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Rice University GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS for the Academic Year 1969-1970 William Marsh Rice University GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS for the Academic Year 1969-70 FOUNDED BY WILLIAM MARSH RICE OPENED FOR THE RECEPTION OF STUDENTS IN THE AUTUMN OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF LETTERS, SCIENCE, AND ART Houston, Texas 1969 Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive in 2010 witii funding from Lyrasis members and Sloan Foundation funding http://www.archive.org/details/riceuniversityge196970hous Contents Academic Calendar ^ Part One. Administration and Staff Officers of Administration 3 Board of Governors 4 The Rice University Associates 6 The Rice University Research Sponsors 8 The College Masters 9 The Instructional and Research Staff 10 University Standing Committees 41 Part Two. General Information Historical Sketch of the University 47 The University Campus and Facilities 49 Chairs and Lectureships 61 Part Three. Information for Undergraduates Curricula and Degrees 57 Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program 67 Academic Regulations 70 Admission of New Students 75 Tuition, Fees, and Expenses 81 Scholarships and Financial Aid 84 Academic Honors and Awards 93 Student Life 96 Part Four. Information for Graduate Students General Information 105 Areas of Study and Degrees 105 Requirements for Professional Degrees 106 Requirements for Research Degrees 106 Admission to Graduate Study 108 Tuition, Fees, and Expenses 110 Fellowships, Scholarships, and Prizes 111 Graduate Student Life 114 Part Five. Courses of Instruction ii9 Index 264 1969 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 1969-70 First Semester Monday, August 25 Last Day for Payment of Fees Except for New Students Monday, August 25 Arrival of Freshmen Tuesday, August 26- Freshman Week Saturday August 30, Incl. Sunday 6- Monday, August Arrival of Remaining Students 31-September 1 Tuesday, September 2 Opening of Courses, 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 26 Beginning of Thanksgiving Recess, 6:00 P.M. Monday, December 1 Resumption of Courses, 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 10 Last Day of Classes Thursday, December 11 Beginning of Reading Period Monday, December 15 Beginning of Scheduled Examinations Second Semester Monday , January 12 Opening of Courses, 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 4 Major's Day Saturday, March 21 Beginning of Mid-term Recess, 12:00 noon Wednesday, April 1 Resumption of Courses, 8:00 a.m. Friday, May 1 Last Day of Classes Wednesday, May 6 Beginning of Examinations Friday, May 22 Baccalaureate Exercises Saturday, May 23 Fifty-Seventh Commencement Summer, 1970 Jline-July Teaching Apprentice Session Part One Administration and Staff Officers of Administration Board of Governors The Rice University Associates The Rice University Research Sponsors The College Masters The Instructional and Research Staff University Standing Committees Officers of Administration Frank Everson Vandiver, Ph.D. Acting President Carey Croneis, Ph.D., LL.D., D.Sc, D.Eng., L.H.D. Chancellor William Edwin Gordon, Ph.D. Vice President and Dean of Engineering and Science Virgil William Topazio, Ph.D. Vice President and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences Alan Jesse Chapman, Ph.D. Vice President for Administration James Redding Sims, Ph.D. Vice President for Campus Business Affairs George Holmes Richter, Ph.D. Dean of Graduate Studies Michael Vincent McEnany, M.A. Dean of Undergraduate Affairs Anderson Todd, M.F.A. Director of School of Architecture Frederic Atherton Wierum, Jr., Ph.D. Dean of Students James Bernard Giles, M.A. Director of Admissions James Caddall Morehead, Jr., B.Arch Registrar LuciAN Minor Wilkens, B.A. Financial Aid Officer Henry Russell Pitman, B.A. Assistant to the President Board of Governors Trustees H. Malcolm Lovett, Chairman Herbert Allen, Vice Chairman Mrs. William P. Hobby J. Hugh Liedtke Jack C. Pollard H. Gardiner Symonds James U. Teague Term Members John W. Cox William H. Lane Charles W. Duncan, Jr. Haylett O'Neill, Jr. Robert R. Herring Harry K. Smith Benjamin N. Woodson Alumni Governors E. D. Butcher W. Maurice Ewing Sam S. Emison E. Joe Shimek Trustees Emeriti George R. Brown William A. Kirkland Daniel R. Bullard J. Newton Rayzor John S. Ivy Gus S. Wortham Governor Advisors Francis T. Fendley John W. Mecom James W. Hargrove John D. Simpson, Jr. Howard B. Keck John R. Suman Wendel D. Ley Milton R. Underwood J. W. McLean James O. Winston, Jr. Treasurer-Secretary Leo S. Shamblin Assistarit-Secretary Walter M. Reynolds Assistant-Secretary and Man- Joseph Nalle ager Mineral Investments Comptroller J. R. Persons 4 The Rice University Associates Mr. and Mrs. James S. Abercrombie Mr. and Mrs. John W. Cox Mr. and Mrs, K. S. Adams, Jr. Mr. AND Mrs. John H. Crooker Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Allbritton Mr. AND Mrs. John H. Crooker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Allen Mr. AND Mrs. H. M. Crosswell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Leland Anderson Mr. AND Mrs. Lloyd K. Davis Mrs. Forrest L. Andrews Mr. AND Mrs. Harold Decker Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Arnold Mr. AND Mrs. John