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ASSOCIATION OF RICE ALUMNI VOLUME 41, NUMBER 1 SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1984 cosi-0104

Washington-Rice Connections SEPT.-OCT. 1984, VOL. 41, NO. 1 From Wilson ACTING EDITOR to Reagan BY BRENT BREEDIN 4 Brent Br eedin Rice has traditionally had friends in high places in the nation's Capital, and the 1984 election re- ASSOCIATE EDITOR turns are not expected to change this. Jeanne Cooper On Making Congress Effective BY BRENT BREEDIN 5 CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Rice political scientists Joseph Cooper and David Brady would restore the U.S. Congress to the Frank Baglione position of preeminence it once held. Nathan Broch Patricia Cleary '84 Rocket to Congress BY FRANK M. BAGLIONE 6 SCIENCE EDITOR Rob Quartel's involvement in student politics at Rice launched a political career that may land B.C. Robison him in the House. COPY EDITORS Economists Tackle Major Issues 7 Maggi Stewart Myra Woods Illegal immigration and social security, two of the 1984 election's hottest issues, are the research areas of two Rice professors. DESIGN Carol Edwards PHOTOGRAPHERS Todd Malcolm '87 Glitter in the Vision BY STEPHEN FOX 8 Martha Thomas '86 Robert R. Herring Hall, home of the Jones Graduate School of Administration, is a spirited new addition to the architecture of the Rice campus. OFFICERS OF THE Vtt ASSOCIATION OF RICE ALUMNI President, Harvin C. Moore, Jr. '59 President-Elect, G. Walter McReynolds '65 Grenada M*A*S*H BY ARTHUR LEGATE 10 1st Vice-President, Carolyn D. Devine '52 Flying off to the Caribbean became a life and death situation for a Rice alum. 2nd Vice-President, Bridget R. Jensen '53 Treasurer, Jack Williams '34 Past President, Joseph H. Reilly '48 Executive Director, Tommie Lu Maulsby Out of the Garret BY PATRICIA CLEARY AND JEANNE COOPER 12 For Rice's teaching artists, it's the best of all possible worlds. ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS Chairman, Charles Szalkowski '70 Co-chairman, John Boles '65 Critical Appeal BY JEANNE COOPER 14 W.W. Akers Rice's Max Apple has earned rave notices from literary critics across the country for his Free W.V. Ballew, Jr. '40 Agents. Brent Breedin Franz Brotzen Darrell Hancock '68 Paul Havlak '86 Harry Holmes '66 Harvin C. Moore, Jr. '59 Sara Meredith Peterson '47 Harold E. Rorschach Ewa Thompson •Bettem• RICE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI GOVERNORS David Farnsworth '42 Neal Lacey '56 Degree Question Mastered ing my time at Rice, and he also did valuable First, masses of loyal alumni and national William McCardell '48 Just a short note to offer a correction to an item in service as a faculty associate at my college. He name recognition are crucial for a wide- Pat H. Moore '52 the "Classnotes" section of the June-August 1984 is a true gentleman and a fine teacher, and his spread recruiting effort to work. I've known a (USPS published in SALLYPORT: my 1970 degree was an M.A.(Eco- arguments deserve more of a hearing than they bunch of scholar-athletes here at Indiana, SALLYPORT 412-950) is September, November, nomics), not a Ph.D. as the note indicated. I obviously got from Mr. Naschke. many of them football players, but most of February, April, . did not complete a KARL SHIPPS these guys are like the one who thought Rice and June by the Association of Rice dissertation and hence '77 university have not earned a Ph.D. Hamburg, W. Germany was a Catholic school in the Bronx. The other Alumni, and is sent free to all alumni, parents of students, and friends' I am sorry that the information about my problem is that with few alumni and big-city Secondclass degree was incorrect. Our public information entertainment as competition, Rice has to win postage paid at Houston, Texas, office has the correct information, and I do to make any money. Football here at Indi- SWC Football Pros — Cons? not know how the confusion arose. I have no ana, by contrast, can lose consistently over William Marsh Rice University offers wish to misrepresent my degree from Hurrah for Professor Rorschach's insights on the decades and yet crowds below 40,000 are Rice, equal opportunity to all applicants without and I will make the necessary corrections Rice's participation in Southwest Conference unknown. Let's face it, there's nothing else to regard to race, color, sex, age, national °r with our public information office. Association athletics ("Rice and the SWC: Love It do here on a fall Saturday for the zillions of or Leave It," SALLYPORT, February loyal alums. ethnic origin, or physical handicap. THOMAS A. ODEGAARD '70 -March, 1984). 