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Please note: The scarcity and rising cost of paper have compelled us to combine two issues of Sallyport. This single Winter edition represents our October/November 1994 issue and our December/January 1994-95 issue.

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14 From Rice to ROLM Four bright lights from Rice helped illuminate the dawn of computerized telecommunications. —Kathleen Sullivan

21 New Kids on the Block Images from 0-Week and matriculation and some interesting facts about the class of 1998.

28 Equation for a Revolution -414k. A new century of engineering excellence dawns at Rice. —Christopher Dow, with David D. Medina

COVER ILLUSTRATION BY CHRJS LOCKWOOD Winter '94-'95 1 DEP A R TMEN TS

4 Letters SA 6 Through the Sallyport WINTER Whether they meet around the card table or around the lunch table, Rice ..... alumni groups cultivate tradition, nurture friendships, and reunite classmates......

%man Assist; 7 News Art Di U.S. presidents participate in Baker Institute groundbreaking; Richard Tapia honored with national award; Bill Bradley to Editor speak at Commence- staff w ment; Tony Mikos recognized for tissue engineering research; Sewall Art Stacey Gallery gets new director; Keck Center receives grant for biology and computer Demigr science training program; Rice accepts WAC invitation; and Tomm Hughes Medical Institute grant benefits undergraduate program......

The R Bill Bradley, page 8 10 Academia Trustee Anders Religious studies professor journeys to Nepal to research an ancient text. E. Will Trot Lee H; McNai 12 Books, Etc. Ralph A lifetime with grandfather Gavel"; eloquently remembered; the impact of the Jr., Ste Voting Rights Act; and Virginia Woolfat Rice, again. Admin Malcol vost; Z 35 Sports Affairs; and Ad The Rice Rowing Club makes headway. dent fc non Sy Extern, Invest' 36 Gifts and Giving John and sally':, Ann Doerr establish computational engineering chair; meeting David Row, row, page 35 the Brown Challenge; and wise tax planning. Chant Martin '67, R, '62. E Alunin elect, 38 Alumni Gazette Makul: Oehrle The ARA moves in new directions; basketball buffet; and staying involved. tion; C B. Rya

Sallypa 39 Sally Forth Affairs Wildlife and spectacular scenery await alumni on Kenya safari. univen dents, Editor Greenl Moak 40 Classnotes Housb oPPort RicE 00:00 ILXAS Volum 56 Yesteryear 19 I nut in,• Si availab i? RICO RADON if al Postnt Public; 57 Calendar Read it and Weep, teasips, page 5(1 200, F ()1994

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2 Sallyport FOREWORD

Engineering Redux

SARUM Grand concepts have long distinguished Rice, beginning with the found- WINTER 1944-95, VOL. 51, NO. 2/3 ing vision that has ensured Rice's place among the very best universities in ...... the land. Around Abercrombie Hall, the present home of the George R. Brown School of Engineering, the sense of a new and great idea is pal- Published by the External Affairs Division fundamental ...... pable these days. The School is leading a shift from the classi- cal engineering disciplines to an approach that utilizes computing science, Managing Editor, Greta Paules exploited to the full, to integrate the diverse and powerful facets of mod- Assistant Christopher Editor, Dow ern engineering science. The factor that makes this possible is the extraor- Art Director, Jeff Cox dinary quality of Rice's engineering students and faculty. students Editorial Staff: David D. Medina '83, The efficacy with which many Rice engineering have built staff writer; C. S. Monholland '89, copy editor; upon their Rice education is exemplified in Kathleen Sullivan's article, Stacey R. McDaniel, production assistant From Rice to Rolm. There, four young entrepreneurs discover that clever Design Staff: Christine Jackson, designer; ideas, hard work, and persistence can converge to good effect. Yet good Tommy LaVcrgnc, photographer fortune is not the only moral of their story. They also found that team- ...... work and sharing were as essential to success as the technology they exploited. The Rice University Board of Governors The person particularly appreciative of the ROLM story is surely the Trustees: Charles W. Duncan, Jr., chair, D. Kent Anderson, J. Evans Attwell, James A. Baker, III, Burton J. and Ann M. McMurtry Professor in Engineering, Michael E. William Barnett, Burton J. McMurtry, Jack T. Carroll, the gregarious dean of engineering. Under his leadership, federal Trotter. Term Members: J. II. Bucky Allshouse, grants to engineering school have reached an all-time high and the Lee Hage Jamail, Robert R. Maxfield, Robert C. the McNair, George R. Miner, Paula Meredith Moslc, number of Rice faculty and alumni elected to the National Academy of Ralph S. O'Connor, Harry M. Reasoner. Alumni Engineering has trebled. A pleasant, doughty resolve drives his mission, Governors: T. Robert "Bob" Jones, Gus A. Schill, Jr., Stephen J. Shaper, Stephen B. Smith. which is no less than to ensure that Rice is the finest engineering school of its size. He exudes an Irish charisma that inspires his compatriots to rise to Administrative Officers This trait leads me to pro- Malcolm Gillis, president; David H. Auston, pro- the challenges he so cleverly puts before them. vost; Zenaido Camacho, vice president for Student fess: Affairs; Dean W. Currie, vice president for Finance and Administration; G. Anthony Gorry, vice president for Graduate Studies, Research, and Informa- For our Irish sort it's not such a quiz tion Systems; Frank B. Ryan, vice president for To decipher our 'inter' disciplines' biz. External Affairs; Scott W. Wise, vice president for deans Investments and treasurer. Thusfor Comp E Inter multi means, Sallyport Editorial Board Whilefor this VP, inter outer is. David L. Butler '80, Lynda Lasswell Crist '67, Chandler Davidson, Rachel Gicsbcr '89, Donna Martin '57, Sara McDaniel '71, Bill Merriman The Comp E thus represented in this ditty refers to computational engi- '67, Rebecca Greene Udden '73, Ronny Wells '62. neering, rubric both for the new engineering regimen sweeping the Ex Officio: Scott Biddy '86, director of a Alumni Affairs; Tom Greene '71, president- country and for the new building that will be its home at Rice. Christo- elect, Association of Rice Alumni; Marty pher Dow enlivens the concept in his article, Equation for a Revolu- Makulski, president, Student Association; Chris Ochrlein, president, Graduate Student Associa- tion. There we discover that many complex problems are now yielding to tion; Greta Panics, director of Publications; Frank an interdisciplinary (as in multidisciplinary) approach facilitated by prom- FL Ryan '58, vice president for External Affairs. ising new computer methodologies. How Rice should best deploy its con- Sallyport is published bimonthly by the External siderable engineering resources is a question well answered by this article. Affairs Division of Rice University and is sent to Laudable redirections are what we have come to expect of our institu- university alumni, faculty, staff, graduate students, parents of undergraduates, and friends. tion, despite the fact that Rice has not undertaken a comprehensive strate- Editorial Offices: Publications Office, 5620 gic planning exercise since President Pitzer's Ten Year Plan for 1965-75. Greenbriar, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77005. witnessed succession of important initiatives, each Mailing address: 5620 Grecnbriar, Suite 200, Instead we have a Houston, TX 77005. Rice University is an equal planned within a microcosm of Rice. Some may ponder whether this in- opp ortunity/affirmative action institution. cremental course might unduly compromise future options for the univer- Voluntary subscriptions to Sallyport are sity. But they are to be reminded that the evolution of a great university available for a $15 suggested contribution. transcends the setting and achieving of goals; rather it responds in an un- fathomable way a complexity of human intentions and capabilities. Postmaster: Send address changes to Sallyport, to Publications Office, 5620 Grecnbriar, Suite Rice's great blessing is a superb faculty, the true caretaker of that mysteri- 200, Houston, TX 77005. ous process. And so it is with the engineering faculty, grappling now with 0199 4-95 Rice University the new science of Comp E and all that it may foretell. bj C Sallyport is printed on recycled papc —Frank B. Ryan Vice President for External Affairs

Winter '94-'95 3 LETTERS

Immigration Doing the Difficult well since 1607—not perfectly, but , Equation Doesn't well. Add Up On September 12, 1962, John Affirmative action is a loser on Fitzgerald Kennedy said this in the three counts: In his comments on the Rice Stadium: 1. It created expectations costs of immigration among minorities which could [Viewpoints, June/July "Why,some say, the moon? Why not, have not, and can not be de- 1994], Professor Hud- choose this as our goal? And they livered. Creating such expectations dle would have us be- may well ask why climb the highest has provided legitimate grounds lieve that the costs of mountain. Why, thirty-five years for tremendous frustration among immigrants are greater ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does minority populations, immigrants than their benefits for Rice play Texas? excluded. No such expectations the U.S.(as if they are "We choose to go to the moon. had been governmentally created some type of goods or We choose to go to the moon in in this group. service to be ex- this decade and do the other 2. Among the white nonmi- changed on the mar- things, not because they are easy, nority population "affirmative ket). In his study he but because they are hard, because action" has created a very deep defines costs as the cost of services that goal will serve to organize and distrust of government and resent- that immigrants utilize, such as pub- measure the best of our energies ment toward minorities as a class, lic education, health services, and so- and skills, because that challenge is as well as, in many cases, toward cial services; benefits are defined as one we are willing to accept, one individual minorities because of taxes paid by immigrants. Dr. we are unwilling to postpone, and what has been or perceived to have Huddle says that, overall, the 19.3 one we intend to win." been preferential treatment of mi- million people who have immigrated norities to the detriment of non- since 1970 result in a net cost of On October 16, 1994, the score- minority individuals. Affirmative $42.5 billion, or $2,200 per person. board in Rice Stadium said this: action has resulted in less-qualified The conclusion is obvious: we must minorities being selected for jobs stop allowing immigrants to cross Rice 19, Texas 17. and advancement in preference to our border. We cannot afford to sub- better-qualified nonminorities— sidize these people at such enormous George W. Webb,III '88 de facto quotas have existed and costs to ourselves. Houston, Texas still exist. Presumably, Dr. Huddle would 3. Affirmative action has sub- have no problem with immigrants if stantially denied qualified minori- their benefits were greater than their Lack of Balance ties the satisfaction of achieving costs. But what about those of us advancement based on merit rather who are not immigrants—what is I write to Sallyport today because than on minority status. It robs our net cost or benefit to society? of the views expressed in the civil such minority persons not only of Are our benefits greater than our rights articles in the August/Sep- their internal sense of personal costs? They must be, because Dr. tember 1994 issue. I ended my achievement, but also of the rec- Huddle has not provided a study reading of these two articles with ognition and esteem of others who showing otherwise. But wait a sec- the old thought, "Will we never legitimately do not know whether ond, if our benefits exceed our costs, learn?" advancement was based on affir- then why do we run an enormous Certainly the repeal of discrimi- mative action or merit. annual deficit and have a national natory laws and practices was a The two camps are polarized as debt of $4 billion? Extending Dr. much-needed and much-delayed they have never been polarized be- Huddle's analysis, this means that social action. These were proper fore. And what each of the 250 million people in actions by the federal govern- this country costs the rest of us over ment—establishing the major rules $1,000 per year. by which members of American There is only one course of action: (U.S.) society shall conduct them- we must conduct this type of study selves. However, by then proceed- for every possible group and expel ing to establish the concept and from our borders all those whose administrative coercion called "af- costs exceed their benefits. Dr. firmative action," the federal gov- Huddle, thank you for helping us all ernment proceeded to attempt to see the light! ensure satisfactory "outcomes." This is not a proper function of Nathan Tiller '91 government. Ours is a society of Minneapolis, Minnesota competition which has served us

4 Sallyport Lt is worse, there now exists a morally ries are not perfect records of his- sound basis for this polarization. tory. However there is a huge leap In an attempt to side-step the now [from] conclusions drawn from discredited affirmative action pro- controlled experiments where sub- gram, diversity and multicultural- jects are asked to remember some- ism have now been introduced. one walking around a classroom or These are the same misguided con- details from watching a video, to cepts which are at the root of affir- patients in psychotherapy recalling mative action. traumatic events of sexual abuse The above observations are not from their own childhood. Even as theoretical hypotheses or specula- per his example, remembering tions. They are the direct observa- where you were when you heard tions of the world of work made JFK was shot, is miles from remem- during forty years in industrial bering your own sexual abuse at the management. hands of your own father. It is hor- Although your authors are "sad- ribly bad scientific methodology to dened," in the short run I despair. correlate the two. I see no way out except to declare In addition, none of the research victory regarding civil rights (but on the other side is even men- continue vigorous prosecution of tioned. For instance, Judith Her- those who deny civil rights—equal man, clinical professor of psychiatry Media Memories Opportunity) and let it be widely at Harvard Medical School and au- known that outcomes must be thor of Trauma and Recovery, says The article on the Media Center based on performance, not social amnesia and delayed recall are be- [August/September 1994] brought preference. Responsibility for edu- yond dispute. Several of the nearly back many fond memories. I was cational and economic progress one hundred victims of Father very impressed by the Media Center should be rooted in individual and James Porter did not remember un- staff when I attended Rice in 1975- family responsibility now that the til they heard news of the report. 77. One, James Blue, was an Acad- Playing field has been broadly, if Linda Williams of the Family Vio- emy Award nominee in the docu- not perfectly, leveled. lence Research Laboratory at the mentary category. I don't see this happening any- University of New Hampshire, did Almost all of the truly "useful" time soon. Civil rights organiza- a retrospective study of known things I learned at Rice were in Me- tions and those employed in these abuse victims, where one out of dia Center courses. This back- activities are not going to initiate three failed to report it upon ques- ground in media has been a definite self-destructive action. Their inter- tioning later, and most of those ap- plus in my position as a media infor- ests are now vested in maintaining peared to be amnesic. mation officer for the California circumstances which foster con- Roediger also implies there are Highway Patrol. tinuing conflict. numerous unethical therapists ques- The special screenings were im- In the long run, I have great tioning their patients for months at pressive, also. I remember seeing confidence that a free people will a time about the possibility of their the first film of a promising young find a way to ameliorate this con- sexual abuse. I personally do not director named George Lucas there. flict, but it may not be pretty be- know of any therapists who practice Not only did they show the full- tween now and then. this way. There would have to be length version of THX 1138, they I am disappointed that Sallyport thousands of them to account for also showed Lucas's original short did not present a more balanced the number of patients reporting version. It was definitely a chance to view regarding civil rights today. repressed memories. As an ethical see and experience events that did psychotherapist, I never lead my pa- not happen elsewhere! James R. Thomen '45 tients nor suggest the possibility of Wilmington, Delaware abuse without them bringing it up Phil Konstantin '79 first, and I have seen hundreds of San Diego, California patients with repressed memories of abuse who came in for other problems first and later began to re- I was bothered by the lack of bal- member. Sallyport encourages readers to send in ance in their comments. To be considered for the article, "False Memo- publication, letters must concern topics ries" (August/September 1994), Dennis L. Bull covered in a recent issue of the magazine; and the jumping to conclusions by father of Matthew Bull, class of 1997 be addressed to Sallyport or to the editor; Dr. Roediger. Few psychothera- (which is my greatest credential) and be signed. Letters may be edited for pists question the fact that memo- Richardson, Texas clarity and length.

tinter '94-'95 5 I II I I CH•THE. SALLYPORT

Floating Bridge and ROMEOs

One day last March, Gerry Smith socks. Carolyn Douglas Devine casserole, Jell-O salad, and a Priest '51 warned her Houston '52, carrying three boxes of old chocolate cookie roll from another neighbors she would be entertain- hats, rang the doorbell in embroi- recipe she was sure everyone ing a dozen grandmother types who dered kid gloves. Most guests would remember. might be dressed in unusual attire. wore skirts, pullover sweaters, Gay Schneider Beamon '51 Anyone curious enough to watch pearls, bobby socks, and loafers. started the bridge group in 1956 Priest's front door that forenoon The outfits were part of a 1950s with several EBs—friends from the might have spotted Nancy Moore nostalgia luncheon celebrating university's Elizabeth Baldwin Lit- Eubank '55, in a sleeveless floral what must be Houston's oldest erary Society. The literary societ- print dress she had worn as a Rice floating bridge game. Summer and ies, or "lits," were somewhat like student, slip into a pair of metallic- winter since 1956, these Rice sororities, Priest recalls, with func- red, patent leather spike heels. alumnae have met twice a month tions more social than literary. "I put those on literally at the in one another's homes for lunch, Bridge was a common pastime on door," Eubank recalls. "I was afraid conversation, and a couple hours campus, notes Worrell. "Around I'd break my ankle." of bridge. "We stop at three lunchtime there was always a Beverly Ward Baker '53 arrived in o'clock like we still had children bridge game going." rolled-up blue jeans and bobby coming home from school," says Over the years the club's size Mary Barden Attwell Worrell has fluctuated as members have '51, one of the original come and gone. Current players members. are Baker, Beamon, Devine, "We've watched each Eubank, Minatra, Priest, Worrell, other's children grow Claire Rettig Chamberlain '54, up," says Priest, who Margaret Blau Clegg '52, Ann dropped out of the Irving Cruikshank '52, Margaret group for four years Minahan Gregg '53, Peggy during the 1960s in Holsopple Heaton '52, Bertha order to go back Gray Jamison '51, Avanelle to Rice. Since McDaniel Mattingly '52, Beverly then she has Jean Clardy Merritt '52, Marty been a substi- Gibson Roessler '50, Martha tute player. Hodge Strawn '53, Toni Shimeall Priest got Watson '52, and Carmen Baum- the idea for a bach Womack '52. 1950s com- "We're all good friends," Eu- memoration bank says. "If you miss several during a game times, you feel you've gotten be- last fall when hind on everybody's family." Jan Flack Mina- Priest, whose husband passed away tra '51 said, three years ago, speaks of the emo- "You know, tional support she's received from the best tuna the group. "When bad things hap- casserole I've pen, your friends are all there for ever eaten was you." at your little Recognition that friendship is garage apart- priceless and takes time to cultivate ment right af- has brought another group of Rice ter you got alumni together. They call them- married." As- selves the ROMEOs, which stands tonished that for Rice Old Men Eating Out. ,..411 the simple The ROMEOs are about 115 dish had male alums from the Houston made a lasting area. The group started in Septem- impression, Priest decided ber 1988, after Calvin Clause!'50 rr to look for the recipe so heard on the radio that Allan she could serve the bridge James had died. Thinking the de- e, club a 1950s lunch of tuna ceased was a Houston architect, Rice class of'46, Clausel called the Happy Days. From left: Beverly Ward Baker, Ann Irving Cruikshank, and AvaneUe McDaniel Mattingly

6 Sallyport E WS

man's office to express his condo- lences. He was shocked, and relieved, when his old college buddy answered the telephone. The deceased Allan James was an attorney whom the architect knew slightly. "We got to talking it over," Clausel recalls, "and I said, 'Why do friends of ours have to die before we remember them?'" Soon after that, Clausel and James got together for lunch with three other Rice alumni—Tom Smith '51 (brother of Gerry Priest from the bridge club), Frank Shelden '48, and Joe Reilly '48. They had such a good time they met again the following month and brought along three more From left: James Pomerantz, James A. Baker, III, Charles Duncan, Gerald Ford. Malcolm guys—Bill Johnson '49, Curtis Gillis, George Bush, and Edward P. Djerejian McKallip '48, and Jack Marshall '49. The lunches soon became a regular event. During the first year, Former U.S. Presidents Speak at Baker Institute Groundbreaking Reilly's wife, Sydney Reilly, came up with the catchy name, and early All four former living U.S. presidents participated in the October 20 on the group settled on its present ground-breaking ceremonies for the $15 million building that will format of quarterly lunches at house the James A. Baker, III Institute for Public Policy. Presidents Kaphan's Restaurant on Main at Bush and Ford delivered speeches at the event, while Presidents Carter Kirby. Some meetings include a and Reagan sent video messages. Former Secretary of State James A. guest speaker. President Gillis Baker, III, after whom the institute is named, also spoke at the ceremo- addressed the group on Septem- nies, which were presided over by Rice president Malcolm Gillis. More ber 16. than eight hundred supporters, donors, alumni, faculty, and students at- Participants represent classes tended. from 1933 (Harry J. Chavanne) The new building, designed by the architectural firm of Hammond to 1964(Dave McStravick). At the Beeby & Babka, Inc., will be grounded in Rice's distinctive architectural July meeting, fifty-seven ROMEOs style. Approximately $28.8 million in private funds have already been showed up, including newcomer ledged for the institute's building and programs. Isaac Dvoretzky '48. "I was sur- prised by how many people I knew," says Dvoretzky, who was Tapia Earns National Award for Recruiting Minorities invited by Clause!. "A lot of them were either in my class or the one 'chard A. Tapia, professor of computational and applied mathematics, is just before or after." Dvoretzky, the first recipient of the Nico Habermann Award, a national award honor- who retired this year from Shell ing individuals whose work increases the number of women and minority Development Co., plans to be a researchers in computing science. regular ROMEO. The quarterly The Computing Research Association (CRA), a nonprofit association of get-togethers are a good opportu- academic computer science and computational engineering departments nity, he says, to find out what old and industrial research institutions, will present the award to Tapia on July friends have been doing since their 0 at the organization's national conference in Snowbird, Utah. student days and to strengthen his "Richard Tapia has worked tirelessly and successfully to encourage and ties with Rice. assist minority students in following careers in the computing field," said Dvoretzky's only complaint? The CRA executive director Fred W. Weingarten. meeting was too short. "There just Tapia, education and human resources director for the Center for Re- wasn't enough time to chat with search on Parallel Computation, has helped increase minority group repre- everyone I wanted to." sentation among Rice undergraduates from less than 5 percent to more an 15 percent. —Carol Christian

Winter '94-'95 7 NEWS

Senator Bill Bradley to Speak at Commencement 1995 Bill Bradley, the se- Bradley graduated from Princeton University with nior United States honors in 1965 and subsequently attended Oxford Uni- senator from New versity as a Rhodes scholar. He earned a graduate degree Jersey and a major from Oxford after studying politics, philosophy, and force in national economics. Democratic Party In 1967 Bradley joined the New York Knicks and politics, will deliver played professional basketball for ten years. In 1970 and the commencement 1973 the Knicks won the NBA championship with Brad- address at Rice's ley as a starting forward. Life on the Run, Bradley's eighty-second grad- popular book about his time with the Knicks, was pub- uation exercises set lished in 1976. for May 13, 1995. Bradley's second book, The Fair Tax, was published in Bradley is widely 1982 and helped popularize the ideas that resulted in the recognized as one of Tax Reform Act of 1986. the leading authori- Bradley is a longtime proponent of higher education ties on taxation in and worker retraining. In 1991 Senator Bill Bradley he devised a plan for America. Before en- allowing students to use future earnings to pay for tering the national college. The plan,adopted a year later as the Self-Reliance political scene in 1978 with his election to the Senate, he Loans program,insures that family income will no longer achieved distinction in academics and athletics. limit students' educational choices. Self-reliance loans "We are immensely pleased that Senator Bradley will be also help adults going back to school and displaced the featured speaker at our commencement ceremonies workers who need additional training to reenter the job in May," said President Gillis. "Senator Bradley has been market. an important figure in public life for more than two In 1993 Bradley introduced an eight-point Urban decades and will provide useful insight to our graduates Community-Building Initiative. The initiative is designed as a result of his distinguished career in public service." to expand government funding for successful commu- Bradley was selected as a possible commencement nity-based programs and to test these programs on the speaker by a student committee convened last spring. national level. In August 1993 Bradley secured the Guided by the committee's suggestion,Gillis approached enactment of six of the initiative's eight proposals in the Bradley about the possibility of delivering the com- Budget Reconciliation Act. He continues to push for full mencement address. enactment of the plan.

Mikos Recognized for Work in Tissue Engineering

Tony Mikos, the T. N. Law Assis- stitches that dissolve in the body. tant Professor of Chemical Engi- In the past, Mikos has successfully neering and Bioengineering, has grown liver cells on a polymer scaf- received the Whitaker Young In- fold in rats, a feat that attracted vestigator Award for his research national attention. on tissue engineering. The Bio- In 1993 Mikos received an Or- medical Engineering Society pre- thopedic Research and Educa- sented the award at its annual fall tional Foundation award to pursue meeting in Tempe, Arizona in bone regeneration research in con- October. junction with Michael Yaszemski, Mikos was selected in part for an orthopedic surgeon at Lackland his work demonstrating the feasi- Air Force Base in San Antonio. bility of creating templates or scaf- Mikos also received a National Sci- folds to support and guide organ ence Foundation grant in 1993 to and tissue regeneration. The scaf- purchase equipment to study the folds are usually composed of bio- dissolution of polymers used to degradable polymers similar to support bone growth. a those used in internal surgical Tony Mikos

8 Sallyport New Director of Sewall Art Gallery Named Kimberly Davenport has been selected as the new director of the Sewall Art Gallery. "Kimberly brings to the gallery a unique vision, an interesting outlook on things," said Sandy Havens, chair of the Department of Art and Art History. Prior to her appointment at Rice, Davenport was a curator of contemporary art at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. At the Atheneum, the nation's oldest public art museum,she oversaw the exhibition, care, and research of thousands of post-1945 works of art. Davenport began her curatorial career in 1982 at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut. She holds a master of divinity degree from Yale University. Kimberly Davenport

Keck Center Receives $1.5 Million for Biology Hughes Medical Institute and Computer Science Training Program Grants Rice $1.6 Million The W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology, a joint effort of Rice A $1.6 million grant from the Howard University, Baylor College of Medicine, and the University of Houston, was Hughes Medical Institute has been awarded a grant ofapproximately $1.5 million over five years by the National awarded to Rice for its Undergraduate Science Foundation. The grant allows the center to continue its innovative Biological Sciences Education Pro- Program of cross training students at all levels in biology and computer gram. science. The grant will be used to support "This award is the result of a unique collaboration between faculty and efforts to attract and retain women students in different disciplines and at different institutions working together and minority students in science and as a community of scientists," said George N. Phillips, Jr., Rice professor of to expand and upgrade undergraduate biochemistry and cell biology and scientific and training director ofthe Keck laboratory courses,said Fred Rudolph, Center at Rice."We share a common vision of the exciting new possibilities director ofthe program and executive that modern computing technologies can bring to biology." director ofthe Institute ofBiosciences 1 The NSF award supports the Keck Center's graduate study program and and Bioengineering at Rice. expands its training efforts with undergraduate and postdoctoral students by Since 1988, the Hughes Medical Paying for tuition, stipends, and some research expenses. The grant will also Institute has awarded $290 million to fund the development of innovative curricula and help disseminate the colleges and universities through its center's research through seminars, symposia, and workshops. Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program. The grants have enabled universities to provide research Rice Accepts WAC Invitation opportunities for more than fifteen thousand undergraduates,to reach out President Gillis and the Board of Governors announced on August 17 that to nearly five thousand science teach- Rice has agreed to the latest terms offered by the Western Athletic Confer- ers and students at local schools, and ence, confirming that Rice formally accepts membership in the conference. to attract more women and minorities In a statement announcing the move, President Gillis said,"Over the first to science. five years ofour membership,our projected gross revenues from the Western Successful school outreach programs Athletic Conference arrangement will be $2,425,000." administered by Rice under a previous Each year for the first five years, Rice will return $100,000 ofthese revenues Hughes Medical Institute grant will to the conference, leaving projected net revenues of $1,925,000. Three continue to be funded. In addition, additional expenses are associated with membership in the conference. First new opportunities have developed for is a one-time equity payment of$75,000. Second,for the first five years Rice partnerships with several schools, in- will pay an annual entry fee of $35,000. And last, like all other conference cluding The Rice School. members, Rice will pay annual dues of $65,000. With total expenses for the first five years projected at $575,000, the Positive net income flowing from the decision to enter the conference is at least $1,350,000 over the first five years of membership. Television appear- ances and bowl bids would result in revenues in excess of this amount. Effective immediately, Rice has voting rights on all matters affecting conference activities after 1995.

