester, New York; Saint Vincent College in
Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Junior League of Anapolis
(JLA), Inc. in Annapolis, Maryland; Broward
County Independent School District in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida; DFW Green Alliance in
Dallas, Texas; Rangsit University in Thailand,
Bangkok; Colegio Jefferson of Caracas,
Venezuela; Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
in Shanghai, China; NetFriends of Tibet Site in
Stockholm, Sweden; “China Campus” from Beijing,
China, and also on the web pages of EPA in
Washington, DC, the Asian-American Village from
Boston, Massachusetts, and many other web sites
from the USA and abroad. He was invited as a
Distinguished Judge at the Earth Day Kids Art
Contest 2003, organized by the Asian
Pacific American Council (APAC) at EPA in
Washington, D.C.
The lyrics
from his poem “Diversity”
have been included in the song album “Star
Route U.S.A.” released by Amerecord from
Hollywood, California. He is frequently invited
as a Guest Poet, Keynote Speaker, and Seminar
Moderator by the various cultural organizations,
educational institutions, and public and
university libraries and has been interviewed by
numerous television stations. He was the winner
of Bronze Medal for Commendable Service in
implementing a Consumer Confidence Rule (CCR)
Strategy in 2001 and Excellence in
Regional Customer Service Award in 2002 -
both from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Dallas,
Texas. His biography has appeared in the
Special Commemorative Edition of “500 Leaders of
Science”, and also in International
Directory of Distinguished Leadership
(Eighth and Ninth Editions) -
both published by the American Biographical
Institute, Inc. from Raleigh, North Carolina,
and poems have appeared in many popular
anthologies.
** NFIA is an
umbrella organization comprising of over 200
associations representing 2.5 millions Americans
who trace their roots to India.
Contact
Address: Milestone, 2723 Riviera Court, Garland,
Texas 75040, U.S.A.; E-mail:
ray.hillolk@gmail.com
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