David Monroe, the 72-year-old founder of the San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology (SAMSAT), tragically died Friday following a workplace accident at the Boeing Center at San Antonio's Tech Port. San Antonio police said that a 5,000-pound jet engine was being moved at a loading dock when it tragically rolled, causing Monroe to fall off the dock just before the engine fell on him. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident.

Port San Antonio honored Monroe as a transformative community leader, one who inspired a lifetime of learning through SAMSAT. An engineer since turning 16, Monroe became the vice president of research and development at Datapoint by the age of 27 before helping launch multiple technology companies. He also received the 2015 San Antonio Technolog

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