Winter '94-'95 9 ACADEMIA

Tibetan Text Attracts In collaboration with Wangyal, While Bon does have those prac- Rice Translators Klein won three National Endow- tices, Klein and Wangyal intend to ment for the Humanities grants in prove through their research that This fall, while most Rice profes- one year—two year-long grants BOn's subtle philosophical reflec- sors teach in the comfortable con- and a summer stipend. Because of tions rival those of Buddhism, fines of a classroom, associate pro- NEH rules, Klein could only ac- which is famous for its philosophi- fessor of religious studies Anne cept one year-long grant, so she cal forms of inquiry. Klein is working in Nepal, one of and Wangyal decided to use the Adherents of Bon, says Wangyal, the poorest and most rugged larger award of $105,000 to re- believe in self-liberation achieved countries in the world. search and translate the Authentic- by reaching a natural state of mind Klein, an expert on Tibetan ity ofInnate Awareness: A Collec- without thoughts or concepts. Buddhism, is spending about two tion ofEssential Reasoning, a book There are nine different methods months in this tiny nation wedged that has been, for many centuries, by which to accomplish this, the between China and India, doing a central text of Bon, the religious highest being Dzog-chen. In research on a rare, tenth-century tradition practiced by Wangyal. Dzog-chen, also known as the Tibetan religious text. During the last twenty-five years Great Completeness, one must "This is a text that is almost en- there has been an outpouring of learn to overcome the five "pas- tirely unknown in the West," she studies on Tibetan culture and sions"—attachment, anger, igno- says. "I have only seen the title of Buddhism, but very little has been it in one bibliography that was done on Bon. Part of the reason published a few years ago and only for this, Klein explains, is that Bon learned of its significance myself has been perceived as a shamanic through discussion with Tenzin tradition because of its rituals pro- Wangyal." Wangyal, a Tibetan moting healing and prosperity. lama and lecturer on religious studies, is working with Klein on the project. )se prac- rance, pride, and jealousy—first by understand," says Klein. The ste- says. "This pioneering analysis is intend to confronting these problems and reotype, she adds, is that Tibetan itself a valuable research tool and arch that then by taking them back to their Buddhism was more influential. will appear as an appendix in our al reflec- original source, the mind. The introduction will be fol- volume." Their book will also in- hism, Klein and Wangyal plan to pro- lowed by the translation of the clude the Tibetan text and a glos- hilosophi- duce a book entitled Bon and the Authenticity ofInnate Awareness, sary of Tibetan and Sanskrit terms. Logic of the Nonconceptual. "It will the BOn book that deals with Klein and Wangyal have already s Wangyal, be the first full-length study of Dzog-chen. Klein speaks and reads translated about one-third of the achieved Bon Dzog-chen," says Klein. The Tibetan, and Wangyal is fluent in text and expect to finish the entire te of mind text will contain an extensive in- English, facilitating their task. The project in a year. cepts. troduction discussing the relation- Authenticity consists of eighty-two Part of Wangyal's work with methods ship between Bon Dzog-chen and folios and is presented in the form Klein entails visiting a monastery :his, the the Dzog-chen practiced by of philosophical debates. It is a in Dolanji, India, to consult with a. In Nyingma, Tibet's oldest form of commentary on an earlier work by his former teacher, Lopon Tenzin as the Buddhism. "Bon and Tibetan a Buddhist monk who is venerated Namdak, the foremost scholar and : must Buddhism influenced each other in by both Bitin and Nyingma Dzog- master of Bon. Klein is also seek- 'C "pas- ways that we are just beginning to chen practitioners as the source of ing Namdak's advice on subtle er, igno- their traditions. points in the translation of the The Authenticity offers more Bon text, and she plans to go to than one hundred quotations from Kathmandu, Nepal, to conduct re- ancient Bon and Nyingma beliefs. search at another Bon monastery "We will compile a list of these and founded by Namdak. ascertain whether they still exist in Spending time at a monastery is Bon or Nyingma canonical or nothing new to Klein. In 1980, noncanonical literature," Klein with the assistance of a dissertation Fulbright fellowship, she spent twelve months at two different monasteries, one in southern India and the other in Nepal. She was accompanied by her husband, Harvey Aronson, a specialist on Tibetan CLIIturc.

—David D. Medina B 00K Ss F. T C. Quiet Revolution South A Grand Roommate Quiet Revolution er sp For forty years English professor Max Apple and his grandfather, Rocky, When President Lyn- were close companions. They were roommates when Apple was seven and don Johnson signed the St again when Apple was a graduate student at the University of Michigan. Voting Rights Act in th When Apple was offered a teaching job at Rice in 1972, Rocky moved with 1965, he set off a two- to him to Houston, and they lived a few houses apart. fold revolution. First, They argued constantly, but they took care of each other. When Apple's the act very quickly enfranchised many St first wife, Debby, was dying of multiple sclerosis, Rocky, then over one hun- thousands ofblacks in the Deep South cf. dred years old, was a source of strength for his grandson. who were still prevented from voting hi "Between 1978 and 1980, Debby's condition deteriorated, and Rocky, by the literacy test, economic sanc- who had seemed as if he had one foot in the grave at 102, bounced back tions, and violence. And the act soon into action. He was too busy to die," Apple writes in Roommates: My began to play a crucial role in helping re Grandfather's Story, his newest book, published by Warner Books. African Americans and language mi- _ Roommates is Apple's tribute to his cantankerous grandfather. The norities win office. In the twenty-nine te narrative moves swiftly in unadorned, elegant prose, of- years since the act was passed, the gap Roommates fering a humorous and warm story that avoids sen- between voter registration among st. timentalism. blacks and whites in the South has (lc Apple first wrote about his grandfather five narrowed dramatically, and the num- ac years after Rocky's death, in a New York ber of blacks and Mexican Americans in Times Magazine column called "About holding office has increased from a cf Men." He had always wanted to write mere handful to more than ten thou- te about his grandfather but felt he needed sand today.' Au to wait to gain perspective on the man But despite many studies on the he had been close to for so many years. Voting Rights Act, "no attempt has th Soon after the New York Times ar- been made to understand the broad of ticle appeared, Apple was approached contours ofits effects," maintains Rice 61 by a producer about writing a movie sociologist Chandler Davidson in to script based on the column. When Quiet Revolution in the South: The the movie began taking shape, Apple Impact ofthe Voting Rights Act, 1965- started a book on the same topic. 1990 (Princeton University Press, of "I wanted my words, my prose 1994), which he edited with Bernard version on record, not just the Grofman. bt movie," he explains. "We are struck,for example, by the PI The motion picture Roommates dearth of hard evidence on the extent ar is scheduled to premiere this De- to which the remarkable gains in black ti( cember. Peter Falk plays Rocky, and officeholding in the South, and in te D. B. Sweeney plays Max Apple. Mexican-American officeholding in Apple quickly points out that the Texas and other southwestern states, ov characters in the movie do not neces- could be attributed directly to the cl sarily correspond to the characters in Voting Rights Act," he writes. pr the book. Davidson and Grofman, a political ac "It's not me [in the film]," Apple scientist at the University of Califor- lu says. "[Sweeney] is not an English pro- nia at Irvine, have sought to remedy fessor but a medical doctor, of all that situation with Quiet Revolution. no things." "We believe that the findings ofour as The setting was also changed from project constitute the best answer so a Apple's alma mater, the University of far to the question ofthe Voting Rights Michigan, to Michigan's arch rival, Ohio Act's effect on minority representa- el State. tion in the South at the local level," Rocky died at the age of 106. He was bur- writes Davidson. The book also ad- re ied in Houston, far from his Lithuanian home- dresses the role the act played in en- land. At the funeral, Apple said the Kaddish, a Jew- franchising southern blacks lit ish prayer for mourning the death of a close relative. Quiet Revolution focuses on the "In the land of Washington and Lincoln, on a patch of grass eight states where the Voting Rights fu not even visible from the highway, I prayed, thinking of another great Act has had the greatest impact: Ala- fr, American, my little Rocky," Apple writes in Roommates. bama,Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Apple's voice'quavered at first, but he knew Rocky didn't like mistakes. North Carolina, South Carolina, "My voice steadied, and I made no mistakes. By the last stanza, everyone Texas, and Virginia. Contributing could hear." authors include lawyers, political sci- —David D. Medina

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, entists,sociologists, and historians with Revisiting special knowledge of each state. Virginia Woolf Part one of the book focuses on the struggle for voting rights in each of Who's Afraid of Vir- the eight states from Reconstruction ginia Woolf?Not Den- to the present. It includes a review of nis Huston or Roxanne major voting rights litigation in each Klein Shaw'75. In fact, any state and an analysis of the impact they can't seem to get ath7 changes in municipal election systems enough. The two re- ing had on black(and, in Texas, Mexican- cently appeared in a nc- American) officeholding. reunion production of )on Part two includes chapters on the the Edward Albee play ing relationship between the Voting Rights to mark the twentieth mi- Act and changes in local election sys- anniversary of their ine tems and on the increase in the num- original appearance in ;ap ber of black officeholders in southern the 1974 Rice Players )ng state legislatures and congressional production. has delegations following passage of the On both occasions, [m- act. There is also a chapter on the Huston portrayed ans influence ofdifferent kinds ofdisfran- George, a professor at n a chising devices—such as the literacy a small college, and DU- test and the poll tax—on African Shaw played his wife, Americans in the former Confederacy Martha. In the 1994 the before the act was passed. Included in production, Thomas has this chapter is an econometric analysis Hagemann '78 por )ad of the impact of the act on increasing trayed Nick, a new in- Lice black voter registration in comparison structor at the college, From left: Christianne Mays, Roxanne Klein Shaw, in to that of whites. and Christianne Mays Thomas Hagenumn, and Dennis Huston The The overall findings, according to '83 played his wife, 65- Davidson,demonstrate the importance Honey. :ss, ofthe act and the Fourteenth Amend- At the drama's opening, Martha has invited the unfortunate younger ard ment in enfranchising blacks who were couple over for a nightcap. Drinks and edgy banter begin to flow, and barred from voting in the Deep South melting inhibitions reveal dark undercurrents of tragedy and despair and a the prior to 1965 and in enabling blacks mystery that unfolds in surprising ways. ent and Mexican Americans to win elec- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Albee's fifth play, burst onto Broadway ack tion to office in places where whites to critical and box office success. Newsweek called the play a "scathing the- in tended to vote as a bloc against them. atrical experience surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire." in Davidson and Grofinan stress, more- The play won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1963. Albee's other works tes, over, that "contrary to some recent include The Zoo Story, The Sandbox, Tiny Alice, A Delicate Balance, Sea- the claims,the evidence we have presented scape, and The Marriage Play. He recently won his third Pulitzer Prize for provides no reason to believe that the Three Tall Women. ical act's prohibition of minority vote di- This production of Virginia Woolfwas directed by Beth Sanford, associ- br- lution was unnecessary or that it has ate director of Stages Repertory Theatre and former resident director at :dy outlived its usefulness." Had the act the Alley Theatre, and produced by Debs Ramser '86. Sets were designed not been passed and had it not evolved by Elva Stewart and lighting by Rice Players coordinator Marc Stubble- DUI as it has since 1965, they believe that field, who also served as stage manager. 'SO a far smaller number of blacks and Huston is an English professor at Rice and master of Hanszen College. ;hts Mexican Americans would have won Shaw, a former Rice Player, is currently on the board of directors of ita- election in the South and the South- Friends of Rice Theater. She is also the president of the board of directors " west, respectively, where there is still of Friends of Fondren Library. Hagemann is a partner with the Houston ad- resistance among many whites to mi- law firm of Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton. He is married to Mays, a pro- en- norities' equal participation in the po- fessional actress who appeared in the Alley Theatre productions of Orpheus litical system. Descending and And Then There Were None. She also appears as Sally the Quiet Revolution in the South was Field's Irish maid in the NBC miniseries A Woman ofIndependent Means. ;hts funded in part by a generous grant Virginia Woolfran in Hamman Hall, October 27 to 29 and November 3 da- from the National Science Founda- to 5. The opening night performance and reception were hosted by Presi- )pi, tion. The book is dedicated to the dent Malcolm Gillis and his wife, Elizabeth. Proceeds from the perfor- na, memory of civil rights champion Jus- mances benefited Friends of Rice Theater. ing tice Thurgood Marshall. sci- —David D. Medina

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Take four bright, ambitious, but admittedly naive ised them "very interesting work" and said Sylvania engineers who decide to start their own company. would pick up the tab if they wanted to pursue Move them into offices over a prune-drying shed graduate degrees at Stanford University. in the Silicon Valley in 1969. His sales pitch was hard to resist. "So many Rice Add $60,000 they raise themselves and a $15,000 EE graduates came out to work at Sylvania," investment from the only venture capitalist willing Loewenstern says, "that they became known as the to gamble on them. Rice Mafia." Richeson only accepted a summer job Avoid words like data, digital, or computer, and at Sylvania. He intended to leave to enter business adopt as the company name an odd- school on the East Coast, but sounding acronym—ROLM. California was too fascinating. "I Even well mixed it doesn't sound was amazed that I didn't need like a recipe for success. air conditioning in the summer," Yet fifteen years later,ROLM Cor- Richeson recalls with a laugh. poration, the computer and tele- He decided to stay. communications company formed McMurtry's spiel didn't work by four Rice University electrical on Robert Maxfield, the top engineering graduates, joined the electrical engineering student in Fortune 500, with $503 million in his class. Instead of joining sales. And along the way, ROLM Sylvania, Maxfield accepted an garnered a worldwide reputation for offer from International Business its prototypical Silicon Valley cul- Machines Corporation in nearby ture with campuslike headquarters San Jose. That decision would complete with luxurious landscap- prove fortuitous years later, when the fledgling entrepreneurs ing, gymnasium, tennis courts, and The founders of ROLM,from left: swimming pools. Gene Rieheson, Ken Oshman, Walter needed someone with computer By the way, that odd-sounding Loewenstern, and Robert Maxfield expertise to oversee the design acronym, ROLM, is derived from of their first product. the initial letters ofits founders' last s•• By 1964, all the future names: Gene Richeson '62, M. founders of ROLM were settled Kenneth Oshman '62, Walter in the Silicon Valley, the nick- Loewenstern, Jr. '59, and Robert name bestowed on the region Maxfield '63. south of San Francisco that gave birth to the "We tried a number of other names, but they United States semiconductor industry, which cre- were all taken," Loewenstern says. "We had to write ates computer chips out of platters of silicon. something in our business plan, so Ken just wrote Within five years, the trio working at Sylvania was down the initials of the four of us. Believe me, at ready for a change. During monthly poker games, that point, it was a silly name." they began to talk about starting a company of Rice University trustee Burton J. McMurtry '56 their own. "The successful engineers we knew were played an unwitting role in the creation of ROLM. starting their own businesses," Richeson says. "It Between 1958 and 1968, McMurtry made yearly seemed to be an attractive way to become success- treks to Rice to recruit talented electrical engineers ful. We were all getting disillusioned with what we for GTE's Sylvania Electronic Products division, were doing." where he was working. In his role as recruiter, Loewenstern soon quit his job, frustrated that McMurtry, who is now a general partner in a Silicon Sylvania didn't want to pursue a product he found Valley venture capital firm, enticed Richeson, exciting—a device that would allow police officers Oshman, and Loewenstern—all native Texans—to to use radio transmissions to locate cars. He tried, head west to Mountain View, California. He prom- but failed, to win venture capital backing for the

Winter '94-'95 15 idea, then went to work as a con- born. Initially, the eager entre- sultant. Around that time, preneurs were unable to con- Oshman called and suggested vince venture capitalists to invest they join forces to put the plans in the company. One investment they had passed around the firm after another turned them poker table into action. down. At last they met Jack "We both decided that Gene Melchor, a former Hewlett- would be an ideal team member, Packard Company executive who because Ken and I were both had opened his own venture capital shop over a pizza parlor. The team's lack of managerial experience didn't bother Melchor. "I think engineers probably make better managers of technical companies," Melchor explains. "They understand and analyze problems that crop up. I worry most about salespeople who tend to gloss over problems or try to convince you problems don't exist." There was, however, one stick- ing point. "Their original business plan was terrible," Melchor says. "It had three different products simultaneously slated for three different markets. I sent them back to think about which one product they wanted to con- centrate on. They chose the rugged computer." During the 1960s, the military spent vast sums on custom-made N[5011 SP95. computers that took years to de-

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II• peratures, humidity, shock, and vibration. "Our computer would be immediately available at a rea- sonable price and have a lot of software—features that were pure engineers, and Gene was unique at that time," Loewen- more of a marketing guy," stern says. ROLM intended to Loewenstern says. "So the three base its computer on a hot-sell- of us started a business plan." ing minicomputer designed by That same year, Maxfield, on Data General Corporation, a leave of absence from IBM,fin- Boston start-up then not much ished his Ph.D. at Stanford and bigger than ROLM. Richeson set about looking for a new job. and Oshman visited Data Gen- He accepted Oshman's offer to eral and came back with a license join the team, and ROLM was to make a ruggedized version of

16 Sallyport its Nova minicomputer. trolled business telephone sys- could take on AT&T? "We were Melchor liked the idea, so he tem. It was a move that would young and stupid," laughs invested $15,000 in ROLM,re- pit tiny ROLM directly against Loewenstern. "Most people told ceiving a 20 percent stake in the the telecommunications us we were crazy," Maxfield company. Melchor also liked the goliath—the American Tele- adds, "but it was an enormous fact that ROLM's founders in- phone & Telegraph Company. opportunity. We wanted the vested $15,000 apiece in their McMurtry characterized company to continue to grow, own company. "It's too easy to ROLM's decision to compete and we were looking for a huge spend someone else's money," he with AT&T as "bold and danger- market." To Oshman, it seemed says. "I don't like to invest in ous." Many large companies had a challenge within reach. "The people who aren't willing to tried but failed to develop elec- old telephone system required gamble some of their own tronic private branch exchanges. great skills in telephony," he says. money." He then loaned the na- "The PBX market had bodies "The modern one required tech- scent company start-up funds of strewn all over the landscape," nical skills in hardware design, $100,000. Melchor describes the he recalls. "I was very apprehen- software design, analog-to-digital grand total of $175,000 as a sive about ROLM going into technology, high-speed digital "nominal" sum at the time for that market." Oshman was more switching, and telephony. We start-up financing. optimistic. He felt that AT&T's had four of those skills and only The team's goal was to pro- existing telephone systems were one we had to acquire—tele- duce a computer they could obsolescent; but because the phony." show off—and take orders for— company owned the systems and The doors of the telecommu- at the Fall Joint Computer Con- leased them to customers, there nications market had only reference, then the nation's biggest was little incentive to replace cently swung open, under the computer show. If they suc- them with computerized equip- Supreme Court's 1968 ceeded, Melchor promised to ment. The field was ripe for Carterphone decision. This his- raise $600,000 for the company. competition. toric high court ruling stated Maxfield, as director of engi- Melchor, who served on that telephone utilities could no neering, was responsible for mak- ROLM's board of directors, was longer prevent the connection of ing the computer work. "I was forced to defend the decision to privately owned and manufac- the only guy among the four of branch out in heated arguments tured telephone systems to their us that knew anything about the with shareholders who didn't networks. The implications for innards of computers," he says. want the small, privately held ROLM were momentous. "I had taken a course in digital company to enter another mar- Oshman estimated that ROLM's design at Stanford, so I had the ket. Melchor didn't understand computerized branch exchange fundamentals. But I had to learn the market well enough to know sales could reach $40 million, a lot as I went along." He de- if the move was wise, but that compared with the $10 million scribes those early days as "very didn't matter. "I just felt an obli- he envisioned as the top mark for intense and scary, but exciting." gation to back the people," he military computers. They met their first deadline, says. "I bet on people, much Over the next decade the com- unveiling the "Ruggednova" more so than on products." pany experienced explosive computer at the Fall Joint Com- Attorney John Wilson, a mem- growth, with sales of both prod- puter Conference in Las Vegas in ber of ROLM's original board of ucts greatly exceeding Oshman's 1969. Their booth was the small- directors, also had faith in the expectations. ROLM's total est, and cheapest, they could rent young entrepreneurs, who struck sales would ultimately reach at the prestigious show. ROLM him as clearly inexperienced, but $721 million, about $600 mil- quickly flourished, posting its bright and capable. "They lion of which would come from first profits a year later. Still, the showed enormous resourceful- sales of telecommunications company wasn't growing fast ness and energy and confidence equipment. enough to suit the energetic en- and an attitude of honor and In 1975, ROLM introduced its trepreneurs. Oshman, who friendliness that took them be- "Computerized Branch Ex- served as ROLM's president, yond the ordinary," says Wilson, change," a system that gave the worried that the military com- who is now retired. "I remember customer options no AT&T puter business would peak at thinking that anyone who was switch could provide, such as $10 million. So the company de- able to become associated with call-waiting and call-back. More cided to enter another market by them was making a good move." important, it reduced long dis- developing a computer-con- What made ROLM think it tance phone bills, since it auto-

Winter '94-'95 17 matically chose the cheapest way get much innovation." young engineers like ourselv to place a call. "One of the great The newspaper also gave a de- would like to work," Maxfield benefits of the system was that it scription of life at ROLM, which explains. "That was the test we would pay for itself in a year or was known for its $1.3 million used to decide how to treat two," Oshman points out. But recreation complex: "It's lunch- people." ROLM didn't have the market to time at ROLM Corp. in Santa The ROLM honeymoon had itself for long. By 1976, both Clara. Inside a spacious gymna- barely begun, it seems, when the AT&T and Northern Telecom sium, a group of young men are company formed an alliance with Limited, the AT&T of Canada, playing a heated game of basket- a powerful, if somewhat unlikely, joined the competition. For the ball. On a tennis court outside, partner. In 1983 ROLM linked first time, ROLM sold stock to fifteen women are vigorously ex- with IBM when the computer gi- the public. ercising to the beat of rock mu- ant bought a 15 percent stake in In 1980, ROLM's revenues hit sic. A few yards in front of them, the company for $228 million. $200 million. That year, ROLM Jan Montillier is sunbathing on a The accord gave Big Blue a foot- and its two major rivals con- navy-blue chaise lounge beside hold in the telecommunications trolled more than 80 percent of one of two large swimming market, where it hoped to square the United States market. "We pools. She often can be found off against recently deregulated went from nowhere in the PBX here during the lunch hour or AT&T. ROLM,in turn, received market to the nation's second playing volleyball nearby. 'This funds it needed to develop new largest supplier," Maxfield says. allows me to forget work for a products in the hotly contested In a 1981 article in the San Jose while and go back refreshed,' PBX market. ROLM also gained Mercury News, the newspaper said Montillier, using her hand to entrée into IBM's huge base of that chronicles Silicon Valley shield her eyes from the sun. 'It computer customers, providing a businesses, the North American helps my concentration." tremendous market for its tele- Telephone Association stated, Another newspaper's account communications equipment. The "ROLM has what is generally of ROLM's landscaping, which partners announced plans to considered the best technology included a lake-water system work together to develop equip- in the industry. The company has connecting its three buildings, ment for the "office of the fu- also been very good at pinpoint- sounded more like an ad for a re- ture" in which the PBX would ing its market and following sort than a description of a control all telecommunications— through with sales and mainte- manufacturing plant. "The voice, data, text, and video. nance." stream flows around a diversity It was a mating that took Sili- Opportunity was just as criti- of boulders and cobbles and is con Valley by surprise. "ROLM cal. According to Loewenstern, dotted with cattails, iris, and pa- Corp. Braces for Culture Shock ROLM "hit the market" at just pyrus. An uncut lawn edge is left from IBM Investment," read a the right time. "Customers were to complete the transition from June 1983 headline in the San adventurous," he says. "They natural stream course to mani- Jose Mercury News. In the article were willing to take a chance on cured landscape. At the end of Oshman quipped, "If anyone is a company like ROLM to save the stream is an outdoor eating observed wearing a white shirt some money. Until then, there area, next to the restaurant-like for three days, they'll be sum- had been a lot of resistance to cafeteria. Specimen willows marily dismissed for trying to buying any telephone system that abound and pots of seasonal subvert our culture." It was a didn't say AT&T." color accentuate the surround- joking reference to IBM's stan- But there was more to the suc- ings along with flowering trees." dard executive uniform of blue cess of ROLM than technology There were other amenities suit and white shirt, but within a and timeliness. The third secret unique to ROLM. The company few months the humor faded as of the company's success was a gave stock options to most em- the rockiness of the relationship managerial philosophy that employees, not just to senior man- became apparent. Executives of phasized individuality. "We have agers. And in 1975, the company both companies tried to work hierarchies, targets, and responsi- inaugurated its "Continuous Ser- out their differences but were bility codes, but the methods vice Leave" policy. Every seven unsuccessful. people use to do their work is up years, any employee—assembly Oshman revealed to the New to them," a top ROLM executive line worker and top executive York Times that most of the dis- told the Mercury News. "If we alike—could take a three-month agreements between the two had all our people marching to paid sabbatical. "We wanted our companies centered on the ques- the same drumbeat, we wouldn't company to be a place where tion of whether telecommunica-

