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ASSOCIATION OF RICE ALUMNI NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 VOLUME 42, NUMBER 2

THE INAUGURATION OF GEORGE RUPP

INSIDE Special section: Homecoming 1985 Mae Nacol's call to ARMS A Rice alumnus in Leningrad Co-mien-4

NOV.1985 -JAN. 1986,VOL. 42, NO.2 A new era begins 6 On Oct. 25, Rice's fifth president, George Erik Rupp, was formally inaugurated. Rice faculty, EDITOR staff, students and a wealth of dignitaries from around the world all participated in extend- Suzanne Johnson ing an official welcome to the Rice community. DESIGN II Carol Edwards SCIENCE EDITOR A call to ARMS 8 B.C. Robison Houston trial lawyer Mae Nacol '65 is no rock'n'roller. But her own bout with multiple sclero- SPORTS EDITOR A sis has brought her in contact with some of the biggest names in rock music and has made Bill Whitmore Ti their cause — ARMS (Action for Research into Multiple Sclerosis) — her own. CONTRIBUTORS Steve Brynes to Dianne Ludlam rn Comet-watch: Halley's legacy 10 Basil Nichols '84 in Halley's comet. Three PHOTOGRAPHERS Sc It happens only every 76 years, and this spring will mark the return of Todd Malcolm '87 Rice professors discuss Halley, his comet and why its appearance is generating such excite- Philippe Paravicini '86 lo ment among scientists and non-scientists alike. STUDENT ASSISTANTS Pc * Scheleen Johnson '87 Patti Lipoma '87 A 1985 homecoming album 11 Shelly Unger '86 Se tir Relive the color and excitement of Rice's 1985 homecoming through this special Sallyport keepsake "photo album." OFFICERS OF THE off ASSOCIATION OF RICE ALUMNI President, G. Walter McReynolds '65 President-Elect, Gwynne E. Old '59 So, how was Russia? 16 1st Vice-President, Bridget Rote Jensen '53 nit It's a question Basil Nichols '84 had trouble answering after he returned from a semester's 2nd Vice-President, Nancy Moore Eubank cla study at L.S.U. — Leningrad State University, that is. For Scrllyport, he tries to put every- '55 for thing in perspective. Treasurer, Russ H. Pitman '58 Past President, Harvin C. Moore Jr. '59 An Executive Director, Tommie Lu MaulsbY' 59 20,

ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE (In ON PUBLICATIONS be Chairman, John Boles '65 Bok addresses importance Co-chairman, Darrell Hancock '68 Sai Past Chairman, Charles Szalkowski '70 W.W. Akers An, of academic leadership W.V. Ballew Jr. '40 Brent Breedin On most in my mind was a sentence in describing a series of in- Franz Brotzen Ric terviews that he had with university presidents across the Ira Gruber country in which he said, and I quote, "The presidents I talked Darrell Hancock '68 win with did not seem to know how they should allocate their time Nancy Boothe Parker '52 Sara Meredith Peterson '47 trlei but their confusion on this score was moderated by a firm con- fclth viction that nothing they did mattered much anyway." Patti Simon '65 covl which of these images fits best? What can we really ex- Geri Snider '80 So Snyder '87 Or What Scott pect of someone ascending to this position at this time? Linda Leigh Sylvan '73 should you expect at that moment that is described in a recent Carnegie Foundation report as a low point in academic lead- RICE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI GOVERNORS ership in this country?... Neal T. Lacey Jr. '52 Stici We face today on universities across the country a giant Jerry McCleskey '56 ker. Pat H. Moore '52 anomaly. We choose our university presidents from academic Arel, ranks. We deliberately choose people with very little financial SALLYPORT(USPS 412-950) is published in ety, administrative experience to run what are enormously compli- September, November, February, April lex( cated and expensive institutions and we choose them from the and June by the Association of Rice academic ranks with no management experience because we Alumni, and is sent free to all universitY feel it important to have people who have real judgment and alumni, parents of students, and friends' rlicsb experience in educational intellectual matters. And yet the Second class postage paid at Houston, look modern president is driven to spend more and more time on Texas. lobby, on administration, on finance, and less and less on ac- offers se ademic and intellectual questions. William Marsh Rice University "lePt equal opportunity to all applicants with- And so we run a grave risk today of having the worst of out regard to race, color, sex, age, Tic'( icrri both worlds, of presidents who spend almost all their time on tional or ethnic origin, or physical he cc the very issues which they are least prepared to solve effec- handicap. null tively. And I suppose the question at that point is whether this really some who feel.. we don't re- Editorial offices for SALLYPORT are located Editor's note: The following excerpts were taken from remarks matters, because there are Activi- made by Harvard President Derek Bok who, along with Emory ally have to have a president who is much more than a good in the Allen Center for Business South Main University President James T. Laney, spoke at the inaugural front man. Professors can worry about the academic side of ties, Rice University, 6100 (ItlY Street, Houston, Texas. howE dinner held for Rice President George Rupp at Houston's Wes- the institution, the competition with other universities will ktiv tin keep them on their toes, good ideas will bubble up from crea- POSTMASTER: Send changes tc's Galleria on Oct. 25. address Service ' owl c provosts can think about them and SALLYPORT, Office of Information tive professors, deans and Houston, I thought that I might contribute to the occasion, briefly, by implement them, and so it doesn't matter much if the president Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, ‘tvith saying something about what one should expect of a president is preoccupied with other matters. Texas 77251. simple question course if it was truly that simple, then we should have and why it really matters. That is not such a Of Copyright 1985 by the Association of as some of you might think because opinions on the role of the done with it and appoint businessmen and politicians and not Rice Alumni, Rice University. Io tincI inexperienced academicians to lead our college president in the United States vary very widely at the worry about these tht it present time. universities. And that would be an absolutely tragic mistake, giee'K There is first of all the heroic image. That is an image that because there are certain academic functions that only aca- Otc,vc is often invoked on occasions like this — it is the image of the demically experienced presidents can perform. Because in crisis manager, the defender of academic freedom, the entre- spite of all the claims I have mentioned, only presidents, not Cctri,t preneur of new initiatives, the soothsayer of new visions, of the faculty, are the most likely to see where the weaknesses h the all-purpose leader. But when the applause dies down and and complacencies have really set in on their campuses and serious realists get together to talk about what is actually go- to bring new leadership in to remedy those problems. And %Ige ing on, there is a pragmatic view that is often expressed of the only presidents are really able to scan the larger environment 4/live university president as a moderator among contending fac- outside the university and see where the opportunities reside thQt c tions, someone who is skillful in placating the key constituen- for new initiatives. They are best situated to create an envi- cIrrns cies, someone who understands what the real priorities are... ronment and to mobilize the incentives that will encourage the And then there is still a third view — what one might call faculty to be innovative, to have the courage to seize new op- On the cover: usiin the despairing view of the college presidency that I think was portunities and take advantage of them. And they are cer- Rice president George RoPP 41cIrti, best expressed by one of the nation's most distinguished so- tainly in the best position, once they have identified new ,triL cial scientists, Jim March of Stanford University, who wrote a ideas and faculty initiatives, to capitalize on them, to muster delivers his inaugural the 'o,„k book about the university presidency. I read the book in support from the world outside and to allow those initiatives to Ather search of inspiration and I think the sentence that sticks out go forward...• address, Oct. 25, 1985

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An artistic owl alone and intellectual genius. visit to Rice coincided with the inaugura- within the Southwest Conference as the This article was originally called "Norm According to Rice historian Fre- tion was just that — coincidence. That primary reason for the university's deci- and Sammie — a love story." It was a dericka Meiners' account of a story told Lester agreed to help students document sion, Carl McDowell, assistant to the by H.D. touching story about Rice obtaining a (Piggy) Fulwiler '17 at the 1967 the event on film was an added bonus no president, said, "Considering the prob- homecoming Male owl named Norm and plans for mat- game, the Rice Owl got its one had anticipated. lems of the Southwest Conference and name during ing Norm with owl-in-residence, Fulwiler's school years. The director was the first of several the scrutiny of the conference schools, we "It was Sammie (short for Samantha). The hoped- before a game with A&M and film personalities visiting Rice this believe that it is not in the best interest 01 for baby owls were to be set free on cam- several of us made a huge owl for a mas- school year as part of the Andrew W. Mel- Rice or other(SWC) schools." cot," pus. Fulwiler said. "The trouble was, we lon Chair award. It is the first year that The Home Box Office film, tentatively lost the game But visions of little owls flying and, lo and behold, found the Rice film department has received the titled "Hail, Alma Mater," takes place at that those around the quad were cut short in mid- A&M smart-alecks had stolen award, which is given annually by the a fictitious school named Southern Chris- our owl. September when news of Sammie's un- dean of humanities to a department to tian University. Though the film's director "Seventeen timely death reached the Sallyport of us went to A&M in bring distinguished visitors to campus. said the school is not based on any real Offices, soldier -type uniforms and looked in every As a film student at the National Film university, university officials say it room in every Although Sammie died of undeter- dormitory, but no owl. and Television School of Great Britain, bears a very strong resemblance to SMU "We next Mined causes at the Sept. 14 Rice vs. Mi- hired a private detective to Rice assistant professor Brian Huberman currently under NCAA investigation ft orni football game, owlkeeper Greg find him. He wired us:'Sammy is better. said he was introduced to Lester while recruiting violations. Would like to see Laborde '86 said Sammie's problems his family at 11 p.m. to- working on a documentary of rock musi- Despite cries of lost income and job night.' dated back to the death last fall of her cian Frank Zappa. When Huberman ran opportunities for Houston, the univer- "He former Rice owl roommate, 23-year-old needed a code to tell us he'd into some organizational difficulties, his sity's decision stood. At last report, the found Annie. Owls normally live into their mid- our awl and that's how Sammy got professors recommended Lester as a tutor film's production site had tentatively his 20s; Sammie was only 7. name. to act as a guide through what Lester been moved to Dallas and the Cotton „ Owls are not normally social birds. "We made another trip to A&M, broke calls "the graveyard of (his) mistakes." Bowl. ;41 fact, Laborde said, a partition had to down the door of the U.S. Armory and got "I found Lester to be an extremely in- °e kept between Sammie and Annie for Sammy. We had to drive through Nava- telligent individual, which is not always The homecoming coat caper Sornmie's protection — sota to get to Houston and there we saw the Annie had a bad case when you meet film directors," A combination of motives brought Rice hetbit of killing her roommates.) the train going to Houston with about Huberman When said. staff member Lois Waldron and her hus- Annie died, however, Sammie 5,000 A&M guys so we knew what Last became ill summer, when Huberman re- band to the President's Concert at Rice ctr id never awaited us. We poured gasoline all over on fully regained her strength. turned to his alma mater to teach a class, Oct. 31. .,`1111Y a few short months Sammy and hoped for the best. he after coming to decided to call Lester and invite him to "It sounded like a good program," "ice, Norm was alone. "They caught up with us, though. Be- Rice. Since Lester had wanted to renew she said. "It was a free night off (she is Found fore they grabbed Sammy, we tore his in the wild with an injured touch with the "young American public," taking two evening classes this semes- Wing, Norm canvas cover off, burned the rest of him lived with the Texas Depart- he accepted the invitation. ter). And it was our first night out in a of and got back with his hide." Parks and Wildlife as a surrogate Since directors "must remain in the long time." Other for orphaned baby owls until The first live Sammy at Rice was ac- flow" of their he re- business and cannot com- The Waldrons arrived at Rice's Ham- ntiovered. When quired by cheerleaders Ann Holland it was determined that mit themselves to spending an entire se- man Hall around 7:30 p.m. on the stormy k.°M1's injuries would make (Piper)'66 and Harry Holmes '66, and was mester it hard for in the classroom, Huberman put evening of the concert. Mr. Waldron, who 41rn to survive in the wild, he purchased by the Student Association for together a was do- "package" of people to visit is not fond of holding coats, neatly depos- nated to Rice. the entire student body in 1964. Rice over the next year. Currently, Lazio ited Lois' topcoat on a stair railing over- Laborde said that Great Benedek Horned Owls ("The Wild Ones")is on campus looking Hamman's ground floor foyer. SUCh as Norm cannot be kept in teaching confine- a month-long course entitled They mingled with the crowd, ready to el-it unless an illness "The or injury would Film Director as Communicator." enjoy an evening good prevent of music and good them from being able to live oth- Other guests over the course of the year company. ;rwise. Sammie was acquired from the will include founder and current director Meanwhile, flamboyant maestro Ben 3ccis Wildlife of Rehabilitation Coalition the National Film and Television Zander, currently music director of the YVIIC) after she had been shot. School of Great Britain, Colin Young; in- Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, A physics dependent major who "just likes ani- filmmakers Bruce Baillie, Nu- mentioned within earshot of several stu- rt°1s," Laborde said buko I the university is now Yamashita and Jill Godmilow; and dents that he could not locate his topcoat. tklking for another owl, film composer preferably a fe- Leonard Rosenman A well-meaning student came to the le• At Norm's ("Bound first football outing, the for Glory," "East of Eden" and rescue, spying a deserted coat matching 28 game "Rebel _pt. against Lamar, Laborde Without a Cause"). Zander's description and whisking it away 7loid contact was made with a veterinar- During Lester's two weeks at Rice, he to safety backstage. (1114 who promised to keep Rice visited in mind if all three of Huberman's film There was only one problem. The came across any female owls who classes and made a number of public ap- (Mid coat that the student found hanging from not be returned to the wild. pearances. His biggest project, however, the railing was not Zander's. t. Though they did share an unparti- was the inauguration film. Meanwhile, the Waldrons went to re- inned cage for a while. Norm has not lost According to Huberman, Lester did trieve Lois' coat and, finding it missing, Sleep over Sammie's demise. He has, not want to actually direct the filming but immediately notified alumni association 40Wever, begun to adjust to the constant wanted the students to be in charge. "But Rice, the staff members of a possible theft. tivilyt around Lovett College, where the movie — Pt. 1 he did provide a fantastic presence dur- "I couldn't believe it was stolen — it cage is located. Though no official count was taken, odds ing the planning sessions by asking the just wasn't the right crowd for that," Lois It's right been a little hard for him to relax are that at least a third of the 3,000 people questions to keep the students on said. "It was a reasonably new coat — Lith frisbees whizzing by all the time," on the quadrangle Oct. 25 to witness the track," Huberman said. "He was tremen- double-breasted and long enough to ct °orde said. inauguration of Rice president George dous." cover all of my skirts. 15 Assuming a female owl can be Rupp had cameras. Film crews from local Robert Stoy, a student in the ad- ''But even if it had been 10 years old, 014.1c1. Laborde said Rice still hopes to television stations captured bits of the vanced film class, worked closely with it wouldn't have been less dear to me. 1 t into the owl-breeding business, since ceremony for the evening news. Lester during his Rice visit. "He took a went home thinking whole Fptee's the incident tree-lined campus has been ap- But unsuspecting film buffs might very active role in filming the inaugura- was quite a puzzle." Thrcved for future tion," owlettes to be set free. have been surprised to see that one of the Stay said. "He had numerous sug- Meanwhile, Zander had gone back- re are no guarantees, however. gestions. "You people wielding a camera — or at least For example, he told us to stage after the concert to find not one, but 5rit make them breed," he said. "You giving directions — was none other than forget about the speech being given on two, nt coats awaiting him. Where did the have to stick them together in the noted British director Richard Lester, who the stage and to get some footage of the other one come from? clge and hope for the best." has brought such classics as "Super- MOB reading their Threshers instead." The following morning, after several ' 41. The Rice owl first appeared on the man,""The Three Musketeers," and, of A move, no doubt, that will make phone calls between the Shepherd School l : versity's academic seal in a design course the Beatles'"Help" and "A Hard some speechwriter very unhappy. and the alumni association, Shepherd q, combined elements of the heraldic Day's Night," to the screen. School orchestra manager and amateur lints of the families bearing the Rice and Are the faculty, staff and students of Rice, the movie - Pt. 2 sleuth Marty Merritt finally solved the 1 4°5Uston names. Both contained birds, Rice University going to see their names In September, Rice declined a share of mystery and became a hero sorts t of to all pP instead of using crows, ravens or in lights at the local theater this winter? the spotlight when officials denied a film- involved. ctrtlets — which have no historical aca- Is making a splash on the silver screen maker's request to use the campus to film By 9:10 a.m. the next morning, before ij!rt standing itc — the university chose part of Rupp's plans to make Rice a a cable television movie about college homecoming activities had gotten very AtZ°Nyl, the bird that accompanied household name? football recruiting violations. far under way, Lois Waldron and her .172...7, mythological Greek goddess of Hardly. The fact that Richard Lester's Citing several recent investigations missing coat had been reunited.