M. de Menil Mr. and Mrs. J. Evans Attwell Mr. AND Mrs. C. W. Duncan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Austin Mrs , Edmund M. Dupree Mr. and Mrs. William S. Bailey Mr. AND Mrs. James A. Elkins Mr. and Mrs. John B. Baird Mr. AND Mrs. James A. Elkins, Jr. VTr. and Mrs. James A. Baker, Jr. Mrs . Joseph W. Evans Mrs. W. Browne Baker Mrs . W. S. Farish Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Barnhart Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Farish, III Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Barrow Mrs.. William G. Farrington Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bartle Mrs . Johanna A. Favrot Mrs. Joe D. Beasley Mr. AND Mrs. Albert B. Fay Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Beissner Mr. AND Mrs. F. T. Fendley Mr. and Mrs. Albert P. Beutel Mrs. Walter W. Fondren Mr. and Mrs. John H. Blaffer Mr. AND Mrs. Charles I. Francis Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Bond Mr. AND Mrs. J. R. Frankel Mr. and Mrs. James C. Boone Mr. AND Mrs. Kenneth Franzheim, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Britton II Mr. and Mrs. Issaac S. Brochstein Mr. AND Mrs. Herbert J. Frensley Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Broun Mr. AND Mrs. Robert L. Gerry, III Mr. and Mrs. George R. Brown Mr. AND Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hart Brown Mrs . Walter Goldston Mr. D. R. Bullard Mr. AND Mrs. Rich^vrd J. Go.nzalez Mr. and Mrs. Harold Burrow Mrs. J. A. Gray Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Butcher Mr. AND Mrs. Cecil R. Haden Mr. and Mrs. George A. Butler Mr. AND Mrs. W. D. Haden, II Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bybee Mr. AND Mrs. Walter G. Hall Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bybee Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Curtis K. Canter Mr. AND Mrs. David Hannah, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Allen H. Carruth Mrs . Harry Hanszen Mr. and Mrs. H. Merlyn Christie Mr. AND Mrs. Clyde Hargrove Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S. Cohen Mr. AND Mrs. James H. Hargrove Mr. and Mrs. Stewart P. Coleman Mr. AND Mrs. Karl F. Hasselmann Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Cook Mr. AND Mrs. Erwin Heinen Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mr. AND Mrs. Wilbur E. Hess WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Mrs. Francis H. Maloney Mrs. William P. Hobby Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. William P. Hobby, Jr. II Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hofheinz Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson, III Miss Ima Hogg Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mecom Mrs. Oscar F. Holcombe Mr. and Mrs. John S. Mellinger Mr. and Mrs. John G. Holland Mr. Leopold L. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Claude E. Hooton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Michaux Mr. and Mrs. George F. Horton Mr. and Mrs. Dan M. Moody Mr. and Mrs. Lynn G. Howell Mr. and Mrs. Harvin C. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mr. Edward J. Hudson C. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Huffington Mr. and Mrs. William T. Moran Mr. and Mrs. John S. Ivy Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Naylor Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Johnson, Jr. Mrs. Wheeler Nazro Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Johnson Mr. Fred M. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. John M. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Millard K. Neptune Mr. and Mrs. Willard M. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Keck Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ross Neuhaus Mrs. Edward W. Kelley Mrs. Mary Moody Northen Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. O'Connor Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kirkland Mr. and Mrs. Gustav M. O'Keiff Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Knapp Mr. and Mrs. Haylett O'Neill, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lane Mrs. George A. Peterkin Mr. and Mrs. Theodore N. Law Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Pollard Randall, III Mr. and Mrs. J. Griffith Lawhon Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mrs. J. Sayles Leach Mrs. John T. Rather, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Letzerich Mrs. Robert H. Ray Mr. and Mrs. Wendel D. Ley Mr. and Mrs. J. Newton Rayzor Mr. and Mrs. Max Levine Mr. Jess Newton Rayzor III Mr. and Mrs. J. Hugh Liedtke Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Reckling, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Link, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Reed Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lloyd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher Reynolds Mrs. Mason G. Lockwood Mr. and Mrs. John F. Riddell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Otto J. Lottman Mr. and Mrs. Clive Runnells, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. H. Malcolm Lovett Mr. and Mrs. Patrick R. Ruther- Mrs. F. R. Lummis ford Mr. and Mrs. James M. Lykes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Fayez Sarofim Mr. and Mrs. John F. Lynch Dr. and Mrs. H. Irving Schweppe, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. S. Maurice McAshan, Mr. and Mrs. Eddy C.