2)I'm irritated by the notion that Rice Columbus, Ohio Editorial offices for SALLYPORT are located I love football, too, but we should let the should drop football because the "behemoth" in the Allen Center for Activities, "college pros"(UT et a/.) have their schools have allowed it to become "corrupt." Business own Rice University, Street, league. Sports are no fun unless 'Fess up, fellas, we want to drop it because 6100 South Main Last Among Libraries you're com- Houston, petitive now we're losing. College sports were just as cor- Texas. In the June-August issue of SALLYPORT you noted and then! rupt in the 1920s or 1950s when we were win- the rank of the Rice Library among the 104 ANITA LOCY '77 POSTMASTER: Send address changes t° ning. Who was complaining about the members of the "prestigious Association of Austin, Texas SALLYPORT, Office of Information Services, Women's system at the 1954 Cotton Bowl? I must add Research Libraries" in America. The basketball, 1973-74 Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Rice Li- that Icon certainly identify with feeling that brary ranks 104th! In comparison, Texas 77251. even the the deck is stacked. I remember finishing last University of Houston Library ranks 58th, in a mile race once and thinking as I strug- Texas A & M 54th, and the University of Texas Alums Fan Football Flak Copyright 1984 by the Association of Rice gled (belatedly) across the finish line, "But at Austin 6th. Alumni, Rice University. Asa former marginally competent Rice athlete, I they don't have to take Physics 400!" You tried to excuse, or gloss over, this feel compelled to bestow on the SALLYPORT my 3) I want to conclude by briefly taking the bottom-of-the-ladder rank of the Rice Library. unwanted advice about the controversy over stump for women's athletics. We all know But you might have served Rice University football de-emphasis. My thoughts certainly that sports for women at the college level are better if you had explored those policies of the are not systematic. I just want to make three relatively under-capitalized and under- Rice administration, as well as of the Rice Li- points: emphasized with respect to those of men. brary itself, that help account for the dismal 1) Despite all that I have read in various And we also know that female athletes facts. are Homecoming publications about dropping football, I have much more likely to be good students than GEORGE WILLIAMS '23 yet to read anything that addresses a funda- are their male counterparts. Can this juxtapo- Professor Emeritus of English mental question: Are there enough scholar- sition of de-emphasis and scholarship be 1984 athletes available, even nationally, to field a mere coincidence? Surely not. This is not a competitive Division I team? There appar- Anti-Rorschach Remarks Anger plea for continued inadequate funding of ently isn't much data available. However, women's athletic programs, instead it is a November 9-11 I was deeply disturbed by one of the letters in most people that I have talked with, several plea to recognize that reducing emphasis on your April-May 1984 issue pertaining to the of them college coaches themselves, are very winning in present men's programs will al- question of SWC football at Rice. Naschke '39 pessimistic about the notion that their athletes low the male scholar-athlete to flourish. really said it all with his thinly veiled personal are present in sufficient numbers. One coach See You There! attacks on Professor Rorschach, whose well- thought that pooling the football players of BRUCE'. MARTIN '71 thought-out arguments against football at Rice the entire Ivy League into one team might Bloomington, Indiana went entirely unanswered. I had the pleasure of yield a competitive Division I outfit. Rice has taking several courses from Dr. Rorschach dur- to battle two other problems here as I see it. Letters continue on page 17

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few months ago of official highway signs ness of those works, plus an excellent chances of being towed after the owners emblazoned with "Rice University Next memory, came to the aid of the media last ignore "10 or so" tickets, according to Exit," drivers on U.S. 59 no longer have to October when U.S. military operations on one officer.