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...411111111.1m.. tions products should be de- of ROLM had left the company. signed to meet IBM's strategic But the departures were not needs—especially in its growing necessarily doleful, Loewenstern competition with AT&T, which points out. The founders reaped had entered the computer busi- significant financial gains when ness—or whether they should be they sold the company. "It has designed to meet ROLM's allowed us to do whatever we needs. "We found ourselves pay- wanted to do," he says. ing less attention to the market Richeson, now fifty-three, has and more to what IBM wanted retired and lives on the Califor- ROLM to do and what ROLM wanted IBM to do," he ex- plained. "Finally we decided the best way to work together was to become part of IBM." In 1984, IBM bought ROLM in a deal valued at $1.25 billion. [I1[149 HE 4-115, PTH[ P[ - Oshman says it was "a very hard decision" to sell the company he had nurtured for fifteen years, I55[9 IR ORP[14 POO TOP but one that made sense for customers, employees, and shareholders. Maxfield, who was engaged in advanced business XL-1V[ 4[ -CUD Iflq I] T11114--011TI-1 development and product planning at the time of the merger, agrees. "It was an emotionally difficult decision," he says. "It was clearly going to change the roles of top management in the company. We hadn't worked for anybody for years. We knew there was going to be a change, that over time some of the culture of the company would •••••••• change, and we would have to start to look more like IBM." At the time of the merger, Oshman was still at the helm as president, and Loewenstern was working part-time as a lobbyist for the company in Washington, D.C. Richeson had left ROLM seven years earlier. Oshman became an IBM vice president but resigned about a year later. "IBM tried to make things work, but it was clear that nia coast, where he pursues his I wasn't an IBMer," he says. hobbies of recreational horseback "ROLM was a scrappy company riding and aviation. After work- that had to fight for its very ex- ing in the defense electronics istence, and IBM was the largest, laboratory at Sylvania and help- most dominant computer manu- ing ROLM get its start in mili- facturer in the world. We had tary computers, he was instru- two very different kinds of cul- mental in launching Beyond War, tures." By 1988, all the founders a foundation whose goal is to

Winter '94-'95 19 demonstrate that technology plore because I was so focused one of California's droughts. has applications other than mak- on building and running a com- Some things have changed. This ing war. "I think I was always a pany," he says. He is now a con- is the last year that seven-year change-seeker," Richeson says. sulting professor at Stanford veterans of ROLM will receive "Every ten years I've tended University, where he works with paid sabbaticals. to do something radically students and does research. He Looking back, Burt McMurtry different." also serves as the vice chair of remembers being apprehensive Oshman, fifty-four, vowed to the Santa Fe Institute in New when the young electrical engi- avoid start-ups after leaving Mexico, an interdisciplinary sci- neering graduates from Rice ROLM, but he was enticed back entific research firm, and is a started ROLM."If you had into the role of asked me at the entrepreneur by time, I would have Mike Markkula, said I didn't know cofounder and for- whether these guys mer chairman of would make it or Apple Computer not," he confides. Inc., who con- 1_00]-11E Ri I C IJRIRH "They didn't have vinced him to take much experience in the helm at Ech- ^ management or elon Corporation R[T4RS l][1111 P11 11-1[115111[ computers." Still, in 1988. Echelon McMurtry believed is a Silicon Valley enough to invest in company engaged 1-1[H HOCHG ECTRICRI_ [HG1H[F',I11G ROLM and serve on in developing elec- its board of directors tronic networks for for six years. He re- homes,offices, and GRRHHRHS [RO- -.C[ gards the company's factories. The pri- achievements as vately held com- truly remarkable. pany has convinc- "I have enduring ed more than one STHID R5R[H respect for what thousand compa- they were able to ac- nies around the complish," he says. world to develop J1-1[JIJ,0 LH 1-1:\1[ 521HUIHJRHO "It was very, very products using its impressive." technology. McMurtry, a gen- Loewenstern, 1-1[11-1[11 TR[5[ GHHS _OHO -R14 It eral partner at Tech- fifty-seven, is an nology Venture In- Echelon investor vestors of Menlo and lives in a ski Park, California, ar- resort in Colorado. OR HOT," H CON1H[5. gues that the way He says the skiing someone looks on is great, but he MN paper isn't necessar- hasn't found a ily an indication of poker game in the future success. "So Rocky Mountains far, our biggest suc- that can match the early Silicon member of the board of directors cesses have come from betting Valley games. He returns regularly of Echelon. on people, who, according to to California for board meetings at ROLM is now owned by Sie- their résumés, are not qualified the Hoover Institution at Stanford mens AG—the German PBX gi- for what they are setting out to University. ant—and holds the number two do," he says. Maxfield, fifty-two, promised spot in the world market, behind That point was well made himself that he would learn "not Northern Telecom. The com- in the case of Gene Richeson, to be a workaholic" after leav- pany still has its recreation center Kenneth Oshman, Walter ing ROLM. "All those years at and its luxurious landscaping, Loewenstern, and Robert ROLM,there were a lot of inter- though the fountains had to be Maxfield. ests I had never been able to ex- turned off for a few years during •NM

20 Sallyport New Kids on the Block

621 freshmen arrived on campus this fall to begin their college experience at Rice. The university welcomed the students and their families with the fanfare and fun of0 -Week and the traditional matriculation exercises. The following pages provide a glimpse of what week one was like for the entering freshmen. Also included are some interesting sta- tistics on the class of 1998.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOMMY LAVERGNE High Achievers Over 60% of the entering students ranked in the top 5% of their high school class.

Christine Farrier,St. Albans, New York Engineering Lovett College BAKER COLLEGE

Carl Tapia,Tesuque, New Mexico Natural Sciences Lovett College

A Continental Class Members of the freshman class represent 46 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

)t.k miimmii1111111111 _ A Lot of Ones 111 students who entered Rice this fall were high school valedictorians.

Kevin Joseph, Dallas,Texas Humanities/Social Sciences nes College Close to Home 291 students, 45% of the class of 1998, hail from Texas.

Tilly Hatcher, Atlanta, Georgia Architecture Wiess College Just Scho

Satoko Igarashi, Memphis,Tennessee Humanities/Social Sciences Sid Richardson College

Female Engineers 30% of Rice freshmen naming engineering as their division are female—twice the national average. Recognition Just over 40% of this year's freshmen are National Merit Scholars or National Achievement Finalists.

Daryl Shorter, Dolton,Illinois Humanities/Social Sciences Hanszen College

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1 magine a huge jetliner that is assembled,flown through maneuvers, and even repaired, before a single component has ever been manufactured. Imagine this feat accomplished without drafting tables, paper plans and drawings, or a costly, full-size mock-up of metal and wood. Imagine that this plane is more efficient, reliable, and easier to repair than any airliner now in existence. Now imagine yourself embarking on this plane for your next destination. You don't have to imagine. The plane is the Boeing 777, scheduled to go into service next year and designed entirely on computers through the technology ofcomputational engineering. Conventional wisdom in the aircraft industry says that assembly of a new airplane begins only after the weight ofthe paper plans and drawings equals the weight of the proposed plane. Unlike traditional design techniques, computational engineering employs powerful computers to design and simulate products and processes. Boeing designed, assembled, and tested the 777 entirely on eight I.B.M. mainframe computers linked to twenty-two hundred workstations. Only after that did fabrication of the real airplane begin. Why did the world's most successful manufacturer of aircraft undertake such a radical departure from the industry norm?

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Winter '94-'95 29 Efficiency and econom- uct in mathematical form. ics,says Ronald A.Ostrow - When numerical values cor- ski, chief engineer for the responding to different con- 777. Designing the plane ditions are plugged into the on computers promised equations, the resulting be- to reduce engineering havior of the model simu- changes and human error lates the dynamics of the during the manufacturing product. By continually process. In addition,com- fine-tuning the computer puter-aided design fol- model,engineers determine lowed by computer-aided the best design for the real manufacture allows parts product. to be designed and built Computational engineers to extremely tight toler- also use computers to de- ances. "Fuselage sections sign and optimize industrial of the 777 fit together so processes, such as oil refin- precisely that the coming, and to model and pre- pleted plane looks as dict the behavior of com- though it were carved from :9/inr //a:.,(Ha //a/al,7, /Rire ran plex systems,like the weather a smooth block ofmarble," or the flow of contami- ride y/t/w/feeteirt.)q, I; F(.44,0ff/it- reports a May 12, 1994, nants through groundwater. article in U.S. News & 1Ff ned enriire 1/11:.1 Pelf" hI7.1 There are potential applica- World Report. The use of emcled », if iififfelier epfFffF. ill tions for computational en-

computers also ensured trkiii fry, hare c.0c,frnerd gineering in every field of that the final aircraft would science. Even business prob- be efficient to operate and .1 lems,such as scheduling air- maintain. Airflow and en- line crews and predicting the gine design have been op- -MICHII[EI:H11011 0111 Of THE behavior of the stock mar- timized to combine maxi- DEOHED 1111111111 CH0111 II[liEllifEHINli ket, are being tackled using mum range and cargo the tools of mathematical capacity with high fuel ef- modeling and numerical op- ficiency, and repair proce- timization. dures have been tested by Though computational a computer-simulated mechanic. science has been around for two decades, the use of Computational engineers do not use computers computers in complex engineering design projects, simply to draw products on screen. They actually test such as manufacturing the Boeing 777, has been the proposed product's behavior under different simu- greatly enhanced by recent advances in computer lated conditions. In addition, they determine how technology—most notably the advent ofparallel com- changes in design will affect the product's efficiency putation. In contrast to traditional sequential com- and stability, as well as the cost of production and puters, which solve one piece of a problem before maintenance. Multipurpose computational analysis moving on to the next, parallel processing computers enables engineers to avoid the expensive, time-con- work on many parts ofa problem simultaneously. Not suming job of building,testing, and modifying actual only are they able to solve problems more quickly, physical models. In many cases, computers allow they can handle problems that are too massive and engineers to perform experiments that would be complex for sequential computers to tackle effec- prohibitively expensive or too dangerous to conduct tively. in real life. For instance, it is possible to determine The latest generation of parallel processing com- how a product would react to adverse conditions such puters, teraflop machines, have thousands of proces- as extreme heat or cold, massive pressure, or a fall sors and can compute more than a trillion arithmetic from a great height. operations per second. These machines,the fastest in To simulate the behavior of a proposed product, the world, are able to handle some of the largest engineers create complex mathematical models— mathematical models engineers build. They can even interlinked sets ofequations that represent the prod- compute numerical solutions to the Navier-Stokes

30 Sallyport equation, a detailed math- constructing physical mod- ematical representation els and well before the ex- that simulates the behavior pensive fabrication process of fluids, including gases, begins. around and through mov- Equally important, engi- ing and stationary objects. neers will no longer create a Aeronautical engineers use product in the lab,then sim- the Navier-Stokes equation ply dump the project on to predict how air will flow manufacturing and market- over different parts of a ing departments. Compu- plane. tational engineering allows "I think we're making a designers to look beyond quantum leap here," says the physical constraints ofa Michael M. Carroll, dean problem and consider other of the George R. Brown critical factors such as cost School of Engineering. of materials and mainte- "We've reached a stage nance,ease ofmanufacture, where we can compute so- and length oftime required lutions to very complex midoludet&iii,/ enyincedily, to bring the product to mar- problems with a very high et,ii.d?rrefie.,1# elhh/pica ince/et) ket. degree of accuracy." In af- "Having several carefully /he (ie.oy), ficemle,f/e? firming the importance of ?fhlifeer/ chosen options enables an computational engineer- .)/taci,4 engineer to formulate more ing, Rice president Mal- /e c.0e..ece/ k, /he 4e7me ine/heeli clearly what he or she really colm Gillis says,"We fully means by a 'best' design," /co/-tr( /e/ chyince?.) 11.1e. expect computational en- says John Dennis,professor gineering at Rice to trans- of computational and ap- form not only teaching and — El lll[lY 0111E111h if I If plied mathematics. "We're research in engineering, CHIEN FUR IIESEHIIEH IIlifELLEF MI1111011 trying to provide tools to but the very practice of help select those options in same, especially in engi- an insightful way." Dennis neering design. Computa- and his colleagues use par- tional engineering is not a allel computation to solve new branch of engineering; rather it is a new way of multidisciplinary optimization problems in engineer- doing engineering." ing, thus combining two separate areas in which Rice Computers are now used to design everything from faculty have tremendous experience. exercise machines to the space shuttle. The Boeing Dean Carroll and Ken Kennedy, professor of com- 777 heralds sweeping changes that computational puter science and director of the Center for Research engineering will bring to large-scale industrial projects. on Parallel Computation(CRPC), consider computa- In the future, many such projects will be created tion to be more than an important new tool. They through computational engineering. Not only will the believe it represents a revolution in the way science and end results be better, the production process will be engineering are done and have described it as "the easier and cheaper. According to Business Week, com- third paradigm of scientific investigation, alongside putational engineering will cut total production costs theory and experimentation." Mary Wheeler, profes- by 20 percent. The biggest payoff will come from sor ofcomputational and applied mathematics,stresses avoiding expensive revisions. Typically, design ac- that"computational engineering is not a substitute for counts for 5 to 8 percent of production costs, and theory or experiment; rather, it couples them more decisions made during production account for an- tightly than has been possible in the past." Sidney other 70 percent. Changes made during production Burrus,professor ofelectrical and computer engineer- can double the amount of money and time spent. ing and director of the Computer and Information Computational engineering allows engineers to test Technology Institute (CITI), says, "I am convinced and perfect critical elements of a product or process, some form ofcomputational science and engineering such as the location and fit of components, without will be the future of all engineering."

Winter '94-'95 31 The Rice faculty is not Rice's leadership in the field alone in these convictions. when it awarded the uni- Twelve other institutions of versity a grant of $22.9 higher learning in the million to fund the initial United States currently of- five years of research and fer programs devoted to administrative and out- computational science and reach missions of CRPC. engineering. And already ffillIV Renewals have added funds the dominance of the Uni- to this amount. CRPC co- ted States in the field of •,/,(1,ifee/ ordinates and directs the computational engineering efforts of researchers in- is being challenged by the volved in parallel comput- Japanese. In 1990, Tokyo ing at Rice, the California announced the inception of Institute of Technology, a five-year program to de- / /e / pr/d, the University of Tennes- velop software for super- / /irertriwir/ see, Syracuse University, computers. The U.S. Con- Los Alamos National gress,in response,was asked Laboratory, and Argonne to hike spending on super- National Laboratory. computers to more than Rice's success in com- $1 billion annually. putational engineering is After building an excel- rooted in the university's lent reputation in the commitment to research traditional engineering that transcends disciplin- disciplines—electrical, me- ary boundaries. "Interdis- chanical, chemical, and ciplinary research is the key civil—Rice is now gaining at Rice," says Carroll."The international recognition vito walls between our depart- in several important fields ments are already very low. that rely heavily on compu- I think what gives us our tational engineering. One leadership is our joint ex- crucial area of research has pertise." Richard Tapia, emerged from CRPC, professor ofcomputational where researchers are developing new software to and applied mathematics, agrees. "Rice has no fences make teraflop computer systems easier to use. "The between students, faculty, and administration," he basic problem now in parallel computing is software," says. Tapia's own research focuses on developing says Kennedy. "People are afraid that they're going to algorithms, or procedures for solving mathematical spend all this money writing a program that will only problems, that run on the latest parallel computers. work on one machine." Kennedy is leading a team of His work is aimed at solving complex optimization computer experts in developing prototypes of soft- problems in science, engineering, economics, and ware that will make teraflop machines easier to pro- business. gram. The need for such software is critical. Boeing Tapia believes Rice's small size is its big advantage. spent as much money developing software to design Kennedy sees a similar correlation. "Rice has always and test the 777 as it saved on the manufacturing depended on multidisciplinary education and research process. The company will see the economic benefits because ofits small size," he says. "Faculty in different only after it uses software that has already been devel- departments have learned how to work together. oped to design or modify other aircraft. Multidisciplinary research and education will soon be The United States government has an immense the norm rather than the exception in science and stake in teraflop computing, Kennedy explains, be- engineering, because the most challenging problems cause the country that develops and perfects software require multidisciplinary solutions." to use teraflop computing will dominate science and Rice has been moving toward computational engi- engineering research and will thereby dominate the neering since the late 1950s and early 1960s,when the world economy. The federal government recognized "RI"—an early, groundbreaking digital computer—

32 Sallyport was designed, built, and took place on November used by a group of engi- 4. The building will be neers and scientists on cam- located east ofDell Butcher pus. "It is very satisfying to Hall, between the Physics see Rice not only partici- Laboratories and Aber- pating in but helping to crombie Engineering Lab- define and develop this new oratory. Completion is educational and research di- scheduled for August 1996. rection," says Burrus."The English architect John close interaction of people (.144.44,4.)14;7111 /he rr44,4/ 47/ //41 ,744 444441-, Outram was selected to de- Outram in electrical and computer /44i41.4.447 re44,»44.44144, 4 1/44' 44crr I;44.414/ sign the building. engineering,computer sci- is skilled at integrating new ence, and computational construction with sur- and applied mathematics is IEiiR rounding structures, an one of the most exciting •144./4414,4•1 4 de/414 4/1/44' important consideration in maintaining the beauty and prospects since I have been /4141,/i447 .; 4.44/4•44i.. at Rice." Burrus's work in architectural character of signal processing is well the Rice campus. He has matched to the multidisci- been praised for his cre- plinary thrust of computa- ative use of materials and tional engineering."I think color, and his firm, John colleagues from my depart- Outram Associates, has re- ment and other depart- ceived a technical innova- ments who are working tion award for employing with control and robotics columns to harmonize ar- communication systems, chitectural design with the computer architecture,and service demands of mod- VLSI [Very Large Scale ern buildings. The firm also Integration] design will represented Britain at the benefit enormously from 1991 International Bien- interaction in a collabora- nale of Architecture in tive environment." Venice and received a com- Don Johnson, professor mission to design an aca- of electrical and computer engineering, is another demic building at Cambridge University. The Rice researcher who fully appreciates the multidisciplinary project will be Outram's first in the United States. approach inherent in computational engineering. His The centerpiece of the building will be a four-story work in robotics and artificial intelligence relies heavily atrium and central sunlit gallery that will promote on computational engineering, and he has collabo- interaction among members of its resident depart- rated with NASA to develop robots that can be ments and the student body. There will be two court- operated easily from thousands of miles away."Robots yards: a large, formal space and a smaller, shaded have to be able to compute in a timely fashion," he garden. Audiovisual and electronic communications points out. Computational engineering makes this equipment will be installed in the classrooms and possible. And the benefits of collaboration extend conference rooms. This equipment will support mul- further than mere miles. "We frequently involve un- timedia presentations and teleconferencing with uni- dergraduates in research," he says."When students go versities,institutions, and businesses around the world. into industry, they take this multidisciplinary attitude In addition, there will be several public work posts, chairs, with them." called out-working areas,equipped with tables, be As the walls between disciplines go down, other and computer network outlets. The work areas will "You walls are being raised. But instead ofcreating barriers, conveniently located throughout the building. these walls will facilitate collaboration in computa- can see your colleague on the open staircase and run tional engineering because they are the walls of a new out there and grab him, sit down at an out-working facility that will house the many components of Rice's area, plug in a computer and go to work," says Keith work in this field. Groundbreaking for the building Cooper, associate professor of computer science and

Winter '94-'95 33 the engineering school's representative on the building on a computer gives students exposure to actual engi- design team. neering work," explains Kennedy."A university cannot While the planned facility is very impressive in form, afford the most expensive parts ofengineering design, the function it will serve is even more so,for it will help such as the construction and testing ofcomplex physi- propel research in computational engineering. At cal models. With computational engineering, con- present, Rice's computational activities are scattered struction of physical models will be replaced by the among several sites on campus. Some of the faculty in design of computer models, making it possible for the Departments of Computer Science and Computa- students to be exposed to the same methods that real- tional and Applied Mathematics are located in Herman world engineers use." Brown Hall, which is at capacity, while others are in Rice has launched a public campaign to raise Fondren. CITI and CRPC have temporary offices in $45 million to fund the computational engineering Fondren Library, space the library now needs for its program. Approximately 60 percent ofthat has already own use. And the electrical and computer engineering been raised. Ofthe total,$32 million is targeted for the faculty is divided between Abercrombie Engineering new building, and $1 million is slated for equipment Laboratory and portions ofthe Space Physics Building. and research funds. Enhancement of the faculty is For the first time, these key computational engineering another priority. About $12 million ofthe funds raised departments will be brought together under one roof. by the campaign are earmarked for endowed faculty The prospect of a new building is exciting for faculty chairs,several graduate fellowships, and a postdoctoral and students alike because it will place them in an teaching appointment named in honor ofPaul Pfeiffer, environment that actively fosters collaboration. "We professor of computational and applied mathematics. need people from different areas in the same building so The endowed chairs and fellowships will help Rice they can learn how to talk to each other," says Johnson. attract and retain world-class faculty in the area of "Through chance meetings, you begin to understand computational engineering. each other's jargon and what questions to ask. In the "It's incredibly important for Rice to build upon its new building this proximity should lead to even more strengths," says Burton J. McMurtry'56, a Rice trustee collaborations." and a major supporter and longtime advocate of the Proximity is important for Wheeler, who sees her computational engineering program. "Rice is already work as a bridge between engineers and computer doing well in these areas, and now it has the chance to scientists. "A new building will give me close contact define, and really excel in, a new field that is going to with other engineering departments," she says. "Right be of extreme importance." now I lose valuable time trying to communicate with or Carroll agrees."Ifwe seize this opportunity," he says, locate faculty in other buildings." Wheeler's group "Rice can provide global leadership for computational develops accurate and efficient numerical algorithms engineering, because this field has emerged from a for modeling multicomponent, multiphase flow and confluence of areas in which we have experienced transport in petroleum reservoirs and groundwater tremendous success. The only obstacle to future suc- aquifers. The group's calculations provide management cess is our lack of resources. Excellence requires a techniques for a wide spectrum of applications, from commitment to resources. The new building and addi- reservoir production performance to understanding tional endowments represent that commitment." viscous fingering arising from unstable miscible pro- Burrus believes we are living in revolutionary times in cesses. Wheeler also uses computers to aid cleanup of which the merging of computation and engineering toxic waste sites by modeling the flow and transport of will forever alter the cycle of product design. He contaminants in groundwater. The models help deter- predicts that historians a century from now will look mine the extent of contamination and allow scientists back on the present and remark how exciting it must and engineers to study possible remediation strategies. have been to experience such a momentous change in Wheeler thinks a multidisciplinary environment will engineering. For Rice to take its rightful place in that benefit students as well as researchers. "Students in history it will have to pursue a strong interdisciplinary different disciplines will learn more by working approach and continue to build on its strengths together than they do in classrooms," she says. in computational engineering. "It broadens their education." Computational engineering and an inter- In many ways, the advent of computational disciplinary approach, Carroll believes, will engineering has allowed students to become pay off for Rice. "It is an ambitious cam- more intimately involved in real-world engi- paign," he says."But it belongs at Rice as we neering problems."Doing engineering designs move into the twenty-first century."