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Lane named provost at Rice University of Colorado chancellor Neal Lane was named provost-designate of Weald- Rice University on Oct. 23 by President George Rupp. Lane, a physicist, will step into the university's chief academic post this spring, when current provost William Dedication held for Gordon retires. Lane, 47, is no stranger to Rice. The Oklahoma City native spent 18 years as a new ME building professor of physics at Rice before as- suming the chancellorship at Colorado in Rice's new Mechanical Engineering cial and economic progress," he said. July 1984. Building, the gift of alumnus John Cox '45 "This is certainly true for the industrially- Rupp, announced the appoint- and his wife, Maurine, was formally ded- advanced societies and it is becoming who at a meeting of the Rice fac- icated Nov. 1 in a 4 p.m. ceremony. more so for the less-developed nations. ment special "The of Neal Lane The building, which was completed "Obviously, both sides of the depart- ulty, said, appointment as the chief academic officer of the uni- in March to house the mechanical engi- ment — mechanical engineering and ma- brings to Rice an extremely Neal Lane neering and materials science depart- terials science — will not lackfor things versity back gifted individual of demonstrated ability While at Rice, Lane served as ment, opened for classes Aug. 26. It was to do within this wonderful building," and of the Rice Faculty Council and designed by Mace Tungate '37 of the all- Press said. "But I would suggest that in teaching, research administration. speaker contacts and awards for superior teaching. alumni architectural firm of Calhoun, whatever is done, it will be affected by "Neal has extensive earned two in the scientific Lane's appointment follows a six- Tungate, Jackson and Dill, and the con- currents now weaving through academic substantial experience I am delighted month search by a committee of faculty struction contract was held by Miner- science and engineering. In other words, community nationwide. leaders. Rice Board of Gover- Ca Dederick Construction, headed by the work will be bonded by the alliances that he is returning as provost and look and student to working with him as this uni- Chairman Charles Duncan, to whom n George Miner '50. at the working level between industry forward nors will be presented for ap- thE In his address, guest speaker Frank and academia; by fundamental problems versity moves forward in the years the appointment by the board at its Dec. 4 meeting, Press, president of the National Academy to be solved on which students can re- ahead," Rupp said. proval Sci- with the selection. So/ of Sciences, stressed the importance of ceive first-class training in research; by Lane, chairman of the National was pleased committee for "Lane has developed valuable expe- to] mechanical engineering and materials increasingly heavy reliance on com- ence Foundation's advisory scientific computing, has also rience at the senior level of higher educa' s science education in a world with a puters to do otherwise undoable re- advanced as scientist at the Los tion administration and at the same time Sol "dominating theme" of science and tech- search; and by the realization that served a visiting in New Mex- active research program under bei nology. effective engineering research requires a Alamos National Laboratory kept an way," Duncan said. "He embodies what C's "All nations are now convinced that very broad understanding, one going be- ico and as a consultant to the Lawrence to see in our administration." Or( technological progress is integral to so- yond any single engineering discipline." Livermore Laboratory. we like On

0 Apple wins Riba low award it COr Max member since 1971, is Gladys Louise Fox Rice University English professor tra Apple has won the 1985 Harold U. Riba- Professor of English. The prize-winning Free Agents is a collection of essays and low Prize for his book, Free Agents. Onh Apple received the award in an Oct. short stories that received wide national and 14 presentation in New York. attention when published last year, Th, Jesse fl• The $500 prize, named for the late won the Texas Institute of Letters ha writer, anthologist and critic Ribalow, is Jones Award for Fiction in 1985. rE s Hadassah Magazine and Apple's previous books include Zip, administered by Pm of the Left and the Right, pub- honors the best Jewish-interest book of A Novel we( the previous year. lished in 1978, and The Oranging of st c faculty America, published in 1976. Apple, a Rice University ioltV

Pi P( Psychologist urges patients fu to use their imaginations sea A Rice psychologist studying ways to cut psy- Si the high dropout rate in outpatient gie, chotherapy has found that patients who tu Engineering building pos- John Cox '45, whose gift made Rice's new Mechanical imagine themselves continuing their Stu, sible, speaks at the building's dedication ceremony Nov. I. Behind him are(L -R) therapy are more likely to do so. engineering professor Alan Chapman '45; engineering school dean J. David tiel- "Patients who imagine that they'll lums; board of governors vice-chairman Josephine Abercrombie '46; guest continue with their therapy for at least speaker Frank Press; board of governors chairman Charles Duncan '47; and Rice four sessions have a lower dropout rate President George Rupp. than those who don't use this approach," said Craig A. Anderson, associate profes- sor of psychology. "Premature or early termination of Historians rebuild life psychotherapy is one of the most persist- ent and troubling problems facing clinics of Jefferson Davis and therapists today," Anderson said. Craig A. Anderson Davis, of the ill- South, picking up leads to caches of "Patients who are seeking help for a Jefferson the president ychothef' Davis papers that had been gathering problem are probably not getting the help lem of the dropout problem in ps fated Confederacy, died almost 100 years Roberta 1. ago, in 1889. But on the Rice campus, dust in assorted cellars and attics. they want or need because they drop out apy," Anderson, along with These finds ended up in the quiet ed- of therapy before their problem is solved. Sherman of Indiana University- dedicated historians are rebuilding his studY °ire itorial offices of The Papers on the Rice Experience shows that length of treat- Bloomington, undertook a major life — day by day, paper by paper. Prematn Appropriately, this long-term effort, campus. There, Crist and her associates ment is frequently positively related to methods aimed at "Decreasing studied, annotated, and placed them in outcome." Termination from Psychotherapy." slated for completion by the year 2000, is next Yeni known as The Papers of Jefferson Davis. proper chronological order for publica- Anderson stressed that "another neg- The study, to be published of premature termina- in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psr Volume five of the collection, recently tion. ative consequence patients Press, 9,000 of Crist believes it will take 14 volumes tion of psychotherapy is the very real chology, strongly suggests that published by LSU presents remaining the approximately 21,000 known Davis of approximately 500 pages each to ac- probability that it might reinforce the pa- who are urged to imagine "dramatic letters, papers and speeches from the commodate most of the available Davis tients' view that their problems cannot be psychotherapy are showing patients abandon treat- fects" in reducing their dropout rate. years 1853-1855, when Davis served as papers. solved. When explanatiori. ci, secretary of war under President Franklin The Davis volumes published so far ment after one or two sessions of therapy "The imagination and premature terrole Pierce. Most of the documents are in- have found warm approval from scholars without experiencing relief from their approach to reducing they are reinforced in their be- tion of therapy is particularly promising cluded in summary form; 93 are pub- and reviewers. Last year, the Houston symptoms, be lief that their problems are not being not only because it works, but also lished in full with annotation. Civil War Round Table gave its first expensive Lynda Crist, editor of The Papers, has Award of Merit to Crist "for her dedica- solved through therapy. Such a belief is cause it is considerably less given most of her scholarly career to the tion, energy, and research innovations as likely to exacerbate current problems and and time consuming than other alp". der starting with her undergraduate editor of The Papers of Jefferson Davis, might prevent patients from seeking as- proaches to the dropout problem,'' project, budget Cuts days at Rice in the 1960s. one of the most highly regarded historical sistance with future difficulties." son said. "In these days of such Early in her association with the pro- research and publishing efforts in the Because of this demonstrated need and program eliminations, ject, Crist traveled widely across the United States." for "a fresh approach to the growing prob- considerations are critical."'mulldane

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Rice grads 17th in PH.D.s In brief... An impressive 12.4 percent of all Rice stu- most of the doctorates earned by Rice Mayan Construction honored cently in New Orleans. The meeting, dents receiving their bachelor's degrees alumni (1,192) were in the sciences. for Herring Hall work which attracted more than 3,000 political between 1946 and 1976 went on to earn The top 20 colleges and universities Mayan Construction, headed by presi- scientists and scholars from around the their Ph.D.s between 1951 and 1980. This in percentage of bachelor-holders with dent David F. Chapman '53 and vice pres- world, featured more than 450 individual is the 17th highest percentage in the na- earned Ph.D.s are as follows: Harvey ident Paul D. Chapman '75, recently panel discussions and two plenary ses- tion, and the total number of Rice stu- Mudd, Cal Tech, Reed College, M.I.T., received an award for excellence in the sions. Topics included arms control and a dents involved (1,501) is fifth highest Swarthmore, Haverford, Oberlin, New construction of Rice's Robert R. Herring debate over the need for reforming the among the "top 20" schools. College, Chicago, U.C.-San Diego, Hall. The certificate of recognition was American political system. The figures are based on a study Amherst, Carleton, Cooper Union, Po- presented by the Texas Building Branch Six other Rice faculty members par- done by the Great Lakes Colleges Associ- mona College, Brandeis, Wabash Col- of the Associated General Contractors of ticipated in the meeting: political scien- ation and published in the Aug. 7 Chroni- lege, Rice, Webb Institute, Wesleyan and America. Some of the factors in their se- tists John Alford, David Brady, Robert cle of Higher Education. It is noted that Bryn Mawr. lection included the difficulty of the site Stein and Richard Stoll, economist Dago- (because of the trees), the tight schedule bert Brito and sociologist Chandler and the overall construction quality. Paul Davidson. Rice physicists confirm theory Chapman, crediting both Rice and Cesar Pelli & Associates, said the "team ap- Hackerman named to board Three Rice physicists, working with other cies within the atom are 'quantized,' and proach" definitely contributed to the pro- Rice president emeritus Norman Hacker- scientists, have made a significant ex- later revealed that atomic nuclei contain ject's success. man has been elected to the board of di- perimental confirmation of quantum tiny particles called quarks and gluons. rectors of Space Shuttle America Corp., a International chromodynamics, a theory describing the "Quantum chromodynamics is so colloquium discussed subsidiary of Astrotech. Shuttle Ameri- Top managers of West Germany's g. nucleus of the atom and the strong force named because certain discrete varia- famed ca's chairman Willard F. Rockwell Jr. binding Alexander von it together. bles pertaining to quarks and gluons Humboldt Foundation said,"Norman Hackerman has repeat- were in Houston early "Over the past two decades, theoreti- have been labeled with colors. This la- this fall to meet edly demonstrated his strength in the sci- et- cal with area senior scientists physicists have developed mathe- beling is arbitrary and has nothing to do and Rice offi- ences and technology, and continues to )01 cials. According to Rex Matical relationships that help explain with everyday experience — quantum B. McLellan, pro- serve on numerous committees of govern- tp- the fessor of materials science at behavior of particles in the nucleus," physics has consistently denied us the Rice and a ment agencies and private organizations. g, 1975 and 1980 saYs Hannu Miettinen, associate profes- possibility of visual models." Humboldt senior scientist, That familiarity with both sectors is a sor of physics. "Now, it's the experimen- the foundation officials were here "to ex- prerequisite for operating successfully In contrast to some recent writers, in e- talists' turn to put these hypotheses to the plore the possibility of holding a major the space business." :cl. test." Miettinen worked with Rice profes- Miettinen is skeptical about an early res- international science colloquium on the Andrews elected head of association rie sors Marjorie Corcoran and Jabus Ro- olution to the search for a Grand Unified Rice campus." Meeting with the founda- John Andrews, professor berts, Rice graduate students, and physi- Theory of basic forces. "No accelerator tion representatives were McLellan and of environmen- tal science and engineering, was [t cists from other universities and research now built is powerful enough to demon- 11 of his fellow Rice professors who held re- cently elected president of the Organizations. strate such a unification," he said, "and senior scientists' Humboldt grants. Also even Association of Environmental If the strength of gravity is rated at the proposed Superconducting Su- attending the meetings were eight senior Engineer- ing Professors. The association, °rle, physicists say, then the strong force percollider(SSC) facility is not expected scientists from the University of Houston, with more than 300 members representing Would be one with 38 zeros to the right of to resolve the question." and three senior scientists from the Uni- ap- proximately 100 It, an unimaginably intense force that is The Fermilab experiment demon- versity of Texas Medical Branch at universities, is aimed at strengthening and confined within the nucleus. This con- strated that no "forward energy flow" ap- Galveston. advancing academic programs in environmental trasts with an electromagnetic force peared in some pion-proton collisions, a engineering, Ward honored by organizations water and keeping atomic electrons circling in their prediction made four years ago by theo- air resources, environmental C.H. Ward of environmental science and health orbits and weak force retical physicists Edmond L. Berger of engineering and related fields. a responsible for engineering has been invited by the In- the radioactive decay of unstable nuclei. Argonne National Laboratory and Stanley Kelber receives Strasbourg appointment The J. Brodsky of Stanford University. ternational Union of Physiological Sci- unification of the four basic forces ences, the Commission on Gravitational Werner H. Kelber, Turner Professor of Re- has been a longstanding A pion is a very short-lived particle goal of physics Physiology, to serve as a correspondent ligious Studies at Rice, has received a research. made up of one quark and one antiquark Although physicists have made in gravitational physiology in recognition one-year appointment for 1985-86 as "pro- Progress in mathematically unifying the held together with gluons. The theorists of his previous contributions to the scien- fesseur associe" at the Faculty of Protes- Weak force with electromagnetism, had predicted that, in some head-on colli- the tific programs of the society. Ward is also tant Theology of the University of ,Strong force and gravity each seem sions with the much heavier and longer- to fol- immediate past-president of the Ameri- Strasbourg, France. His appointment 'ow separate rules. lived proton, sprays (called "jets") of can Institute of Biological Sciences. came as the result of a unanimous vote In studying the strong force, the particles would appear behind the pion by the 26 members of the Faculty and by Physsts used the nuclear accelerator at and to the left and right, but not behind Rimlinger to help mark four university committees. P errnilab in Batavia, Ill., the most power- the proton. This prediction was confirmed anniversary of French Revolution Kelber was invited in response to his such facility in the U.S., to achieve for the first time. Rice University economist Gaston V. recent book, The Oral and the Written Particle collisions at very high energies. The experiment included physicists Rimlinger has accepted an invitation to Gospel, which the French faculty consid- "Basically, we are following a re- from Rice, Argonne, Fermilab, Lehigh contribute a major essay to a three- ered an advance in biblical scholarship search tradition going back to the 1920s in University and the universities of Michi- volume work marking the 1989 bicenten- as a result of combining both German 'lIStng particle beams of very high ener- gan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.The nial of the French Revolution. The books, and North American scholarly principles. 'ales to probe even deeper into the struc- experimenters give much of the credit for each containing 10 essays, will be pro- Weissenberger hrre of matter," Miettinen said. "Such the discovery to Charles Naudet, a Rice duced by Italy's Arnoldo Mondadori Pub- speaks before studies showed that energies with parti- graduate student. lishing Co. of Milan as a "work of international conference research and critical reflection on the his- Klaus Weissenberger, chairman of Rice's torical meaning" of the French Revolu- German and Russian department, was tion, "its values and their heritage in the the only Houston scholar to present a ma- contemporary world," according to Mon- jor paper at the international congress on dadori's non-fiction editor. Rimlinger's Germanics held recently at Gottingen, essay will trace the long-term effects of Germany. The congress drew some 1,500 the French Revolution "From Equality to scholars of Germanics from all over the Welfare." world. Weissenberger's paper dealt with Publication of the three volumes is various methods of evaluating literary set for the end of 1988, in time for the 1989 genres. bicentennial. In addition to participating in the he congress, Weissenberger served as mod- Cooper chairs APSA meeting erator for a panel discussion on certain Dean Joseph Cooper of Rice's School of aspects of German literature at the Uni- ,of Social Sciences served as program chair versity of Erlangen. He also delivered a tti for the 81st annual American Political lecture on the German-language poet Science Association meeting, held re- Paul Celan at the University of Passau. sr (Its in , On the bookshelf c el' New from alumni/faculty authors America The Coyote Cried Twice, a mystery American Silences — The Realism of by Austin Bay '73; Arbor House Lina' James Agee, Walker Evans, and Edward rig Geophysics, The Earth's Interior Hopper by Jean-Claude de Bremaecker, professor by J.A. Ward, professor of English; LSU of geology; J. Wiley Press The American Dream and the Popular Prosakunst ohne Erzahlen (The Art of Nar- v music Novel Lae,' t • professor Paul Cooper(L) and noted astronomer Frank Low '57(Uni- rative Prose) !fi"sayt of Arizona) were two of the distinguished lecturers in this fall's Alumni In- by Elizabeth Long, associate professor of by Klaus Weissenberger, chairman, De- ,ute. Cooper delivered the final lecture in the "Bach and Forward" series; Low sociology; Routledge & Kegan Paul partment of German and Russian (editor , s"vered the final presentation in "Halley's Comet and the Origins of the Solar The 1'stem.,, Fundamentals of Indian Philosophy and contributor); Max Niemeyer (Tu- by R. Puligandla '66; University Press of bingen, Germany)

SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 5 Examining the official summons:(L41)Board of Governors chct uncan w Ka George and Stephanie Rupp(and dog Chutney).

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On Oct. 25, more than 3,000 well-wishers from the Rice community gathered for the formal inauguration of the university's fifth president, George Rupp. It was a day for the history books, but not a time for looking back.

by Suzanne Johnson

Storm clouds gathered over Houston throughout globe. Following a luncheon at the residential col- able size, would present Rice University with "an ql.e day on Oct. 25, and those making the exten- leges, the delegates joined Rice faculty and board opportunity for greatness." „illve preparations for the inauguration of Rice Uni- of governors members in donning their robes for It was that opportunity to which Rupp ad- versity's fifth president anxiously watched the sky the 2:30 p.m. procession. dressed his own remarks. "I am deeply honored to 'Ind finalized contingency plans. If the downpour A crowd of more than 3,000 looked on as the be appointed president of this distinguished uni- Actirle, George Rupp would have to be invested in procession emerged from the arches of Fondren Li- versity," he said. "I pledge myself to continue the giLlitrY Gym. It could be decorous, but nothing like brary, crossed the quadrangle and entered the proud traditions that we inherit from our predeces- Te majesty of the open-air ceremony planned for stands erected on the quad side of the Sallyport. sors and to work assiduously with all of you who 'te main quadrangle. Leading the procession to place a wreath at the value this institution in developing those tradi- The inauguration was to begin at 2:30 p.m. statue of William Marsh Rice were representatives tions further in the years ahead." ith the placing of a wreath on the tomb of Wil- of the faculty, alumni, and graduate and under- Rupp offered a three-fold pledge: to continue L in Marsh Rice and a grand procession of visit- graduate students: Stephen D. Baker, speaker of offering Rice's quality education to students re- dignitaries, Rice faculty members and the Faculty Council; Todd Giorgio, president of gardless of their ability to pay; to both continue 4dcivernors, and speakers. At 10 a.m., with the the Graduate Student Association; Barry W. Ni- and improve efforts in research, scholarship and wnpour still a threat, the decision was made. cholson, president of the Student Association; and professional accomplishments; and to meet 'le ceremony would be outdoors, as planned. Walter McReynolds '65, president of the Associa- founder William Marsh Rice's original goal of h. Flags and banners flying, it went tion without a of Rice Alumni. reaching out to the broader society. !tett. In fact, the storm held off until just minutes Before watching Duncan formally invest Rupp At the inaugural banquet held that night, both ,Llei the last robed figure had left the quadrangle as president by presenting him with the Presiden- Laney and Harvard President Derek Bok, who de- the final notes of music professor Paul Coop- tial Medallion, the crowd heard short welcoming livered the principal addresses, expressed convic- inaugural composition, "Music for a Festive remarks from Baker, McReynolds, Giorgio, Ni- tion that Rupp would be able to meet his pledges ecasion,” had been played. cholson, board of governors member Josephine and further establish Rice as a major contender An omen, perhaps? That night, at the black- Abercrombie '46, inaugural committee in chairman higher education. ' Maugural dinner held at Houston's Westin Gal- Robert Patten, and the keynote inaugural speaker, joirict, Emory University President James T. Laney John Archibald Wheeler of the University of Texas "You are on the verge of a great new era," La- ki.%d that, yes, it was. "If you want to know what at Austin. ney told the crowd of 1,000 gathered for the black- IvIld of power your new president wheels, I Wheeler, a noted physicist, stressed the im- tie dinner, while Bok said, "You have shown great rtitched today carefully as the storm clouds gath- portance of bridging the gap between being a courage as well as wisdom in choosing George. he said. "Just as he stepped to the platform technically competent person and being a "whole Now you must have the courage to back him, to ew drops fell. George looked up at the heavens, human." trust him, to follow him. '4ved his hands, and he was off and running." "I am learning that the world of tomorrow "If you do, with your support he will lift Rice to George Rupp was named president of Rice does not grow rootless from the here and now, not levels that you cannot imagine and help you capi- 4111versity in March, following a year-long search. unassisted out of that way of digging into ques- talize on all of the bright new opportunities that Ciectme to Rice from Harvard University, where tions that we call science, not nakedly out of blue- exist today to improve the quality of higher educa- i;t 'lad served as dean of Harvard's divinity school prints and computer printout. Tomorrow has its tion throughout the length and breadth of this t six years. roots in a past of dearly held traditions, values land." The inaugural process actually began at 5 and loyalties," Wheeler said. Inaugural activities extended beyond inaugu- 41111. on Oct. 24, as Rice Board of Governors Chair- "Join the two cultures into a single vibrant cul- ration day. On Saturday, Oct. 26, George and Charles Duncan and Chief Marshal Linda ture. Meld science and politics, in the highest Nancy Rupp hosted a luncheon at the President's ,'kill took the traditional walk from the Found- sense of the word politics. Fuse the searching House for the board of governors, members of the siiRoom in Lovett Hall to the President's House, spirit of science with sensitivity to other humans, presidential search committee and a number of vering to Rupp an official summons to attend near and far. Make ourselves as fully at home guests. 441nauguration. They were met by George and with the world of values, loyalties and traditions On Sunday, everyone took a break from the tlicIr Rupp, their two daughters(Kathy, 17, and as with the question-raising and question-setting formality of the previous days with an All- %hanie, 14), the family dog, Chutney, and a ways of science and technology. Become, in brief, University Festival that started at 2:30 p.m. and cl Ivid of onlookers. whole humans." lasted until well after sundown. The Rupps joined The early part of inauguration day was filled Citing Rupp as a man knowledgeable in both Rice faculty, staff, students and guests for barbe- !It registration of the 400 delegates representing cultures, Wheeler predicted Rupp's expertise, cue, music, college tug-of-war contests, a "tea- Iversities and learned societies around the along with Rice's academic excellence and envi- trike" race and other activities.