(Of course, all "true" visitors guess the university's whereabouts. West- the island of Grenada made headlines who receive tickets may still simply bound traffic is advised at the Dunlavy around the world. speak with the campus police in their overpass and on the access road before She recalled one particular disserta- headquarters behind Abercrombie Lab- Greenbriar, while downtown traffic is dition, "How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down in oratory to have the ticket removed.) Al- rected near the Kirby exit and again on the the Tropics Once They've Dreamed New though illegal parking is not really an access road. York? Some Aspects of Grenadian Migra- issue for the Center for Ethics, Medicine The process of putting up the signs be- tion". She also recalled the author, Peter and Public Issues to debate, let's hope gan with a visit from Sherry Spears Jack- M. Tobias '73(M.A., Ph.D.), who had pro- that the spirit of similar cooperation will son '82 to Richard Stabell, dean of duced the work for his Ph.D. in 1975 with move the medical personnel rather than admissions and records. A former Rice Professor Stephen A. Tyler as his adviser. a towtruck. program council president, Jackson asked And to the benefit of a number of news or- Even while competing with TMC Stabell if there were anything she could do ganizations, Podratz remembered that To- drivers for space, Rice faculty and staff for him. Her offer carried a certain amount bias had become an associate professor of still have better parking privileges than of weight with it; Jackson is an administra- anthropology at Rockford College, Illinois; many university employees, including tive assistant to State Rep. Ashley Smith, there they were able to contact him to get those of Harvard. Akers noted this an- District 136(a greater metropolitan Hous- his informed views of the Grenada situa- nouncement in the June 15 Harvard ton area which includes parts of River tion. Register: "Parking fees for faculty and Oaks, Memorial, Tanglewood and Spring It now turns out that Tobias isn't the staff will increase slightly for the 1984-85 Branch.) As a matter of fact, Stabell did only Rice connection with Grenada. While academic year. The rates, which go into have this one little request which, al- he was putting the finishing touches on his effect on September 1, 1984, will be as Super Academic Stars though desirable in any case, was particu- dissertation, a young man named Arthur follows: at the forefront in attracting Rice has been larly timely in light of the increasing Legate was getting ready to enroll at Rice opened in Faculty and Staff Assigned Parking --- quality students since its doors numbers of out-of-state students. Jackson as a freshman. Three years later Legate while a strong case has always $265 1912, and later passed the suggestion to Smith, who left to attend the University of Texas Medi- provides more Resident (24-hour)Parking — $265 been made that no school in turn got the job done. cal School in San Antonio; the M.D. de- the quality education for less than Rice, Unfortunately, a writer for Houston gree that he received there led him to Permit for Metered Areas and/or Off - staff has been running into admissions City Magazine must haVe noticed the signs become a brigade surgeon for the legend- Hour Parking — $40 more and more instances of bright stu- during some of the recent standstill rush- ary 82nd Airborne Division which— you (temporary)Permits — $3 a day about dollars they must Daily dents' concern hour traffic in the heat, or so the disgrun- guessed it—landed last October in e.g. "a free ride Faculty and Staff Pooled Parking — $160 come up with personally, tled remarks in the August issue would Grenada. His remembrances are de- be better than a at a good school might lead us to believe. Under the subhead scribed more fully elsewhere in this issue. a great one." partial scholarship at "Better Late Than Never" in its City Eye Earlier this year the Rice board column, an anonymous reporter remarks, "university scholars" agreed to fund four "Rice University has finally made it into the A Too Close Connection? for four years in hopes of attracting several Big Time. Some tax dollars were recently last issue of SALLYPORT, we exam- all-around academic stars who in all likeli- In the expended on installing Rice University the growing links between Rice hood would have gone elsewhere without ined Next Exit signs on the Southwest Freeway. the nearby TexasMedical Center the added scholarship incentive to attend and The Unasked Question of course is: With a from interdisciplinary research Rice. From 250 applicants nominated by (TMC), student body of only 3500 and football at- institute of ethics to a library ex- high school counselors across the country, to an tendance somewhere in the low five fig- program. Although both Rice Rice selected six with the idea of having change ures, who needs to know?" the Medical Center have profited four accept the university's first-ever full