34 Sallyport SPOR TS

Rice Rowers The sight of the Rice Rowing Club's eight-person racing boat skimming over the water conjures Le up images of Ivy League schools and fancy boathouses. ' Reality for the Rice Rowing Club has been a bit more gritty. Until this semester, the club practiced on Oyster Creek in Sugar Land, and their "boathouse" con- sisted of two steel shipping con- tainers. But if the rowers lacked fa- It cilities, they made up for it with is their love of the sport. "I'm quite pleased with our progress, especially given the conditions we work under," says Hannes Hofer, a maintenance planner and coordinator with Fa- cilities and Engineering and head coach of the club since its found- boat used by the novice crews. ing. "We have dedicated students The other is a sleek shell of super- who have stuck with it and trained light laminated carbon fiber. The hard." boat's widest point measures only The rowing club started training two and a half feet, and although in the spring of 1989 and partici- the craft is as long as a respectable pated in its first race the following yacht, it weighs only two hundred semester. There were fewer than a pounds when fully rigged. dozen founding members, and High-tech competitive racing they had to rent all their equip- gear is expensive. The boat cost Il ment from other rowing clubs. the Rice rowers about fifteen Despite such modest begin- thousand dollars. For that kind of Crews from the Rice Rowing Club practice a nings, club membership has soared money, the racers can hit hair-ruf- on Clear Lake to fifty rowers, and the Rice team fling speeds of ten to fifteen knots. regularly competes against top "They go only a little faster than tion to practicing on the water rowing teams from schools like the you can run," says Hofer. three times a week, the team con- University of Texas, Duke, and Even at that speed, accidents ditions four days a week with row- Wichita State University. Last se- happen. A common mishap called ing machines and weights. "They mester, the Rice men's and catching a crab occurs when a also run the stadium steps," Hofer women's crews consistently placed rower plants an oar too deeply in says with a smile. in the top five in regional regattas. the water and cannot pull it up Still, the group isn't quite ready "For me, rowing has been a way quickly enough to remain in synch to win national events. "The top of life," says Hofer. "I did this my with the rest of the crew. The for- contenders in those races train on whole youth and got a lot of fun ward motion of the boat forcefully the water five or six times a week out of it." Hofer began rowing swings the oar handle into the and have much more sophisticated competitively at the age of twelve rower's body, sometimes knocking equipment, such as indoor rowing in his native Denmark. He com- the rower out of the speeding tanks," Hofer says. But he is opti- peted in Denmark, Germany, and boat. Hofer offers sage advice for mistic about the future of the Rice Sweden before coming to the when a rower catches a crab: "Lie Rowing Club. "We should start United States in 1978. He still down in a hurry, and just let the winning regional events soon. We rows with a crew from the Bay oar go over your head." have a small pool of students, but Area Rowing Club. This semester, the Rice club what we lack in numbers we make The Rice club now owns two moved to Clear Lake, where it has up for in dedication." eight-crew boats, both about sixty a better practice environment as feet long. One is an older wooden well as a real boathouse. In addi- —Philip Montgomery

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Doerrs Endow Computational Engineering Chair in Honor of Professor Who Engineered Their Romance

Rice alumni in their early forties. Parents of a toddler. enthusiastic about what she was doing," Kennedy recalls. Northern California residents. This is not the profile of Romance blossomed, and the two were married in Rice University's typical million-dollar donors. 1978. Already an entrepreneur, John, a native of St. But it fits John Doerr'73 and Ann Howland Doerr'75, Louis, had started a software company during his sopho- who recently pledged $1 million toward establishing the more year. He completed a master's degree in electrical L. John and Ann H. Doerr Chair in Computational engineering at Rice in 1974 and an M.B.A. at Harvard in Engineering in honor ofProfessor Ken Kennedy,the man 1976. Ann, who grew up in Denver, earned a B.S. in who introduced them. electrical engineering in 1975 and an M.E.E.from Rice in "We view Ken as a fabulous professor, learned scholar, 1976. After Rice, Ann worked for Intel Corporation in and a wonderful friend of students," Ann Doerr says. the Silicon Valley. "Ken is a personal hero of ours," says John."He's had Recently, the couple moved to Palo Alto from San a fantastic impact on computing at Rice—in the best Rice Francisco, where John is a general partner in Kleiner tradition—across many disciplines, in both teaching and Perkins Caufield & Byers, which Personal Computing research. He's attracted terrific talent to Rice and served magazine has called "America's best-known venture capi- the community well. Ken taught much more than com- talist in the high-technology arena." After working for ten piler construction—he challenged us to achieve excel- years as manager of product marketing for Silicon Com- lence and showed how to make a difference." pilers in northern California, Ann now stays home to take Kennedy says that he did not just introduce the Doerrs care of the couple's three-year-old daughter, Mary. to each other. "I sort of fixed them up," he admits with Both Doerrs serve on the leadership committee for a hearty laugh. "I went to great lengths to get them Rice's Computational Engineering Campaign,which be- together because I thought they were right for each other. gan in May 1993. The campaign goal is to raise $45 I've never done that before or since." million—about $12 million to endow faculty positions, Kennedy, a professor in the computer science depart- graduate fellowships, and a postdoctoral teaching ap- ment, has taught at Rice since 1971. In his first effort as pointment; $1 million for equipment and research funds; matchmaker,the young professor tried to get John to call and $32 million for a building to house under one roofthe Ann. Kennedy told him Ann would be a good person to many components of the university's work in computa- help him with electrical engineering at KTRU, Rice's tional engineering. student-run radio station. Kennedy, a 1967 summa cum laude Rice graduate, will "He still has the piece of paper he wrote her name and be nominated to be the first holder of the Doerr chair. In number on," Kennedy says. "But he never got his act addition to teaching at Rice, Kennedy directs the together to call her." university's Center for Research on Parallel Computa- Undaunted, Kennedy switched his focus to Ann. He tion. In 1990,he was elected to the National Academy of persuaded her to become the volunteer electrician for Engineering for his work in parallel computer processing. Jones College, where she lived and where Kennedy was an In 1991, he was appointed to the President's Council of associate. The main job of the Jones College electrician Advisers on Science and Technology. was to keep the commons stereo system working."I told But those honors are not as touching as the gift from the her,'Don't worry, I'll get you the help you need.'" The Doerrs, Kennedy says. "In my life, I've received a lot of help he had in mind was John,who was a graduate student honors, but I never had a gift like this. It's the best thing at the time. Ann was a junior in Kennedy's electrical anyone ever did for me as a person." engineering 320 class. "She was particularly bright and —Carol Christian

Planning to Give Passage of the Tax Act of 1993 Partly in response to the tax changed the way many donors act, many of Rice's benefactors Faced with the pleasures and duties practice philanthropy. One of the have chosen to make their contri- of the holiday season, many people act's provisions increased the maxi- butions in the form of long-term put offend-of-year tax planning un- mum tax rate to 36 percent; for appreciated securities instead of til the last minute. The wiser course some taxpayers, surcharges will cash payments. Appreciated secu- is to begin tax preparations now. bring that rate to 39.6 percent. rities are stocks, bonds, or mutual Donors who wish to contribute to Donors in these new, higher brack- funds that have been owned Rice University or its programs may ets will discover that deductions longer than one year and have find that planning their gifts care- for charitable gifts made in 1994 risen in value. Rice receives the fully will both benefit Rice and will have greater value than in pre- full market value of these gifts, lower their federal income taxes. vious years. while the donor reaps tax advan-

36 Sallyport The Ultimate Challenge This is the Brown Challenge: If half The Brown Challenge has a tor of Annual Gifts. the members of your graduating dozen categories, but the $5,000 Altogether, through its chal- class make donations this calendar bonus for 50 percent class partici- lenge, The Brown Foundation year to Rice—any amount counts as pation is the only one in which contributes approximately $2.5 long as it comes in by December 31 Rice has failed to reach the million each year in matching and is not designated for any par- foundation's donation ceiling. funds, which are added to Rice's ticular use—the Brown Foundation Reaching the maximum in the endowment. of Houston will kick in $5,000. other eleven categories, by corn- "It's a wonderful tool in fund- Last year, forty-three classes met raising for undesignated gifts," this aspect of the Brown Challenge, Shapley says. "Other universities adding $215,000 to the univer- are very jealous. When we share sity's endowment. This year, if sev- this with them, they are just over- fl enty classes rallied to the cause, whelmed. Rice has been very for- er they could bring in $350,000— tunate to have had this challenge the Brown Foundation's maximum from 1976 to 1995." matching gift. With assets of $550 million, the :n That goal is attainable because Brown Foundation is one of the 3- the university has seventy-eight top twenty U.S. foundations in as- CC graduating classes, from its first in sets and giving. It was established 1916 through 1994. The best re- in the early 1950s by brothers Dr sponses to the Brown Challenge George R. Brown and Herman came in 1987 and 1993, when Brown, who, with Daniel Root, forty-three classes made it onto the founded Brown & Root Construc- 50 percent chart. Right now, class tion Company. P- chairs are busy preparing for the President Gillis has called the year-end push that has been part of foundation's support of Rice Rice fund-raising since the Brown "truly luminous." a- Challenge began in 1976. Part of Alumni who would like to help the push is the annual Alumni Rice secure the $350,000 match- ill Challenge Telefund, which ing gift from the Brown Founda- In Brown is scheduled this year for 6 p.m. to tion should respond by December Rife bent. actor. George R. Brown November 28 to December 31. Please send undesignated con- a- 9 p.m., 1 and December 5 to December 8. tributions to the Office of Devel- of On those evenings, alumni will opment, Rice University—MS 81, g. gather on campus in Allen Center parison, has been fairly easy. For 6100 Main Street, Houston, of to call fellow alums nationwide, example, Rice has had no difficulty Texas, 77005-1892. urging them to help their class meet raising a total of $50,000 from the For more information on the the 50 percent participation goal. five most recent graduating classes Annual Gifts Campaign or the of No graduating class after 1965, to bring in the foundation's four- Brown Challenge, call 527-4991. ig has met this goal in the Brown to-one maximum matching gift of Challenge's eighteen-year history. $200,000, says Jan Shapley, direc- —Carol Christian

tages that can be dramatic. return. Any unused portion of the sire, without dipping into cash For example, a person who con- charitable contribution can be car- assets. tri- tributes long-term capital gains ried forward for deduction in the Susie Stalcup, Rice's director property to Rice can deduct the five succeeding tax years. of Planned Giving, would be entire current value of the donated Giving appreciated property is happy to work with interested :u- asset rather than what he or she also a logical step for people who donors and their financial advis- ual originally paid for it. The donor own either low-yielding stocks or ers on making gifts of appreci- bypasses capital gains tax on the shares that have gained signifi- ated securities. For further in- increase in value of the asset and, cantly in value. Contributing these formation, call her at (713) Within the limits defined by the assets has little effect on donors' 527-4609. IRS, can apply the charitable de- day-to-day income and allows duction on the current year's tax them to make gifts when they de- —Polly Morrice

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New Directions for the ABA

Several years ago, the board of the Association of Rice tour led by a local alumnus in New York City, a perfor- Alumni made a commitment to diversifying its mem- mance by a quartet from the Shepherd School at a bership geographically. Since then, more alumni from holiday party in Dallas, a lecture on Chinese culture by outside Houston have be- Dr. Richard Smith at a Chi- come members of the nese restaurant in Chicago,a board, and more attention screening of The Trust by has been directed toward filmmaker Doug Killgore'70 enhancing Rice alumni pro- in Los Angeles, and a lesson grams across the country. on investing by Jones School Last year, the association professor Graeme Rankine sponsored more than sev- in Santa Fe. Area groups are enty-five events in cities also encouraging alumni to such as Seattle, Miami,An- ..,,,,a,..,/(.1.J2„/ take advantage of career chorage, and Denver, in- • workshops, to volunteer for creasing Rice's presence 16. ./1,„.6",;„,„ National Outreach Day, to where historically there has /17 help interview prospective been a dearth of alumni .46„„„. ' T., students for the Admission activity. The most success- .r./bianki h11 Office, and to host recep- ful area groups have con- ..nianhalan tions for new students. centrated on organizing a 'A „ The ARA continues to small number ofevents each work with the Athletics de- year, rather than sponsor- partment to offer out-of- ing more frequent, but less town alumni the opportu- 1 well attended events. nity to see Rice teams on the 3 In helping build alumni road during pregame recep- programs outside Houston, tions. Tailgate parties in Co- area group coordinator lumbus for the Rice-Ohio 1 Sean O'Connell and the State football game,in Tulsa ARA board have been for the Rice-ORU basket- guided by President Gillis's ball game, and in Austin for vision of what a successful the Rice-UT game, have alumni program should en- been wildly successful. compass. In particular, Dr. Much of the new ARA Gillis has suggested that an philosophy has been articu- alumni program should be lated at annual meetings of committed to furthering area group leaders in Hous- higher education,to devel- 1. ton. The gatherings, which oping a connection with Rice Alumni Irea Crimps are located across the I oiled have been held for the past current students, to play- States. In Texas, there are groups in Austin, Dallas, Fort two years(a third is planned ing a role in recruiting new Worth, Kerrville, San Antonio, and the Rio Grande Valley. for March 1995),give alumni students, and to serving as from different cities a chance a source of continuing education. to discuss what has worked and what hasn't with their The ARA board has begun to encourage area groups groups. As the ARA develops in new directions, the to move away from purely social events, toward events meetings will help coordinate the efforts of area group that foster a stronger connection with the university. leaders and will give all parties an opportunity to focus Several events in the past few years have reflected this more on the content and less on the minutiae ofalumni shift in emphasis, including an architectural walking events and activities.

Basketball Buffet

All alumni are invited to join fellow alums and friends for a buffet at Justin's Sports Bar before the Rice-A&M basketball game on Tuesday, January 17. Justin's is located in the Stouffer Renaissance Houston Hotel. The game * v starts at 7:35 P.M. at the Summit. For buffet cost and to RSVP, please call the Alumni Office at 527-4057.

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Staying Involved with Rice Out of Africa Rice alumni can stay involved with It has been five years since we last offered a trip to Kenya. This thir- the university through a number teen-day trip is well priced and a great opportunity for those who have of ARA programs and campus or- never experienced a journey to this land of unsurpassed wildlife and ganizations. A few of these oppor- splendid natural scenery. Your itinerary includes a two-night stay in tunities are highlighted below. For Nairobi, allowing you to relax after the long flight or to tour the city. a complete list of ways to stay in- Then explore the heart of East Africa in a six-passenger minibus. Your volved, call the Alumni Office at guaranteed window seat on the drive to the luxurious Sweetwaters (713) 527-4057. Tented Camp offers an unparalleled view of the Kikuyu country. Sur- rounded by 110,000 acres of varied terrain, Sweetwaters is home to Friends of Rice Theater provides herds of elephant, giraffe, buffalo, oryx, and zebra. You may also take a ongoing financial support for night game drive to see the many species of nocturnal animals in this Rice theater facilities and activities. area. During the next few days you will visit the Samburu Game Re- The group's membership includes serve and the Aberdare Country Club Wildlife Sanctuary as well as alumni of the Rice Players, faculty, Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha, located in the Great Rift Valley. and staff. In the past, the Friends These lakes are famous for their abundant bird life, have underwritten residential including flamingos. The last stop on your college productions and invited great travel adventure is the Masai Mara noncollegiate acting troupes to Game Reserve in the northern part campus. Call Joe Lockett at of the Serengeti, one of Kenya's (713) 527-4027 for additional premier game viewing areas. information. While in the Masai Mara, you may choose an Black Alumni Association sponsors optional excursion programs and events for black to Lake Victoria or alumni and students. Call the enjoy an exciting Alumni Office at(713) 527-4057 hot air balloon for additional information. flight over the Mara. An op- Rice Business Networking orga- tional seven- nizes seminars on business-related day extension topics and publishes a networking to Tanzania directory for members of the Rice is available. community. Call the Alumni Of- fice at (713) 527-4057 for additional information. For more info contact: Rice Gay and Lesbian Association Rose Sundin sponsors programs and social ac- Office of Alumni Affairs tivities for gay, lesbian, and bi- MS 520 sexual Rice alumni and their fami- Rice University lies and provides support to the P.O. Box 1892 student group Gays and Lesbians Houston, TX 77251-1892 of Rice (GALOR). Call Don Baker (713) 527-4678 at(713) 285-5491 for additional information.

Rice Design Alliance stimulates public awareness and discussion of the urban environment through seminars, a lecture series, design exhibitions, and an annual architectural tour. Membership includes two issues of Cite, a magazine that spotlights important issues of city life and provides a forum for architectural critique. Call Linda Sylvan at(713) 524-6297 for additional information.

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two years of marriage. He had enjoyed looking after the farms they had. They moved to Missouri City Classnotes profile when they married in 1930. Herbert Cecil Taylor 1920 Lillie has had an active life passed away on July 10, but is not quite so active 1994. He considered him- The obituary ofHugh Raleigh McKean'22 that right now. I know readers of self the oldest living alum- appeared in the June/July Sallyport prompted Classnotcs enjoy hearing nus of Rice. His grand- this Classnote from J. Ray Peterson. He origi- about our classmates. daughter, Patricia Taylor nally sent it to Mrs. Ruth McKean Both were at our sixti- Grandjean, is married to Dr. Jacob, Hugh's eth reunion in 1990. Burke Dorn Grandjean'71 daughter: Here are some more lost (Wiess), who informed us of "I was quite interested to see your article in the class members. If you have Mr. Taylor's death. [Note: any information, please let Rice alumni magazine about your father, Hugh. J. Ray Peterson Ike Sanders '16 of Tyler, I knew him well—I also grew up in Rosenberg, me know: Mildred Louise Texas, is Rice's oldest living Texas—and I was also in the fifth class at Rice, graduating in Long, Aliece Makeig, alumnus.] 1920. James N. McClelland, "Hugh was, indeed, an exceptionally fine student and athlete in Jessie Lee McCoy, and both high school and college. I remember that my father—V. L. Edith Myrtle McDonald. Peterson, who was superintendent of schools in Rosenberg—was especially interested in Hugh. When I graduated in 1916, Dad took 1928 me to Houston to try to get me admitted to the newly started Rice Institute. (I think that the principal reason for his choice of Rice was Douglas Alden Buchholz that there was NO tuition.) At any rate,though! did have to take some 1931 died June 22, 1994, in Dal- entrance examinations, I did get accepted. las, Texas. He spent most of "I'm pretty sure, also, that Dad was involved in helping Hugh get Class Recorder: his working career with into Rice. I remember how much he admired Hugh. Anne Cornelius McCulloch Mosher Steel Co. in Dallas, "In 1990, my wife and! went to the seventieth reunion of my 1920 2348 Shakespeare from which he retired in Houston, TX 77030 1969.He is survived by many Rice class. There were only about a dozen still living—and only three loved ones. of us attended the reunion. However, while there I inquired about Hugh and was given his address. When I got back home I wrote him. He replied, and during the next few years we corresponded several times. He sent me some pictures of his family. We exchanged Christ- 1032 mas cards for several years. I'm sorry that I did not learn of his death until I saw your article. Class Recorder: "Your article mentioned Hugh's membership in the first Texas Boy Chris Hoover Class Recorder: Scout troop. Perhaps you may be interested in a copy ofan old picture 5318 Meadow Lake Lane Lucille Davis Rulfs ofthis troop that appeared in a Fort Bend Co. publication.(My sister, Houston, TX 77056 3304 Albans Georgia, had saved it.) I was in the Houston, TX 77005 picture. Could it be that Hugh is in it, too? In 1911,1 was ten years old—I presume Hugh would have Class recorder Lucille Davis been twelve.(Incidentally, the 1909 date of Hugh's graduation from Ruffs writes: high school must be an error.) Hi! I talked to two oi "Like Hugh, I was employed by a 11133 large corporation right after our classmates. Evelyn M. college. Mine was AT&T. I worked, mostly in St. Louis but also in Kuhn Hake (M.A., 1932) Class Recorder: New York and Washington, D.C., 2 has lived at the Hallmark for for some forty-two years before Willie Mae Chapman Cole twenty-two years—longer retiring. I was married to Ruth Nicolson for some 2414 Chimney Rock than anyone else. Evelyn fifty-five years. Since her death in 1979, I have Houston, TX 77056 spent forty-two years at Rice been married again, to Marian Alexander; we (713) 782-9509 and is lecturer cmcrita in bi- now live in Jefferson City, Mo.,and spend three ology. She is very happy keeping busy with garden to four months in southern Ariz. Between us, and flower arranging for we have three sons, nine grandchildren, and public rooms. There are a fifteen great-grandchildren. Visiting them— good many Rice people liv- they are scattered over the U.S.A., and one is 10341 ing at the Hallmark,she says. in the Netherlands—is the principal activity of She is the last of her family. our lives. Class Recorder: Lillie Veal Dew "I want to Elliott Flowers Brinkman has three chil- thank you and Sallyport for the 3330 Del Monte dren, four grandchildren, nice article. It brought back fond memories." Houston, TX 77019 and five great-grandchildren. (713) 524-4404 Her husband died two years Hugh Raleigh McKean ago. Before he died, they were able to celebrate sixty-

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40 Sallyport Class recorder Elliott Flow- at local high schools and in- County Trailblazers Walk- both members. ers writes: terview prospective enroll- ing Club. Her recent travel Nadine and Roger have As of July 1, we had re- ees. schedule included trips to lived in Horseshoe Bay for ceived replies to our recent 1936 Since members of our Scotland and Ireland in May twelve years. They have three questionnaire from over class choose to keep mum and Nova Scotia in Sept., children—a son in Houston forty of our classmates ad- Class Recorder: about their news and activi- and she will go to New who has three girls; a daugh- vising us of their intentions Beulah Axelrad Yellen ties and do not choose to Zealand early next year. ter in Dallas with a boy and to attend our sixtieth reunion 9406 Cliffwood Drive communicate with their class An interesting news re- a girl; and a son, Dan '71 this fall. A great majority plan Houston, TX 77096 reporter, I have no choice lease and picture in our (Hanszen),who finished the to attend, and, as you might (713) 723-7318 but to report on other Rice Kerrville Daily Times re- Juilliard School of Drama suspect, those unable to at- alumni with whom I have cently caught my eye about and is now getting his Ph.D. tend are unable to do so Class recorder Beulah contact or about whom I a Major Leonard Jeffery, who at Rutgers. because of illness, distance, Axelrad Yellen writes: hear! lives here in Kerrville and Prior to retiring and etc. Kingsland Arnold and So happy to see that Gale who was to be honored at moving to the lake country, I have been most im- Mary Bentley Arnold's two Erwin Nevill '28 and his the next Texas Retired Of- Roger was employed as man- pressed by the answers to sons,John Arnold'63 (Will wife, Beryl,have moved back ficers Assn. (T.R.O.A.) ager ofthe West Texas Divi- our questionnaire relating to Rice) and his wife, Helen, to Kerrville (1032 Edin- meeting. The major spoke sion of Shell Pipeline Co. education,descendants, and and Leslie Arnold '61 burgh St.,78028; telephone on his public relations expe- interests. Nearly halfof those (Baker),visited them the lat- 210-257-4631). After his riences with the United Na- responding continued their ter part of July. retirement from Cameron tions' peacekeeping forces education following Rice or So sorry to hear of the Iron Works, they moved stationed in Macedonia and obtained advanced degrees. death of Frank Smith, Jr. from Houston to Kerrville also as spokesperson for the I wonder how many ofthose '37, who died July 1,1994. in 1970. After several years casualties returning from 1938 continued because they Selma Autrey Lewis they moved to Fla. to be U.N. action in Mogadishu, could not get a job follow- Ballanfant'35 died on July near their son, Dr. Gale Somalia. Class Recorder ing their days at Rice. This 3, 1993. Erwin Nevill, Jr.'54 (B.S., I figured he must surely Coordinators: group of 40-plus had 66 1955; MS., 1957) and his be the son of Geane Margaret Millsap Dunlap children,109 grandchildren, family. Erwin, Jr., and his Brogniez Jeffery '46 and and Henry Dunlap and 19 great-grandchildren. wife, both Ph.D.'s, gradu- Leonard ("Jeff") Jeffery P.O. Box 79 It is gratifying to find out ated from Rice and Stanford. '50,who also live here(1501 Wimberley, TX 78676 that family interests, partici- Erwin, Jr., is currently on Sheppard Rees Rd., 78028; (512) 847-2162 pation in church affairs, ex- 1937 the faculty of the U. of Fla. telephone 210-257-6458), ercise, and volunteering are in Gainesville. and it turned out to be true. Class Recorders: so important to our genera- Class Recorder: After Rice, Gale '28 What an interesting family! Dorothy Williams Jcnett tion. It is also good to know Mary Jane Hale Rommel spent several years in the Gcane, his mother, a mem- 2534 Yorktown, Apt. 171 that interest in life and hard 504 Fairway Drive—Riverhill military,seeing action in the ber of OWLS. at Rice, Houston, TX 77056-4833 work, as well as patience and Kerrville, TX 78028 southwest Pacific arena. Af- graduated in 1946 and has (713)961-4161 tolerance,are also important. (210) 896-4310 ter the war, he joined figured prominently in Rice One of our classmates said Cameron Iron Works; and alumni affairs ever since, Zelda Keeper Rick that his main interest is Class recorder Mary Jane during the following years both in Houston and 3219 Las Palmas watching pretty girls. Oth- Hale Ronunel writes: he served as president ofthe Kerrville. Houston, TX 77027-5726 ers arc more interested in Attention Texas Hill Engineers'Council ofHous- Geanc's volunteer ser- (713) 830-9478 golf, bridge,gin rummy,ten- Country Alumni. Les Cave, ton and as chair ofthe Petro- vice has made an impressive nis, and travel. Several of from the Rice Office of De- leum Division of the Ameri- impact on such organizations Class recorder coordinators our classmates married Rice velopment, visited Kerrville can Institute of Mechanical as the Girl Scouts ofAmerica, Margaret Millsap Dunlap graduates, and their com- recently. As a result of this Engineers (A.I.M.E.). the American Red Cross,and and Henry Dunlap (M.A., ments about their spouses visit, a number of local The Kerrville Area the Institute ofInternational 1939; Ph.D., 1941) write: are still very kind. I wish that alumni were inspired to ex- Chamber of Commerce had Education (I.I.E.); and she The June issue of the space permitted me to copy pand our Kerrville alumni an interesting affair in July is devotedly involved with News Bulletin of the Texas all of the comments I re- representation to include when it held its annual Se- St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Retired Teachers Assn. ceived, but the replies will alumni residing in neighbor- nior Job/Opportunity Fair where she is on the vestry. showed an attractive photo- be available at our reunion. ing Hill Country towns. at the municipal auditorium. She has also served as chair- graph of Marie Liverman All in all, we have a wonder- Using the printout of Several Rice alumni helped person of the Hill Country Burns with the scholarship ful class and a bunch ofwell- Hill Country alumni that Les with arrangements that were Rice Alumni Assn. comm.of the Houston Assn. rounded classmates. sent us, a group of us—in- handled by the retirement After he graduated from of Retired Teachers, which One piece of trivia may cluding Jim Younts '32, marketing comm. of the Rice, Jeff worked with Gulf awarded two scholarships in be of interest. Out of 155 Hershul Jones '36, John chamber. Prominent among Oil Co. and Pipeline Tech- 1994 to students working active members ofour class, Yeager '36, Mary Marga- participants was Marjorie nologists, Inc. Later, he toward a teacher's degree. about 125 reside in Texas, ret Raymond Mayfield'40, Peters '40 (201-3 Manor spent several years with Fluor Marie is a past president of and 65 ofthose live in Hous- and me—arc setting up a Dr., 78028;telephone 210- Ocean Services and Bechtel the Houston A.R.T. ton. The balance live in 14 master list of alumni living 895-1395 ), who has repre- Petroleum. After retiring, he Virginia Sprague of states and Mexico. Over 60 nearby. It would be most sented Rice in many positive moved to Kerrville in 1985, Davis, Calif., spent the first are lost or otherwise unavail- helpful if some of you who ways during her thirty-two where he is deeply involved week ofJuly at a Great Books able, and 186 are deceased. live in this area would re- years in this community. in community affairs. He has Seminar on the campus of If! remember correctly, we spond and join in our under- Marge served several served on the vestry at St. Colby College in Maine and had 200 active members at taking. years as president ofthe Hill Peter's Church and has been the next week at an the time ofour fifty-fifth re- With so many of us out Country Rice Alumni Assn. president ofthe board of St. elderhostel in N.H. union. here, there is no reason why She was the principal of the Peter's Day School. Last March, Dorothy Rice shouldn't have a much Hunt Independent School While visiting friends in Williams Jenett wrote these stronger image and impact District elementary school Horseshoe Bay near Austin comments about changes she in this part of the state. We for a number of years and is recently, I had the pleasure and her husband,EricJenett would certainly benefit from now a popular member of of a reunion with Nadine '46, observed in China: "I the standpoint of recruit- the Dictert Claim Senior Hoke Guthrie, who is mar- first went to China in 1978 1135 ment of outstanding stu- Citizens Activity Center in ried to Roger Guthrie. We with a group headed by Rice dcnts if we were better iden- Kerrville. Her activities and enjoyed reminiscing about professor of Asian Studies Class Recorder: tified. I am personally aware community support are in- our days at Rice, particularly Dr. Rich Smith. I had taken William Storey of this since I serve as a Rice volved with the Youth Ranch our association with the several courses on China 8600 Skyline Drive recruiter at "College Night" Auxiliary and the Kerr P.A.L.S., of which we were No. 1043 Dallas, TX 75243-4158 (214) 503-1931