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Photo by Scheleen Johnse hen Mae Nacol and ARMS promotional poster Wo Wc( Mae Nacol is running late, and a scheduling mix- patients to raise money for research and patient en( up has resulted in overlapping appointments(one services. Ronnie Lane, bassist for the popular tur with Sallyport). 1960s British rock group,the Small Faces,and a ma- A "Tell my two o'clock to meet me down here jor music figure in years since, had become in- rhu about 2:30," she tells her secretary with a smile, volved with the British ARMS organization when, Arm reshuffling her schedule and taking it all in stride. a victim of MS himself, he had run across stum- CALL TO Thc Taking things in stride is the way Nacol works. bling blocks both in finding — and financing — hor her office looks like that of any his own MS treatment. it At first glance, thcz other prominent Houston lawyer. Located on the Though it has been diagnosed in an estimated ninth floor of the Texas Banc building downtown, 500,000 people in the U.S. alone, multiple sclerosis with certificates and diplomas — is a disease that doctors know little about. Affect- hdc it is adorned her everything from her ing the central nervous system, MS creates a vari- nearly 35 of them, announcing tha graduation from Rice University in 1965 to her in- ety of symptoms, from dizziness to complete loss of ARMS, hec duction into Who's Who in the World. Then there is bodily functions. To date, no cause — or cure — duc the barracuda sitting patiently on the couch. has been found. hes "I caught that in Cozumel last spring and a In 1983, Lane enlisted the help of some friends by Scheleen Johnson '87 hus friend of mine just brought it to me from the taxi- — who also happened to be among the biggest dclu dermist," she explained. "I'm not sure what I'm go- names in rock music — to stage first a London ing to do with it." benefit, then an American tour, to raise money for The barracuda is not the only thing that seems MS research. Of the $3 million raised by the con- Houston trial lawyer a little out of place in the office of a woman who certs and the spinoff videotape, $2 million went to professes a preference for classical music. Joining ARMS UK. The remaining $1 million provided the Mae Nacol '65 is no the certificates on the walls of suite 901 are framed seed capital to establish a U.S. counterpart with posters of rock guitarists Jimmy Page, Eric Clap- Mae Nacol as its director. rock'n roller. But her own ton and Jeff Beck, as well as bassist Ronnie Lane. Before becoming involved with Lane and the Stacked against the wall, waiting to go up, are ARMS of America organization, however, Nacol bout with multiple five original portraits by Rolling Stones guitarist had for years been fighting her own battle with her Ron Wood of the 1983 tour and himself. MS. sclerosis has brought But the portraits — and maybe even the barra- The right to know of 48( cuda — are an integral part of this office. Though in contact with some is not the office where Nacol Nacol discovered she had MS in 1978. chid a trial lawyer, this rocl‘ itec practices law. It is, rather, the U.S. home base of "The way I found out was kind of interesting," the biggest names in Action for Research into Multiple Sclerosis she said. "I had gone blind for about three days thelf ,104, Rice. I just woke up one made (ARMS), and it is hard to believe that the non- while I was a student at music and has th When my vision came e profit organization's national director — Nacol — morning and couldn't see. It al was herself bedridden with MS only five years back, it was severely damaged. cause—ARMS(Action for ago. "For years, I had problems with vertigo — diz- everything moves around you — Multiple bod ziness, where Research into suic Rock in ARMS and I must have fallen down every staircase there 1Dr t ARMS of America was founded in December 1984 was to fall down at Rice." Sclerosis)—her own> her as an independent offshoot of Great Britain's For 10 years after graduation, Nacol had ARMS UK, which had been set up in 1974 by MS ups and downs. Though her condition had wors-

8 SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 AIII ened by 1974, it was not until four years later that ceive the treatments. After a series of 20, she was told them I wouldn't do it," she said. "But every- she was finally told she had multiple sclerosis. "I again able to see, walk and resume normal life. body stayed on me to do it until they finally just was in the hospital in 1978. I had gone blind again Flying back to Houston, she resumed her hectic wore me down." in one eye and the neurologist who had been see- life as a lawyer. "I felt 16 again," she said. "I felt It was ARMS concert producer Glyn Johns, ing me for a number of years was out of town, so so good that I led the life of five people. And in who has in the past worked with the likes of the his partner came to the hospital to see me. only two months, the symptoms were back." Who and the Rolling Stones, who finally pre- "He came into my room and said he didn't Not a cure for MS, HBO treatments simply sented the winning argument."He said, 'If you know why they were running all those tests on me. keep the patient in remission — as long as regular don't do it, the money is going to go toward noth- What do you mean?' I said. 'I'm blind in one eye. I treatments continue. Nacol did not like leaving ing — all the hard work that they've done. And we can't move my leg. I can't move my arm.' He said, her two children for long periods of time to go to feel that if we're going to find an answer for MS, Well, that's just the MS.'" Florida for treatments but there were no HBO the only way is through an ARMS of America.' So I Though Nacol had been diagnosed as having chambers in Houston. After a year of taking the agreed to do it." the disease three years earlier, she had never treatments in various parts of the country, McGe- been told. "It was a fluke that I even found out," hee offered to put the chambers in his Houston of- Getting down to business She said, explaining that doctors often do not want fice and act as medical director if Nacol would On Dec. 10, 1984, Lane formally to presented Nacol tell the patients they have the disease, which is find investors to buy the $200,000 machines. with a check for $1 million. With 20 volunteers and exacerbated by stress, for fear the shock of finding "Various patients got together and we opened paid employees, ARMS of America set up camp at out will make them worse. a center here in Houston," she said. "It was not to a downtown Houston office donated by the Home It is a philosophy with which Nacol disagrees. make money, but just so we could get our own Co. for one year. Part of the money has gone into think it's wrong," she said. "Because it is a dis- treatment without having to travel all over the establishing grants for a number of universities to ease of the central nervous system, stress affects country." The HBO center quickly gained recogni- conduct MS research. A major focus of ARMS of You. But if they had told me I had it, I certainly tion in the medical community, prompting Dr. America is also in patient education. could have gotten into an area of law that wasn't Philip James, a leading British MS researcher, to "We are basically a free education center," so stressful. If I had known that I had MS three visit while in Houston for a speaking engagement. Nacol explained."We have a toll-free number (1- Years earlier, I could have planned my life in such "He thought what we were doing was really quite 800-USA-ARMS)that is a lifeline for MS victims all a way that I could have managed the disease and remarkable," Nacol recalled. across the country." helped stop the progression." The visit made a lasting impression on James. By "victims," Nacol said she is referring to not By that time, however, Nacol had been a trial In May 1984, when Ronnie Lane became extremely only those suffering from MS, but their children, lawyer for 10 years. She had her own law firm with ill while visiting New York City, James told him spouses, siblings and friends. "If anyone has nine attorneys working for her. For the next few the best MS treatment center was in Houston, questions about the disease, they can call in and Years, she watched as the disease did its best to Texas. The phone number hr ye Lane to call we answer their questions. We have trained coun- destroy everything she had worked for. "I was was that of Mae Nacol. selors who take the calls. We keep up with every- completely bedridden," she said of that period thing that is going on in research and, in the from The rock con,- Iction 1979-80. "I was blind and I had no bowel or meantime, we try to educate the patient on dis- bladder control. I could not use my arms or legs, Lane, who had suffered fro AS for more than ease management and tell them the latest infor- and I was told to go ahead and apply for Social Se- seven years, had also experienced the wonders of mation available on MS. It's really the first time curity because I'd never practice law again. The HBO treatments, as well as ti.e frustrations of try- it's ever been done for MS patients." disease just brought me to my knees." ing to find convenient treatment centers within a ARMS also has fact sheets available on nearly , Her spirits reached bottom on Jan. 1, 1980. "If I reasonable distance of his London home. every physical, as n500 well as psychological, aspect of ead been able to move my arm to get a gun, I In 1983, Lane and his "blood brother," legend- MS. This information is sent to ARMS members. Would have killed myself then," she said. "But I ary rock guitarist Eric Clapton, had staged a bene- (Membership is open to any MS "victim" for a $15 Was so handicapped I couldn't even help myself fit concert at London's Royal Albert Hall to help annual donation, which can be waived for those end my own life." raise funds to get an HBO chamber in London. The who cannot afford it.) After that low point Nacol's fighting spirit re- concert, featuring such rock luminaries as Jeff Though Nacol maintains her law practice — turned, and she became determined to learn as Beck, Steve Winwood, Jimmy Page, Bill Wyman trying fewer cases, taking HBO treatments once a much as she could about MS, to see how much and Charlie Watts, was so successful that they fol- week, and keeping stress at a manageable level ‘vas known and what treatments were being used. lowed it up with a four-city U.S. tour, with all pro- — she is excited about what ARMS has already 'Plough, in 1980, her doctor had advised her to "go ceeds going to MS research. From those proceeds been able to do. The hotline receives up to 1,000 'lame and take it easy" until researchers came up came the $1 million donated to establish ARMS of calls a day, and a computerized library has been With some answers, Nacol could no longer that. accept America. set up. Future plans call for opening local offices It was while in New York working on a video in every major U.S. city. , "I went to Rice. I was always taught that if you of the tour that Lane became ill. "He called me In the meantime, the British musicians have 'tad a question, there was an answer to that ques- from New York, said he tion. had MS and was ill," Ma- stayed involved. Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wy- I was taught that anything was possible, and ce_ recalled. "He asked if I could help him get in man joined with Who drummer Kenney Jones and (Ltlat the only reason something is impossible is for an HBO treatment. I said,'You come on and I'll an all-star cast earlier this year to form Willie and °ecause you think it's impossible. I was bound meet you at the airport.'" Never a rock music fan, the Poor Boys, with all the album, and half the determined to find out as much about my ill- Nacol admits that at the time she did not realize video, proceeds going to ARMS of America. IlLess as I could. I'm a single parent, in that my the Ronnie Lane who called her was also Ronnie Currently, Nacol and Lane — who now lives in tillsband and I have been divorced since my Lane the rock star. Houston and is very active with ARMS — are work- tb laughter was a baby, and I didn't want to be a "I met him at the airport. He didn't have a ing on an ARMS of America benefit concert that 1-1rden on my family. I didn't have anybody to rely place to stay and I have a rather large home, so he will invade five U.S. cities in 1986. "A number ) of riother than myself." stayed at my home while he was being treated. American musicians are going to be participating She went to visit her longtime friend and fam- We got to be good friends. When Ronnie was able this time," Nacol said. alY doctor, Frank McGehee."When he found out I to walk again, he went back to England and I How does Nacol, who by her own admission ad MS, he said, 'There's got to be something we didn't hear any more about it. I didn't think any never listened to rock music, react to rubbing el- ctli do.' He called Russia, Romania, China..,he more about it." bows with "rock royalty?" "It's so funny — when Called all over the world to see what the latest Lane had been thinking about it, however, you go places with Ronnie here tt in Houston, you eatments were." He found hyperbaric oxygen and three months later Nacol again got a phone can't go anywhere without people recognizing call. "Ronnie said,'Look, all of the entertainers him," she laughed. "I expected them to all be re- Fighting back and I have gotten together arid we've got $1 mil- ally wild. But when you get to know them, you find lion that we're giving to the people of America and their public images and their private lives are 4130 is a process where pure oxygen is forced in we'd like for you to act as trustee.'" completely different. Most of the guys I've met are out of a monoplace (single person) pressur- Nacol was hesitant. "It was a pretty heavy re- just super people — ,Ized really caring, concerned indi- tank, giving the patient the effect of being t sponsibility," she explained. She already led viduals." 45 feet below sea level. "Oxygen under pressure what would be considered a hectic life for a It's a description that fits Nacol as well, as she 4era11y saturates the body," Nacol said. "It forces healthy body, and wasn't sure she was ready to balances court cases, appointments and duties at /tilt e oxygen not only into cells but into the plas take on more pressure. Lane, however, was per- ARMS headquarters while keeping her own illness alters the oxygen level of the blood itself," al- sistent. "He said,'We want to establish an ARMS in check. One of the most difficult Wing problems she more oxygen to be delivered to the injured of America and would like you to head it up. You has had to face is learning to slow down. Yet she ,7eay tissues and promote healing. HBO, Nacol can't say no.' knows it is necessary. has been used by the U.S. Navy since 19'37 In hopes of changing Nacol's mind, Lane per- "MS is a disease that can cripple you, but if treating divers with decompression sicknf ,s, suaded her to fly to London and at least talk about you manage it properly you can pace yourself (It and "bends." it. To that much, she agreed. "I visited the people live as normal a life as possible," she said. o,Lmi "I lo Nacol had to fly to Fort Lauderdale, Fla t )re- at ARMS UK and saw all they were doing, then think I'm living proof of that."•

SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 9 WINDOW ON THE UNIVERSE Dust off the telescopes Halley's comet is coming! Three Rice professors explain why scientists, as well as amateur stargazers, are looking to the skies.

by B.C. Robison

The last time it visited our solar system, 1910, was O'Dell's specific area of reseurch concerning the year Mark Twain died. Its last previous ap- Halley's comet focuses on diatomic carbon— C2. pearance, 1835, was the year of Mark Twain's This particular molecular arrangement does not birth. exist naturally on earth, but it is the most abun- The 76-year span marking the life of the Amer- dant form of carbon found in comets. O'Dell is ican novelist is also the interval at which history's studying the mechanism by which this unique most celebrated rover of the firmament has visited form of carbon emits light. the neighborhood of the Earth for millennia. Early next year, Halley's comet, the most fa- Halley's legacy mous comet of them all, will return once again to Now just what did the 18th century English astron- pass near Earth on its vast orbit around the sun. omer Edmond Halley have to do with the famous This rare celestial event is not just the high- comet bearing his name? light of the century for the world's legions of ama- "Halley was not the first to discover the teur stargazers. For astronomers and comet," explained history professor Albert van astrophysicists throughout the world, including Helden, who specializes in the history of astron- several researchers at Rice, a visit by Halley's omy and whose book, Measuring the Universe, comet is a window on the earliest moments of the was recently published. universe. "The first identifiable record of the comet we By studying a comet's composition — 10 to 12 know today as Halley's comet was made in China comets pass within viewing distance of Earth each and Mesopotamia in 240 B.C. Halley was the first year— scientists can begin to get some idea of the to notice the periodicity of the comet and to predict origin and nature of the first bodies formed at the when it would return," van Helden said creation of the universe. Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, re- "The planets of our solar system cannot give cordings of the behavior of comets became more us reliable clues about the beginning," explained detailed and accurate than ever before. From the Donald Clayton, Rice's Andrew Hays Buchanan historical data, Halley (1656-1742) began to calcu- Professor of Astrophysics. "They have been too the comet nucleus to fluoresce. The many spectra late the elements of two dozen of the brightest chemically and geologically altered over vast per- of the light that is emitted as a result of this fluo- comets over the previous several centuries. iods of time to tell us very much about the early rescence can then be analyzed by the array of tele- "He observed that comets sighted in 1531, 1607 state of the universe. scopes on Earth. The "dust trail" springing out and 1682 all had the same elements," van Heiden "But comets are much more chemically primi- from the comet also results from solar radiation, said. "He reasoned that these three records were tive than the planets. They were formed very and thus is always pointed away from the sun as of the same comet, and he predicted that the early, and the chemistry of comets more closely re- the comet passes. comet would return in 1758. It did." flects the chemistry of the cold cloud that gave rise The various spectral data obtained, therefore, to the first bodies of the universe." give scientists clues to the comet's composition Early formations Direct analysis of a comet is difficult, how- since different elements, when energized, emit Comets are believed to have originated in the ever. Man has yet to land a vehicle on a comet or light at distinctive wavelengths. outer regions of the solar system, near the time of to retrieve any cometary matter. So for decades, This observational data is incomplete in terms its earliest formation. After this, several billion of scientists have obtained information from the of the comet's overall composition, however, since them somehow organized into a hypothetical re- study of meteorites, which are not related to com- only volatile substances that emit light can be gion called the Oort cloud. This cloud has not ets but which were also formed very early, and of studied telescopically. The non-volatile compo- been actually observed, but it is a proposed model cosmic dust, which is thought to be actually de- nents locked within the nucleus of comet Halley, a that fits the observations concerning comets. rived from comets. 4-to-5-mile diameter "frozen dirty snowball," as it From this Oort cloud certain comets became Both meteorites and cosmic dust can be re- is often called, will not emit light when struck by knocked out by the gravitation of passing stars, trieved and analyzed directly — meteorites fall to the solar radiation. and they were then induced into vast elliptical or' Earth, and cosmic dust can be collected by high bits of the sun. missions altitude aircraft. Special Some comets are long-period ones whose or- Cosmic dust is a rain of minute particles that In conjunction with terrestrial telescopic observa- bits around the sun might take several hundred lulls toward Earth. As it penetrates the atmo- tions will be a series of unmanned spacecraft mis- thousand years. Others are short-period comets sphere, the larger particles ignite from the intense sions undertaken by the Soviet Union, Japan and that complete an orbit in three or four years. friction and create a "shooting star." the European Space Agency. Clayton will be Halley's comet is considered a medium-range The dust forms from amorphous aggregates of working with the European agency's spacecraft comet, orbiting around the sun every 76 years or magnesium, silicon and iron, the most abundant Giotto, which will — as will the other spacecraft so, depending on the gravitational influence of non-volatile elements the dust contains. The study — fly through the glowing region of the comet, large planets within our solar system. of cosmic dust yields clues to the possible nature which is called the coma, and obtain spectral Comets' elliptical orbits are bipolar, and in of comets, and thus to the origins of the universe. data. the case of a comet passing the sun, they swing But comets themselves can be studied exten- "The gaseous sublimation that we will see around it relatively closely and then streak back theY sively by telescopic techniques, work presently surrounding the comet is an extremely efficient out toward space in the direction from which being carried out by Robert O'Dell of Rice's space process," O'Dell said. "The detectable light that is approached the sun. physics and astronomy department. emitted from the comet body represents the vola- Halley's comet of 1986 will pass within 50 to 6)t the O'Dell is a member of the International Halley tilization of only about 10 pounds of material." million miles of earth. It will be visible in both Watch Steering Group, an organization coordinat- O'Dell is also involved with the Astro-Halley northern and southern hemispheres, but the view ina r- ,orldwide network of telescopes that will be Science Team, a group formed by NASA to make of it will be better in the south. con.. ..iously trained on Halley's comet as it telescopic observations of Halley's comet from a The comet of 837 a.d. came to within 2 millice passes the Earth early next year. The watch group dedicated space shuttle mission to be launched in miles, a close call in celestial terms. will obtain and analyze data on the comet's near March. The study of comets might someday yield and far infrared, radio and visible optical emis- In addition, O'Dell will send one of his gradu- some of the secrets of the origins of the universe, sions. ate students, Stephen Tegler, to the Cerro Tololo and of life. "The elements within our bodies origi- As the comet nears the sun, the solar light that Inter-American Observatory in Chile to study the nated at the birth of the universe," Clayton said, engulfs it causes the volatile substances within comet. "We are all made of bits of stardust."