tu- and The "unasked" question should be in addition to ition, fees, room and board scholarships from such cooperation "unanswered" in the coming year as the that some members for non-athletes. And the winners are: proximity, it seems greater Houston community continues to have availed Brian Eugene Casey, top graduate from of the medical profession discover the wealth of resources and of a Rice resource almost as Gonzaga High in Washington, D.C. Juliet themselves events open to it at Rice, from art exhibits in these crowded Elizabeth Cox, ranked number one in her precious as interferon to lecture series to an open-stacks research parking. According to Vice graduating class of Chesterton (Indiana) times: free library. With the acquisition of the Gradu- Administration William High; Valerie Ann Rohy, editor-novelist President for ate House, Rice is attracting more semi- number of TMC employees and science fair winner at Patrick Henry Akers, the nars and summer programs, which bring park in the stadium lot has been es- High (San Diego) where she finished with who visitors from across the country. Honestly, at 200; every day an unknown a 3.9 grade point average; and George timated who ever thought we'd have to say that leave their vehicles for a few Walton Webb, valedictorian of Isidore number there's more to Rice than football? (We'll let or all day in the Allen Center School in New Orleans. Their av- hours Newman coach Watson Brown tackle the attend- student lots behind Dollars for Scholars erage SAT scores exceed 1,450 out of a parking lot or the ance figures.) Richardson and Hans- Rice faculty members in all categories — and all have the personali- Lovett, Will Rice, possible 1,600, professors, associate and assistant profes- ties and interest in outside activities to zen colleges. the price is right for the sors, and instructors — are on average the match. Their performance at Rice will de- Apparently, parkers, who can often be easily best paid in their profession in the state of termine to what extent the administration illegal identified by their white labcoats and Texas, according to the annual report of and board recommend and authorize con- of Main St. The Texas Medical the American Association of University tinuation and possible enlargement of the crossing Center Parking and Traffic Division Professors(AAUP). Excluding specialized program. employees $50 a month to institutions such as business, law or medi- While the four university scholars may charges TMC park in any of its parking garages or cal schools, Rice's average salary for all be the brightest and the best, the qualifica- lots, while nonemployees pay $60 a ranks of faculty is $38,100, among the top tions of their fellow classmates are nothing month or $6 a day. Employees may park 15 private universities in the nation. (In the to sneeze at. Obviously a group endowed in a lot on South Braeswood near public sector, only two University of with the right stuff, the incoming class and Fannin, which is served Alaska campuses exceed Rice's average.) boasts an average SAT score of 1322, 23 Holcombe by a shuttle for only $15 a month or Rice President Norman Hackerman, points higher than that of last year's fresh- bus, one dollar a day, but the inconvenience while proud of the achievement, noted men; 120 members with verbal SAT scores of away may make Rice that fringe benefits at Rice were not as over 700, compared to 72 with that score in parking a mile lots more attractive. valuable as they are at a number of the class of 1987; and 97 valedictorians, 14 schools, in particular state-supported ones more superlative students than its prede- In order to ease some of the problems parking (to where they might amount to 25 percent of cessor. caused by plentiful some), the campus police have initiated salary. Rice's benefits amount to between this fall a color-coded sticker program, 19 and 20 percent of salary. He also re- Sign of the Times which matches Rice cars with their ap- sponded to a question regarding the im- It took an admissions director, an alumna Remembering Grenada propriate lots, and requires proof of portance of money to faculty: "Salary is the and a state representative, but Rice Uni- Barbara Podratz has seen her share of ownership and insuring of second or main feature in determining whether you versity is finally more than on the map— Ph.D. anthropology dissertations in 16 third cars before assignment of stickers. talk anymore. If the salary is out of range, it's on the roadside. Since the posting a years as a secretary at Rice. Her aware- Unnmarked cars will now face greater then the person is not going to talk to you.'

SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 3 * RIC E ' S WASHINGTON CONNECTION * From Wilson to Reagan

Rice has traditionally had friends in high places in the nation's capital, and the 1984 elections returns are not expected to change this

BY BRENT BREEDIN

Within six months of the Rice Institute's opening of merce during Roosevelt's third term (1941-45). its doors in September 1912, Woodrow Wilson be- In the early 1950s, General Dwight D. Eisenho- came the nation's second Democratic president wer visited the Rice campus as a lecturer while since the Civil War and assured the city of Hous- president of Columbia University. Once in the ton's first college a solid friend in Washington for al- White House, he appointed Houston Post publisher most a decade. and later Rice trustee Oveta Culp Hobby the na- Wilson had been a classmate of William Marsh tion's first Secretary of the Department of Health, Rice, II, at Princeton in the late 1870s, and the Education and Welfare. Hobby served in the posi- namesake and nephew of the university's founder tion for two years (1953-55) before returning to Hous- renewed this friendship in 1907 as a Rice trustee, ton. In October 1960, Eisenhower returned to Rice having filled the institute board's first vacancy in as U.S. President to make a "non-political" address. 1899 upon the death of A.S. Richardson. Wilson was president of Princeton at the time and adogical Rice Gives Washington Space information source for the Rice board as it began to It was during the Eisenhower years(1953-61) that search seriously for a president. As a result of de- science and engineering received a major impetus, velopments that followed, probably no one in following the Soviet Union's successful Sputnik Washington was more knowledgable about Rice In- launch in October 1957. During Kennedy's adminis- stitute than Wilson from his arrival there as U.S. tration the nation's space program became a real- President on March 4, 1913, until his death as ex- ity, headed by Vice President Lyndon Johnson, a president on Feb. 4, 1924. close friend of Rice trustee George Brown '20. Dur- ing the period 1961-63, the National Aeronautics Wilson Recommends Lovett and Space Administration(NASA) accepted Rice's In January 1907, with an endowment of $5 million in invitation to locate its Manned Spacecraft Center on hand, the Rice Institute board acted formally to find Stockton Axson was Woodrow Wilson's brother-in- law and a close friend of university-owned land near Clear Lake, Texas. an appropriate president. Letters were sent to 25 Houston's Jesse Jones during his career as a Rice English professor. President Kennedy then made his famous "man on distinguished educators and prominent Americans, the moon" speech in Rice Stadium. including former U.S. Presidents Grover Cleveland In the same era, Rice established the depart- and Theodore Roosevelt, perennial Democratic ment of space physics, the first of its kind in the na- candidate for the White House William Jennings tion. First department chairman Alexander Dessler Bryan, and Princeton President Woodrow Wilson. later acted as science advisor to the executive sec- Wilson recommended one of his professors of math- retary of the National Aeronautics and Space Coun- ematics, Edgar Odell Lovett, who visited Houston cil within the executive office of the White House for an interview on April 11 and formally accepted during President Nixon's first year of service. the position on January 18, 1908. Wilson and Lovett were colleagues at Princeton from 1897 until Lovett's Recent Capitol-izing on Rice departure to take over the reins at Rice in March President-elect Jimmy Carter was quick to draw 1908. Fredericka Meiners' A History of Rice Univer- upon the talents of Rice alumnus and trustee Cha- sity says of the relationship: "Princeton, however, rles W. Duncan, Jr., as deputy secretary of defense was more than just a place to work for Lovett. He when he was putting together his cabinet. The two made friends there, and the one he most cherished had become friends in Atlanta when Carter was was Woodrow Wilson. The feeling was evidently re- governor of Georgia and