Winter '94-'95 41 from him, even a Chinese of Bloomsbury laid out in the members decided to take and they are looking for- refresh our friendships, language course. That was Professor George Williams's a trip to San Jose,Costa Rica. ward to the reunion. He said which have lasted more than fun, though I confess that I book, Guide to Literary Lon- The landing strip in San Jose he called Bob Purcell(MA., fifty years, and to enjoy the was not the hottest linguist don. They saw Miss Saigon in surrounded by mountains. 1941) and suggested they wonderful fresh air ofSmith in the class. Then,in China, and Sunset Boulevard and At landing time it was dark, have a walk-around lun- Co., the roadside wildflow- Mao was everywhere. It was enjoyed visiting Edinburgh raining, and foggy. After cheon so that we can have a ers, and Dick's fried catfish. drab and depressing, both and Loch Lomond. three aborted landing at- chance really to visit with "For the fifteen years sexes in those unflattering Planning to visit Spain, tempts, we finally ended up everyone there. Good idea. prior to that, we met at the Mao suits. Only the children Robert Rick '35(B.A. and in the middle of the night in All of you—please try to Excelsior Hotel in Jefferson, wore beautiful colors. We B.S.) and Zelda Keeper Rick Cali, Colombia (the drug make the luncheon. antiquing and browsing in visited two communes. At started in Barcelona and capital of the world). After that interesting little city. All one was a hospital,with bare- never got any farther. A fas- much confusion, we were three of us hated Math 100 foot doctors. Acupuncture cinating city, bigger than finally placed on ancient but continue to be grateful was the big thing. Our fear- Houston, it is so laid back buses(without our luggage) for an excellent education at less leader, who had a miser- that you'd think you were in and taken to a hotel???? There a wonderful school and for iii able cough, volunteered to a village. Barcelonans was very interesting activity friendships established there. fr be a patient. One treatment (Catalunyans) have a very (including gunshots) all We have already set the date and he was cured! The sec- different culture from other night outside our hotel. We Class Recorders: to meet again next April—at ond commune had, as its parts ofSpain—different lan- finally reached our destina- Julia Taylor Dill Bluebird Hill." Thanks, moneymaker, a distillery. guage, different customs, tion and had a great trip, but 7715 Hornwood Helen, for your newsy When we sampled the po- marvelous architecture. it is one that has been the Houston, TX 77036 note—sounds like fun! a tent brew it nearly blew our The Class of'38 reunion talk of Beaumont. (713) 774-5208 Here arc some interest- ni heads off and left us glassy- comm. is working on plans A note from Herb Jack- ing figures from the 1994 eyed, subdued, and docile. for an informal get-together son saying that his sister, Wanda Hoencke Spaw Rice U. Class of'40 listing: ht "In 1982, Eric and I of our class next spring. Laurie Jackson Mahoney 5614 Inwood 183 are alive and interested, ti were in China again, on the Watch for further word on '45, and her husband, Houston, TX 77056 136 are deceased,and 47 arc first day of the 'Free Mar- this—Zelda. Walter, came from their (713)622-9845 lost; 116 classmates re- di ket'—anyone could sell any- home in Victoria, Texas, to sponded with minisketches thing and keep the money. celebrate thcir forty-ninth Class corccorders Julia Tay- for our Book of Memories. Everyone was hopeful,ener- wedding anniversary and lor Dill and Wanda Since we have not heard from getic,and happy. Friendship Herb's birthday. Helen, Hoencke Spaw write: about 78 classmates,you may Stores were for the first time Herb's wife, is very active in As this issue goes to be hearing from us in the fr open to the native Chinese, 1931 the genealogical society;and, press, we have just learned near future. Better yet, save who were going wild over if you are interested, I bet that Thomas Wier (M.A., us a call and drop us a line! in the ties and the beautiful silk Class Recorder she would enjoy sharing in- 1942; Ph.D., 1943) has lost cloth. Coordinator: formation with you. his wife, Margery, who suf- Richard Brannon and his 0l. "In 1993,for over three Dorothy Zapp I sent out four letters a fered many years with the wife, Mary, have recently an weeks Eric and I crisscrossed Forristall- Brown couple of days ago (includ- debilitating disease multiple made a major contribution tl China again,excited and fas- 1250 Oakcrest Circle ing a stamped, return-ad- sclerosis. Margery died July to Rice Athletics, according vi cinated by the great changes Beaumont, TX 77706 dressed envelope)and asked 4. Our sympathies are with to Director of Athletics fr in everything. Pollution was (409) 892-1048 that classmates please write our classmate Tom and his Bobby May. The Brannons SC very low. Millions of trees something, anything on the family. have funded a perpetual are planted every year in Class Recorders: bottom ofthe letter to let us We received the follow- scholarship from a gift to the China, and laws arc helping Lee Blocker know how they are doing. I ing delightful report this athletic endowment. Rich- to control environmental 125 Sailfish anxiously await the postman summer from Helen Nolen ard played football for the problems. The economy has Austin, TX 78734 each day. If this produces Greve: "Elizabeth Steele Owls in 1938 and 1939 and turned around due to for- results, I will continue send- Doyle and her husband, Ri- has been encouraged by the eign investment, joint ven- Bob and Evelyn ing out four to six letters chard ("Dick") Doyle, live recent success ofall the teams ture projects,etc. The people Junker Purcell prior to each column's date. in a big house on a beautiful at Rice. He sends his regards are highly intelligent, ener- 5102 Valerie Please let me hear from you. farm they call Bluebird Hill to all of his former class- getic, resourceful, friendly, Bellaire, TX 77401 No news, no column. I had just outside Lindale, Texas. mates and encourages them and eager to be a part,at last, a wonderful surprise yester- There's a vegetable garden, to support athletics at Rice ofthe rest ofthe world.They Sam and Frances day afternoon (July 13, a big pond stocked with cat- in similar fashion. Thc are a huge economic force. Flanagan Bethea 1994). The phone rang,and fish, a small pond stocked Brannons are longtime resi- We ignore them at our peril. 309 Burnet Dr. Butler Perryman was on the with bait, and an assortment dents of Everett, Wash. We watch with real concern Baytown, TX 77520 line (one of my four letters). offields with horses,cows, a the development ofChina, a It was so great to hear pony, and a quail run. land of more than two bil- Marian Smedes Arthur his voice. Butler, as you "In the 1940s, Libbie lion people, with many prob- 5806 Glen Falls Lane know, missed our reunion worked for a while at the lems similar to our own." Dallas, TX 75209 last year as he had a quad- W. H. Curtin & Co., along Thanks, Dorothy, and ruple bypass operation last with Jessie Belle Schmidt 1041 thanks also to Zelda Keeper Floy King Rogde Aug. Butler says he is feeling Sprague '41 and me. Both Rick for these notes: 7480 Beechnut #337 great and is looking forward Libbic and I were in the Class Class Recorder: George Hughes trav- Houston, TX 77074 to this year and seeing every- of '40. All three of us had Mary Austin eled to England and France one. He says he sold his busi- successful careers long be- 7230 Ridge Oak Dr. for the fiftieth anniversary Class recorder coordinator ness, Gannon Manufactur- fore the days ofwomen's lib, Houston, TX 77088-5303 of D day ceremonies. He Dorothy Zapp Forristall- ing Co., Inc.( manufacture during the war years and af- (713)937-9040 saw the great parachute Brown writes: and market industrial trac- terwards. All three of us jump.George spent two days These Classnotes have to tor attachments), on June married; Li bbie had two Mary Austin is now class in London, cruised the be in by July 15. I have not 30. His son, Steven, who daughters, and I had one. recorder for the Class of'41. Thames, then cruised the heard from any of you, and joined the company in 1976, "For the last five years, She hopes members of the Seine to Paris. today is July 4. I hope all of will stay on to operate the we girls and our husbands, class will write or call her When Ben Greenwood you are having great vaca- company,and Butler will still together with several others with their news. She looks '35 (B.A. and B.S.) and tion trips. Please let us know be a consultant. The com- who also worked at W. H. forward to hearing from each Martha Bartels Green- what you have been doing. pany has a branch in Seguin, Curtin & Co., have gotten and every one of you. wood traveled to England The couples investment club Texas. They have leased their together on the Doyle farm and Scotland last summer, that I started in 1964 made condo in San Antonio. His for three days every spring they followed a walking tour some money this year, and wife, Virginia, is just fine, to reminisce but mostly to

42 Sallyport visit as well. Heading back Class recorder Elizabeth Allen missed it because of a to San Miguel this Aug., we Land Kaderli writes: sudden illness, but world plan with other SMA locals As promised, Lamar travelers Jim Hargrove and 1941 to get ready for the second High in Houston had its Marion Smith Hargrove Rice alumni tour this year, fifty-fifth anniversary in May were there in great shape except, of course, for Class Recorder: Class Recorder: in the early fall. Here and in at the Junior League, and it Marion's laryngitis. What a Doris Ehlinger Anderson Oscar N. Hibler, Jr. Mexico, we do a lot of read- was impressive. Many who went to time not to be able to talk! 5556 Cranbrook 10306 Sugar Hill Drive ing and hiking. went to Lamar also tell And,so help me, that's all I Houston, TX 77056 Houston, TX 77042-1546 "Leadership Houston, Rice, and I'm about to can come up with. But that's (713) 871-8099 (713) 782-4499 an organization of which I you who made it for the oc- was one of the founders casion. I'm also bound to a pretty fair accounting. I was for not having another Class recorder Doris Class recorder Oscar N. in 1981, awarded me their have left somebody out,and has one. Too much is stirred up; Ehlinger Anderson writes: Hibler, Jr., writes: first Lifetime Achievement I'm sorry, but, hey! it but,for the most part,people We have a guest editor The following interest- Award and named the award been fifty-five years,and faces changed, did not agree, and we may this issue. I sat next to Louise ing account was received after me. Quite a momen- and figures have be headed for another in a Loose Levy on a tour to from Dr. June Siegert tous event for me, since I and I got lost in the mist. So couple of years. Brenham to visit the Reds' Holly-Harrison: "Starting had just retired and thought here goes— Only a few more items, new country home. Louise with more recent news, my all the honor type things were Number one on the list and they are sad. We lost ticked off more news of our husband (Bill [William] T. a thing ofthe past. Bill and I is Nancy Allen Blakemore engineered Hancel Langham Evans on class than I could take down. Harrison, M.D.)and! spent are having a great time in Renaud, who invaluable June 12, 1994, in Mont- I asked her to write it all a pleasant evening at a din- retirement, keeping very ac- the project with gomery, Ala. Beautiful down, and she very gra- ner party with Lib Potter tive in volunteer activities assistance from Katharine May- Hance!! I can sec her now at ciously sent the following: Roach Gardner and her both in Houston and San Cameron Corscaden, Evelyn Archi-Arts all in white satin, "Ann Gordon,widow of husband, Bob, and savored Miguel, traveling (on as bell Smith Harris, and Ann plumes in her black, black Hugh Gordon, broke her the happy reunion. Lib and many Rice alumni tours as Smith Murphy, there, hair.! don't remember what foot—her huge dog stepped Bob spend some time at their possible), and hearing and Tuck Williams. I was country she represented. on it. Sara Nan Snoddy delightful summer home in seeing as much fine music and so was Evelyn Simmons a Russia? Grand anyway. Peterson and Tony Peter- Galveston. I've talked with and theater as time will al- Cooper, with whom I had who Grand. son '49 just about covered Lois Lee Qualtrough Pe- low. We especially enjoy the friendly dispute about We also lost our star themselves with glory help- den and had a letter from Shepherd School of Music had come the farthest—me Distinguished ing her. Even had a dinner Robyn Moncrief Oldham and are planning with two of from Calif., she from Ore. scholar and 1994 Alumnus, Jess party at her house so she from her home in Davidson, the school's graduates But then there were no on June 23, wouldn't go 'stir crazy.' N.C. Both arc well, enjoy- (Rodica Oancea Weber'90 prizes,so who the heck cares. Bessinger, 1994, in R.I. The New Teti Tony is a retired steel con- ing life. Lib, Robyn, Lois [M.Mus.] and Mihaela Willa Marie (Dado) June 28 carried his tractor whose main interests Lee, and I used to celebrate Oancea Frusina '92 Burnham Coffman was Times of can all be glad are investments, hunting, our Nov. birthdays together, [Wiess], both splendid vio- there looking chic, as was obituary. We fiftieth in Oct. and golf. He and Sara Nan and we had a 'sewing club' linists with degrees from the Joyce Kimbell Brannon, he made our professo- have two children and four that included Nell Poole Shepherd School) a concert who looks so like her mother He had a fabulous left many a grandchildren. Wood and some Rice grads in San Miguel and one in it's amazing! Also saw rial career and him, "Mary Martha Head- from other classes. Little Queretaro in late Aug. Tommy Stovall, Betty student remembering Clements has a new sewing, much fun and talk! "Our combined families Ruth Robbins Tomfohrde I'm certain. rick of us wishing to New York City grandbaby— "I saw several other (five children and families and John Tomfohrde, and Those to Rice in Jess's doing fine! She waited for classmates at lunch at that include ten grandchil- Bill Schleier (I can still see donate memory can send their con- the baby in D.C. with her Vargo's the other day—Ha- dren) live in Mexico City, him sitting on the side of his tributions to the Jess B. son and his family—then flew zel Dupree Andersen, Phoenix, Fort Worth, Illi- hospital bed with his jaws Jr., Memorial to N.Y. when the mama Josephine Parks Bartlett, nois, and Houston, so we wired shut after an awful ac- Bessinger, Donna Yeager, her. Evelyn Marquart Greer, have busy Christmas and cident that happened on the Fund, c/o needed University, Office of "Camille Dockery Coralie Durno Kelley, birthday seasons trying to way to Lamar's senior pic- Rice 81,P.O. Simpson and Ray Simpson Mary Jo Pressly Luster, celebrate with them all. The nic. He just smiled, kind of, Development—MS Box 1892, Houston, Texas (B.S., CENG., 1947) Ruth Whitson Marsh, major Mexican celebration and waved.) Grace Picton '44 77251-1892; telephone have been very busy flying Mine van Meldert Reineke, for Christmas season is on Wise has a beautiful home in (713) 527-4676. about the land visiting their and Anna Louise Fox Epiphany (Jan. 6), so that Houston now and commutes children. Tables can be Young. (Two who were spreads the celebration from between here and N.Y. and turned—they kept the big missing from this regular early Dec. to way into the looks exactly the same. house to have family come— lunch bunch were Dorothy new year." Also saw Damon Slator but they get to visit, too. Holland Holt and Sara We have settled down to '48; Dorothy Stakemiller Martin Phenicie Then had holding our mini-reunions Feagin, elegant in a black "Ann Pressly Poynter.) '47 on a quarterly basis and wel- suit, thin (darn it!); and 1944 and Johnny Phenicie a gooil visit with Kathryn is are busy 'retiring.' A new Stansbury Cunningham, come all of our classmates Charlie Steffler'48, who bay house and a possible lake here on a visit from Conn. who would like to attend. not thin,and his "used wife" Class Recorder: house are on the drawing with her husband, Chuck. Just give me a call for the (his phrase, not mine), a Larry Hermes board.(Note: Our hearts go "Bill and I live six time and date of the next pretty woman named Mar- 2028 Albans Road 77005 out to Ann on the death of of each year in San one. garet; and Meredith James Houston, TX months her sister in June.) Ann was Miguel dc Allende, Mexico Drop me a note and let with his faithful video cam- (7131 529 2009 an English major when she (in three-month incre- me know what you have been era,sneaking around getting graduated from Rice. She ments), and had the special doing so I can print your shots of people eating car- now describes herself as a fun of helping to plan a Rice news in a future Classnotcs rots(the food was excellent, mother, homemaker,grand- there last Sept. column. by the way) and the tables alumni tour mother, and 'professional' It was really gala time for abloom with red and blue a volunteer.She and John met Bill and mc, and we loved balloons. Bill Mackey and at Rice and have lived in 'second city' his wife were not there be- showing offour Wyo., three times in Tulsa, to a Rice friends. cause they were in Africa Class Recorder: group of and five times in Houston. Betty Malone Feehan '44 getting their lower lips Jack Joplin Drive, Ph 1 They are here to stay, she arranged the trip along with 311 stretched. (Nah! not really. 5001 Woodway says. Ann and John, vice the Rice They were shooting el- Houston, TX 77056-1707 Rose Sundin from president of Amoco for we had a Class Recorder: ephants. Nah! not really. (713)960-1582 (home) Alumni office, and twenty-six years, have five lot preview Elizabeth Land Kaderli Nobody shoots elephants (713) 498-6331 (office) of fun on their children: John, Bill, Tom, 4693 Adra Way anymore). Hester Stewart Oceanside,CA 92056-5143 (619) 724-7652

Winter '94-'95 43 Martha, and Jim. A grand- World War II. He was presi- mother of nine,Ann has still dent of the Class of'46 and found time for many activi- now is port captain of the ties; she has been on the Waikiki Yacht Club, on the Tulsa Library Commission, board of Adventures Club, the Tulsa Medical Center the symphony, etc. 1040 Classnotes profile Board,served as president of "Speaking of slim and the River Oaks Blossom trim and lovely—you should John T. Patillo '43 sent an article from the May 28, 1994, Dallas Club, and was honored as a see Madge West Jones's tan! Morning News about David Otto Eisenlohr (M.A., 1950). The Junior League ofTulsa Vol- Tennis, tennis." article,entitled "Soft-Spoken Warrior" and written by Ed Housewright, unteer of the Year. Her hap- Louise stopped here af- piest memories of Rice, she ter burning their lunch but described the Eisenlohr family's efforts to honor David 0. Eisenlohr, says, were special pals, spe- not without commenting who was wounded at Normandy beach during World War II. Dr.John cial friends, good learning, that she had Rice visitors in E. Eisenlohr '50, David's brother, and David Warren Eisenlohr, and meeting John! June—the daughter of David's nephew and John's son, were quoted in the story, which tells "Mary Lib (Vick) Karen Hess Rogers '68 how the younger Eisenlohr got David 0.'s Bronze Star from the Army, Thornhill,our Texas Ex grad (Jones) and Arthur Rogers Rice alum,had a one-person '67 (Will Rice) graduated put it with the Purple Heart and other medals David 0.received during art show in Austin, presti- from Princeton, and the the war, and returned them to him as a surprise during a family trip to gious and successful,in May. Rogers visited the Levys Normandy to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of D day. David Mary Lib is married to G. nearby. Louise assures us she 0. had given the medals to his nephew for show-and-tell when the Felder("Scoop") Thornhill. will be back in Houston in younger David was in grade school. She is an artist and a de- Nov. after a summer in Eu- signer. Her main interests: rope: going to Austria in July Eisenlohr, drafted while attending Rice, was shot while digging heritage art-art placement and Spain in Sept. foxholes on the Normandy beach. He was a member of the 90th and tennis, bridge, travel, I went to Spain in May Division, 358th Infantry. Eisenlohr has always been modest and historic places—and estab- with the St. Martins's group, reticent about his accomplishments, his nephew said, but the younger lishing English as our and the St. Luke's Presbyte- David thinks the older David deserves as much recognition as possible. country's official language. rian group from Houston "I think it's extraordinary that people like my uncle, who is one of "Pat West Houck and stayed in the same hotel at Harvey are busy hunting the same time accidentally. the kindest, gentlest people you'd ever meet, were willing to respond birds all over the world and When I returned Houston to their country's call. They went, not because they wanted to, but playing and watching tennis looked so lush—and my to- because they needed to. matches. They are hard to mato won first place in the "Perhaps it sounds corny, but we're free today because they did keep up with. She is still so Tanglewood Garden Club that." trim and thin and lovely. She competition. says she does lots of volun- On the trip to France, the two Davids were accompanied by David teer work,especially with the Warren's wife; two young sons; and his parents, John and Marty. Bluebird Circle. She enjoys David Otto and John are the sons of Otto H. Eisenlohr '19. tennis, bridge, and travel. She and Harvey have three children. 1047 "Martha Nunn Ul- bricht'47 and Herb are truly Class Recorder: settled at Canyon Lake. She Emily Butler Osborn is a really avid golfer and 54 Lake Rd. loves the climate—except the P.O. Box 537 deer are eating her plantings! Lake Jackson, TX 77566 "Mildred McCall Pike (M.A., 1948), widow of Eugene Fike, returned to Houston last year, and she is back at the old stand—politics and cats. She joined the '46 Committee for our big reunion. Her race horses are Class Recorder: a thing of the past. Many Elleanor Graham Tyng winners, too. Mildred loves 3455 Overbrook to recall when her father was Houston, TX 77027 the head lineman for Rice (713)622-5241 when Phil Arbuckle was EN NOMMACE coach.(The score was 103- A 11108 L1BERATEUR8 3—Rice, of course!) DE8 9 T 1;10.. DIVISION "Richard Bunker in FAX111 LE. 80.. ANNIVER8A1RE. Hawaii is eagerly anticipat- DU 17 dU1N 1844 ing the reunion. Definitely 1040 Lt 1 001111004 • going to come—and win the 'came the farthest'category! Class Recorder: VVho else out there? Dick Mary Jane Mondshine sends alohas from Hawaii, Abbey David Otto Eisenlohr where he retired in 1985 af- 8107 Leader ter thirty years as executive Houston, TX 77036-5615 V.P. for the American Can- cer Society in the Pacific area, Class recorder Mary Jane Hawaii, and Ariz. What a Mondshine Abbey writes: place to live with a sailboat! Getting together to plan You might have guessed he the Golden Anniversary served with the Navy in Scholarship as well as our

It Sallyport forty-fifth class reunion has Bowl, beating N.C. and English at Western Ky. U.in teacher of banking law in caused lots of letters to be "Choo-Choo" Justice 27- Bowling Green. She has had our sense. I guess the fact exchanged. One letter came 13. It was a great year! Some nine books published; one, that all of my teaching and all the way from Nagoya, ofthe players from that team 1953 The Women in the Mirror, writing focused on closely Japan. Mitsu Kobayashi who are making the reunion won the Iowa Fiction Award. related subjects (securities Iwata hopes to come to plans are Van Ballard, Class Recorder: She's published scores of regulation, corporations, Texas to celebrate her James ("Froggie") Will- Jackie Darden Rundstein short stories in such places bankruptcy and reorganiza- mother's 104th birthday on iams, Lee Stonestreet '51, 10702 Willowisp Dr. as The Southern Review and tion, and corporate finance) Nov. 13. Perhaps she will Harmon Carswell '51, Houston, TX 77035-3522 Best American Short Stories. and the fact that I had got- also have an opportunity to Carl Schwarz,Joe Watson, (713) 723-5291 Last year Pat had three books ten well acquainted the sum- come to Homecoming for Billy Burkhalter '52, Jack appear, one of them in the mer before with a Russian our class on Nov. 4. Mitsu's Wolcott, Ralph Murphy, Class recorder Jackie SMU Careless Weeds novella Bar Assn. president who was husband has now retired as Sonny Wyatt, and Bobby Darden Rundstein writes: collection. Pat and her writer visiting in the United States chair ofthe Dept. of Neuro- Lantrip. We all thank you Still more news from the husband are planning to and at the State Bar ofTexas logical Surgery for twenty- again for that thrilling and fortieth reunion comm.— move to their Ozark Moun- meeting in Houston may one years at the Aichi Medi- exciting football season. the $529.96 refund from the tains cabin in a few years to have influenced it. I don't cal U. Can you picture tiny I recently saw Harmon Rice catering service (It write full-time. AND she is know. The idea was that as little Mitsu as a physician as ("Loose") Carswell and his seems they sent some of our coming to our fortieth re- the liberated Russia was try- well as the mother of four pretty wife, Dolly,at an Ital- food to another class's party union this fall. ing to move to a market sons? Mitsu's brother is Riki ian restaurant one night. He because ofserious shortages Diane Weisz Newman, economy,they needed to get Kobayashi'44, former chair was very enthusiastic about there!) has been placed in another published classmate, many related institutions, of the chemical engineering the '49 team reunion. He is our fiftieth Anniversary Gift has had a poem,"My Wall," like a stock exchange and a dept. at Rice. now retired, and he and Fund account. appear in In the Desert Sun. banking system, established Dr. Teresa Jane Vietti Dolly were leaving for their Did you know that one Diane plans to attend the on a sound basis. is now a professor of pediat- townhouse at Pt. Venture ofour classmates has already fortieth reunion also. "Anyhow, I went with rics as well as a professor of (on Lake Travis). Both Loose made quite a generous gift And speaking of the my lawyer son. It was a great pediatrics in radiology at and Dolly looked great— to open that account? This is fortieth: the committee has trip, and there were many Washington U. School of proving retirement can be a project that all of us need been meeting regularly Russian banking meetings Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. fun! to consider-2003 will be under the chairmanship and discussions, but with Jim Goolsbee is now I received a note from here before we know it. of Mary Ellen Kinzbach several hundred delegates retired from several small Clint Howard's wife,Kathy. While on vacation in Wilson.The Sat, night party, from Russia,Europe, and the companies he formed that They really appreciated Nevis, West Indies, Bridget Nov. 5, will be in the Farns- U.S., I had doubts as to how deal with problems in heat Clint's story in Sallyport and Rote Jensen and Al Jensen worth Pavilion area—gar- much we really accom- transfer. He occasionally state that they are enjoying '52 (BA. and B.S.) luckily den,gallery, and lounge. Jim plished. However, they de- does consultation design. reading about so many. ran into Dr. Grover Leon O'Brien will MC with assis- cided to have a second con- Jim has also conducted semi- The Rice alumni singles ("Lee") Johnson and his tance from Neil O'Brien, ference last fall, and we went nars for advanced classes in group had a nice July out- wife, who were celebrating Fay Flower O'Brien, and back. Since we arrived two chemical engineering. We ing. The Houston Art Deal- their thirty-second anniver- Willie Berryman '56. weeks after Yeltsin had to are proud of the fact that he ers' Assn. was having its sary. Lee has been living in Bobby Sheridan will host fire on the parliament build- has only missed two home yearly introduction of new Dallas and recently retired the Sun. brunch. Others ing, things seemed entirely football games in the past artists, and we toured vari- from teaching at UT at Ar- working on the reunion different in many ways, but twenty-three years. He has ous galleries on "Gallery lington. A corrosion engi- weekend arc Joe Kelly(BS., we had a good meeting and been active working on many Row." The Aug. get-to- neer, he had the opportu- 1955; M.S., 1961), Elsie an excellent trip. I had the Rice reunions and fund gether will be a trip to nity to do research with Dr. Crossman Moore,Florence feeling then that the Rus- drives. Galveston and a day on the Norman Hackerman, a Kessler Lait, Claire Rettig sians were more involved Star of Texas. former president of Rice U. Chamberlain, Ann Abdo with talking to each other I spent the better part of Eutsler, Carol Smith than with the foreign del- June visiting my daughter, Johnston, Mary Lou egates. After the elections Beth, and her family, who Brown Rapson, Sherrill last Dec. and the many live at Lakcway on Lake Carmichael Fisk, Allem changes, I'm not at all sure Travis. Beth is the principal Hopfe Biehle, Tommy there will be a third confer- of an elementary school in 1E4 Redding, Owen Irish, and ence this year. Only time Class Recorder: Round Rock, and I was Dorthyle Nicholl Head- will tell. I've heard once that Marty Gibson Roessler needed to grandma-sit, Class Recorder: rick. they were going to plan one 4040 San Felipe, No. 229 which I was certainly happy Mary Anne Mewhinney Hal Bateman is another this year, but I've heard no Houston, TX 77027 to do as I look for excuses to Collins busy retiree. After teaching follow-up. An interesting (713) 963-8595 (home) go to Lakeway. While there, P.O. Box 271 eighteen years at Texas Tech experience nonetheless!" (713) 782-8400 (work) I had a nice telephone chat Hunt, TX 78024 law school, Hal retired in Hal has three sons; two with my old and dear friend, 1990. Now he has his own arc Rice graduates. He too Class recorder Marty Eugenia ("Goonie") Har- Class recorder Mary Anne office across the street, where plans to make our reunion. Gibson Roessler writes: ris Howard. She and Bill Mewhinney Collins writes: he does legal writing for West Our great and victori- have lived in Austin for sev- Many of you probably Publishing Co. and serves as ous 1949 football team is eral years now. They were read in the May issue of a consultant for other law- planning its forty-fifth re- leaving for a Las Vegas vaca- Texas Monthly classmate Pat yers in his specialty area: union! What a great season tion, but we plan to get to- Moore Carr's(M.A., 1955) business, corporate, and se- to be remembered! Who will gether my next trip to account of her teaching at curities law. In the last two ever forget the exciting Rice- Lakeway. TSU in 1955. After earning years Hal attended the first Texas game that year—re- Let us hear about your her BA. and M.A., Pat felt and second international Class Recorder: member Froggie Williams vacations, activities,etc. Just an obligation to take her Rice conferences on Russian Maurine Bell Bybee kicking that field goal with drop me a line or give me a education to students who banking in Moscow and St. 3800 Chevy Chase only ten seconds remaining call on the telephone so I at that time couldn't get into Petersburg. Hal states:"I was Houston, TX 77019 and thus beating Texas 17- can share all the news from Rice. Pat was hired and soon puzzled in July '92 to re- (713)622-3705 15? Wow! Of course, we all. realized that administration, ceive an invitation from the went on to win the South- faculty (including fellow chairman of the Russian west Conference (unde- English professor Toni Bankers' Assn. to attend the feated in conference play) Morrison), and students First International Confer- and play North Caro- thought she was black. Pat is ence on Russian Banking, lina in the Cotton now an assoc. professor of since I am not a banker or a