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s age One class of'45 member at Dr Rice for the first time in 25 years looked in amazement at the campus map he had picked up at the homecoming registration tables. "I can't believe how many new buildings there are," he said, setting off to find Herring Hall. He was one of many. From the time the registration tables at the RMC opened for business Friday morning, Nov. 1, until the last revelers left the student quad party late Saturday night, more than 1,400 Rice alumni returned to campus — some from long distances and for the first time in many years. Homecoming '85 lived up to its promise of offering "something for everyone." It was a time for blend- ing old and new — renewing old acquaintances and making new ones; exploring a campus that, new buildings or not, offered a familiar setting for everything from art to athletics; honoring old friends who have played such a big part in making Rice a special place throughout the years, and paying respects to a new "first family" that will take Rice into an even more special future. se. Whether you came home for homecoming or were here in spirit, this special Sanyport section offers you a look at the fun, fanfare and friendships that made Rice the perfect place to be during Homecoming '85. id

SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 11 30-15 loss to Saturday and a on for long. drizzling rain Owls' spirits Even a dampen the Arkansas couldn't

After the football gu garne, l2.5 mareritas in the Young Belinda Sewa// Alumni Davis '79, gathered Frank . Getti or fa Cebe//oCourtyardng in on fjitas and '79 and the fun M argie were Gonza/ '80. (L-R)ez Homecoming '85 'started early' with the R Association gathering on Oct. 30 and 'ended late' with the Rice Reunion Tennis Tournament on Nov. 3. In between were open classes, an art show, more mu- sic, food and, of course, football.

NOTE: Winners of Friday's tennis tournament were Dick Hoerster and Bobbie Bayless. Scott Wise and Evelyn Murphy were runners-up.

Twelve former Ow/ forms and cheer/eaders dug joined the out their during current old the Rice crop for some -Arkansas rousing game on Saturday. her "Portrait of Lauren Sinnott '81 and Show" in were awarded "Best of Lisa" attended by sev- the Alumni Art Show, over the course of eral hundred people the weekend. husband, Roy D. '32 and her pre- Genevieve Demme music lovers among the 460 One Demme, were on Oct. 31. President's Concert the announcement sent for evening was the of the Gwendolyn surprise A. and scholarship by Paul of a Lederer ('33 '35).

high Andy (a ad- son, took Those attending her sylvania), fri- Saturday and clases an informal morning's Baker '60 Penn s question convocation in Rice Rice George -and-answer were Moore borne (backL-R)attend are Rupp. Another session with treated to Margie backopportunity to Unger. convocation Rice's new junior Shelly (1935)presented Rupp treat: the 50th president school pictured — the with a Reunion the and largest reunion scho/arship gift Class vantage of Also Yarnbao class gift of 5400,769 rnorning• John ever. for Rice day students graduate support, and dedication Friends years of by many honored president G. Walter For their '30 were in the Alumni Association Alan Lillian IIlig reception held a Gold Chapman '45 and and Saturday '65(R) presented (L) and Wendel Carl brunch Library McReynolds D. Ley '32 were at a Fondren (L) at the convo- named of Fondren to John Cox '45 guished Distin- Room of Medal oilman, R Men at the R Kyle Morrow Saturday. A Midland Association cation on years banquet held Oct. orning. recognized for his many 30 at Cohen m Cox was House. service to Rice. of generosity and

REA president Robert Flap on behalf '69(L) of the Rice presented awards bayashi '44 Engineering Alumni to Break - (center) and Riki Ko- Alumni Interviewers' REA Friends Warren E. White people attended the of Fondren '57 at the More than 60 reception Saturday morning. Saturday morning. fast at Cohen House

Homecoming is a time for tributes, and several people were hon- ored this year for their very special contributions to Rice. Gold Medals were awarded by the Association of Rice Alumni to Rice chemistry "founding father" George Holmes Richter '26(M.A. '27, Ph.D. '29) and longtime Rice supporter and former trustee John Cox '45 at convocation, while the R Association, Young Alumni, Friends of Fondren and Rice Engineering Alumni each 11144 presented awards for outstanding achievement or service to their Presented a Gold own members. Medal for his lifetime of dedication to Rice, chemistry professor emeritus(and chemistry department NOTE: Young Alumni achievement winners are pictured on page 20 of this issue. "founding father") George Holmes Rich- ter '26(M.A. '27, Ph.D.'29) brought down the house at convocation.

...41011* Saturday's lunch- Current 331 for alumni Grand Hall seated extended to association president The RMC honors were McReyno/ds '65 G. Walter the luncheon, dents' addresses those eon During Break fast at attending the Past professors. Cohen House Presi- retiring Saturday morning. The Class of 1930's reunion Bayou dinner Friday night at Club drew a group of the rita and 140, including (L-R) rgue -R) Mary Chandler Lillian 1975's Ma were (L Kinzbach and Bob Class of the fun Kinzbach. the Joining in Donnelly together for Frank night. and 175 got Saturday Ellen crowd of HallChapman, arid lively Anderson A Party at Paul Fajita Cossaboorri, Germaine Ropf4440446

Twelve classes who graduated between 1930 and 1980 gathered on or near campus for reunions Friday and Saturday night. Gatherings ranged from a cocktail buffet at the River Oaks Country Club to an informal fajita and marguerita gathering at There were 134 people joining (L-R) Sylvia McWhirter and Kate Harrison,'Dorothy Anderson Hall, but two common themes were there for all the Patton O'Neil/ at the Golden Anniversary Class of 1935's Dinner at Cohen 50th. reunions — fun and friendship. In addition to those pictured, House Friday night. there were reunions for the Class of 1943(Autry House, Friday, 95 attending), Class of 1950(RMC, Friday, 100 attending), Class of 1965(R Room, Saturday, 80 attending), Class of 1970 (Grad House, Saturday, 72 attending), and Class of 1980 (Sewall Courtyard, Friday, 75 attending).

The Grad House was fet the setting for Friday night. Three the Class of Lorena of the 85 1940's cocktail Ram in Steak people in buf- ley, Martha attendance were (L-R) Ethridge Jenkins and Elna Tennis.

crowd of drew a wife, Saturday his RMC Taylor and at the °avian T• union Scott, re Milerdinnerl 1955's Susan Schoenvogel Class of -R) and 0.F. The (L '45 (L) 1945's including Schoenvogel Class of night. 112, Hawkins enjoying the Friday Fran 92 people Country Club Patric two of the River Oaks were at the cocktail buffet

14 SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 Growing Up with Rice

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Photo Thirty-five years ago, Rice Institute added a new faculty member to the history department. But even then, Katherine Fischer Drew '44(MA '45) was no stranger on campus.

S. by S. Suzanne Johnson

Growing up the second of three children in Hous- tion where one did not have to declare a major for After earning her M.A. from Rice in 1945, Drew ton during the 1920s and '30s, Katherine Fischer the first couple of years," she said. "I assumed stayed on as an instructor in the history depart- Drew '44(MA '45) dreamt of going to college and when I first started that my major would be math. ment until 1948, when she ventured away from studying the classics. When she reached college Believe it or not, Latin and math have a lot in com- Houston for the first time to attend the Ph.D. pro- age, her family, which had never been education- mon — they are both formulaic, and I thought I gram at Cornell. It was at Cornell that Katherine ally inclined, was struggling with the aftermath of would like math." Fischer first met her future husband, Ronald F. the Depression. There was no money to send a Her opinion soon changed. "It was easy until I Drew, a young Canadian who had finished his na- daughter to study Latin at the University of Texas. got into the second year — that did me in," she val duty and was working on a master's degree in Determined, she found another option. At- laughed. "By then, it had become much too spe- Russian history. He has now retired as a professor tending Rice Institute, a small tuition-free school cialized for me to handle." in that field from the University of Houston. located right in Houston, would allow her to con- In the meantime, she had made some impor- If, throughout the years, Drew has seen the tinue her education and live at home. Though Rice tant contacts. While Floyd Lear was teaching me- Rice campus change, the change in students has had no classics department, its academic reputa- dieval Latin in the history department, Alan D. not been so drastic. "Rice students haven't tion in other areas was good. When Katherine Fis- McKillop of English was teaching Chaucer and a changed as much as one might think — they have cher made the decision to attend Rice, got her non-credit course in Greek. Her love of the clas- always been serious. They've always expected a family's approval and received Rice's acceptance, sics, history and English literature came together great deal from the faculty and they've usually it was the start of a relationship that has lasted a few years later when she settled on her spe- gotten it," Drew said, reflecting a moment and more than 45 years. Looking back, she says sim- cialty, medieval history. shaking her head. "Right now, their biggest prob- ply, "I took Rice and, fortunately, Rice took me." It Although she remembers with chagrin one lem has to be spelling." is a decision neither has regretted. particular biology lab taught by a graduate stu- The biggest change, Drew said, occurred dur- 1985 marks Drew's 35th anniversary since re- dent with a penchant for ornithology ("I got very ing the "rebellious period" of the late 1960s and joining the Rice faculty in 1950(she taught briefly tired of handling stuffed birds"), most of Drew's early 1970s. "It was not as extreme as at many as an instructor on the post-World War II campus). memories of undergraduate days at Rice in the other schools, but there was a clear sense of rebel- Since then, Drew has written four books and 1940s are good ones. Women students were in the lion," she said. "Students felt that structured, for- more than articles a hundred and reviews, re- minority. Those who could lived at home, while mal education was not what they wanted. Now we ceived Rice's Brown Teaching Award and served out-of-towners lived in boarding houses. are at the other end of the pendulum — the preoc- on campus committees dealing with everything "There was of course that rumored 6 o'clock cupation with everything they take having to do from admissions to determining the effects of tui- curfew on campus for women, but as far as I was with their future careers. They are very ambitious, tion increases. For 14 years, she served as editor concerned, it was just a rumor," she recalled. "I which can be good and bad. It is good in that they of Rice University Studies; for 10 years (1970-80), was never aware of any attempt to enforce it." work a little harder and accept routine and disci- She chaired Rice's history department. Active in Drew's best memories about Rice as a stu- pline more readily. On the bad side, it has made numerous professional societies, Drew will as- dent, however, are about meetings with friends them really grade-conscious." sume presidency Medieval the of the Academy of and quiet afternoons of study at the library. "I sup- In the end, though, it is the students that pro- America in 1986. pose I have the same images that all alumni have, vide any good teacher with challenge and re- She has also seen thousands of Rice students stopping for a talk in the Sallyport, clustering newal. "They're great," Drew said. "I rather cross the threshhold into her classroom. around the statue to meet people, going over to strongly suspect that being in constant contact Tucked away on the fourth floor of Fondren Li- Autrey House to play bridge," she said. "There with strongly motivated students — not concerned brary is the Drew, spot of the Rice campus that was a room reserved for women on the second only with their educations but with social prob- now Lynette History S. Autrey Professor of at Rice, floor of Lovett Hall in what is now the provost's lems in general — has provided me with a con- calls her own. When she arrived on campus as a suite. It was equipped with tables and chairs and stantly renewed young outlook." freshman in 1940, it was mathematics rather than we would meet people there for lunch. Since there She laughed. "By nature I'm a conservative history on which she focused. was no student union at the time, it was one of the person. But in relation to other people my age "Then, fortunate posi- as now, Rice was in a few places you could go to study." now, I seem to be getting more and more liberal."•

SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 1 5 r SO HOW WAS FIIIS511? Photos and text by Basil Nichols '84

It's a question Basil Nichols had trouble answering after spending several months in Leningrad. Here, he tries to find an answer other than,"it was cold."

Editor's Note: Basil Nichols, a 1984 magna cum laude In short, we were forced to supplement our food sup- any of this(grabbing a stack of Soviet publications) and graduate of Rice, spent the semester after graduation ply. Ice cream sold on the street was good, but man does find even the slightest criticism of Chernenko." But he studying Russian at Leningrad State University. Now a not live by kasha and ice cream alone. The meat was re- laughed, and I could tell he honestly believed my argu- law student at the University of Chicago, he was one of volting, so I frequented the cheese and egg lines. If my ment had no value. two Rice students in Leningrad under the Council on In- favorite cheese was in, I did not walk — I ran. And Eventually. I understood that his logic was not ternational Educational exchange prograni. (The other though they are smaller than Western counterparts, so- flawed — it just applied slightly different principles was Erik Heymann '84.) cialism cannot penetrate the shell of an egg. than mine. We both might agree that, for example, kill- Returning to the U.S., Nichols found it difficult to de- Most Americans brought multi-vitamins with them ing is bad, but he did not seem to value as much the scribe his experience. The most common question — because the combination of a strange diet and cold kind of freedom I expressed. Even Russians able to 'How was Russia?" — met with a quip— "Cold." weather could lower resistance to a dangerous level. value this freedom could not ignore the tradition of their "I had seen so much that coming to any conclusions The heat did not always work, and after hand-washing ancestors and appreciate, with the intensity I expected, about the Soviet Union would be like trying to put the our clothes, they might freeze before they dried. Sleep- the importance of being able to freely criticize one's gov- American experience' in a neat package," he said. ing required many layers of clothes and blankets and, ernment. After months of trying to get things in perspective, even then, we would wake up still cold! That ancestral tradition allows them to accept concept Nichols put pen to paper. What follows is "not a contribu- Getting sick was the American students' biggest second-class citizenship in their own country, a tion to how world peace can be achieved," but, rather, fear because it led to visiting a dreaded Soviet doctor. I found hard to swallow. But my town had never been the reflections of an American living in the Soviet Union, Soviet medical logic is best exemplified by the doc- transplanted and forced to harvest potatoes. Professors taking into account that Nichols and his fellow students tors' response to giardia, a disease often contracted by at my university were never ordered to box vegetables. lived only in Leningrad — a fairly prosperous city by So- Western visitors. Giardiu, a severe stomach sickness we There are no stores in my area that sell quality goods viet standards — and that their experiences were af- nicknamed "Trotsky's Revenge," is caused by an orga- only to foreigners. the locals have built an fected by the limitations placed on them as foreigners — nism in the water against which whispering /imitations that were not always communicated and immunity. Inside a Westerner, however, this little guy No more were constantly changing. wreaks havoc. A number of friends and relatives who stand a little Because it does not affect Russians, Soviet doctors more to the right than myself have said, "I bet you are Let there be kasha will not diagnose it, claiming talk of it is only American more conservative now than before you visited the So- Before leaving Houston, I told my mother not to worry propaganda. Luckily, our American group leaders viet Union." By this, if they mean that I am more willing about my living conditions. The Soviets would probably brought antibiotics, though not being licensed physi- to stand up to the "communist menace" regardless of the pamper us to propagandize the advantages of socialism. cians, they were very careful about dispensing them. cost — I am unsure. But with respect to my support of the I was wrong. It is one thing to build this "Potempkin rights of people in a free society, I can only say that I village" for Western tourists on short visits, but we could have become more liberal. speak Russian (somewhat)and could go nearly any- I am more willing, for example, to check the rights where within a 40-kilometer radius. Since we were go- of police under search and seizure because I can now ing to see what life was like anyway, why spend extra fully realize that our rights not to be violated are pre- rubles on us? Result — they put us in a whorehouse. cious. In Leningrad, I was pulled into a police station did (Before going any further, I must mention that adapt- and questioned when, as far as I can remember, all I ing to different living condition.: was probably the least was look at a map. Two students in the spring semester making enlightening of my experiences, and the least important program were arrested for photographing a lady section of this article. Our situation was not life-threat- doughnuts. ening — we adapted. But after "how was Russia?" You come to realize that these are not just random questions concerning living conditions are most com- incidents — you are living in a different atmosphere. mon. Allow me a few paragraphs to complain.) And its effects do not immediately dissipate upon re- It wasn't a working whorehouse, but it had been be- turning to the U.S. Back in Houston, as Erik and I dis- cussed our trip in a roomful of people, we inadvertently fore the Bolsheviks came and ruined the party in 1917. Cafeteria workers would trade extra kasha for nail began to whisper. When someone remarked that we Dormitory #6(or "Hotel California," as the locals polish dubbed it in honor of the 38 Americans living there) was could not be heard, it dawned on us what we had been and only once ordered, but dirty. Soap was rarely used, even to wash Conditions were bad but we adapted, doing and we started to laugh. — when all the students not dishes. Never could we let a bare foot touch the floor, es- did I feel my life was in danger We didn't have to whisper anymore. We did bugged. pecially in the bathroom. And what everyone says about were trying to rush from the one exit after an electrical have to walk blocks to find a phone that wasn't threw hand- the deficit of toilet paper is true. If you don't bring the fire broke out. Luckily, the firemen came — and We no longer had to live with Soviet roommates Charmin, you will be left "squeezing the Pravda." In ei- water on it. picked to live with Americans and required to make ther case, no paper product can be deposited in the toi- weekly reports. A different kind of logic roommate, let. Use your imagination. Every American had at least one Soviet Next it is time to eat, if you still have an appetite. That was a cheap shot. The ability to throw water on an arrangement we favored because it helped us study — it After walking a cold 15 minutes across the Neva River electrical fires is something shared by communists and the language. They weren't necessarily bad guys — other Sovi- and checking your coat — a must in any public place — capitalists alike. But I often debated: is Russian logic depended on the person. Some were nosy of you enter the cafeteria. The first thing you see is an flawed, or just different? ets were afraid of one of them. Mine seemed afraid question. award given to the workers, proclaiming this establish- For example, in arguments over issues concerning me, though, and didn't ask one uncomfortable us, occasionally ment the best cafeteria in the Soviet Union — a scary the U.S., it is common for Russians to quote Soviet But they kept tabs on who visited thought. Without a rundown of le menu, let me just say sources that are, in turn, based on the American press. resulting in friendly Soviet students being reprimanded our that my day was often made or broken depending on the My Soviet roommate once showed me a clipping from a for talking to us. Few Soviets who did not live in we presence of kasha (porridge) at breakfast. Vegetables Soviet paper paraphrasing a Time or Newsweek article dorm would dare come in its vicinity and, likewise, virtually disappeared as it got colder, except for cab- critical of Reagan's foreign policy. He smirked, believ- suspected anyone who entered freely. sneaking bage.(At this point, if I even see a Cabbage Patch doll, I ing the argument had been won. BUT I began to pour him Yes, I have become quite liberal. After justice as will kill it.) Meals consisted mostly of starches and great a cup of tea and said, "Don't you see what the difference into a Soviet court to witness everyday Soviet "hooli- quantities of sugar — a time bomb on your figure or is? One of our major news magazines can freely criticize it applied to one accused felon and a number of physique. our president on major policy decisions. Look through gans," it will be hard to keep me from questioning any

