page_title: University of Texas at Dallas
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: University of Texas at Dallas / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: portrait astronaut James F. Reilly
context_page_description: The University of Texas at Dallas is a public research university with its main campus in Richardson, Texas. The institution was initially established as a private research arm of Texas Instruments in 1961 as the "Graduate Research Center of the Southwest" and later renamed to the "Southwest Center for Advanced Studies". In 1969, SCAS was bequeathed to the state of Texas and joined the public University of Texas System, officially creating The University of Texas at Dallas. Approximately one-third of the college is located within Dallas County and includes an on-campus DART train station on the Silver Line. Some UTD buildings such as the Center for BrainHealth and Callier Center are located in downtown Dallas next to The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
  The university has been characterized by rapid growth in research output and its competitive undergraduate admissions policies since its inception. Less than 47 years after its founding, the Carnegie Foundation had classified the university as a doctoral research university with "Highest Research Activity"—faster than any other school in Texas.
context_section_description: Notable UT Dallas faculty, staff, and alumni include an Antarctic explorer, an astronaut, members of the National Academies, four Nobel laureates, a writer and folklorist, a member of India's Parliament, the founder of the world's first molecular nanotechnology company
caption: Astronaut James F. Reilly
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