Winter '94-'95 45 Class recorder Carol Nasby puter Project in Aber- sentimental you become!" (lived there 1986-91), to Brown writes: crombie Lab for several he says, and I can't argue continue my second career At last, notes are com- years. She has remained in much with that. Bob contin- as a public librarian (retired 1957 ing in fast and furious,and it the computer field with time ues: "My wifc, Anne, and I from foreign service in 1988) is great to hear from so many off for two children and a have been in the Cleveland at the Miller branch of the Class Recorder: of the Class of'59. Lots to second marriage involving area since we moved from Howard Co. Library (adult Dixie Leggett report, SO- four more children. She has Houston in 1983. When you services librarian). P.S. Will 13411 Kingsride Jerry Murrell, M.D., also continued involvement move away from an area definitely be at Rice for our Houston, TX 77019 writes from Columbia, Mo., with Rice through being a where you have lived all your thirty-fifth." (713) 468-5929 where he directs radiation community associate with life, you tend to lose touch oncology at Boone [Co.] Baker College, auditing and with friends and associates. Class recorder Dixie Leggett Hospital and at the U. of taking continuing education In Nov. 1993, we made an writes: Mo.-Columbia School of courses, and supporting the attempt to rediscover old Some months ago,while Medicine in Columbia and a Shepherd School of Music. friendships and relationships. Betty and Ray Gorman were citywide radiation center in Our first renewal was to visit 311 in Jackson, Miss., they con- Jefferson City. He wound with Herman Daly (Will tacted Max McDaniel and up in Columbia by way of a Rice) and his wife, Marcie, Class Recorder: his wife, Sandra. Ray said residency at Barnes Hospital in Washington,D.C. A great Nancy Thornall Burch that the four of them en- in St. Louis, private practice weekend was had by all, and 3311 Stoney Brook joyed such a good visit while in Albuquerque,a staff posi- Herman announced that he Houston, TX 77063 lunching at the McDaniels' tion at the U. of Ariz. in was preparing to leave the (713) 781-3634 tennis club. Sandra works as Tucson, and on to Mo. in Class Recorder: World Bank and return to an attorney in Jackson. Max mid-1984. His wife, Beverly, Galloway Hudson academia at the U. of Md. has a consulting business is retired from medical prac- 922 Autumn Oaks The second attempt at get- specializing in personnel and tice and enjoys learning new Houston, TX 77079 ting old friends together was employment policies, regu- languages—testing her skills (713)932-9088 (home) a little more complicated. I lations, and practices for in each country.She has sum- (713) 753-4295 (work) decided to surprise Anne by companies. He also teaches mered in Spain,France, Italy, having as many people as a business course at Mil!saps Japan,and China so far. Jerry Class recorder Galloway possible who were in our Class Recorder: College. and Beverly have four chil- Hudson (Wiess) writes: wedding party thirty years Eleanor Powers Beebe I was glad to hear from dren. Hey,Class of 1960. Not ago come to a reunion in 2908 Ella Lee Lane Shay Jones Bintliff and Tommie Lu Storm too much to report this time, Salado,Texas. Among those Houston, TX 77019 want to pass her note along Schewe writes from San Jose, although quantity does not who came was my cousin, (713) 526-5424 to you.Shay writes:"All goes Calif.(4622 Corrida Circle, necessarily guarantee qual- Sylvia Davis Ready( Jones). well here in paradise. I'm San Jose, Calif. 95129;tele- ity. That was one thing we At the reunion I further sur- Class recorder Eleanor going to be a grandmother phone[4081244-3222) that learned from writing all those prised Anne by announcing Powers Beebe (Jones) come Sept.—outrageous!! she is now happily married engineering lab reports years my intent to take her on to writes: My oldest son, Gib, and his to her high school sweet- ago. Anyway,I need another Hawaii, where she promptly John Pryor Cornett,Jr. wife, Christiane, are expect- heart and would love to hear influx of cards, letters, and broke an ankle. I can assure (Will Rice), died April 11, ing. Perhaps you folks saw from any Bay Area Rice faxes. Keep 'cm coming. you that coordinating all the 1994,in Austin. He was born the segments of This Old alumni. Her son and daugh- Some explanation is in order logistics fifteen hundred Feb. 17, 1941, in Wayside, Hausefrom Hawaii these past ter- in - law made her a concerning the publication miles from Texas, including Kan. He attended Alice High months. Well, yep, it is their grandma in Feb. of material I received from packing for my wife, was School and played football house that has been featured. Jim Howard '60 of many of you earlier this year. more difficult than a Math for Rice, the Los Angeles I'm now living full-time on Palm Springs reports that he I submitted several pages of 100 final!"(For you maybe, Rams, and the Dallas Cow- the big island and building a has retired from the com- text for publication in the Bob, is all some of us can boys. He also worked as head new house on my 5.2 acres puter business and is now in June/July issue of Sallyport say.) football coach in Alice and of `ranch' land—will have a real estate. at the end of March. Not Bob continues, "The Kentwood, La. He was a sandalwood and citrus farm. Clifford McCraw has long after that, I received a most important news, per- member of the First Chris- Recently appointed to the retired from the Marines;and note from the Classnotes haps, is that our son, tian Church of Alice. He is state ethics commission—so he and his wife, the former editor that stated that there Norman Byrne'87 (Lovett; survived by his wife, now I guess I have to be Vesta Ann Vinson,are living would be a length limitation M.A., 1991; Ph.D., 1991) Thurston, and three sons: `moral and ethical.' Life is in El Toro. Their address is imposed on future contri- and his wife, Kelly,gave birth John Pryor Cornett, III of treating me very good—and 22112 Apache Drive, El butions. As a result, roughly to Kara Aileen Byrne on Feb. Georgetown, Joseph Neal I still do an occasional ran- Toro, Calif. 92630; tele- halfthe material I submitted 13, 1994, making us grand- Cornett of Pflugerville, and dom act ofkindness. Keep in phone (714) 837-0926. for June/July was held for parents for the first time." Justin Tenron. Memorials touch. Aloha, Shay." They have two daughters and the Aug./Sept. issue. Sorry That's all I have this may be made to the Ameri- a son and send greetings to for the delay, but don't be time, but don't forget that can Cancer Society. all their old buddies—Cliff deterred by the new con- we are now only one year Melanie Maxted Smith especially says hello to Hart straints. Your input is still away from our thirty-five- (Jones) and her husband, Peebles and Louis Macey. welcome and will be pub- year reunion in 1995. Why J. D. Smith '59, are divid- Jo Kathryn Smith lished eventually. not share your life history ing thcir time between their 1958 Horan writes from Hous- The only new material with us in these pages before Richland Springs ranch and ton(9806 Cliffivood, Hous- this time comes from Bob the reunion? Another way to Austin, where J. D. is with Class Recorder: ton,Texas 77096)with some Byrne( Hanszcn ), who lives look at it, of course, is that Santanna Natural Gas. They Phyllis Phair Walton more memories ofthe Banks in Solon, Ohio. He writes we are only sixteen years away have been married thirty- 4233 Harpers Ferry Road St. Apartments. She remem- that he has lately started to from being the Golden An- four years. They fell in love Birmingham, AL 35213 bers rooming with Carolyn read Sallyport more closely, niversary Class. Yeah, I during Melanie's freshman (205) 870-0332 Covington, Barbara Jo since so many of you are know, we never gave it a year, married during her Best'58, and Patricia Sides sending in material. It was a thought during our college sophomore year, and had Moreland and would love particular delight, he says, days;even if we had, many of their first child, Stephanie, to hear from any of them at to see Carl Isgren '61 us would have predicted that during her junior year. the above address. [Note: (Baker) and Leigh Master- it could never happen. Looks Melanie had a Biology 100 Patricia S. Moreland died in son '61 (Hanszen) on page like it might, after all. Stay hour exam on the Fri. pre- 112 1992.] Jo came to Rice as a 51 of the April/May '94 is- tuned. ceding their Sat. wedding. transfer student and gradu- sue. Bob states that,in thirty- She took it dutifully, fearing Class Recorder: ated with the Class of '59. four years,the following will Mike Bennett (Wiess) for her average. She still re- Carol Nasby Brown She worked with Jane Grif- be his second contribution: writes: "Going back to my members Dr. Davies an- 10215 Admiral Halsey N.E. fin Jodeit at the Rice Corn- "The older you get,the more `home' in Columbia, Md. nouncing triumphantly on Albuquerque, NM 87111 (505) 857-0079

46 Sallyport to the following Monday,"Mrs. nities (seven years total) to ter. Send a check to John ton for a visit I also try to get rer Smith, 84!" The following expand on the four years of Sylvester'64 ( Baker), 6143 together with Kurth Brown red year, nine months pregnant, German I had at Rice. Ella Lee, Houston, Texas (Will Rice; B.A.R., 1966), 88) she began writing her his- "Along the way, I met 77057, for $30 for Fri. who was my roommate in the tory final, went into labor, and married Nancy night's event and $40 for Will Rice for three years, and iult finished the final, then went (Indiana's loss and my gain); Sat, night's party. Tickets also Larry Russell (Will Will to the hospital for and together we raised my may also be purchased at the Rice; M.S., 1966), another Our Stephanie's birth. She passed twins, Richard and Mary,and door. If you have any ques- pal from Will Rice. Larry and the final. their Heidelberg-born little tions, please call Dale Gen- I have been known to at- Melanie began teaching sister, Jenny. Richard gradu- try Miller '64 (Jones) at At the twenty-five-year tempt a canoe trip from time at Richland Springs School ated from UT this May;Mary (713)578-7256. Please join banquet for the Class of to time.These invariably end as the youngest teacher is an auditor at Deloitte Tou- us!" '64 are, left to right, Judy in disaster. We are rather like there, working beside teach- che in Houston;Jenny is still Foster Edquist, Nancy La Joe Bflpsk in Li'! Abner." ers who had taught husband at UT in premed. Motto Crabb, and Peggy J. D. She is now the oldest "Most of my time in the Saunders Davis. Sally Henderson Yates teacher at the school. She army was spent in the two (Jones) writes: "It's time to loves her work and has taught specialties ofaccounting and celebrate the thirty years French, English, theater, finance and computing sys- 114 many concerts featuring since we graduated from geography, fine arts, and tems. When I retired from original instruments. I liked Rice. Homecoming will be social studies in addition to the army, I accepted a sys- Class Recorder: the music and the sound of the weekend of Nov. 4 and coaching women's basket- tems position with Mobil Oil Dale Gentry Miller these strange instruments 5. Friday night, Nov. 4, our ball, women's track, and in their downtown Account- 20406 Chadbury Park Drive and decided to learn to play own Marian Cole Tindall drama. Melanie is a member ing and Finance Center. I Katy, TX 77450 them. I bought a few,and in (Jones) has invited us to her of the Creative Drama Net- am now with Mobil Oil at (713) 578-7256 some cases I found the de- restaurant, Bistro Cuisine, work, a committee of the their Dallas research lab as a sign and performance to be 4925 W. Alabama (behind Texas Educational Theatre computing systems adviser." Nancy La Motta Crabb poor. I tried tinkering with Dillard's on Post Oak)for a Assn. She is also a consultant Dick(who is now known (Jones) writes: "Joe is in his them,with some success, but cocktail buffet. At 7:30 P.m., to the Texas Council of as "Robby"), Mary Kay first term as state represen- eventually decided that I we will start with a cash bar Teachers of English. She Manning Smith (Jones), tative from District 127. The needed to learn from the and complimentary hors does a lot ofworkshops, from Dr.Toni Berrong Hartman area covers Kingwood to originals in the museums. d'oevres. At 8:30 P.m., we Shakespeare to poetry writ- (Jones), and I were friends Clear Lake along the east Getting into manufacturing will enjoy a French country ing to using drama tech- when we were high school side of Harris Co. [Texas]. was gradual and almost acci- buffet. Stay and visit, sip niques to teach any subject. volunteers for civil defense We've seen lots of familiar dental, but if you tool up to some wine, and enjoy car- She was named Texas High activities at the Houston Air faces as we've been out in make one you can make an- riage rides to the Transco or School Theatre Teacher of Defense Filter Center. Lt. the district. other and another! Custom- Tower fountain. We are ask- the Year in 1990. Col. Paul Metzger, Jr.'54 "The photographs are ers were not hard to find. It ing the Classes of '63 and Daughter Stephanie was one of our military in- from our twenty-fifth—with became an official, if part- '65 to join us. On Sat. night, Jr. died in 1985,at age twenty- structors. our thirtieth coming up. time, business in 1981. In Nov. 5, we have planned a 11, four, a victim, along with Looking forward to seeing 1986 it seemed like a good casual bash at 7:30 P.M. in her husband, of a double lots offamiliar (never say old time to see if I could make a the Grand Ballroom of the de, murder. Melanie and J. D. again!) faces." living as an instrument Rice Memorial Center. You gh have come through this trag- maker. I expanded my line will receive more about this •all edy by faith, mutual sup- Robert Cronin (Will Rice; ofinstrumen ts and currently event in the mail. Send a les port, and keeping busy. 113 B.S., 1965) writes: "I went make eight different mod- check to John Sylvester w' Melanie said,"I blush to tell out to Stanford in 1965. els, all members of the oboe (Baker), 6143 Ella Lee, :ad it—our son is a graduate of Class Recorder: Around 1969, I revived a or bassoon family as used in Houston, Texas 77057, for A&M." Their son, Ron, Kathleen Much dormant interest in music. the sixteenth, seventeenth, $30 for Fri. night's event a twenty-six, just finished 128 Hillside Ave. At that time Stanford had a and eighteenth centuries. As and $40 for Sat, night's is- working in a small town near Menlo Park, CA 94025- very active and popular early part of the business, I travel party. Tickets may also be is Krasnodar, Russia, as an ag- 6538 music program. There were to exhibitions and music fes- purchased at the door. Ifyou Fe, ricultural consultant. Their (415) 854-8968 (home) tivals in Europe and the U.S. have any questions or want daughter, Laura Kennedy,is (415) 321-2052 (work) to promote my wares. Every to offer to help, please call of a registered nurse in Austin E-mail: summer I teach a course in Dale Gentry Miller(Jones) :al and has given Melanie and kathleenecasbs.stanfbrd.cdu reed making at the Amherst at (713) 578-7256." J. D. two very dear grand- Early Music Workshop in Is children. Sally Henderson Yates'64 Mass. I am a member of a Richard Robson (Will (Jones) writes: "The Class Renaissance wind band Rice) writes: "Since we left of '64 invites you to their called the Kings Trumpets th Rice, 1 went on to UT law reunion during Homecom- and Shalmes. For many years, school, graduated, passed ing weekend, Nov. 4 and 5. 11 I have played at the North- 155 d- the bar, practiced for a bit, Friday night,Nov. 4, Marian ern Calif. Renaissance Faire, ir and eventually answered the Cole Tindall '64 (Jones) and for a couple of years I Sally Henderson Yates'64 call which my ROTC stint at has invited us to her restau- played one or two weekends (Jones) writes: "The Class th Rice (not to mention the rant, Bistro Cuisine, 4925 at the Texas Renaissance of '64 invites you to their ey growing pressures in South- W. Alabama (behind Dil- Festival with friends from reunion during Homecom- y- east Asia in 1966) made in- lard's on Post Oak) for a Dallas. ing weekend, Nov. 4 and 5. ye evitable. I did my thing in cocktail buffet. At 7:30 P.m., "In other news, I now Friday night, Nov.4, Marian the army (two years, mostly we will start with a cash bar bicycle for exercise, and Cole Tindall '64 (Jones) Vietnam and Ga.) and came and complimentary hors Menlo Park has many good has invited us to her restau- back to practice law.... In a d'oevres. At 8:30 P.m., we Laying the traditional cycling routes. I also enjoy rant, Bistro Cuisine, 4925 e, short time, I resumed what will enjoy a French country twenty-five-year reunion racing my Sunfish sailboat. I W. Alabama (behind Dil- r. turned out to be a twenty- buffet. Stay and visit, sip wreath for the Class of have been reasonably suc- lard's on Post Oak) for a )0 two-year career (in the some wine, and enjoy car- '64 are (left to right) cessful in local competition. cocktail buffet. At 7:30 P.m., army), at the end of which I riage rides to the Transco Betty Ridley Gosse '67, I have raced in two Sunfish we will start with a cash bar retired as It. col. I seemed Tower fountain. On Sat. Sears McGee, Nancy World Championships, and complimentary hors always to be in school, even night, Nov. 5, we have La Motto Crabb, where I had fun but was no d'oevres. At 8:30 P.m., we picking up another degree planned a casual bash at 7:30 Rob Burchfield, and threat to the leaders. will enjoy a French country (M.S. B.A. at Boston U.). 1 P.M. in the Grand Ballroom Joe Crabb. "When I come to Hous- also got plenty of opportu- of the Rice Memorial Ccn-

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buffet. Stay and visit, sip school] and gained a schol- Ben Sevier (Wiess) writes: Having received God's gift some wine, and enjoy car- arship to UT,hopefully ma- "After seven years working of eternal life in 1990, I am riage rides to the Transco joring in foreign invest- for the local phone company grateful for the opportunity Tower fountain. On Sat. ments. David teaches piano as an internal computer con- that Sallyport offers me to night, Nov. 5, we have and will attend Southwest- sultant and analyst,! recently proclaim to my classmates planned a casual bash at 7:30 ern U.in the fall as a transfer took advantage of a buyout Class Recorder: the reality that Jesus is King P.M. in the Grand Ballroom student; he is a music major. offer and went to work for a Ann Olsen ofKings and Lord ofLords." of the Rice Memorial Cen- Eric is active in weight lift- small software company 233 Lauderdale Road ter. Send a check to John ing, works part-time, and called Cadkcy, Inc. They Nashville, TN 37205 Sylvester'64 (Baker), 6143 hopes to be UT-bound in make an outstanding CAD (615) 385-9416(home) Ella Let, Houston, Texas two years. product, and it's a very ex- 77057, for 830 for Fri. "Janie is presently assist- citing place to work. My job Emily K. Hawthorn night's event and $40 for ing in the 'local community' there is in the information (Brown) writes: "By the time 1073 Sat, night's party. Ifyou have Christian efforts and is a systems dept. supporting all you read this, I will have any questions, please call homemaker." aspects of the computer sys- transferred to McLean, Va., Class Recorder: Dale Gentry Miller '64 tems that keep the company as a head scientist with the Wcs Dorman (Jones) at(713) 578-7256. Elizabeth Miller Oakes running. This includes sys- MITRE Corp. My first six 218 Quinlan, Box 511 Tickets may also be pur- (Brown) writes: "I'm taking tems planning and imple- years with the company were Kerrville, TX 78028 chased at the door. Please a few months off this sum- mentation, project manage- spent at the Houston site join us!" mer to tent around Africa ment, network engineering, providing computer security J. E. McNeil(Jones) writes: with a 600 mm telephoto writing applications (busi- advice to Johnson Space "My husband, Richard M. lens and a knapsack full of ness,not cad),installing new Center. Now I am with the Ricks, died ofcancer in Oct. insect repellant. products, helping users, etc. corporate Information Se- 1993." "Daughter Angela grad- It's an interesting job and curity Technical Center and uates from TAMU this fall, quite a change from work- have a variety of customers. headed for med school. She ing in a large organization. "If any of my old pals and I have lived on a couple At the same time I made the make it to the D.C. area, Class Recorder: of acres in far west Harris job change,we moved into a give me a call!—(703)883- Judy Malo Ragland Co. [Texas] for the last fif- new home in the same town 6000. 1974 9800 Hollock, Apt. 1105 teen years with three horses that we've lived in for the "P.S. Another '70 Houston, TX 77075-1833 and a zoological garden of past six years (Madison, Brown alumna is also in Robert Caldwell (Lovett) (713) 947-2366(home) critters. I own Oakes Envi- Conn.). My wife of twenty- computer security—I saw writes: "A photograph of a (713) 855-5600 (work) ronmental Compliance Con- two years, Patti, is the head Cynthia Emberson Irvine piece of furniture that I de- sultants and am a wildlife teacher at a local Montessori a couple of years ago at the signed and built was selected Mrs. Charles E. Lanford, Jr., and wetland biologist by school and is also very active National Computer Security to appear in Design through writes: "After recent hospi- trade. keeping up with four teen- Conference. Small world!" Discovery (6th ed.) by talization and successful "Reporting on a fellow agers! Marjorie Bcvlin, a college- treatment with new physi- classmate, ran into Gary "Our oldest son, John, level design textbook pub- cians in Austin, Texas, Neptune (Baker) at our just finished his freshman lished by Harcourt Brace Charles E. Lanford, Jr. twenty-fifth reunion last win- year at the U. of Colo. in College Publishers. (Baker),is in semiretirement ter. He was the only one I Boulder majoring in archi- "My furniture pieces can now with his wife, Janie immediately recognized, tecture. He is also active in be seen in several art and fine Deborah, in Round Rock, even though I hadn't seen Air Force ROTC. As many craft galleries throughout the Texas. Adjustment to the him in twenty years. Gary people do, he fell in love Class Recorder: U.S., most recently at the Hill Country and surround- was 'a partner in climb' at with the area, and I fear this Tim Thurston Lindsey Gallery in Oak Park, ing lakes and parks has this Rice, when we used to head will be the last summer we 1944 Arlington Ave. Ill. (One of my primary in- twenty-five-year environ- to Colo, every spring break see him home. Our younger Columbus,OH 43212-1038 fluences has been the work mental engineer and his to piton our way up rock son, David, will be a high (614) 486-4846(home) of Frank Lloyd Wright, who spouse in the process of walls. Gary's made a profes- school senior next year and lived and worked in Oak Park building their new home on sional career climbing moun- is interested in Rice. He will Bob Jahn (Lovett) writes: for many years.) a hill overlooking Lake tains from Everest to be a National Merit scholar "Anyone interested in swim- "Would love to hear Travis. Mrs. Lanford states McKinley. He met his Ger- and is interested in comput- ming the Channel (Dover/ from my old classmates. My that the view is spectacular, man wife, Bibi, an M.D., at ers, robotics, and genetics. Calais) in the summer of address is Rt. 1, Box 40-A, and fishing is going to be the Mt. Everest Base Camp. Our daughters,Dcvyani and 1995, please contact mc at Brownsboro, Texas 75756; great! Enthusiastic about They live in Boulder, where Nilima, just finished fifth P.O. Box 70184, Houston, telephone(903)852-6400." their recent medical accom- Gary owns Neptune Moun- grade and will enter middle Texas 77270; telephone plishment, we ask all Rice taineering. Angela and I school next year. They are (713) 869-8867." alumni and the Rice Prayer linked up with Gary once already quite social, and we Group to pray for Charles again over spring break this can begin to see what their George W.McLure (Baker; and Janie during their next year to go skiing and plan to high school years will be like. M.E.E., 1973)writes: "lam year of treatment. make it an annual event. "We keep hoping to get employed as a project man- "Charles was chair ofair "The OWLS. Alum- down to Houston,but things ager at Brown 8c Root pollution control from nae elected me their presi- never quite work out. If (Houston) in the informa- 1972-73 and president of dent this spring. Since the David makes it into Rice, we tion technology dept. I am the Southeast Texas Water literary societies are past his- will definitely come down currently responsible for a Pollution Control Federa- tory on campus, our motto with him and look up old major software development tion from 1972-73. Recently is, 'Remember, you too are friends." project involving the appli- he was a consultant for an endangered species!' So cation of object-oriented projects and engineering su- all OWLS., particularly technology, knowledge- pervisor for Stubbs Overbeck those of us from the '60s, based system concepts, and & Associates. Mrs. Lanford become active again! Please high-performance computer was a counselor for Forest plan to attend a (day) meet- graphics to the field of pro- Lawn Cemetary ofHouston, ing, the (evening) holiday 119 cess and chemical engineer- Thomas PoppleweU Inc., for five years. party, and/or the (Sat.) ing. "Charles's stepdaughter, spring luncheon this year. Class Recorder: "I have just returned Laura Lynn, in May gradu- It's a great way to catch up Kathleen Callaway from a visit to Israel, where I Thomas Popplewell (Sid ated in the top 10 percent with old friends you haven't 8, rue Leon Blum studied and experienced Rich; M.Acco., 1975)writes: with honors [from high seen in decades." 33400 Talence many aspects of the life and "My wife, Olivia, and I arc France teachings of Jesus Christ. doing well in Dallas. We have