16 SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 potential infringement on the rights of the accused in Unlike many tourists, though, they found most of us We were amused by his antics until someone told us our judicial system. Now, more than ever. I realize that unwilling to participate. Not only did we not want our an American group leader had committed suicide a few these basic rights hold our system together. trip cut short or future programs jeopardized — we didn't years ago. Luckily, nothing like that happened. want to be kept from entering the Soviet Union in the fu- The more you learn about how the Soviet bureau- Where are our posters? ture because of black market activities. We knew many cracy works, the less you need a narcotic. If you want Before I turn into a patriotic ball of mush, I must admit of the black marketeers worked with K.G.B. support, something, you might have to give something up to in- that my attitude is partly a response to the constant freely conducting business and reporting everyone they sure it. If you are an American student who regularly bombardment of anti-American sentiment to which I dealt with. comes back to the dorm after curfew, let's hope you have was exposed. At first, it was interesting to see what ef- slipped the doorman a few packs of American ciga- forts were made to attack most every aspect of our soci- And how were the people? rettes. In order to insure my second bowl of kasha, Nina ety. They believe we also participate in such an Yet another generalization I am often asked to make Petrovna, the head cook in the cafeteria, received a lot extensive waste of resources to show the evils of Soviet concerns the Soviet people. I can come to few conclu- of sweet talk and some Revlon nail polish and lipstick. socialism, and many seemed insulted when they sions — only that every Russian, like every American, is The rule is — learn the system. learned it was not true. different at heart. No ideology has a monopoly on good- My buddy Marcus Sloan from Lampasas. Texas, ness. Western eyes came up to me in a frenzy one day after his roommate Visitors to the Soviet Union get a bad impression of Though survival meant adapting to the Soviet system, hung an anti-American poster, such as can be found in the people because, in relations with strangers, they are the natural tendency was to see their way of life through any bookstore, in their room. This poster pictured an very cold. But when they opened up, you met a very dif- our American eyes. I knew that objectivity was best, but American flag above water, accompanied by the word ferent people. My closest friends in Leningrad were a the urge to compare was often too great. And, by com- myth." Under the water and connected to the flag was a Jewish man and his Russian wife who were attempting parison, life in Leningrad was lacking. submarine and the word "reality." Marcus and his room- to leave the Soviet Union. I am reminded of the "Star Trek" episode in which mate had not been getting along and this was the final We met by chance as I walked along the Neva the an alien on a faraway planet observes Earth with a pow- straw. He yelled,"We don't hang our anti-Soviet posters night before the November Seventh celebration. When erful telescope, then tries to re-create what he has seen. up, do we?" he learned I was American, he pointed to the battleships His result has the correct image, but no substance. Marcus, we don't have any anti-Soviet posters. decorated in white lights and said, "I bet they don't pa- An American seeing the Soviet Union through "his It was the "common enemy" theory, pure and sim- rade military equipment around in your country." They own eyes" experiences a similar phenomenon. Jazz is ple. But this was not Political Science 101 at Rice Univer- had such a beautiful picture of life in the United States played without spirit, and dancing in the aisles is for- sity — we were the enemy! Anti-Western propaganda that on a few occasions I had to bring them a little closer bidden. The fireworks are bright and loud, but without (with the U.S. as the focus) dominated their media. Noth- to reality. beauty or symmetry. Something is always missing. I ing was sacred. One day President Reagan's character My friend had gotten permission to leave the Soviet guess this is why their leaders have tried to limit views was under attack; the following day it was breakdanc- Union in the early 1970s, but he delayed his exit until he of the West. The result would be blinding. Sure, there is ing, which they interpreted as how the depressed youth could assure the future of his daughter by a former mar- more crime. But there is also more life. of our country face the harsh reality of life under capital- riage. When he was ready to leave, the doors had Walking along Bolshoi Prospect in Leningrad, a ism. closed. I don't think they will ever get out. friend and I happened upon a so-called "spontaneous We handled most of the propaganda well. Only I miss them. I keep thinking back to Christmas Eve. peace demonstration." From a distance, it resembled when intentional attempts were made to offend us did We exchanged gifts, and they apologized for what they one of this country's 1960s civil rights marches. But there we becomirked. Of all the meeting rooms in the dormi- considered a modest gift. But I knew they had stood in is no spontaneity involved when people are dragged tory, for example, why was the one on our floor chosen long lines to get this special brand of candy. We sat in a from their work to participate. Approaching the crowd, for a party celebrating Castro's life? little cafe drinking champagne as they asked me ques- we were amazed to see the crowd looked lifeless, more One attempt to embarrass us backfired, however. tions and tried to get me through my first Christmas like zombies from "Night of the Living Dead" than pro- Though most of the professors treated us with respect away from my family. testers. and really seemed to care, the Soviet head of the pro- Our group of students was given the rare opportu- gram (a general's wife) treated Americans with con- nity to march in the November Seventh Revolution Day tempt. So we suspected something was up when she Parade. What a day it was. The CIA probably has copies organized a friendly basketball game between the of the pictures we took — Lenin or red flag in one hand, American students and a group of Russian students and Pepsi in the other. instructors. As we approached Palace Square, where the revolu- We barely scraped together a team of five men and tion began, we could not help but think that, back home, live women, then arrived to find a scorekeeper, referee, we could have done it better. Think how much more the audience and an opposition of nine men ready to play. Russian kids would have loved the parade if a giant Before the opening tip, it was customary for each Bullwinkle Moose had been floating overhead. team to line up on opposite free-throw lines and greet We missed a lot. During the National League play- the other side. Since we were not familiar with this cus- offs that year, I called the consulate so many times to tom, we hesitated when our turn came. When the referee see how the Chicago Cubs were doing that I'm sure I became impatient, we shouted the only greeting we aroused suspicion. In Houston, Akeem was playing his could think of: "Two, four, six, eight. Who do we appre- first year of pro basketball and I could only read clip- ciate? Russians, Russians, Russians,yea!" Leningrad's Palace Square during November Sev- pings. "All My Children" updates were valuable com- To sum up the most interesting athletic event of my enth festivities modities. And, of course, we missed the presidential life, our group of two former high school basketball election. Players, one soccer player and seven people who didn't All of a sudden, my friend announced that he had a One night, we had such a craving for pizza that we know a lay-up from a four-corner stall beat the tar out of very special toast to make, and he insisted it be in Eng- composed a tear-jerking letter to the Domino's Corp. and lish. In very broken the Russians. The '72 Olympics have been avenged, de- language, he wished my family sent it with an ambassador who promised to Federal Ex- spite some "creative Soviet scorekeeping." good health and happiness. I could do nothing but cry. press it as soon as he reached the U.S. We hoped the let- In an article written about the game, the American Pro-Soviet, anti-Soviet — there were a lot of good ter would reach a creative member of the advertising team was described as "attacking" from the beginning people. department, and even imagined our doorman's face as — a verb with military connotations — while the Rus- Some kind of narcotic our pizza arrived. sians merely "couldn't find their game." The pizza never came, but we did receive gift certif i- For my friends in Leningrad, dreaming of America and cates to use when we got home. It's fun to be the enemy listening to Voice of America provided the natural nar- As long as your life is not in danger, it's fun to be the en- cotic needed to cope with the system. Different people Coming home emy. Notoriety accompanies you at all times, especially use different narcotics — some natural, some not. Unfor- We left Leningrad in early January, heading by train for in Leningrad. Consulate workers are forbidden to asso- tunately, the Western press has not exaggerated the So- Helsinki. The Soviet border officials served as a good re- ciate with the locals, so we were the "only enemy in viets' problems with alcoholism. minder of what we despised about the country, but a big town" for an extended period of time, and we did attract My narcotic was running. To cope with the thoughts part of us hated to leave. Why do we all have an urge to attention. and questions in my head, I had to have my three miles, go back someday? Why? It was partly the mystique of associating with six days a week. I never ran in Houston — it was boring. A student from our group got a letter from her uni- the enemy." The biggest attraction, though, was peo- But in Leningrad, I ran in rain, snow, even at -20 de- versity offering counseling on her return. We laughed at Ple's thirst to hear about our lifestyle. Could no one walk grees. It kept me sane. the thought. The only counseling I needed was to kiss the streets of any large American city without fearing for Mail also helped, but it was slow and undepend- my parents, go to a Rockets game and make my way his life? Could a janitor in the U.S. acquire more than a able. Phone calls to the U.S. cost $10 a minute and had from restaurant to restaurant. respected Soviet scientist? What interests American to be ordered in advance at a building several miles I was wrong. I didn't need counseling, but it took a Youth? What do we think of President Reagan? across town. Calls to Leningrad from the U.S. were while to get back in the swing of things. My family and Pro-Soviet, anti-Soviet or somewhere in between, cheaper, but connections were difficult to make. friends were sympathetic, but some people didn't under- they wanted to hear about America. Our peers wanted to Another narcotic was laughter. Short bursts of tem- stand that I brought back a little of that insanity with hear about music, fashion, sports, movies. My room- porary insanity, I believe, kept long-term insanity at me. mate, looking confused, once asked, "Vasya, what is bay. But occasionally something would happen to make We all get flashbacks now. We think of the people Purple rain?'"I chuckled and showed him how to use the rest of us just sit and stare. The scariest example of we left behind, and hurt to show them our homes. We rhy Walkman. He listened to every tape I had at near- this occurred when one of our American group leaders hear things. I heard that a friend of mine was thrown out maximum volume, but was disappointed that I didn't started acting strange. of the university for dealing on the black market. Rumor have any music by the most popular group in Leningrad, We depended on this man— he kept us from having has it that he was turned in by Americans. the Beatles. to deal directly with the Soviet bureaucracy. So you can Because of our experiences, we see things differ- Finally, Americans were popular because we might imagine our concern when he began to make funny ently. For me, it helped show me what is really impor- have Western goods we'd be willing to trade or sell. As faces at a surveillance camera, running back and forth tant. I cannot expand on that, but I believe it with all my soon as we arrived, black marketeers approached us, in front of it, throwing his coat over it. The next night, af- heart. using their best sales pitches — you almost wished ter attending the ballet in Kiev, he did not get on the bus I guess I did come to some conclusions after all. they'd had a used car lot and advertising time on a local right away, but decided to perform his own "ballet" in Don't consider mine true, though — see it for yourself. TV station. the parking lot. When you return, you can whisper to me what you saw.•

SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 17 Goal post scuffle signals end of student 'tradition'

a "visual deterrent" — Southwest Confer- goal instead. It was there that the con- ence rules require law enforcement offi- frontation began. cers to be in the bench area of all SWC Moniaci told the advisory committee games, and the Rice Campus Police force that, when he saw the students were not is not largeenough to meet the SWC going to give up their struggle to tear rules. down the post at the south end of the Though some students reported offi- field, he told the head officer, by way of cers using their "night sticks" to discour- walkie-talkie, to have his men leave the age students from taking the posts after field. the Lamar game, the goals came down The officers did not leave, however. with no injury and little controversy. Guy Hardin, a junior in Sid Richardson Officers at the TCU game, however, college, was among those attempting to were told to protect the south goalpost, tear down the south goal."Some of the of- the one most often used in practice, but to ficers were doing a really good job, but allow those students who reached the some of them were there just to bust some north goal post to tear it down. Six offi- students' heads," he said, adding that he cers were placed under the north goal as was hit "full force" in the ribs by an offi- deterrents, Moniaci said, but were told cer and had to be taken home by friends. not to use violence. Mary Voswinkle, assistant director of Two days before the TCU game, Stu- the Rice campus police, said her officers dent Association President Barry Ni- drove senior Kurt Manweiler to a nearby cholson made a statement at a college hospital with an injured knee. Manweiler masters' meeting, saying Brown had al- said he received the gash on his knee ready retracted his 1984 statement and from an officer who was "swinging a that the athletic department wanted the nightstick. He hit me two or three times Hans- on the knee," he said. "Then I saw him hit the fighting Rice Owls defeated deputies tried to protect the goals, Brown goal posts to remain upright, said When other people too." Texas University on Oct. 12 and officially retracted that statement. In a zen College master Richard Smith, add- Christian "Obviously we've had a breakdown won their first SWC game in three years, letter thanking the students for their en- ing, "I was left with the impression that in communication," said Martha Rice fans celebrated by pouring onto the thusiasm, Brown asked them to support the goal posts were not supposed to come Hawthorne of the athletic department field to dismantle the goal posts, despite the athletic department "in resolving the down." during the advisory meeting. Bob May, the fact that the uprights were sur- problem of the goal post destruction at When Smith saw the students rush also of the athletic department, went on rounded by deputies from the Harris football games." the field after the TCU game, he assumed to to say,"We don't want to quell any enthu- County Sheriff's Department. "Any statement made in support of they did not know they were supposed went to siasm of the students. . .and we don't Bringing down the goalposts after a this activity was made with the best of leave the posts alone and said he want to pit the students against the ath- winning game is a "tradition" that Rice intentions," Brown wrote. "However, ex- the field to try and keep peace. "I went letic department. . .We appreciate very sports veterans say dates back to the perience has shown it to be in the best in- down as an individual, not as a master...I much the support that the student body days of wooden uprights. It was revived terest of the athletic department, the felt remiss for not going down there the has given us. . .This is something that in 1983 after Rice broke a 15-game losing students and the university as a whole to week before," he said. "I understood (the we have to have. However, the activity of streak with a 22-21 win over Southwest discontinue the assaults on the goal students') enthusiasm but was concerned tearing down the goal post is not a posi- Louisiana. posts." for their safety both from the falling goal tive force and it does us no service." Downed uprights, however, are not a On Oct. 23, the athletic department post and the officers." The athletic department has said the "tradition" campus officials want to see held a meeting with the student athletic Smith was able to persuade the stu- goal posts would not be policed in the fu- continued. After the goals were disman- advisory committee to discuss the prob- dents not to tear down the north goal ture. A statement from the department tled following Rice's 1984 victory over La- lem. During the meeting, one student post. No violence occurred at that end. "I published in the Oct. 25 Thresher said, mar, head coach Watson Brown said the athletic department had "seri- left thinking they had been persuaded "We recognize that Rice students are re- responded, "I'll put a new (goal post) up ously misjudged" the Rice student body that it was in their best interest not to tear sponsible individuals and as such there every week. I may even pay for it myself." by using force before simply asking the them down," he said. should not be the necessity of protecting After this year's TCU game, when at least students not to tear the goal posts down. Students still approaching the north the goal posts after home games." one student suffered minor injuries in Assistant Athletic Director Steve Mo- goal post and seeing the crowd breaking '87 the scuffle that ensued as the sheriff's niaci said the deputies were hired only as up, however, decided to go to the south —Scheleen Johnson Win-loss column aside, Cager vets will add strength Although Rice basketball coach Tommy have to come up with at least two recruits Owls are breaking records Suitts has a much-ballyhooed recruiting who can play a lot of minutes. three won't win for Rice fans who witnessed Arkansas' 30-15 fense, improving on season and/or career class this year, he is convinced it will be "Any two of those vc to have a Nov. 2 victory and SMU's 40-15 Nov. 9 win marks of such former Owl luminaries as the play of veterans Greg Hines, Terrence us. We have to have all three a a tripod. over the Owls at least had the comfort of Tobin Rote '50, Walter McReynolds '65 Cashaw and Ivan Petitt and sophomores good team. It's like standing up c. three legs must knowing that, earlier in the season, the and King Hill '58. Jeff Crawford, Michael Irving and Carl For the tripod to work, all home team had broken its 11-game losing Current Owl punter(and defensive Daniels that determines the Owls'fate be functioning properly," Suitts said. hap- streak with a 29-28 victory over Lamar on back standout) Steve Kidd is going into during the 1985-86 season. "But if all three of those things rE Sept. 7, a 26-game SWC losing streak the record books ahead of Huey Keeney "The success of this year's team de- pen, we could have a pretty good team. place, we with a dramatic 34-27 win over TCU on '49, and, as of late October, was the pends more on the performance of the re- In fact, if everything falls into tc good team." Oct. 12, and its 19-game on-the-road los- second-rated college punter in the U.S. turning players than on the players could have a surprisingly sc ing streak with a come-from-behind 29-27 Placekicker James Hamrick of Angleton coming in," Suitts said. "As with any bas- Rice's largest recruiting class (in - triumph over Texas Tech in Lubbock on has usurped David Houser '79 for most ketball team, how good you'll be usually terms of size and quantity) in recent mem - Oct. 19. Owl points in a career and Mark Wil- is determined by how well your veterans ory includes 6-foot-10 Magnus Matthias Gilchrist of Ir Going into the 1985 season's home liams '73 for most career field goals. do." son of Iceland, 6-foot-8 Andy -7 Richard Holmes of Salt tr stretch, the Owls are ranked as under- With his 244 net gain against Lamar, Much will be riding on the play of Houston, 6-foot Utah, 6-foot-7 Glenn Youngkin dogs in the remaining SWC games Antonio Brinkley has replaced John Hines, a 6-foot-3 swingman. The junior Lake City, Forest Brook High School of Virginia Beach, Va., 6-foot-6 Mike "I against Baylor and the University of Cardwell '73 in the record books for most from Houston's on last year's Girardi of Merced, California, 6-foot-4 it Houston. Baylor will be the seventh na- yards in a regular season game, while was second 11-16 team in Robertson of Gary, Ind., and 6- tionally ranked team Rice has played this California's Darrick Wells is threatening scoring and third in rebounding. Ronald foot-1 Mike Cooper of Greencastle, Ind. th fall, and Houston is the defending confer- the record-holders for the title of Rice's Suitts said the veterans, second-year "We have four recruits 6-7 or bigger, rn ence champion. all-time best receiver — he caught at players and recruits all must contribute if so that goes a long way towards solving Fc Win-loss column aside, a number of least three passes per game in the first Rice is to make substantial improve- been broken by Rice ments over last year's showing. some of our problems," Suitts said. "We Jo school records have half of the 1985 season. and players this season. Before an injury in "If we're going to be good, we must lost one guy about 6-7(Tony Barnett) SC put him out of com- SEASON AT A GLANCE get a really good, solid year out of Hines, added four 6-7 or bigger. I think that's a Or the Texas Tech game depth. mission for the season, Rice's outstand- Miami 48, Rice 20 Rice 34, TCU 27 Cashaw and Petitt because they are our good trade-off in terms of size and ing sophomore quarterback Mark Air Force 59, Rice 17 Rice 29, Texas Tech 27 three most experienced players," he said. "Plus, the addition of Girardi and tr( perimeter Or Comalander had already worked his way Rice 29, Lamar 28 Texas A&M 43, Rice 28 "We also need normal progress from Cooper should improve our up the charts in passing and total of- Texas 44, Rice 16 Arkansas 30, Rice 15 our three returning sophomores. And we shooting considerably," he added. %eft 18 SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 Sports briefs Track teams hard at work Both men's and women's cross-country teams have been hard at work preparing allano4 for the SWC Real and NCAA national meets, 104 both to be held in November. The NCAA Championships will take place Nov. 25 in Milwaukee, Wis. The Southwest Confer- ence and District 6 meets, hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, were scheduled for earlier this month at Epoch Fund challenge: help students Georgetown. Rice sprinters Gawain Guy, Tony work their way through Rice Martinez, Jon Warren and Pam Klassen are expected to finish high in the nation- In 1984, a Florida alumnus and his wife monies to 12 Rice undergraduate students Allen Dupont, one of the original student als. Guy, who competed in the 1984 (who asked to remain anonymous)estab- who, because of need or desire, were recipients, said the money he received Olympics for Jamaica, is considered one lished a new scholarship program at Rice working their way through school. Ac- from the Epoch Matching Funds made his of the nation's best. He is the 1985 NCAA that would match income earned by stu- cording to assistant financial aid director hard work worthwhile. "It helped me a indoor track champion, and currently dent applicants to cover up to 50 percent Phyllis Cramer, who handled the award- lot," he said. "I really appreciate what holds the record for the 1,000 meter relay. of tuition, fees and books. ing of the scholarships, working with the these people have done. They realize Golfers have strong fall season The Epoch Fund's original donors Epoch Fund has been rewarding. "Work- how difficult it can be to get through Starting his second season as golf coach, have now issued a challenge for other ing with those who have become recipi- school on a summer job, and their help Jim Castaneda has led the Rice golfers to Rice alumni and friends, agreeing to ents has been a heartwarming made working this summer that much good progress this fall. The Owl golfers match contributions to the Epoch Fund up experience," she said. "These are stu- more worthwhile." placed ninth of 24 strong teams from to $10,000 by the end of 1985. dents who, for one reason or another, For this year, the fund's originators across the U.S. at the Americana Invita- According to the donors, they origi- have taken most of the responsibility for have agreed to match donations of up to tional at Lake Geneva, Wis., in October, nally established the Epoch Matching their own educations. That has virtually $10,000 made to the Epoch Matching and they placed well at the Falcon Invita- Funds because "the pride and sense of demanded their being both full-time stu- Funds by Dec. 30. More information may tional among 18 teams at the Air Force accomplishment obtained by working for dents and full-time 'workers' — no easy be obtained by contacting Ron Kent, di- Academy in Colorado. one's education is in many cases equal to task, and one demanding determination rector of planned giving, at 527-4992. A newcomer, Jeff Cranford, is having the value of the education itself." and dedication." a strong fall, and such veterans as Terry In 1984, the fund provided matching Junior chemical engineering major Butler and Houston Martin are doing well in area and national college competition. Baseball team busy with fall drills The Rice varsity baseball team is already NSF RE honors Alsobrook busy working out daily in fall drills in an- ticipation of a successful season next Margaret S. Alsobrook, director of devel- uals nationwide conferred with CFRE sta- spring. Head coach David Hall and aides opment at Rice, was among 71 profes- tus. Lance Brown and Clinton Welch have al- sional fund raisers recently designated Alsobrook joined Rice's development ready held frequent workouts on the Certified Fund Raising Executive(CFRE) office 30 years ago. In 1979, she was newly lighted Cameron Field. by the National Society of Fund Raising named to her present position of director, Executives(NSFRE). in charge of coordinating and directing Volleyball team looks to next year CFRE status indicates that an indi- all fund raising activities of the univer- Plagued with injuries, the Rice women's vidual has achieved an advanced stand- sity. She is an active member of the volleyball team has had a difficult year. ard of tenure, performance, education, Council for the Advancement At one stage, Coach Debbie Sokol had and Sup- knowledge and service to the profession. port of Education (CASE)and has served only seven players able to suit up for a To date, there are a total of 874 individ- as district officer of that match. The team's effort and dedication organization. Margaret S. Alsobrook cannot be faulted, however. Though, at this writing, the Owls were 4-16 for the season, such players as junior Jeannie Blaney are joining Coach Sokol in plan- Seminars on estate planning scheduled ning a strong comeback next year. This past fall, Rice giving. Netters move into national prominence University's Office of children and shifting income to reduce Planned Giving sponsored Both men's and women's tennis teams are two free semi- The upcoming series, tentatively taxes. making progress this fall as well. Scott nars on "Estate Planning in the Current scheduled for March, will be open to Seminars were presented by Paul L. Tax Climate." Melville, runner-up in the SWC singles The first such seminars to members of the classes of 1916-1950. More Comstock, First Endowment Develop- be last year, is due to be one of the best in offered at Rice in more than a decade, information on the seminars will be in- ment Corp., and attorneys Don E. Fizer the sessions 1985-86, and some new hands are break- were open to alumni from cluded in the next issue of Sallyport. '74, C.M. Hudspeth '41, L. Henry Gissel Jr. the classes of ing in impressively for Coach Larry Tur- 1916-41. In the fall series, topics included re- '58 and J. Thomas Eubank '51. ville. Among the Owls to watch in men's In response to alumni interest, an- ducing or eliminating estate taxes, For further information on the spring tennis in the coming months are Andrew other series of estate planning seminars avoiding gift taxes on transferring seminars, contact Ron Kent, Office of Taylor, Rodney Burton, Todd Kros, Chuck is being planned for this spring, accord- wealth, increasing cash flow, hedging Planned Giving, 527-4992. ing to Bratka, Donnie Freeman and Alex Diego. Ron Kent, director of planned against tax reform, protecting assets for In women's tennis, the obvious "name player" to watch for is Wendy Wood. The senior from Massachusetts was SWC singles champion last spring Giving clubs enroll new donors and placed in the top 16 at the NCAA championships last summer. Her biggest The Founder's Club and President's Club were established in the fall of 1970 as a means of bringing together alumni, parents and honor, however, was her selection to the friends who give substantial support for Rice's current operations. Membership is on an annual basis (July 1 through June 30) and prestigious Federation Cup, a distinction includes the individual and his or her spouse. Names listed below are first-time members for July through September 1985. reserved for the top 10 American women Founder's Club players under the age of 21. Other names Daniel L. Bradley Charles Jos Perilloux Jr. '68 Jack W. Moody '47 McAlister '80/.81 to Richard T. Wilbanks '27 Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Eric Randall Lautzenheiser '70 Mrs. J.B. Van Ness Jr. '48 Matthew Stephen Muller '80 watch for at Rice this year include Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Mullineaux Michael Rex Daley '71 Eugenia Hare Atmar '51 John Edward Oddo '80 sophomores Allison Culver and Lori Smith '30/36 Mr. and Mrs. Harold V. Tommy DeWitt Peel '71 Jerry C. White '52 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michael Crank. Mr. and Mrs. Card G. Phenix Glen Eldon Razak '71 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Burr Stroman '80 Elliott Jr. '35/37 Rachael M. Talbert Jacques Rodriguez '71 Paine '55 Steven Boyd Buckley '81 Alumni updates Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius 0. Dr. and Mrs. Richard!. Charles Eugene Fisk '72 Victor L. Terry '55 Michael Brandeau Lawrence '81 In ex-Owl news, Matt Williams has been Ryan '37/38 Thomson Gilbert Allen Armour '73 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Kevin Guy Honnell '82 traded by Toronto to the Texas Rangers, Mr. and Mrs. Tom E. Mr. and Mrs. John Knox Conley '56r60 Barbara Ann Rader '82 Mings '43 Bennett '73r73 Mr. and Mrs. Tom S Steven Lawrence Schooner '82 where he got a chance to go up to the Mr. and Mrs. John H. George W. Bo-Linn '73 Marshall '75 Jennifer Susan Young '82 "bigs" again and had a late season start Valcik '44 Michael Lee Schwartz'73 John H. °Donoghue Mr. and Mrs. Sam Shea President's '75 in the American League. David N. Miller '51 Club Robert Frazier Anderson '74 Albert J. Grazioli Jr. '76 Scott '83r83 In closing, a salute to the honorees at Neil J. O'Brien '54 Col. and Mrs. C.C. Dr. and Mrs. Julio Cesar John Ricardo Knight '76 Michael Eric Trachtenberg '83 Leo L. Sellars '56 Scott '28 Diaz'74 Dr. and Mrs. Rex Dale Robert Frank Bleck '84 the Oct. 30 ceremony inducting five new Michael M. McCants '63 James T. Wilmoth '30 Mrs. Harry A. Wolf '33 Pendley '76r76 Charles Daniel Cocanougher '84 members into the Rice Athletic Hall of John T. King '67 Catherine Long Randolph '31 Wendell C. Gordon '37 Mr. and Mrs. Paul William June Bashford Huber '84 Fame: Augie Erfurth, Jim Fox, Roland Frederick F. Murray '72 Earl Morlan Moss '32 Edward S. Bromberg '39 Porter '76 David Eugene Park III '85 Dr. and Jackson, Sam Giammalva, and Kay Pear- Mrs. Charles M. Ann C. Turbeville '56 Mrs. Donald E. Leever '39 Adan G. Vega '76 John Earl Progelhof '85 Persons '76 William Y. Long '58 Patricial. Keightley '41 Thomas P. Lewis '77 Holden Shannon '85 son Keating. Distinguished R Men hon- Mr. and Mrs. Richard!. Lawrence S. Griffith '59 Ed D. Roberts '41 Craig Douglas Ball '79 Jan H. Austin ored at the same ceremony were Alan Gass '78,'78 Mrs. H.W. Weinberg '59 Mrs. C.M. Lauby '42 John Sprague Boone '79 Mrs. Albert Fanestiel Chapman and Wendel Ley. Veteran Stuart A. Taylor '79 Mr. and Mrs. G. Todd Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Howell Coolidge Hunter Jr. '79 Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Mr. and Mrs. Richard I Baugh trainer Allen Eggert was named an Hon- '64 '66 Lusk Jr. '44 Andrea Mallard Martin '79 Keightley Preng '80 78 Andrew Thompson Taylor Jr. '64 Dr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Roy A. Lilley '80 Jeanne M. Lancaster orary R Man. James H. Barksdale III '83 Karen T. Copeland '68 Burr Jr. '47/44 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Preston Mr. and Mrs. John Sinkking

SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 19 Alums choose'preferred' years By designating a "preferred" class year, be listed with the Class of 1959 rather Rice alumni can now be included in re- than that of 1965, Maulsby said. union and other activities with a class Other examples she cited included 4114-frnfra other than the one with which they actu- people whose college careers were inter- ally graduated. rupted by military service, or who left Alumni association director Tommie Rice for a number of years and returned. Lu Maulsby explained that the "preferred Those people, she said, often would class year" system has been set up in re- rather be included with the year their en- sponse to requests from alumni who, for a tering class graduated rather than with variety of reasons, wish to be listed in their own actual graduating class. classes other than their degree class. Those interested in designating a For example, someone who received "preferred class year" should contact a bachelor's degree from Rice in 1959 and Frank Chuber in the Rice development of- a master's degree in 1965 might prefer to fice, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251.

Distinguished alumni sought Greanias Pharr De la Vina Doerr The Association of Rice Alumni is soliciting nominations for Rice's annual Distin- guished Alumni Awards, given each commencement. The honors are given to living awards presented alumni in recognition of lifetime achievement. More than one name may be submitted. Achievement To make a nomination, please return the form below to the Association of Rice Alumni, to Young Alumni winners P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251. I would like to nominate: Four Rice alumni were recently named De la Vina, who holds a bachelor's recipients of the first annual Young degree from Pan American University, Name Alumni Achievement Award, given in earned her master's and doctoral degrees Degree/Year, Major recognition of personal and professional in economics from Rice. Named to "Who's accomplishment. George Greanias '70, Who in the South and Southwest," "Nota- John Doerr '73, Lynda Y. de la Vina '77 ble Women of Texas" and "Most Out- Address standing Young Women of America" and George M. Pharr '75 were singled out Phone as recipients of the award from nomina- (three years), de la Vina is currently di- tions submitted by Rice alumni and fac- rector of the Center for Studies in Busi- Occupation/Field ulty. ness, Economics and Human Resources Current Title at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Winners of the Young Alumni where she also serves as associate pro- Honors/Awards Achievement Award were announced fessor of economics. during homecoming on Nov. 2. Publications/Inventions/Innovations An associate professor of materials Greanias, who currently represents science at Rice, Pharr is currently active District C in the Houston City Council in campus affairs and has consistently Professional Activities/Boards/Affiliations and serves as associate professor of ad- been ranked by graduate and undergrad- ministrative sciences at Rice's Jones uate students as an outstanding teacher. School, graduated magna cum laude He was recently selected by IBM as recip- Rice Involvement from Rice with a bachelor's degree in his- ient of the "Faculty Development Award," Civic/Religious Activities/Boards/Affiliations tory. He holds a doctor of jurisprudence given to a limited number of outstanding degree from Harvard and has practiced young teachers across the country. law in Houston and New York City. The Rice University Young Alumni Additional information Doerr, who holds bachelor's and Achievement Award will become an an- master's degrees in electrical engineer- nual program, with nominations solicited ing from Rice, now serves as general yearly from Rice alumni and faculty. The partner with Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield & award, to be given to outstanding alumni Nominated by/Class under the age of 40, will encourage young Byers, a San Francisco-based venture Phone capital firm. He is co-founder and chair- alumni achievement as well as involve- man of Silicon Compilers Inc., and serves ment in the university. The award is on the boards of Sun Microsystems and sponsored by the Young Alumni Commit- Compaq Computers. tee of the Association of Rice Alumni. Candidates sought for Candidates sought for board alumni governor posts governor of The Association of Rice Alumni is seeking candidates for members of the association's The Association of Rice Alumni is seeking candidates to serve as alumni and executive board. If you wish to nominate someone, please fill out the form below and Rice University. If you wish to nominate someone, please fill out the form below return to the association at P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251. return to the alumni association, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251. Name Name Degree/Year, Major/Institution Degree/Year, Major/Institution

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20 SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 Science

Thinking in higher dimensions

by Steve Brynes

The term "fourth dimension" has an eso- oratories in his Rice dissertation. Boswell teric, even occult, ring, but it and higher was able to find centers of high density in dimensions are becoming increasingly data sets of dimensionality up to 50. This important to statisticians and others try- procedure makes more massive use of the ing to find patterns in large masses of data. computer with running times in hours, James R. Thompson of mathematical but requires little human observer inter- sciences has been researching the prob- action. lem of dimensionality since 1971, when For the support of his research in he conducted for NASA an examination of density estimation, Thompson has re- algorithms for remote sensing data. "The ceived support by the Department of De- underlying assumption," he says, "had fense through a number of grants since been that the data was generated by a 1972. In August, he was awarded an high-dimension version of the Gaussian Army Research Office grant for density bell curve — an example of choosing a estimation and simulation-based param- model for its tractability rather than its eter estimation in the amount of $188,000. basis in reality." He is also adjunct professor of biomathe- Together with Rui di Figueiredo of matics at the M.D. Anderson Hospital and electrical and computer engineering and gorithm for dealing with data in three di- The first is to attempt to carry our three- Tumor Institute, where he carries out re- Richard Tapia of mathematical sciences, mensions. The drawing above shows dimensional perceptions into higher di- search in the modeling of tumor growth Thompson developed algorithms that contours of equal density in momentum mensions. One way of doing this is to and treatment. A fellow of the American lowered the misclassification problem of and position of particles behind an ar- search for and display contours of density Statistical Association and the Interna- overflight agricultural data from 15 to 5 mour plate penetrated by a rocket- with a three-dimensional control box. By tional Statistical Institute, Thompson percent."We were, however, restricted to propelled grenade."When we peel away using a 'mouse' in the three-dimensional was recently named Texas Statistician of two dimensions because of the complex- our statistical onion," Thompson says, control box together with the "onion peel" the Year. ities of the data and high cost of compu- "we find, quite surprisingly, two regions algorithm, the statistician is able to work Over the years. Thompson, who tation. In retrospect, this was Model T of maximal density." in six dimensions. This does, however, holds degrees in both chemical engineer- stuff. Today, NASA is much better at fore- For many applications, time can be require substantial participation from the ing and mathematics, has emphasized casting, for example, Ukranian wheat thought of as a fourth dimension. David person involved. the applied nature of his research. "There production from satellite overflights than W. Scott of mathematical sciences has The second approach is to seek out is a tendency for 'applied mathematics to is the Soviet bureaucracy with its vol- utilized a concept in density displays centers of high density and, proceeding become as inward looking as 'pure' math- umes of advance information." similar to time-lapse photography, in from these as origins, examine the struc- ematics. Mathematics is incredibly inter- By the early 1980s Thompson had be- which time is used to represent one of the ture of the data around these centers. An esting sui generis, but our primary task gun studies for the Army Research Office four dimensions. algorithm proposed by Thompson was as applied mathematicians is to attempt on ordinance data from Aberdeen Proving For future work, Thompson believes implemented and extensively general- to model bits and pieces of the real Ground. He developed an "onion peel" al- there are basically two natural paths. ized by Steven B. Boswell of Lincoln Lab- world."•

school, received an honorary doc- practice in Houston. Fuller writes, torate and delivered the com- "Any and all Rice friends are wel- .10 mencement address at the come to stop by any time — coffee ceremonies of Drury College in pot is always on. My thanks, grati- Springfield, Mo. He was also a re- tude and appreciation to Rice Uni- cipient of the Distinguished Profes- versity." sor Award for 1985 from the David E. Hartman (M.S., Ph.D Association of Collegiate Schools '65) is an associate professor of en- of Architecture. gineering at Northern Arizona Uni- versity in Flagstaff. 54 57 Wayne Amsbury (Will Rice) is currently a visiting associate pro- fessor of computer and information science at George Mason Univer- wife, Dolores Irene, who heads Harvey Hoffman (Hanszen) was medical services at Pennzoil Co. in sity in Fairfax. Va. His son, Burl, is elected president of Fraenkel 27 47 a junior at M.I.T., and his daugh- Milton B. McGinty, Houston, also sent in news of the Wholesale Furniture Co. in Janu- his sons, ter, Kim, attends Pearson College John M. McGinty '56 and birth of their first grandchild, Jes- ary 1985. His son, Kenneth, is a in Canada. Milton B. McGinty Jr.'70 (Will sica Leigh, on June 1, 1985. sophomore at Tulane and his Rice), and his brother, B. Burke Robert S. Harris(Wiess) has re- daughter. Julie, is a senior at McGinty '46, recently celebrated ceived the 1985 Distinguished Pro- Duke, majoring in English and the 50th anniversary of the fessor Award from the Association Russian. 51 of Collegiate Schools of Architec- McGinty architectural firm at the The American Heart Association Petroleum Club in Houston. The ture. Harris is a professor at the (AHA)recently announced that Ro- UCLA School of Architecture. 61 gathering also served as a cele- bert J. Cruikshank will be the Sick (Will After 24 years as a chemist with bration of McGinty Sr.'s 80th birth- honoree of the third annual Heart William N. Rice) has day. been director Dow Chemical Co. in Freeport, Ball to be held in Houston in Feb- elected a of Texas In- William I. Turnham has been struments its board of directors. Texas, Virginia Brooks Messick ruary 1986. The partner-in-charge by named executive vice president Currently president of the semi- (Lovett) is retiring and moving with of the Houston office of Deloitte and chief operating officer of group, he her husband to their mountain Haskins & Sells was selected for conductor has held a va- Standard Life Insurance Co. in riety of engineering, marketing cabin outside of Ruidoso, N.M. She his more than 27 years of volunteer Jackson, Miss. He joined Standard general management posi- writes, "I look forward to enjoying 38 service to the AHA, including serv- and Life in 1980 and has served as ad- tions with TI. He is affiliated with my hobbies — hiking, needlepoint Sears McGee, with 17 years of Jack W. Moody ice as chairman of the AHA board retired in Sep- ministrative vice president and several professional organizations and playing the organ." service on the Supreme Court of tember 1984 as a real property ad- in 1981. In addition to serving on senior vice president of adminis- and is a member of the Rice Uni- Texas, is a candidate for re- ministrator managing several other professional and the Bank of tration. A member of Standard versity Advisory Council of the election. the Southwest community service organizations, Building and the Life's board of directors, Tumham School of Engineering. 62 Zelda Rick was recently honored Southwest Tower Building. Since Cruikshank is a member of the is also a member of Junior Robert Johnston (Will Rice), who With a retirement celebration his retirement, he has received Faculty Advisory Council of Rice Achievement of Jackson. played basketball for Rice, was re- hosted by members of ASA and honorary life memberships in the University. 60 cently featured in the Arkansas COMSAC, organizations of the Houston Building Owners and The architectural firm of E. Fay After retiring from the Navy, Jack GazeVe in an "All-Star Flash- Senior Adult Program at the Col- Managers Association (BOMA), the Jones (M.Arch.), Jones & Associ- 55 Henderson (Baker)and his family back "He is currently chairman of lege of the Mainland(COM) in Southwest Conference of BOMA. ates, has been awarded a First Mayes E. Fuller recently cele- "headed for the bucolic existence' the Arkansas Public Service Com- Texas City. She is retiring as their and BOMA International. These Award in the 1985 Red Cedar Shin- brated the fourth year of his of New Hampshire, where Hender- mission. continuing education coordinator. were awarded for 30 years of serv- gle & Handsplit Shake Bureau/ Houston-based firm, Mayes Fuller son is manager of a small town on In addition to her involvement in ice to the industry and his heading American Institute of Architects' and Associates. He and his wife. Lake Winnepesaukee. His wife, the community affairs of Galves- of the International Education Architectural Awards Program. Carolyn, are also celebrating their Susan, runs a private nursery 63 ton County, Rick is past president Committee of BOMA for 10 years The entry was in the residential 31st wedding anniversary this school. Both of his sons are stu- Mary Ann Raesener (Jones) of the Houston Center of the Hu- prior to being a charter director of category. Jones, who has served as year. He has kept in touch with dents — Todd at the University of writes: "I convinced my company, loanities and is active in Houston's the Building Owners and Man- dean and chairman of the Univer- former classmate John Breed New Hampshire and Shawn at Health America, that in this age of cultural arts community. agers Institute (BOMI). He and his sity of Arkansas architecture '55, who is an attorney in private Brewster Academy Prep School. computers and ZAP mail, I can live