48 Sallyport gift two sons, John (nearly six) and marketing and leasing for all of you [in a newslet- Wilson (Baker) was discov- "I'm hoping that Lake I am and Scott (nearly two). I re- activities on the West Coast ter]. I also thought that I ered living in the suburbs of Michigan will provide me LInity cently changed law firms and from the Los Angeles office. would jot down what I re- L.A. Yes, he has truly gone with enough of a coastline e to am now a partner with membered from our conver- native. Brian is working for 'fix', but I'm not sure what iates Andrews & Kurth L.L.P. I sations. I would be delighted the Jet Propulsion Lab. He I'll find to replace backpack- Cing am looking forward to this if you would send updates as assists in deep space naviga- ing in the Sierra Nevadas." year's class reunion." to children's ages, names, tion for NASA's far-flung etc. space probes. Brian has also Arthur S. Harrow (Will Doug Coleman '91 1978 "Rick (Baker) and Su- recently gotten engaged and Rice) writes: "Please allow (Lovett) writes: "Enclosed san Tresch Fienberg (Ba- will be married on June 3, me to give you a briefupdate is the Jal, N.M., paper, the Class Recorder: ker) live just outside of Bos- 1995. for the Classnotes. I am Jal Record, with Rice alum Frank Duca ton. They have three "Mark Richardson pleased to say that my wife, William W.Webb (Lovett), 3345 N. Broadway children. In addition to be- (Baker) is now living in Judy, and I have welcomed who wasjust recently elected Boulder, CO 80304 ing the technical editor of Bellaire, Texas. He is a two fuzzy new members of mayor of Jal. Bill is also the (303) 447-3822(home) Sky and Telescope magazine, teacher of history at St. our family, Molly McButter plant manager of Sid (303)673-5816 (work) Rick is the president ofSky, Agnes. Yes, it is an all-girls Harrow and Grizzabella the Richardson Gasoline Co. Inc. Check out the mast- school. His wife, Shelley Glamour Cat Harrow. They Keystone Gas Processing Class recorder Frank Duca head. Pennington (Jones), con- are eight weeks old and have Plant located in Kermit, (Baker) writes: "Chris Mullen (Baker; tinues to fly for TWA. given new meaning to the Texas." Louis H. Griffin (Will M.S., 1981) is working on "Finally, I continue to phrase, 'Oh God, there go Rice) passed away April 4, his Ph.D. at Princeton. He live in Houston as I have for the drapes!' 1994, after a three-month and his wife have a son who the past nine years, working "On a more serious note, battle with cancer. Survivors will turn two shortly. for Conoco. I recently be- I am honored to note my include his wife, Cindy, and "Steve and Rosalyn Sills came manager,strategy man- election this year as a Fellow three children. (Baker) live in Plano. Steve agement—Global Conoco, of the American College of Carla McFarland (Ba- is still at ARCO. They have refining, marketing supply, Physicians. Judy is teaching ker) was joined by Joan two children, a son, Gre- and transportation opera- hearing-impaired junior high Carol E. Garner (Brown) Kehlhof '76 (Baker) and gory,and a daughter,Laura. tions. In 1989, I married students this year and is start- received a Skadden Fellow- others for an "Edge of the "Carter Davis (Baker) Cyndi Tucker. Cyndi also ing a project in conjunction ship after her graduation Universe" bash, held near is working at Bridge Oil. works for Conoco. We had with Gallaudet U. We look :tt) from Case Western Reserve Alpine, Texas, honoring Bridge is an Australian- our first child, David,almost forward to a fifteen-year re- f a U. School of Law in May Keith McGee '76 (Will owned co. Carter and his nine months to the day of union this fall (Oh God, lc- 1994. The fellowship will Rice) on his fortieth birth- wife have one child and were our wedding. How many again!) and seeing the usual :ed enable her to spend the next day. expecting another in Nov. people do you know that suspects. If anyone comes two years on the legal staffof Frank Duca is alive and "Andy Fowler '80 need a babysitter for their near the Richmond [Va.] by Cleveland Works, a job- well and working on his (Baker) is living in Birming- first wedding anniversary? area, y'all are welcome to ge-j training program for welfare Ph.D. in applied math at the ham, Mich. He is active as a Our daughter, ICacey, was drop by and sample some parents. Only twenty-five U. of Colo. Frank is also trial lawyer. In case you did born eighteen months later. southern hospitality." '21Ce Skadden Fellowships are your class recorder—please not know it, Arnie Becker in We have quite a handful awarded annually. Garner's send your current tidbits and L.A. Law is modeled after here." can twenty-year interest in and other information you'd like Andy. Andy is also taking fine commitment to public in- to have shared with every- the time to dabble in cable the terest law helped her win the one! radio. the fellowship. As an under- "JeffLibby (Baker) and rk, graduate at Rice in 1974, Ted Andrews (Wiess) his wife, Monica, are living in- Garner began volunteer writes: "My wife, Elizabeth in Cupertino, Calif. He is 1171 irk work interviewing persons Ewing, and I returned to working for Silicon Graph- ho held in jail before trial to Washington, D.C.,from Sri ics—which,according to the Class Recorder: irk help those who might qualify Lanka in the spring of 1993. papers I read, is doing in- Dr. Thomas N. Pajewski for release on personal re- Since then,it has been a busy credibly well. They have two 3023 Watercrest Drive car:ar cognizance. time for both of us. In June boys, Glen and Jay. Charlottesville, VA Myi4 1993, she had our second "John '77 (Baker; 22901-7224 or A, child, Mary Elizabeth; and M.Acc., 1978) and Ginger U. of Virginia Health 56; in July,I began work as State Niemann have three chil- Sciences Center 0." Dept. desk officer for Soma- dren: Ashton, seven; Chip, Dept. of Anesthesiology Michael Joe Thannisch lia. I made one memorable five; and Kendall, who has Box 238 holding Joseph Jakob trip there in Jan.;the weather just turned two. John is a Charlottesville, VA 22908 Thannisch 11 was perfect, but the capital managing tax partner at (804)974-7832 (home) looked too much like Berlin Arthur Andersen's Houston (804) 924-2283 (work) 1945 to make the trip truly office. He lives in Kingwood (804)982-0019 (work fax) Michael Joe Thannisch enjoyable. With the baby (otherwise known as the liv- (Lovett) writes: "I married now walking;our three-and- able forest). Lydia Asselin (Jones; Maria Ofrecina Viuda dc a-half-year-old son, Willem "David Pearson(Baker) BAR., 1981) writes: "Be- Ramirez on Aug. 28, 1993. Alexander, in pre -K; and is living in Basel, Switzer- lieve it or not, I've given up The wedding was performed Elizabeth back at work, life land. He is a senior market- my semi-native Californian by the Ven. John Park,arch- for us is returning to nor- ing executive for Sandoz status,and, after fifteen years deacon of Honduras, at St. mal. We hope Rice people pharmaceuticals. In addition of living in San Francisco, Peter's Episcopal Church,15 will come to see us-3750 to his normal duties, he has now find myself living in de Enero, Petoa, Santa 39th St. NW,A-145, Wash- recently assumed the respon- Chicago. The Gap trans- Barbara. My mother was in Buddy Grazioli ington, D.C. 20016." sibility for marketing their ferred me from corporate attendance and amazed all transplant drugs, the most headquarters, where I was with her dancing prowess. Buddy Grazioli (Will Rice) Clark Herring (Baker) notable of which is involved with architectural The best man was J. R. has been named vice presi- writes: "Dear 161-162 cyclosporin. This will be a design and construction of 'Rick'Weekley '81 (Baker), dent of Institutional Realty Roommates: It was great challenge since cyclosporin Gap stores nationwide, to and the matron of honor Advisors Corp.in Los Ange- talking to all of you this year. will go off patent in 1995. their Midwest Regional Real was Elvia de Rojas of Dos de id les, Calif. His duties will in- Yes, I did manage to track Dave will get married by the Estate office, where I've Julio, Pctoa, S.B. The ring clude supervising the firm's down all roommates this end of 1995. taken on a new career in site bearer was Hector David re asset and property manage- year. I have enclosed ad- "The long-lost Brian selection and lease negotia- Ramirez, and the money ive ment, project renovation, dresses and phone numbers tion.

Winter '94-'95 49 bearer was Riyo Mann called Mission and Memory: relatives and friends along After spending one winter in thankful that I went to Rice Ramirez, both soon to be A History of the Catholic the way. We got to the Bos- Rochester,N.Y., we decided when I did because there is adopted. (Pardon me that 1 Church in Arkansas. It was ton area in time to live we needed warmer weather. no way I could get in now. I have not sent this in sooner, published by August House through the worst winter on I will be joining a private attended my ten-year re- but I have been waiting for Publishing Co.in Little Rock record; David shoveled enor- practice allergy group. Steve union last year(on my birth- the negatives from the wed- and is being distributed by mous amounts of snow. just completed his law de- day)and reaffirmed some old ding so as to enclose a photo, the Catholic Diocese ofLittle During that winter, on Jan. gree and will be looking for tics with others who also negatives that have not Rock as part ofits sesquicen- 24, 1994, our second son, work there. Our new address could not get into Rice now. shown up yet!) tennial celebration of 1993- John (Jack) Obaya Chase, is 7 Eagle Ridge Lane, "The Rice alumni group "As well, Maria and 1 1994. A copy of this book was born. He weighed nine Greenville, S.C. 29615." here in Colo,is still trying to would like to announce the was presented to Pope John lbs., one oz. and was polite reach critical mass. This is birth of our son, Joseph Paul II by Arkansas's Catho- enough to be born (after a David Pickett (Baker) partly my fault because 1 am Jakob Thannisch II, born by lic bishop, Andrew J. fast labor) at 9:26 a.m. He is writes: "Back in the Lone supposed to write the local cesarian June 24, 1994, at McDonald, 11 Sept. 1993." a healthy cater and a great Star State! After getting my alumni newsletter (working 14:35 in San Pedro Sula. sleeper. We've bought a Ph.D. in geology at Caltech title: Bowlingfor Furniture), Joseph (pronounced in Ger- house, renovated it as much and spending three years in a but that damn practice of man please) joins brothers as we could before we moved postdoc at Los Alamos Na- law keeps getting in my way. Hector (fifteen), Riyo (ten), in, and moved at the begin- tional Lab, I have begun a 1 hope Rice's move to the Geovani (five), and Santos fling ofJ une. Unfortunately, new job at Southwest Re- WAC will give us a football (three) and sister Norma I fell down a flight of stairs search Institute in San Anto- game a year or so to serve as (thirtccn), whom I will be while moving and broke my nio. I'll be researching geo- a focal point. In the mean- adopting when funds per- Class Recorder: foot,so any further work on logic aspects ofnuclear waste time, Margaret Stevens mit. Richard Morris the house is delayed until 1 disposal—an issue complex McIntosh '64 (Jones) is "Life in Honduras has P.O. Box 1830 can move around better. I'm and contentious enough to doing a great job putting been interesting this year. Bellaire, TX 77402-1830 planning to recuperate and ensure many years of em- together events. Last year after Tropical (713)667-5944 enjoy our two sons this sum- ployment. My wife,Pat, gave "My favorite Rice con- Storm Gert,some wise local mer. Our new address is 14 birth to our son, John An- nections every year are visits engineer decided that the Abhijit Gadgil '79 (M.S.) Waverly Terrace, Belmont, thony, in April; our daugh- from other Rice alumni, es- designers of the Francisco writes: "After nine years in Mass. 02178; telephone ter, Maria Rose,is three years pecially my erstwhile room- Morazon Reservoir and Hy- London, Mobil has trans- (617)484-5833;David's E- old. Our new address is9335 mates. They usually come droelectric Plant did not ferred us back to Dallas. The mail is chaseethink.com or Lands Point, San Antonio, out to go skiing, and 1 get to know what they were talking family is overcoming the chaseeworld.std.com; Texas 78250." visit with them either on the about,and he let a substantial culture shock of the move. I Stephanie's E-mail is slopes or here in Denver. I'd amount ofwater out. Unfor- am keen to reestablish con- pwoemeregsb-lira.stanford. be delighted to expand this tunately it hasn't rained tact with my Rice col- cdu." group of people to anyone much since,and we now have leagues—telephone (214) else! knew but did not loathe blackouts up to ten hours 733-4757." while at Rice,so if you are in daily. This is affecting avail- 11103 the area and tit that category, ability of fresh produce. If give me a call—(303) 861 - we do not get substantial Jack Tanner (Sid Rich) 4122." rain soon (like a hurricane), 1E writes: "Effective Jan. 1, the whole country will be 1994, I became a director Karen Strecker Reidy blacked out until Oct. As Julia Fonseca (Baker) (f/k/a partner) at my law (Jones; M.A.T., 1989) usual, instead of saying we writes: "My husband, Dale firm here in Denver— writes: "Fifteen years after need to quit chopping down Class Recorder: Turner( Hanszen), has been Fairfield and Woods, P.C. they first met, Rick Reidy pine forest and rain forest, B. David Brent, M.D. accepted into the graduate Since this was the first (and (Wicss) finally got up the we are blaming the oil fires 4804 Toreador Drive program at the U. of Ariz., probably only)promotion of nerve to ask Karen Strecker from Operation Desert Austin, TX 78746-2413 where he will study wildlife my legal career, it seemed out on a date. The rest, as Storm. If anyone comes by biology. His adviser is Dr. time to write to Classnotes. they say,is history.... These Honduras look me up." Stephanie L. Woerner Cecil Schwalbe '69 (Lov- The best thing about this wild romantic fools eloped (Baker) writes: "My hus- ett), who is a herpetologist promotion is that I can now on May 26, 1994, and are James M. Woods (M.A.) band, David Chase '82 with the National Biological attend directors' meetings residing blissfully with their writes: "I just sent in my (Baker; M.S., 1984; Ph.D., Survey. and thereby have some slim son,William, and dogs,Leto voluntary subscription so I 1988),and !have had a hec- "Dale and I recently vis- chance of finding out what and Addle,at 6529 Old Car- thought 1 would write and tic year,and it only now looks ited with Mike Schafale'80 the hell is going on at the riage Way, Alexandria, Va. let my friends from Rice in as if it is calming down. I (Lovett)and his wife, Chris, firm. 22310. Call or come by if on what has been happening finished my Ph.D. in organi- during their vacation to "I still conduct alumni you'd like a beer—(703) with my life the past two zational behavior at the southern Ariz. Mike is a plant interviews for Rice appli- 339-8976." years. On Feb. 25, 1993, Stanford Graduate School of ecologist for NC's Natural cants, at which time I am our second child, Theresa Business in June 1993. We Heritage Program. Ruth Woods,was born,and, decided that if we were ever "I also got a call from together with our boy, Mat- going to move back to the John Bins (Baker; M.E.S.) thew Henry Woods (born East Coast,this was the time recently announcing the Feb. 7, 1990), we now have to do it. We both sent out birth ofhis second son. John children, not just a child. many job applications, con- and his wife, Jill, live in Ft. My wife, Becky, and I are centrating our search in the Collins. thrilled to have this new ad- southern U.S., but the "lam overseeing devel- dition to our family. economy conspired against opment of a groundwater "Also in the fall of 1993, us. David did get a job in recharge project in Tucson, I was promoted from asst. Cambridge,Mass., at Think- Ariz. I recently obtained in- professor to assoc. professor ing Machines, Inc., so we stream flow water rights for of history at Georgia South- were Boston-bound. David, one of Pima County's few ern U., where I have been our three-and-one-half-year- perennial streams." employed since 1988. For old son Max,and! left Calif. the previous six years, I was in Oct., driving cross-coun- Harini Hosain (Jones) working on my second book, try so we could visit volca- writes:"Stephen Blake(Sid which was finally published noes in eastern Calif., the Rich) and I will be moving Rick Reidy '83 holding son, William, and Karen in Nov. 1993. The book is Grand Canyon,Santa Fe,and to Greenville,S.C., this Aug. Strecker Reidy'83

50 Sallypon Rice Katherine Rose, into the nology Assessment. We hope cation, presentations in ex- ing there were Regina e is world on June 16, 1993. to see Dan Callahan (Will otic places (most recently, Cavanaugh-Murphy '87 pi. I She is a laughing, giggling Rice) in Calif. and meet his Marrakesh, Morocco), and (Wiess) and her football- rc- 11104 bundle of energy and a joy- recently wed wife. Other an asst. professorship in the god-turned-barrister hubby, th- ous addition to our family. Rice friends would be wel- Dept. of Mathematical Sci- Jim Murphy'90 (Wiess), a :old Class Recorder: Finally, I have accepted the come to visit us; our phone ences at the U. of Northern law school classmate of also Kathleen Robertson Stewart position of asst. professor of number there is (510) 843- Colo. (Greeley, Colo. Russell's. To top it off, DW. 15 Eden Drive management information 2210. We enjoyed a brief 80639; please write!). Last Regina was showing off ul- )up Rome, GA 30165 systems at the U.of St. Tho- visit with Maura Stetson year, "Professor Lesser" re- trasound pictures ofthe little ;to (706) 234-3207(home) mas in Houston, where I'll (Will Rice) here in Cam- ceived his "fifteen minutes boy they expect in Oct.(Oc- s is (706) 290-5296 (work) be teaching programming, bridge a few months ago on of fame" when a class he casionally they catch athlet- am expert systems, and other her whirlwind tour of New created on the probability ics scouts lurking about, but )cal Marcela Daichman Chen- computer-related topics. England." and psychology ofthe Texas the Doberman seems to keep ing nisi (Baker) and Dave Our new address is 4105-A Lottery received coverage on them at a distance.) re), Chennisi(Wiess) write: "It's Graustark, Houston, Texas Boris Jezic (Wiess) writes: CNN Headline News. "Now comes the truth- of hard to think of a major life 77006." "Attended Fred Gradin's is-stranger-than-fiction part. event that we haven't been (Baker) wedding in Prague Sarah Huntington Duck Chris Yee '88 (Wiess) is the through recently: changed on May 28. I saw some old Loudermilk (Will Rice) now my brother-in-law, so ball jobs, sold a house, moved friends and made several new writes: "Since graduating we can be even cruder to 4:-. as halfway across the country, contacts. Life is good!" from Rice,I have been work- each other than in school :an- had a baby, and bought a ing for Houston Grand Op- days! His sister, Amy Yee ens house! Dave left Anderson 1005 era,the nation's fourth larg- Murphey '87 (Hanszen), ) is Consulting in Feb. to work est opera company. After was a student in my brother ring for First Consulting Group Class Recorder: seven years 1 have worked Richard Murphey's (M.S., in Houston. Gabriela, our David Phillips my way up to director of 1988; Ph.D., 1991) EE lab )n- three-year-old, and I joined 23 Fendall Ave. individual giving, and I am section—at least he waited sits him in April. Our second Alexandria, VA 22304-6328 responsible for raising over 'til after the final to ask her es- child, Andrew Nicholas, ar- Class Recorders: $1.7 million. I work with out! Even though the Harley rived on May 12—just in Angela N.Hooper Creager Cliff and Alice Dorman over one hundred volun- is gone and they both have uric time to join us for a move (Will Rice) writes: "It has 1274 Clearwater Dr. teers, many ofwhom are Rice multiple degrees and de- :t to into our new house in West been three years since I Mandeville, LA 70448 grads. manding jobs (Richard at the U. posted any changes in my "Last Dec., I married UTMB-Galveston and Amy I'd "We went to Cleveland professional or personal life Ann Bauser Colina (Will John Loudermilk, Jr., a at Rockwell), they still act his in July to celebrate John in the Sallyport, and changes Rice) writes that she and her structural engineer here in mushy seven years later. Dis- me Knox's (Baker) wedding to have been numerous. Most husband, Ken Colina Houston. Although he's a gusting. Good to be back the Julie Winnerich and had a significantly, my husband, (Wiess), are moving again: UT grad, we met at Rice's around family at last." :in great time with Debbie and Bill Creager'83 (Hanszen), "Ken has finally finished resi- Jake Hess Tennis Stadium, pry, Ken Fitzgerald( Baker) and and I had a second child just dency, and we're moving to where we both played tennis 61- their handsome son, over a year ago, a second Waco, Texas, where he'll with our dads every Sat. Brendan; Gordy and Chris boy: Jameson Mitchell begin work Aug. 1 as a pe- morning. My new address is Brehm '83 (Baker); and Creager,born May 21,1993. diatrician. We now have a 1902 Brun, Houston,Texas idy Amy Barker'85 (Hanszen). His four-year-old brother fourteen-month-old daugh- 77019." 19) "Having spent the last Elliot loves him! ter, Helen Elaine, and I'm fter two winters freezing with "Last spring I finished currently staying home with Susan E. Murphey (Wiess) idy us in Boston, Marcela's up two years ofpostdoctoral her. We can be reached at writes: "After relative isola- the brother, Sean Daichman training in Harvard's Dept. 1207 N. 66th St., Waco, tion in Corpus Christi the :ker '88(Baker; B.A. and B.S.) is of the History of Science, Texas 76710; telephone last three years, I'm back in , as coming back to Houston, and I will continue my wan- (817) 776-1536." civilization. I moved back to Hese too—he graduated from derings away from labora- Houston at Christmas after ped Harvard Business School in tory biochemistry (in which Russell Hall (Will Rice) finishing residency and are June and will be working for I completed a Ph.D. three writes that he started a new started private practice at an seir Shell." years ago). 1 spent this year job June I. "Am sending often overlooked clinic in !CO as a Mellon Fellow in the announcements to Rice the Rice Village area with ar- Brian D. Loftus (Jones) Program in Science, Tech- friends whose addresses I George Gatoura. He's been With Buff the cabana man, 7a. writes: "After spending the nology,and Society at MIT, haven't lost (Keith Mar- there since 1947 and is a (left to right) Susan Mead y if month of July with my four- and next year I will begin a gulies, where are you?). wonderful mentor and com- '87, Baba Noelle '86, and 33) year-old son,Adam, I began tenure-track position teach- Apologies to everyone else. rade. I'm very active in the Tracy Edmonson '85 a new job as a neurologist at ing in the Dept. of History So you know, I'm now a Texas Academy of Family the Diagnostic Clinic of (and the Program in the staff attorney in the hous- Physicians, especially with Houston. I hope to see ev- History of Science) at ing/consumer unit of Gulf medical students interested Babs Noelle (Jones) writes: eryone at our ten-year re- Princeton U. I often think Coast Legal Foundation. I'd in family practice. "Babs Noelle, Tracy union." that Charles Garside would previously been a special "I've taken up biking Edmonson '85 (Lovett), be happy with my gravita- agent of the U.S. Dept. of and skating but set aside jog- and Susan Mead '87 Sharon Hughes Tuttle tion back into history! I will Justice, Immigration & ging due to knee problems (Wiess), after successful (Baker) writes: "After the be teaching and doing re- Naturalization Service. Quit (not prowess-induced, I as- completion of their most seemingly endless drudgery search in the history of biol- that in '91 and graduated sure you). Running got me recent annual spa vacation, of graduate school, things ogy, with a focus on twenti- from the U.of Houston Law through the roughest parts are pleased to report they are finally happening in my eth-century biochemistry Center in '93. Call me and of my schooling, but are thoroughly scrubbed, life! I successfully defended and molecular biology. I'll add your name to my arthroscopic surgery and a rubbed,and steamed to such my doctoral thesis in com- "Before heading off to mailing list. Home: (713) birthday in the same month a degree that the Las Vegas puter science at the U. of N.J., our family is spending 774-2120; office: (713) last fall were unkind remind- casinos required picture Houston in Nov. 1992 and the summer in Berkeley, 660-0077, ext. 273." ers of the aging process! identification for proof of received my diploma the next Calif., where I will be doing "I ran into Russell Hall legal age. All this, despite May. Which was just in the archival research for a book Larry Lesser (Hanszen) is (Will Rice; now attorney-at- the fact that this trip was in nick oftime, as my husband, and Bill will be preparing to happy to report that his many law) at the Gingcrman the celebration of Babs's thirti- David Tuttle '82 (Baker; start his new job as a re- years in grad school at UT- afternoon that the bar exam eth birthday, much like last M.A.M.S., 1985), and I search analyst at the Con- Austin have resulted in a results were released. (We year's spa trip to Tucson brought our first child, gressional Office of Tech- Ph.D. in mathematics edu- went to high school to- marked Tracy's likewise gether, too.) Also celebrat- landmark annum.

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"Activity specifics in- "From the West Coast, much easier if only I would M.E.E., 1991). cluded: gratis poolsidc mist- Tracy reports she was pleased concede to having my Social "I promise not to wait ing by the cabana men,Sam to be graced with Boris Security number tattooed on another five years before I and Biff(see photo); Susan's Jezic's'85 (Wiess) presence 1988 my forehead. It makes me write in again." complete mastery ofPsi Gow at a lunch stop in China appreciate Rice's personal due to her fluency in Man- Town,San Francisco,on his Ros Kermode Brown touch! I have been enjoying Angela Patterson (Wiess) darin Chinese; Babs's grace- World Tour'94. Otherwise, (Brown)writes: "I have thor- keeping in touch with other writes: "Dr. Lorraine Rud- ful yet monumental loss at her wedded bliss continues, oughly enjoyed reading news Owls via E-mail. My address der '87 (Hanszen) and high stakes roulette and as does her busy law career. of old Rice friends through is hcampbeleucssunl. Chris Nixon '90 (Jones) baccarat; Tracy's astonish- "Susan,the rising star of Classnotes and realized it was sdsu.cdu." were married during Memo- ing negotiations at both taxi Mobil Oil, is planning to about time my friends knew rial Day weekend amidst the hawking and suite upgrad- relocate to Dallas in Aug.,as what I was up to. Monique Messer-Baldwin flowing waters of the Carib- ing; and a gourmet seven- she scales up the corporate "I have been happily (Lovett) writes: "I've pro- bean in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. course authentic Moroccan ladder. She recently lunched married for almost two years crastinated so long that I Rice alums who joined in feast lasting over two hours. with Dan Schnurman '87 now and live and teach ten- have had at least five other the festivities were Toys The crowning glory of the (Wiess), who in Nov. 1993 nis in Mass. After complet- lives since I first thought to Cook '87 (Brown), Stacy trip was a backstage visit with celebrated his entry into the ing a master's degree in write in to Classnotes—in Gilstrap (Jones), Rene Janet (Ms. Jackson, that is) land of ball-and-chain. sports management at Aug. 1989!! So, from the Shankle '87 (Hanszen), after her spectacular appear- "Alas, we bid Sam and UMass/Amherst in May'90, Monique Shankle '86 ance at the MGM Grand. Biff adieu and look forward I vowed I'd move south. I "I took time off from (Hanszen), Jimmy Hines "On the homefront, to our fourth annual spa va- explored every possible av- AT&T Bell Laboratories in '90 (Lovett), and myself. Babs and Keith 'All That is cation, date and location enue in sports to put to use N.J. to get my M.S.E.E.from Chris and Lorraine made an Good in Mankind'Chappell TBA (although a spot less my master's degree and UC-Berkeley. While I was in absolutely radiant couple. '83 (Sid Rich) are living to- proliferated with fashion ended up as head coach for Calif., I saw Sharon Ebner Friends and family came gether in their new home of faux pas might be less taxing men's and women's tennis (Lovett),Cheryl Smith '86 from such places as New They a year. regularly hook to the senses). Ciao!" and squash at Bowdoin Col- (Lovett), Bronwcn Mor- York, Texas, Atlanta, Bos- up with fellow Owls Doug lege, a wonderful small rison, Mary Ann Coones ton,and London to celebrate Mischlich '84 (Sid Rich, liberal arts college in '89(Wiess), and Jen Corkill the blessed occasion. M.C.H.E., 1985), Analisa Brunswick, Maine. Yes, (Baker). Thirteen months "Besides feasting on and Kyle Frazier '83 (Sid that's NORTH of Mass.! and twenty-seven days later, many of the island special- Rich), Brad Borg '85 (Sid "I met David, my hus- I completed the blasted de- ties (lobster is an everyday Rich)and Amy Fredrickson 1007 band, in Jan.'92 at a tennis gree and relocated to At- meal WC over there!), did a Borg (Brown),Kari Findley tournament in Mass, where lanta in Oct. 1990. I left the lot of the 'reggae dancing '84 (Brown), Ken Sill '83 K Scott McAfee(Sid Rich) we were both number one world ofengineering because thing'and partook in several (Sid Rich),and John Witten writes: "We have had our seeds, at the tennis club of the money, changed jobs water activities—including a '85 (Sid Rich) at various share of big events lately, where he worked. We were three times, and am now climb up on the Dunn's River outings, both sundry (Owl starting with the birth ofour engaged in May and married managing a sales team for Waterfalls together. The games,Kay's, Valhalla, bowl- second child, Kristalyn in Aug.on the aerobics floor AT&T. newlyweds even joined us ing) and exotic (bowling at Michelle,in April. This took at the same tennis club. We "While skipping around for the excursion. It was a midnight). Ken and Kari place during the one-year followed that three months the country, I have run into fun time for everyone. One were also recently engaged M.B.A. program at INSEAD later with a beautiful church Jeffrey Tunison '91 of the highlights that Stacy to be married, with thc (European Institute ofBusi- wedding in England at New (Lovett),Pat Takamine'87 and I experienced was a per- nuptual celebration to take ness Administration) in Year'93 in subfreezing tem- (Lovett), Juliana Ortega, sonal tour of Mick Jagger place in the early part ofOct. Fontainebleau, France, peratures. Stacy Gilstrap (Jones), and Jerri Hall's home. in Lake Charles—Babs is which I successfully com- "David and I arc now David Schnur (Lovett), "Chris and Lorraine cur- excited to have the distinct pleted in June. Exxon then co-tennis directors at a ten- Kelly Wilson (Lovett), and rently reside in Houston. of honor designing ICari's proposed a transfer from San nis and fitness club in Pat Lawinger (Lovett) and Chris is entering his final wedding ring. Francisco( Benicia refinery) Danvers on Boston's North Melanie TansucheLawing- year of law school this fall, "Owls Memo Trevino to the headquarters office in Shore coaching future stars er (Lovett). Another treat and Lorraine is starting her '83 (Sid Rich) and Tammy Houston, which I accepted to play for the Owls! I saw was getting to hear my all- third year of medical resi- Trevino (plus daughters as of the first of July. We arc Sherry Wilkins Mischler time favorite Rice professor, dency." Hannah and Megan) and now looking forward to re- '88 (Brown) frequently in Larry Temkin, give a phi- Jennifer and Steve Jines'83 establishing ties with Rice Boston before she got mar- losophy lecture at an alumni (Sid Rich) plus daughter U. as we are back in Texas ried and have now lost gathering last year. Also, I Courtney recently visited for the first time in over five touch—where are you, have exchanged letters with Houston for a dual purpose: years." Sherry? Rumor has it Wendy Shannon D. Powers the annual Goliard Scholar- Wood Yang'86 (Will Rice) (Lovett) in Utah and Kelly ship Board of Governors Fran McHenry (Jones) is back in the Boston area. Miller '89 (Lovett) in Ja- meeting to select this year's writes: "After two years of Where arc you, Wendy? My pan. Class Recorder: scholarship recipients and to graduate school, I finished a work address is Racquetime "Here's the biggee—in David H. Nathan sec the spectacle that is Beer- joint degree program at Fitness Club, 30 Prince St., Sept. 1993,1 married Mitch 2323 McClendon Bike. Both families arc ex- SMU, where I received my Danvers, Mass. 01923 and Messer. The man that stole Houston, TX 77030 pecting happy little additions M.B.A./M.A. (arts and ad- telephone number is (508) my heart six years ago when (713)668-1712 very shortly (boys, maybe?). ministration) in Aug. 1993. 777-3151. I would love to we met in N.J. We bought a The Trevinos also made the Now I'm still at SMU,work- sec any old friends that are in house in metro Atlanta(read Rebecca Epstein Matveyev long trek to Houston for ing as a grant specialist in the the area. Please call or just that as an hour-long com- (Wiess) writes: "A lot in my Babs's surprise thirtieth Office of Research Adminis- stop by." mute to work in the city of life has changed since I left birthday party in Jan. Party tration. I work with faculty Atlanta), so please write us Rice and Wiess in 1989. Af- attendees via telephone in- members to find funding for Heather Campbell( Baker) at 2270 Fcnwick Pointc, ter graduation, I worked cluded Diane and Jeff Alton their research projects. writes:"I am currently a grad Marietta, Ga. 30064. briefly. Since Sept. 1990 I've '84(Sid Rich); those able to "I'm also planning a student in linguistics at San "If you don't like to been in a Ph.D. program in attend personally included wedding. I'm marrying Jim Diego State U. If all goes write, call (404) 419-1477, Russian literature at the U. Hannah Baker (Hanszen); Carter (of Little Rock) on well, I'll get my M.A. in the or come on down to visit. of Wise.-Madison. Coinci- Martha Meyers( Jones)and Oct. 1, 1994. We will con- spring of'95. Here at SDSU, Other Atlantans include dentally, Angela Brint- her new husband, Michael tinue to live in Dallas after with twenty thousand stu- Marena Gatewood Brown linger '87 (Jones) and Hamilton; Naomi Bullock the wedding." dents and a bureaucracy to '89 (Brown), Angela Megan Dixon '91( Lovett) '83 (Jones); and Frank match, my life would be so Patterson (Wiess), and are also in the same graduate Markle (Sid Rich). Adam Stine '89 (Lovett; dept.

52 Sally port in "After receiving an M.A. Buffalo, N.Y., where I being on my involvement periodon- Rice athletics, proposed on ait in Dcc. 1991, I studied at gan a residency in Ph.D. pro- the scoreboard at halftime : I Moscow State U. for a year. tal surgery and a There! met,fell in love with, gram in oral biology at of the Rice-A&M Home- 23, and married Grigoriy SUNY-Buffalo. The com- coming game on Oct. offered as a 1993. We celebrated our ss) Matveyev, who is originally bined program is Fellowship marriage with a honeymoon id- from a town near Moscow. Dentist Scientist the Na- in Belize and a reception with nd After earning his degree in and is funded by of Health. family and close friends when es) biophysics, Grisha arrived in tional Institutes being paid we returned. We are now 10- Madison in Feb. 1992. The concept of "Grisha has been work- to go to school is a nice living in the Galleria area, he the ing since then; this fall he is change from the debt ofden- where I am currently ib- supervisor of the Wholesale ca. going to enroll at UW in the tal school. alums Lending Division of Home in medical technology pro- "As for other Rice by playing Trust Co." ,ya gram. I took (and passed) making a living Alexia icy my prelims in the spring and with teeth: Dr. ne defended my dissertation Cunningham Fields '88 proposal in May. If all goes (Hanszen) is now in private Jennifer Stobie Schumacher '91 and Brian ), Dallas area El6 as planncd,1 will start teach- practice in the Schumacher '88 extended 'es ing(if I'm lucky,in a tenure- after completing an program in advanced gen- 1M3 :If. track job, like Angela) in Baylor Col- nifer Stobie and Brian Rodney Gibbs (Brown) an Aug. 1996. Grisha should eral dentistry at in June. Schumacher'88 (Sid Rich) writes: "Still serving Jesus." Korbin King (Sid Rich) lc. be done with his course work lege of Dentistry Thompson '87 were finally married on May writes:"As of July 12,1994, ne by that time as well. Both of Dr. Mark to Baylor 14, 1994, in Atlanta, Ga. Ilene Rubowitz (Baker) I have been working one year ew us are very much looking (Lovett) returns forward to getting jobs in a College of Dentistry to en- Rice alums in the wedding writes: "It's been a difficult as a systems consultant for residency program in party included Rachel two years since graduation. Price Waterhouse in Dallas, Ste state with a better climate. ter a "By the way, if Elise orthodontics after a few years Senturia Kros (Sid Rich; Three weeks after beginning Texas." practice in Calif. BAR., 1993), Philip medical school, my mother onon Keller(Wiess) is reading this of private Houston. Christiansen'88 (Sid Rich), was diagnosed with cancer. Jeanne Nucchterlein al- notice, please send me your and Abbotts now re- and Ashok Sudarshan '88 She died nine months later, (Lovett) writes:"I moved to lay address. Nobody that I've "The 1011 Northwood Dr., (Sid Rich). and this past year has been a cute little studio cottage a talked to seems to know side at tele- "Jenny graduated from spent getting my life back just in time to leave for a six- ng where you are now. As of Williamsville, N.Y.; Emory law school on May 9 together. Being in medical week trip to Europe for the ral Aug. 1, 1994, my address is phone (716) 632-3566." and began working in June school has helped keep my purpose of—um—study.Art g a 1331 South St., Apt. 10, (B.A. and B.S.; for Kilpatrick & Cody in mind focused, but the best history grad school is defi- er Madison, Wisc. 53715. My Edan Lee gradu- Atlanta in their tax section part ofthis past year has been nitely the life!" he phone number is(608) 251- Lovett)writes: "After joined the doing employee benefits hearing from (and getting us 2466." ating from Rice, I firm work. Brian is clerking for visits from)friends, especially Karin Verspoor(Hanszen) La management consulting McKinsey & Co., work- Judge McDuff, chief judge Joanna Nelson (Baker); writes: "I have moved to ne Claude J. Pumilia, III of in the U.S. of the State Court of Cobb Marina Broitman '93 Scotland where I am study- cy (Jones) returned to Hous- ing for clients After Co. in Atlanta, but he is be- (Baker); Carolyn Aman ing cognitive science and :r- ton to work for Baker & and,later, in Australia. McKinsey, I ginning to search for a posi- (Baker), who visited on va- natural language at the U.of ;er Botts after graduating from two years at the U. of Va. law school. decided to pursue an M.B.A. tion with a litigation firm. cation from grad school in Edinburgh.!fall goes well,! Recently presented with the at Stanford. My summer job Our address is 902 N.Cross- Ariz.; Rebecca Alberg will receive my master's in 1r- Kong so ing Way, Decatur, Ga. (Baker), who is currently a Sept. and then plunge on. opportunity to get involved last year in Hong dynamic 30033. Our phone number successful pharmaceutical straight into my Ph.D. I also sal in management consulting, convinced me ofthe he now works as an associate growth opportunities in is (404) 636-8866. rep in Houston (ask her what hope to spend at least six that, upon graduation "Rachel Kros is in she sells!) and living with months at the U. of Utrecht ier at McKinsey & Co. China June,!joined a small start- Clarksville, Tenn., with her Wendy Frazier( Baker), who in the Netherlands as a visit- si- in up company developing husband, Todd Kros '90 will be teaching at Dobic ing graduate student. So if power projects in that re- (Sid Rich), who is a capt. in High School in Houston anyone needs a tour guide in gion. For those who will be the army at Fort Campbell. next fall; and Mitra Miller Edinburgh or will be in Hol- passing through thc area, Rachel is working as an ar- '93(Jones)—who is taking land next spring, drop me a please look me up: AES chitect in Nashville. Their the business world of BSG line. I'd love to see you! I China Generating Co., 9/ address is 1045 Angela by storm but still found time can be reached at the Centre Science, 2 Class Recorder: F., Allied Capital Resources Drive, Clarksville, Tenn. to wreak havoc with me in for Cognitive Jennifer Cooper Building, 32-38 Ice House 37042. Ashok and DeeDee Oklahoma City recently. Buccicuch Place,Edinburgh United King- 1616 Ridgewood St.,Central, HONG KONG; Sudarshan are living in Ba- Anyone need a place to stay EH8 9LW, Kverspe Houston, TX 77006 telephone(852)842-5111." ton Rouge,La., where Ashok in Okla.? My new two-bed- dom; or E-mail: (713) 523-6549 or works for Anderson Con- room condominium is tai- cogsci.cd.ac.uk." (713) 523-3089 sulting. Philip Christiansen lor-made for visitors! 3200 E-mail: flickababeeaol.com will be getting married in W.Britton Rd.,#202, Okla- Aug. and then will move to homa City, Okla. 73120; Tallahassee, Fla., to begin telephone(405)751-7875." ev Dr. Dennis M. Abbott (Baker) writes: "News from his Ph.D. program in voice." ay Jennifer Krejci Willcoxon !ft the land of teeth and gums. Recorder: (Sid Rich) writes:"Just writ- f. 1 graduated from Baylor Class College of Dentistry in Dal- Ross Goldberg ing to say that 1 married :d Jr., las on June 4 with a doctor 734 Edmondson Ave., Howard L. Willcoxon, ve of Houston on April 15, in of dental surgery degree. I Apt. 1B was also awarded honors Baltimore, MD 21228 1994, in an intimate cer- J. Chapel. from the American Assn. of (410) 747-7918 (home) emony at the Rice engaged at Periodontology and the Dal- (410) 712-7428 (work) Class Recorder: We also became t- Tom Farncn Rice but in a much more id las Section of the American Stobie Schu- 1200 Dogwood Dr. public setting. Howard,act- t) Assn. of Dental Research. Jennifer Rich) writes: Mexico, MO 65265 tc "In July, my wife, macher (Sid Debbie, and I moved to "After dating six years, Jen-

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(Baker) and David Tuttle '82 (Baker; M.A.M.S., 1985) are happy to announce the birth of New Katherine Rose Tuttle on June Arrivals 16, 1993. The whole happy family is Val Glitsch '76 (Jones; BAR., residing at 4105-A Graustark, 1978) and husband Gary Inman Houston, Texas 77006. have a new baby girl, Skyler Kate Inman,who arrived June 13,1994. Charles Merrill Gibbs '86 She weighed eight lbs., eleven oz. (Hanszen) and his wife, Mary,an- and was twenty-one and three-quar- nounce the birth oftheir first child, ters in. long. Big brother Eric a daughter, Meryl Elisabeth Gibbs, Hester is very proud. on Oct. 22, 1993, weighing in at five lbs., eight oz. The family is at Roger Harris '76 (Baker) writes: Katherine Marie Price home in Bellaire, Texas, at 4531 "Married—three children with new Magnolia St.(77401). baby boy, Jimmy. Back in school Katherine Marie Price was born on for certification as graduate March 23, 1994,to David Norman Lauren Potre Zuravleff'86 (Will remodeler. Have construction com- Price '83 (Lovett; M.E.E., 1987) Rice) writes: "Lauren and Bill pany in Humble—R. J. Harris Con- and Laura Paul Price '85 (Brown; Zuravleff'79 (Lovett) are proud struction. Would love to hear from M.S., 1988)."She weighed five lbs., parents ofAdam Taylor, born May any old classmates, especially old eleven and one-half oz., and was 12, 1994. Our little family ruggers." lives in eighteen and one-half in. long. Wc Mountain View, Calif. Bill and I nicknamed her'Peanut' because she both work at start-up companies Marcella and Raymond C. Wilson is so small. Let us know if you are in Silicon Valley." '76 (Will Rice) would like to an- coming to Orlando to do the nounce the birth oftheir first child, 'Disney' thing. We're about an W.Keith Buchanan'89 (M.B.A.) Emma Dindi Wilson. She was born hour's drive from the big 0." writes: "Mitchell Frank was born April 25, 1993, and weighed eight on March 24, 1994, at 5:10 P.M. lbs., fourteen oz. Jennifer Josephson Tillison '83 He weighed nine lbs.,five oz.,and (Brown) writes: "Our first child, was twenty and three-quarters in. Diane Lankford Gibson '82 Stephanie Ann, was born May 25, long. My wife's name is Fran (Lovett) and her husband, Don, 1994; eight lbs., seven oz., twenty Buchanan. This is our first child." joyfully announce the birth oftheir and one-half in. Craig and I arc daughter, Diane Victoria, on Feb. thrilled!" Tim Schier '89 (Hanszen; 28,1994. Victoria joins her brother, M.B.A., 1990)and his wife,Jaime Tyler,age five, and her sister, Eliza- Robert W. Warfield '83 (Wicss) Starck Schier '87(Hanszen), are beth, age four. and Kathleen Janes Warfield '85 proud to announce the birth of (Jones; M.B.P.M., 1985)announce thcir second son, Casey Stephen, Bill Creager '83 (Hanszen) and the birth ofRobert Edward Warfield on June 26, 1994. "Big brother Angela N. Hooper Creager '85 on Jan. 30, 1994. "He weighed Jeffrey (two years, eight months) (Will Rice) announce the birth of seven lbs., twelve oz. and arrived is proudly showing him the ropes. Jameson Mitchell Creager on May just in time for all of us to sec the "Tim has also switched jobs. 21, 1993. He joined his four-year- Super Bowl." He has now been employed a year old brother Elliot and has already at Cain Brothers & Co., an invest- met his three Creager cousins, the Marcela Daichman Chennisi '84 ment banking firm specializing in two daughters and son of Martha (Baker) and Dave Chennisi '84 health care. He joins Bruce Deskin Creager Barnes '81 (Hanszen), (Wicss) write: "We're happy to an- '80 (Sid Rich; M.B.P.M., 1990) nounce the birth of Andrew Nicho- and Jim Marrow '68 (Wiess) in Lisa Kirkland Foley '83 (Will las Chennisi on May 12, 1994. He the Houston office." Rice)and Jim Foley'81 (Will Rice) was seven lbs., fifteen oz. and joins write: "We moved to picturesque his big sister, Gabriela (three years Middlebury, Vt., last summer,just old)." in time for the coldest, snowiest winter in recent years. We just had Kathleen Robertson Stewart '84 our third son on May 11, 1994— (Brown) writes: "Robert and I are Patrick John. Chad is four and one- delighted to announce the birth of half years old, and Ryan will soon our daughter, Hannah Clark, on be three years old." May 22,1994. Our beautiful baby cie weighed nine lbs.,six oz. at birth, 17 Kathy Sullivan Oujesky'83 (Will but! only lost eight lbs. during 45 Rice; M.S., 1986) and husband delivery—another mystery of Corky announce the birth of their childbirth, like nine months of son, Cody Robert, on April 21, pregnancy equaling forty 1993. "Cody joins his older sister, weeks. We find the thrill and Kristi Marie, born March 25, 1991, agony of parenthood a wonder to keep our house in constant ful and terrible occupation." chaos." Sharon Hughes Tuttle '84

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Herbert Cecil Taylor '18 on July 10, 1994 John Pryor Cornett, Jr. '62 on April 11, 1994 Tracy Fred Lighthouse '24 on April 24, 1994 Robert Lottin Coupe '75 on July 25, 1994 John B. Rushing '24 on July 24, 1994 Patricia Ann May '79 on June 29, 1994 Esther Oberholtzer Fuller '26 on June 6, 1994 Sean Rodney William Marks '81 on July 19, 1994 Walter Frank Qualtrough '26(M.D.) on June [7], 1994 Holland Joe Smith, Jr. '88 on June 9, 1994 Jo Edward Shaw '26 on June 22, 1994 Diane June Schaubhuth Kett '93 in Feb. 1993 Douglas Alden Buchholz '28 on June 22, 1994 Lillian Bessie Melton Ramsey '28 on July 12, 1994 Faculty/Staff/Friends Bernadine Louise Derrick Field '30 on June 7, 1994 Sanders Truman Lyles '30 (M.A., 1931) on June [2], 1994 Quintus S. Adams, Jr., on Aug. 6, 1994 Edward J. Vogel '30 on May 2, 1994 Thelma L. Kingery Ambrose on June 11, 1994 Paula Zelma Hirsch '31 on April 7, 1994 Betty Jo (Mrs. Henry) Arts on June 24, 1994 Robert Willis Myer '33 on April 10, 1994 William E. Boswell, Jr., on June 15, 1994 John Jerry Dvorak '34 on July 9, 1994 Carline Lobitz Shepperd Davis on Aug. 7, 1994 Selma Autrey Lewis Ballanfant '35 on July 3, 1994 Rex Roger Fleming (Ph.D.) on July 24, 1994 Maurice Sacks '35 on June 18, 1994 Lillian V.(Mrs. Howell G.) Foy on June 14, 1994 Oscar A. Sclandcr, Jr. '35 on Aug. 1, 1994 Harvey Stuart Glanzrock on June 15, 1994 Helen Beavens Tutt '35 on Nov. 18, 1993 Arlo C. Hatfield on June 16, 1994 Johnnie Elizabeth Davis Diver '36 on June 22, 1994 Dave!. Jobe on June 21, 1994 Jane Cannafax Elliott '37 on June 22, 1994 Clyde L. Manschreck on May 31, 1994 1994 A. Frank Smith, Jr. '37 on July 1, 1994 Mildred Frances (Mrs. Jeff E.'24) Montgomery on Aug. 11, Max B. Hughes '38 on March 1, 1994 Eleanor Thompson Mosle on July 29, 1994 Callie Shindler Smith '38 on April 26, 1994 Roy Lamar Rather on June 11, 1994 Henry G. Gardincr, Jr. '40(M.D.) in July 1993 Fairy Correne Roper on April 25, 1994 Robert Richardson Duvall '41 on Aug. 6, 1994 Clifton H. Russell on Aug. 9, 1994 William J. Gleckler '42(M.D.) in Jan. 1994 Arthur William Shorck on June 18, 1994 Philip H. Hardy '42 on Dcc. 8, 1993 Seldon D. Steed on July 3, 1994 Loy E. Kidson '42 on May 13, 1994 Virginia H.(Mrs. Seldon) Steed on May 28, 1994 Jess B. Bessinger, Jr. '43 on June 23, 1994 K. Doug Stewart on July 19, 1994 Hanecl Langham Evans '43 on June 12, 1994 Medford Wright Stuckey on June 11, 1994 Kimzcy Earl Carpenter, Jr. '46 on June 4, 1994 Lucille Kemp Carnes '47 on May 13, 1994 Barbara Zcc Waltermire Salley-Bolinger '47 on July 30, 1994 Sam Hays Phelps '48 on May 28, 1994 H. Lee Haberlic '49 (B.A. and B.S.) on June 4, 1994 Patricia Ann McCracken White '49 on Sept. 1, 1991 Robert J. Minehew '50 on Aug. 3, 1994 Lloyd Drcxell Vincent '50 on Aug. 5, 1994 John Turner Harris '52 on July 7, 1994 Richard D. Karig '54 on April 15, 1994 Russell Leroy Baird, Jr. '55 on June 17, 1994

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Bevo Gets Cooked Before the eyes of the country and thousands of Rice fans, one of the nation's longest dry streaks ended on a rainy October evening when the Rice Owls defeated the nationally ranked University of Texas Longhorns 19-17. A torrent of Rice fans crept to the sideline during the final minutes, then poured onto the field at Rice Stadium to tear down both goal posts, engulf the players, and dance to the MOB's "Louie, Louie." Little kids and alums who had waited twenty-nine years for this victory joined in jubilation as the Rice crowd erupted into total pandemonium. Prior to the upset, Rice had not whipped Texas since the 1965 team, shown at top with quar- terback David Ferguson, No. 26, defeated the Horns 20-17. The twenty-eight years of Longhorn victories that followed was the second- longest streak during which one college football team continuously beat another. More than 34,000 people braved the rain, and more than two million watched the streak- breaking game on ESPN.

—David D. Medina

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Men's Basketball Dec. 22 Kansas (Jayhawk Network-TV), Lawrence, Kansas, 7 p.m. Dec. 28 Holy Cross, Autry Court, 7:35 p.m. Dec. 30 Kent, Autry Court, 7:35 p.m. Jan. 11 UH (SWC, Prime-TV), Hofheinz Pavilion, 7:05 p.m. Jan. 14 Southern Methodist(SWC, Raycom-TV), Dallas, 2:05 p.m. Jan. 17 Texas A&M (SWC, Prime-TV), the Summit, 7:35 p.m. Jan. 22 Texas Christian (SWC, ESPN2-TV), Autry Court, 5:35 p.m. Lila

7 Basketball Dec. 21 1,amar, Autry Court, 7 p.m. Jan. 10 UH, Hotheinz Pavilion, 7 p.m. Jan. 14 Southern Methodist (SWC), Autry Court, 7 p.m. Jan. 18 Texas A&M (SWC), Autry Court, 7 p.m.

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The Ferret King

Following the tradition of electing unique homecoming royalty, the student body chose Doofus the Ferret to wear the King's crown at this year's festivities.

Photo by Jesse DeMartino