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anywhere and still get the job buildings across Texas and har- been appointed to the faculty of done — especially since I travel vested national fame for their Bryant College in Smithfield, R.I., over 75 percent of the time. There- small firm." In the 13 years that it in the department of mathematics. aid fore, on Oct. 1, I sold my home in has been in business, Taft Archi- He has been teaching at the Uni- Shuttle experiments Nashville and moved back home to tects has won 31 awards, including versity of Rhode Island and at Bry- Grapevine, Texas!" some of the most prestigious in the ant and Brown universities while cancer research profession. serving as a partner and president of two small businesses in Rhode 64 Island. He has formerly worked as a sanitary engineer and has When the space shuttle Challenger re- Edwin T. Burton (Wiess) is a 70 taught at Illinois State and Rice partner in First Capital Concepts, A woman's class ring (class of turned to Earth after its early August universities. mission, aboard was an experiment a financial arbitrage partnership '70) has been reported stolen. in York, Penn. Prior to accepting If you have any information, that a group of scientists hope might this position, he had been a senior please contact the alumni of- 4. someday lead to the development of vice president at Smith Barney in fice at 527-4057. 72 the first commercial anti cancer drug. New York City. He writes in with Louis F. Aulbach (Lovett) was John W. Benzon (Wiess) has "Information gathered from the news of several other Rice alums: one of two recipients of the Infor- been working in the national office Keilin '64(Wiess) is a of Cooper & Lybrand in the audit- successful protein crystallography ex- Eugene mation Management Achievement partner at Lazard Freres and a di- Award for 1984-85 given by the ing directorate for two years. periment aboard might accelerate rector of the Municipal Assistance Houston chapter of the Association Michael S. Jindra (Will Rice) is mankind's understanding of the basic Corp. for New York City; Sears of Records Managers & Adminis- settling into his new assignment at elements of life," said Charles E. Bugg McGee '64 is a history professor trators(ARMA). He is the supervi- the U.S. Army Chemical School in at the University of California- 65 (Ph.D.). Bugg, a biochemist at the sor of information and records Jacksonville, Ala. In addition to Santa Barbara; and Rob Burch- management at Mark Producing being responsible for developing University of Alabama in Birmingham, field '64(Lovett) runs his own Inc. Louis and his wife, Becky. automated systems, he is a branch heads the space shuttle project de- real estate firm in Houston. have one daughter. chief in charge of scenarios, war- veloped by UAB and scientists at Bill Stephenson (Lovett), who is Joe L. Halpain, president and gaming and threat analysis. His George C. Marshall Space Flight Center an orthopaedic surgeon in chief executive officer of Scientific wife, Ann, is looking fore teaching Texas, was the subject job and "trying to get the house- in Huntville, Ala. Longview. Communications Inc., was the of a recent article in the Longview guest speaker for a recent lunch- hold straightened up." Crystallography is the crucial first step in determining how proteins Morning Journal focusing on peo- eon of the Garland Chamber of such as enzymes work, and ultimately how these proteins can be modified ple of the Longview community Commerce — his topic being "The to improve effectiveness. who "make a difference." Defense Industry and its Impact on 73 Bugg and his co-workers developed the plan that involves sending a the Community." Prior to founding Austin Bay's (Lovett) new novel, SciComm in Garland, Halpain pub- crystallography experiments into orbit aboard The Coyote Cried Twice, was small package of protein 65 held engineering and manage- lished in September by Arbor NASA's most recent shuttle flight. This is the second flight for an experi- Stephen H. Stow (Lovett), a staff ment positions with several firms House and has already received a ment of this sort. member of Oak Ridge National as well as with the space facility number of favorable reviews from The April flight of the space shuttle Discovery was the first attempt at Laboratory(ORNL) in Tennessee, at Rice. such papers as The Boston Globe in space. has been elected a fellow of the Billy Joe Martin (Ph.D.), chair- and The Austin American States- growing protein crystals American Association for the Ad- man of the biological science de- man. Bay's nonfiction book, A Use of this information could help scientists develop better forms of in- vancement of Science. The desig- partment at the University of Quick & Dirty Guide to War, co- terferon, insulin or synthetic hormones. Bugg explained. nation recognizes members Southern Mississippi, was recently written with James F. Dunnigan "Protein crystallography is important to our understanding how all "whose efforts on behalf of the ad- the guest pulpit speaker at Coggin and published by William Morrow work," he said, adding that the knowledge vancement of science or its appli- Baptist Church in Brownwood, & Co. earlier this year, was ex- kinds of biological systems cations are scientifically or Texas. The subject of his talk was cerpted in the June issue of Sally' gathered from these experiments could help create new drugs to fight crip- socially distinguished." As group "A Faith for the 21st Century." In port. Bay and his wife, Kathleen pling or fatal diseases. leader in the earth sciences sec- addition, he presented a session Ford Bay '74 tHanszen) live in The shuttle experiments are part of a three-year program funded by tion, Stow has been studying igne- on the subject of "Creation.— Evo- New York City, where she is an at- working toward a NASA to develop the technology necessary for growing protein crystals in a ous rocks of the Southern lution: Science or Religion?" torney and he is Appalachians. Before joining Ph.D. from Columbia.(Also see J. Robert Shepherd Ill (Lovett), LI weightless environment. ORNL in 1980, he worked for the "New Arrivals.") a diagnostic radiology specialist, Is "We plan to continue to fly on a regular basis," Bugg said. The August Continental Oil Co., the U.S. Bu- was named chairman of the radiol- Lance Tatum's(M.Arch.)design reau of Mines, and was a professor Challenger flight was the second on which Bugg's experiments have been ogy department and assistant pro- for 11 Ponte Dell'Accadernia, a ma- di Alabama. included. at the University of fessor of clinical radiology at the jor bridge over the Grand Canal in it University of Texas Health Center. Venice, Italy, has been chosen by (H Despite unexpected jostling by the rocket thrust as the crew searched a panel of International Architec- first experiment proved that better crystals can John F. Sorte (Hanszen), a man- (101 for a wayward satellite, the 66 aging director of investment bank- tural Jurors as one of the design Jay Cooper(Wiess) has been pro- be grown in space. ing firm Drexel Burnham Lambert schemes for that category to be ex- Ri moted to director of hardware de- The second flight included a similar experiment, but used only three and head of its energy group, was hibited in La Biennalle Di Venezia velopment at E-Systems in is a principal in solutions instead of 14, and this time the equipment had been redesigned to featured inc recent Fortune maga- exhibition. Tatum er Garland. zine cover story on corporate ta- the Austin firm of Lance E. Tatum, at account for any jostling. Lee Hall (Baker) is vice president keovers. Sorte was also included AIA, and teaches in the architec- El The first experiment yielded a giant crystal of protein 10 times larger of the Aviation Group for AAR in an Investment Dealers' Digest ture school at the University of than scientists had produced on earth. Corp., located in Elk Grove Vil- cover story on "Wall Street's New Texas-Austin. He has recently re- fantastic crystal of a lage, Ill. (Also see "New Arrivals.") Generation" of investment bank- ceived numerous awards for teach- "Our most dramatic finding was that we grew one ing excellence as well as awards protein called Izsozyme," Bugg said. "That pretty much backs up what we Merritt Ruhlen (Wiess) reports ers. that the first volume of his Guide for architectural projects in the thought we would be able to do. In addition to being big, it was of good to the World's Languages will be Austin area. quality and of very high resolution." published next year by Stanford 71 Advances in protein crystallography have been slowed by the fact that University Press. In recognition of biological materials are extremely difficult to obtain. In his work on language classifica- 74 large crystals of tion, he has been invited to attend virtu- Tom Marrou (Lovett) and two space the gravitational effects that interfere with crystal growth are a symposium on that topic at Rice. partners have started an engineer- ally eliminated, the experiments proved. He writes, "I am looking forward to ing company, CGM, with offices in Bugg explained that bigger crystals will aid in medical research be- returning to the campus on the Houston and Dallas. He and his cause it takes years on earth to grow crystals even as small as an aspirin 20th anniversary of my gradua- wife, Joyce, now living in King- tion." wood, have a son and "one on the tablet. "Our problem is that we can't get enough to work with, but this experi- ment proves we can in fact grow much bigger crystals in space," Bugg said. 68 "By using x-ray crystallography we can construct an accurate picture of the Roy Lowey-Ball (Will Rice) cur- rently serves on the board of direc- 75 gradu- three-dimensional structures of various protein and other biological mole- tors and as director of project Laurel Prestridge (Jones) Jo cules, which can then be used to determine how they work. management of the architectural ated from the University of Texas }Os in un- firm of O'Neil Ford in San Antonio. Medical School in June and is now "This is the foundation of biological science. It plays a major role 1CO Prior to his principalship with this doing her residency in pediatrics derstanding what DNA looks like and how drugs react. The bottleneck to Sarwar Naqui (M.S., Ph.D. '72) for firm, he spent a couple of years as at Baylor. While studying in Great has been appointed director of the On understanding those things is being able to grow a crystal big enough to Corps in Britain last spring, she visited an architect in the Peace Institute of Computer Science and a year with Caudill, Grayson Alderman (Jones) and go: study." Tunisia and the Institute of Electronics in Paki- Of Houston. He and Ken Lacey (Lovett) in London. On I With an undergraduate degree from Duke University, Bugg traveled to Rowlett, Scott in stan. These institutes are part of Un one daugh- March 30, 1985, she married John physical chemistry from Rice. He completed his wife, Pamela, have the Bank of Credit & Commerce In- Houston to earn his Ph.D. in are ex- Langwith. hoc ter, Lindsey Louise, and ternational, Foundation for the Ad- Ari post-doctoral work at Cal Tech, and has served as a visiting professor at the pecting their "second future Rice vancement of Science & bet graduate." University of Oxford in England. Technology. He is also the director the biochemist's primary research interests are in x-ray crystallogra- Jerry Manheim (Wiess)is "alive own Ap- 76 The of his company, Software 001 phy, protein crystallography and drug design by protein crystallography. and well" in Blacksburg, Va., plications Ltd., in Karachi, Paki- fan He is involved in a number of structural studies of compounds of biological where he is an associate professor stan, where he lives with his wife, cca of political science at Virginia Ghizala, and their four sons. Na- interest including nucleic acid components and related compounds, cal- doing some "in- Let Tech. He's been qui and his family plan to return to his cium, carbohydrates and calcium-binding proteins. triguing" research on manipula- Houston in 1988 and rejoin IBM- tle media by foreign Bugg has received a number of honors, including fellowships with the tion of U.S. news Federal Systems Division. sin] governments, and his book with California Institute of Leroy Thompson (Ph.D.) has bei National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the DataMap:Index Allison Ondrasik, been given the Florida Engineer- Technology and the National Institutes of Health. Since 1984 he has served of Published Tables of Statistical ing Society's 1984-85 Outstanding Os I as a member of the U.S. National Data, was recently designated an as co-editor of Acta Crystallographica, Service to the Engineering Profes- Hoc "Outstanding Reference Source of Committee for crystallography for the National Research Council and as a sion Award for his service to the 1 1984" by the American Library As- 98. and Cellular Bio- society. In 1972, Thompson moved reC1 member for the National Institutes of Health Molecular sociation. physics Study Section. to Florida to help found a College QItI opened of the Federation of American Societies for Experimen- of Technology at the newly wcn He is a member Florida International University. In JilT tal Biology, the American Crystallography Association, the American 69 his responsibilities as John Casbarian (Baker), Danny addition to Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Samuels and Robert Timme '71 administrator and teacher at the Robert M. Ghrist(Wiess) re- ter Rich) were recently featured in university, he is also president of cently completed his board- 'QM Science. (Sid medicine. the Terrill(Texas) Tribune as the Thompson-Hahs & Associates certification in internal MCT1 consulting engineering firm and is (Also see "New Arrivals.") — by Dianne Ludlam "former college rivals who pooled Kal their talents in an architectural tri- active in technical and profes- Glenn Hansen, D.D.S.(Lovett) hee umvirate and have left a distinc- sional societies. sends in the following message: seri tive mark on prize-winning Robert Weisberg (Will Rice) has -We've moved, I'm back in school hter

22 SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 4411111111111. (TCOM in Ft. Worth), we are now Peat Marwick. pleting his master's thesis in mate- analysis, financial planning and Academy. Jason Binford is beginning four (Alex-2/12, Andrew-10 mo.). a On Nov. 9. 1985, Michael Novelli rial science at the University of investment research. He has lived Jay Mueller has accepted a job one-year fellowship with the Someday it'll be Dr. Dr.I must be Texas in Arlington. He married his in the Miami area since gradua- (Hanszen) will marry Brook Offutt as an assistant professor in the Thomas I. Watson Foundation in crazy." first high in Dallas. They will live in Austin, school sweetheart, Jo- tion. chemistry department of the Uni- Kamakura, Japan. Rachel M. Haymon (Brown)fin- where Michael will be working for hanna Drost of Madison, Wisc. Joan Pflugrath (Jones) married versity of Puget Sound, a small un- Kelly R. Coleman (M.S.) has ac- ished her Ph.D. in 1982 at Scripps the Trammell Crow Co. Marine First Lt. Michael Tim Lubben A. on June 15, 1985. She dergraduate college in Tacoma, cepted a position with Lockheed Institute of Oceanography in San Jamie Johnson Pedrini (Jones), Shumway (Baker) recently com- is working as a computer program- Wa. He teaches organic chemistry. Missiles and Space Diego and is now an oceanogra- Co. as an as- a professional flutist and private pleted qualifications to land mer at the Cornell High Energy Jon Reeder (Lovett) is playing sociate engineer in Sunnyvale, pher and marine geochemist at the aboard an Synchrotron instructor at the Irvine Conserva- aircraft carrier. As part Source, and her hus- principal bassoon in the Orquestra Calif. Her fiancé, Larry Fabiny Marine Science Institute at the of the tory of Music, recently performed a requirements, he success- band is finishing his Ph.D. at Cor- Sinfonica de Xalapa in Veracruz, (M.S.). works as a product University of California in Santa engi- recital at the University of Texas at fully completed 10 day arrestments nell. Mexico. He has been there since neer for Hewlett-Packard Barbara (UCSB). In July 1989, she in Palo Arlington. and launches and six night arrest- Lynne A. Lucher (Ph.D.) is an as- February of this year and says, Alto. married Ken C. MacDonald, a ma- merits and launches. Shumway sistant professor Mario Sznol (Will Rice) gradu- of virology in the "All the myths about Mexico are Juliana M. Havens (Jones) has rine geophysics professor at UCSB. joined the Marine Corps in 1981. department ated from Baylor College of Medi- of biological sciences fortunately true — I love it!" joined the public relations agency Running in Houston's second an- at cine in 1982 and continued there as Illinois State University in Nor- Ellen T. Sproul (M.B.A., Brown) of McDaniel & Tate in Houston nual Dome Run on Labor Day were as a a medical resident until earlier mal, Ill. has been named a staff member in Rice graduates Jeff Wells, atop junior account executive. this year. He and his wife, Nanette James C. Murphy (M.A.) has the tax practice of Arthur Andersen Boston Marathon finisher, and 82 Richard M. Palmer (Jones) has Groner. are now living in New been appointed director of corpo- & Co.'s Houston office. Marty Julia Fonseca (Baker) is finishing completed a signal officer basic Froelick '80, atop fin- York City, where he is an oncology ration and her master's thesis at the Univer- foundation support at Brian Watson (Baker) is living in course at the U.S. Army Signal isher in last year's Dome Run. fellow at Mt. Sinai Hospital. They sity of Arizona. She will be pre- Colgate University, where he will Corpus Christi and taking courses School in Fort Gordon, Ga. He re- Gary Brewton (Lovett) has ac- are expecting a baby in December senting her work at GSA in coordinate grant proposals to foun- at Del Mar College in anticipation ceived instruction in military lead- cepted an appointment as clinical of this year. He adds that his Orlando "before entering an inde- dations, corporations, and state of completing his master's-level ership and tactics, tactical radio instructor and assistant internist father-in-law and his brother are and federal terminate length of time as an un- governments. He training in geology and petroleum communications systems and com- at the University of Texas System both Rice graduates: Alfred employed geologist." comes to Colgate from St. Mary's engineering. munications center operations. Cancer Center — M.D. Anderson Groner '51 and Erwin Groner College of Notre Dame University Ronald J. Mann (Sid Richardson) Hospital and Tumor Institute. He '56. and is completing his Ph.D. in po- The following '85 grads have been has been selected to be a clerk for named staff consultants in the will be providing patient care and After "enduring Lubbock for two litical science at Rice this year. the U.S. Supreme Court during the management information consult- doing research in the department years," Kirk R. Vestal (Lovett) 1986-87 term. He will work for As- ing practice of Arthur Andersen & of clinical immunology and bio- has graduated from Texas Tech sociate Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. 85 Co.'s Houston office: Colette A. logic therapy. Certified by the Medical School. He is now married He presently lives in San Franciso A class ring (class of '85) has Brown (Lovett), Gerald D. Cor- American Board of Internal Medi- and doing his psychiatry residency with his wife, Lizabeth Richter- 84 been found at a Chicago Pizza coran, Boris Jezic (Wiess), cine last fall, Brewton spent the in El Paso. last 12 months at a Public Health Mann '82(Baker), where he is a Melissa Loyd (Will Rice) is living restaurant. Please call the Scott A. Kauffman (Hanszen), Service clinic in El Paso. He Patrick Zummo(Wiess) married clerk for Judge Joseph T. Sneed on in Madrid, Spain, where she works alumni office at 527-4057 for Ronald Peoples (Baker)and writes, "I'd love to hear from old Lisa Gerling on July 20, 1985. They the Court of Appeals for the Ninth for the American Language information. Michelle Schultz (Jones). Thresher staffers."' are living in Houston, where Lisa Circuit. One of his co-clerks is practices litigation and school law Nancy Rapoport (Jones). at Bracewell & Patterson and Pat is After working in New York City, 77 in the trial section at Baker & Botts. Honolulu and Dallas for Caltex Pe- Michael J. Edwards(Will Rice) troleum, Jeffrey B. McGee (Lov- NEW ARRIVALS Dean Altman (Wiess) recently traveled from San Antonio to be in ett) has received a promotion and began working for MCI Telecom- the wedding party. will soon be transferred to Manila, munications in Richardson. Texas, Lee Hall '66 and his wife, has "temporarily retired" from In- in the Philippines. He began with Linda, Ghrists live in Hockessin, Del. With the responsibility of manage- announce the birth of their son, tel, where she has worked Caltex as an engineer but has for the Margaret Mut Taliaferro'76 ment training. He writes that he Travis Mackenzie. on June 13, 1985. past three years. since moved into the firm's logis- The Jaggers live and her husband, Ron, announce would like to hear from fellow 80 The Halls live in Barrington, Ill. in Houston. tics and trading division. In Ma- the birth of their first child, Laurel graduates in North Dallas who are Jim Autrey (Lovett) and Kay Wis- Patricia D. Luan-Miller'73 and nila, he will be involved with Maude Kelton Palmer '68 and Gabriella. The Taliaferros live in still single. chmeyer married this October. Jim her husband announce the birth of refinery planning, crude acquisi- her husband, Jim, announce the Houston. is a senior engineer with Exxon their second child, Joshua Calvin, tion and oil tanker operations. adoption of their second son, Production Co. and Kay works for on July 26, 1985. Two weeks after Ginger Ehrhardt Twichell '79 Kevin James Palmer, born Aug. 10, Southwestern Bell in their network Robert W. Mixon Jr. has been Joshua's birth, he and his family and her husband, Mike, announce 1985. The Palmers live in 78 planning division. She is the decorated with the third award of Newnan, moved to Oxford, Ohio, where the birth of their first child. Ga, his Larry Nettles (Lovett) married daughter of Carl Wischmeyer, the the Meritorious Service Medal at dad has accepted a position in the Lauren, on Aug. 24, 1985. The Twi- Jennifer Symon on July 27, 1985, in first master of Baker College. Fort Leavenworth, Kan. This is Austin Bay '73 and Kathleen economics department at Miami chells live in Dallas. Houston. Groomsmen at the wed- Ford Yvonne M. Denkins(Hanszen) awarded specifically for outstand- Bay '74 announce the birth University. Michael Mock '80 and his wife, ding included -former Rice track of a 'red-haired, and Fred M. Cunningham '77 ing non-combat meritorious blue-eyed" Jim McGinness '74 and his wife. Maria, announce the birth of their stars" Michael Novelli '79 daughter, (Wiess) were married on July 20, achievement or service to the Annabelle Lillian, on Lisa, announce the birth of their son, Michael Andrew. The Mocks (Hanszen Marty Froelick '80 Sept. 17. The 1985, and are currently living in United States. He is a student with Bays live in New York son, James Griffin, on April 28, live in Virginia Beach, Va. (Will Rice Mike Bonem '81 Houston. Yvonne is a graduate stu- the U.S. Army Command and Gen- City. 1985. The McGinnesses live in Donna Jean Reed Wilson '80 (Wiess), Steve Baldwin '81 (Will dent at the University of Texas eral Staff College. Rusty Campbell Joggers'73 Houston. and Thomas E. Wilson '80 an- Rice) and "non-athlete- Neal Ho- Medical Center branch, and Fred Lynda de la Vina (Ph.D.) is the and John Joggers '73, announce Robert M. Ghrist'76 and his nounce the birth of a son, Joshua ward '81 (Will Rice). Nettles is works for the Texas Department of director of the research component the birth of their daughter, Lindsay wife, Barbara, announce the birth Michael, on Feb. 13, 1985. The employed as an associate attorney Human Services. of the University of Texas at San Michelle, on May 11, 1985. Rusty of their second daughter. The Wilsons live in Iowa City, Iowa. at the Houston firm of Vinson & Michael Mock (Will Rice) is now Antonio. the Institute for Studies in Elkins. Business. working at Fighter Wing One in The institute operates Virginia Beach, Va. On a recent the San Antonio Labor Market In- visit to Puerto Rico he visited Ar- formation System, which is the IN MEMORIAM 79 mando DeJesus '81 (Hanszen) first metropolitan-level, interac- tive labor market database in the and his wife, Mitzi Mangum '81 Leon Bromberg '20 of Galveston John P. Williams'27 of McAl- Howell H. Watson '33 U.S. of Dallas (Hanszen), who are living in San on May 4, 1985. len, Texas, on Sept. 3, 1985. on Aug. 21, 1985. Juan with their two children. (Also John R. Baldwin '36 of Kansas see -New Arrivals.") Mildred Meek Newton '21 of Cecil M. Wilson '29 of Houston Houston on Aug. 1, 1985. on Aug. 2, 1985. City, Mo., in June of 1985. Melissa Skolfield (Hanszen) has 83 Julian C. Williams'36 of Hous- joined the office of Congressman Both Cheryl Wahba Capps Fred Guffy '22 of Belton, Texas, Virginia Yundt Biggers'30 of ton on Aug. 27, 1985. Michael A. Andrews as press sec- (Brown)and her husband, Ken- on Aug. 18, 1985. Houston on Aug. 23, 1985. Robert retary. With more than three years neth Capps(Wiess). graduated in B. Robinson '38 of Hous- of experience in public relations June from the two-year manufac- Harold S. Taylor'22 of Edward McCarthy '31 of Port ton on Sept. 1.1985. and public affairs, she was most turing management program of- Teaneck, N.J., on June 30, 1985. Arthur, Texas, on Dec. 27, 1984. Reginald G. Young '38 of Hous- recently an account executive with fered by General Electric. They Estelle Sparks Cooper'23 of Marguerite Robertson Parker ton on Aug. 28, 1985, McDaniel & Tate, a Houston-based have each accepted positions with Houston on Sept. 23, 1985. '31 on April 12, 1976. William S. Red III '48 of Aca- public relations, fundraising and the G.E. Aircraft Engine Business pulco, Mexico, on Sept. 21, 1985. marketing firm. Mary Louise Howze Needham James E. Cain '32 of Houston on She is currently in and look forward to settling down Jack Mahan Jr.'49 of Houston the master's '25 of Houston on Aug. 7, 1985. Aug. 28, 1985. program in public af- in Fort Wayne with their 1/12-year- on Sept. 5, 1985. fairs at George Washington Uni- old daughter, Marisa. Roy L. Webb '26 of Austin on Dorothy Bollfrass Hawkins versity in Washington, D.C. Hollis D. Chatham '51 of Hous- James M. Woods(M.A.) received Kathy Christmann (Brown)is June 15, 1985. '33 of Houston on Aug. 26, 1985. ton on Sept. 26, 1985. his Donna Reed Wilson (Brown) re- currently in her last year of law Ph.D. in U.S. history from Tu- Tom A. Lochridge '27 of Hous- Charles F. Johnson '33 of Hous- Duane P. Ringer'80 of Houston Ione cently graduated from the Univer- school at the University of Penn- University in 1983 and taught ton on Aug. 30, 1985. ton on Aug. 24, 1985. on Feb. 19, 1981. for two years at Claflin College in sity of Texas Medical School in sylvania in Philadelphia, where Orangeburg, S.C. This fall, he be- Houston and is now doing her resi- she is an editor of the Law Review gan work as an assistant professor dency in pediatrics at the Univer- and an Arthur Littleton legal writ- of history at Northwestern State sity of Iowa. Her husband, ing instructor. After graduation, University in Natchitoches, La. His Thomas E. Wilson Jr.'80 (Will Christmann will be returning to Texas, Cia440.431e4 book, Rebellion and Realignment: Rice), received his M.B.A. from the where she will begin a one- year judicial clerkship Arkansas's Road to Secession, has University of Houston and, after a with Judge year Jerre S. Williams of the Fifth Cir- been accepted for publication by in public accounting, is pur- Enjoy keeping up with friends and classmates in the Classnotes section? Why not re- the University of Arkansas Press suing his Ph.D. in accounting, also cuit Court of Appeals in Austin. When her clerkship turn the favor — drop us a line and a (preferably black and white) photo at Sallyport, and is scheduled to appear in the at the University of Iowa.(Also see is completed, fall of 1986. He is married to Rebe- "New Arrivals.") she will settle permanently in Dal- Office of Information Services, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251. cca Ann Williams of Houston. las to begin work as an associate at the law firm of Hughes & Luce. 0 Married? 0 New Job? 0 New Baby? Lee Hochberg (Will Rice) started She writes, "I'm overjoyed to fi- his 81 0 Promoted? 0 Take a Trip? 0 See a Classmate? own business last year in Seat- nally be coming back home!" tle producing and reporting televi- Mike Bonem (Wiess) graduated 0 Moved? 0 Back in School? 0 Other? sion documentaries(which are from Harvard with an M.B.A. in Carol Der Garry (M.Acco., M.B.P.M., Brown) has being aired on PBS and the June. After a cross-country vaca- been named a staff Send us details. MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour) as well tion, he is back in Houston, work- accountant in the audit practice as corporate video productions. ing for McKinsey & Co. of Arthur Andersen & Co.'s Houston Hochberg was married in October Paul N. Check (Baker)finished office. 1984, and his wife is the design di- his tour at the U.S. Marine base in Patricia Haynes (Will Rice) is rector at the NBC-TV affiliate in Se- 29 Palms, Calif., as the command- studying international law at the ottle. The best man at the wedding ing officer of a tank company. He University of Auckland in New Was Bill Neff'79 (Will Rice), and is now a captain and is stationed Zealand as a Rotary Fellow. Jim Lancaster'79 (Will Rice) at Marine Barracks in London as Anne C. Hutton (Hanszen) has arid his wife. Ann Shaw Lancas- the executive officer. His wife of been named a staff consultant in .ort '80 (Brown), came in from Port- three years, Sarah Brown Check the management information con- Name 'arid, Ore., with their son, '83(Baker), works in the financial sulting practice of Arthur Ander- Matthew. management center of the Ameri- sen & Co.'s Houston office. Class College !Caren Schmidt Nakahara has can Embassy. Tom Krasner(M.A. '84, Will Rice) been promoted to the position of Hunter D. Marshall (Wiess) is has recently joined John Alden Life Address( New?) senior manager in the tax depart- currently working for Texas Instru- Insurance in Miami, Fla., where laent of the Philadelphia office of ments in Dallas as well as com- his duties will include competitor

SALLYPORT—NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 23 public performances during a week of Jan. 3-14, 1986 classes and workshops with Rice stu- Treasure of the Pharohs: dents. For information, call 527-4040. A Journey to Egypt William Neidinger will lead a tour to with the proposed itinerary in- T R A V EL Egypt, 0Whitadolae cluding Cairo, Giza, Memphis, Saqqara, Abu Simbel, and a cruise ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PROGRAMS from Aswan to Kom Ombo, Edfu and For information on 1985 alumni travel/ Esma, landing at Luxor. study programs, call the Alumni Of- Current Rice students may join at a re- fice,(713) 527-4057, or write the Apr.4-20, 1986 EVENTS duced fee on an associate basis. For Association of Rice Alumni, P.O. Box Halley's Comet from more information, contact Judy Jo 1892, Houston, Texas 77251, to receive the Australian Outback MONTE CARLO PARTY McGlaun at 659-1988. detailed itineraries. Prices are approx- Deemed one of the finest viewing sites AND AUCTION CONTINUING STUDIES imate. for this once-in-a-lifetime encounter, Friends of Fondren's Spring Gala The The Office of Continuing Studies and Alice Springs will serve as a base for Carlo Gambling Party and Auc- Dec. 18-Jan. 2, 1986 Monte Special Programs will begin the Win- comet watching and daytime excur- held March 8, 1986. Com- Christmas in Austria tion will be ter 1986 session in January. Classes sions into the Outback. Other sites on prices, prizes and plete details on will be offered in the arts, finance, lit- Experience a European Christmas and the itinerary are Cairns, Melbourne, be in the next issue The trip will auction items will erature, science, photography and for- a gala New Year's Eve. Canberra and Sydney. Patricia Reiff of Sallyport. exploration of Bavaria's of eign languages. A wide range of begin with an space physics and Albert van Helden royal castles, followed by Christmas SERIES professional courses will also be of- of history will accompany the group SEMINAR including a visit to the fered. For more information and a free in Salzburg, and lecture during the tour. The Society of Rice University Women Christkindlemarkt, a special Christ- catalog, call 520-6022(527-4019 for lan- Seminar Series will meet for 10 con- and a Christmas Day guages). mas Eve dinner secutive Mondays beginning Jan. 13 in sleigh ride. What follows is one week ART Light refreshments will be the R Room. EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT in Vienna to visit Mozart's home, drive served at 12:30, with the lecture begin- through the Vienna Woods, attend per- SEWALL GALLERY ning at 1 p.m. For information on The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Administration offers management formances of the Lippizaner horses of membership, contact the alumni of- the Vi- Nov.8 -Dec. 14 courses to the business community the Spanish Riding School and fice. enna State Opera. New Year's Eve Souvenirs: Work by Barbara The schedule is as follows: Jan. throughout the year. For details con- Hanger, tact the Office of Executive Develop- plans include attending the Imperial 13, Gilbert M. Cuthbertson (political Ball at the Hofburg Palace. $2,398. Kit Hillery and Suzanne Mitchell science), "The Sallyport and the Al- ment at 527-6060. Drawings on masonite, paintings on amo"; Jan. 20, Pauline Kolenda(an- ALUMNI-GUEST Feb. 1-8, 15-22, paper and color photographs by art thropology),"Women in Contrasting faculty members of Hite Art Center, Cultures"; Jan. 27, Anne M. Schnoebe- RECREATION PROGRAM Feb. 22-Mar. 1 University of Louisville, grouped to- len (music), "Beethoven: Creative The 1985-86 Alumni-Guest Recreation Ski Innsbruck gether under the metaphorical idea of Spirit, Genius at Work"; Feb. 3, Robert Program, sponsored by the depart- Skiers and non-skiers alike will want "picture as thought." M. Stein (political science), "Houston's ment of health and physical educa- to take advantage of this economical Future"; Feb. 10, Frank J. Low (space tion, provides opportunities for trip. The low price includes round trip Jan. 31-Feb. 28 science and astronomy),"The Infrared swimming, tennis, racquetball, bad- airfare, six nights in a first-class ho- Dig We Must! Search for Planetary Systems — Are minton, fencing, squash, volleyball, tel, and breakfast and dinner daily. Archaeology at Rice We Alone?" jogging and aerobic exercise. Call Chosen as the site of the 1964 and 1976 Field and reconstruction drawings, 527-4058 for information on registration Winter Olympics, Innsbruck offers photomurals, color photos and other and membership fees. plenty of activity for everyone, on and materials showing the diverse activi- MEETINGS off the skis. Because of the original ties of Rice University archaeologists. Feb. 15 trip's popularity, two more MUSIC FARISH GALLERY YOUNG ALUMNI trips have been added. Although both 22 trips are sold out, The Young Alumni will gather for in- Unless otherwise noted, performances the Feb. 15 and Through Nov. 30 are being kept, and it is formal mixers on the following dates: are at 8 p.m. in Hamman Hall. * De- waiting lists Cranbrook Vision dates. Please call Nov. 21, 5:30-8 p.m., Magnolia Bar and notes admission charge. For more in- possible to switch Exhibition organized by the Cranbrook office for information. Grill (6000 Richmond); Dec. 19, 5:30-8 formation, call 527-4933. the alumni Academy of Art Museum. p.m., Birraporetti's (1997 W. Gray); Jan. 23, 5:30-8 p.m., Huarache's(5250W. Al- Nov.25 Mar.5-17 Sea Cloud cruise to abama). There will also be free beer Campanile Orchestra SP OR T S of the Maya before the Rice-U. of H. football game the Land on Nov. 30 at the north end of the sta- Nov.26 Rice biology professor Frank M. Fisher FOOTBALL dium. Rice Chorale Jr. will accompany this cruise aboard Gwyn Richards directing; Thomas the legendary, four-masted yacht Sea Nov.30 University of Houston SRUW Merrill conducting. Cloud on her maiden voyage into the The Society of Rice University Women Western Caribbean, visiting ancient MEN'S BASKETBALL is open to all alumnae and female Dec.2-4 Mayan ruins, lush tropical islands, Nov.23 Southwestern College friends of the university. The following *Shepherd Society and the world's second-largest barrier members will general meetings for its Madrigal Dinner reef off the coast of Belize. Visit the Yu- Nov.25 Tarleton State be held in the Grand Hall of the RMC. Open to Shepherd Society members catan sites of Chichen Itza and Tulum, Coffee and light refreshments will be and guests. 7 p.m., Rice Faculty Club. and the Guatemalan site of Tikal, one Nov.27 Montana served at 10:00 a.m., and the meetings of the two largest Classical urban cen- will begin at 10:30 a.m. For member- Dec.3 ters in Mesoamerica. $3,695-$7,095, de- Nov.30 at Southeastern La. ship information, contact the alumni *Guest Artist Series pending on choice of stateroom. office. Ani Kavafian, violin Dec.2 at Austin Peay Nov. 11. "Matching Wits," a scho- March 29-April 12 lastic College Bowl, coached by Stan- Dec.4 Dec.0 - Jackson State *Empire Brass Quintet 1986 ley Barber; Feb. 11. Performances by Dec. 19 Mary Hardin-Baylor the Shepherd Singers and the Honors Houston Friends of Music Halley's Comet Cruise Woodwind Quintet. Enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime chance to Dec. 21 Northwestern State(LA) Dec.6 view the spectacular Halley's Comet Shepherd Symphony Orchestra RICE WOMEN'S CLUB as you sail aboard Vistafjord, one of "What's So Great About Mahler?" Ben- Dec. 27-28 at Vanderbilt The Rice Women's Club program se- Cunard's luxury cruise ships. A pre- jamin Zander, conductor. RMC. Tournament ries meets the second Sunday of each cruise option provides three days in month at 3 p.m. in the Kyle Morrow Dec. 10 South America before beginning a Jan.2 at TCU Room of Fondren Library. Upcoming 'Messiah' Sing-along two-week cruise that will combine the educational experience of Hal- Jan.4 Texas lectures include: Dec. 8, Shepherd St. Paul's Methodist Church seeing School Christmas music program; Jan. ley's Comet and hearing lectures by a 12, Michele Bonilla, jewelry produc- variety of speakers on board ship, as Jan.8 Texas Tech well as the opportunity of visiting Bra- tion, alloys and precious stones; Feb. T HE A TER Jan. 11 at Houston 9, Diana Dean,"The Human Experi- zilian ports. Caribbean stops include ence: Portraits I Have Done." Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Thomas. Jan. 15 Sul Ross State Nov. 18-23 $2,990-$11,940, depending on cabin Rice Players: choice. Pre-cruise option, March 26-29. Moving Out, Stage Directions, & Jan. 18 Arkansas NO T ICE Tour of Rio de Janeiro, $480. Sexual Perversity in Chicago Jan.22 at Baylor A trio of short works. 8 p.m., Hamman RICE BUSINESS AND Hall. For ticket information, call 527- EDUCATION Jan.25 at Texas A&M PROFESSIONAL WOMEN 4040. CONTINUING The new Rice Business and Profes- PROGRAMS Jan.29 smu sional Women's club is aimed at the Jan. 30-Feb. 1 The following travel programs are be- professional women in the commu- Actors in Residence ing offered by the Office of Continuing Feb. 1 TCU nity, and membership is open to all A group of five actors from the Royal Studies and Special Programs. For alumnae and friends of the university. Shakespeare Company will give three more information call 520-6022. Feb.5 at Texas