Duncan was president of ciprocal. When Wilson told Lovett that he had rec- Coca-Cola; Carter felt it important that the number ommended him to the trustees at Rice, he said that two position in the Pentagon should continue to be there was no one on the faculty whom he had held by a solid business executive. Two and a half counted on more to remain; but he felt bound to years later, Duncan became the nation's second present the chance to the best man and let the man Secretary of the Department of Energy. decide for himself." During these years, Rice President Norman Two-and-a-half years later Wilson was leaving Hackerman continued his service as a member of Princeton himself to run for governor of New Jersey the National Science Board, created in 1968 while Rice trustee-emeritus Oveta Culp Hobby (left) and (September 1910), and in July 1912, the summer Rice alumnus-board chairman Charles Duncan both he was president of the University of Texas. Hacker- accepted its first students for fall matriculation, Lov- served in presidential cabinets. man has also been named to the Defense Science ett's friend and former colleague was launching Board and the Energy Research Advisory Board. what proved to be a winning campaign for the U.S. Coolidge, Axson's friendship with Houston banker A lot of people in Washington and around the presidency. And within months after Wilson's first Jesse H. Jones, with whom he had served in the Red world rest easy knowing that Jim Baker is chief-of- inauguration on March 4, 1913, his close friend and Cross, was ripening. Founder of Houston Endow- staff in the Reagan White House and that a man of brother-in-law, Stockton Axson, was added to the ment, the philanthropical organization which has George Bush's qualifications would take over the Rice faculty. Axson, one of the nation's great English given millions in support to Rice, Jones became a Presidency in the event of Mr. Reagan's death or in- lecturers, had taught at Princeton with Lovett and key figure in Washington first as a director (1932) ability to perform the office's duties. Vice President Wilson. Wilson's familiarity with the new Houston and then as chairman (1933) of the Reconstruction Bush taught as an adjunct professor of administra- school played a role in its being granted an ROTC Finance Corp.(RFC). Named by President Hoover tive science in Rice's Jones School the two years unit in 1917 only months after applying. About the to the RFC, Jones himself had been a nominee for prior to leaving for Washington in 1981. Baker's affil- same time Dr. Axson was asked to join the war ef- the Democratic candidacy in the 1928 presidential iation with Rice is largely through family and fort as national secretary of the American Red election, in which Hoover had defeated Al Smith. friends. His grandfather was Captain James A. Cross. The longtime publisher of the Houston Chronicle, Baker, namesake of Baker College and chairman of Jones served Franklin Roosevelt in his first two terms the Rice Board of Trustees from the chartering of Donors in D.C.: Jones and Hobby as president by bailing out many businesses with Rice Institute on May 13, 1891 until his death on Au- During the terms of Presidents Harding and $50 billion in loans, becoming Secretary of Corn- gust 1, 1941.

4 SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 WASHINGTON'S RICE CONNECTION On Making Congress Effective Rice political scientists Cooper and Brady would restore the U.S. Congress to the position of preeminence it once held

BY BRENT BREEDIN

Rice School of Social Sciences Dean Joseph Cooper (at Harvard in 1984-85) and Acting Dean David W. Brady are among the nation's more prolific theo- rists and authors on the U.S. Congress as an institu tion. Historically they're in good company, for exactly one century ago Woodrow Wilson was es- tablishing himself in the field of government as the author at Johns Hopkins University of Congressional Government, published in 1885 and calling for committee reform in order to make the legislative branch more effective. In addition to their writings and teaching, Cooper and Brady have been active on the firing line: Cooper taking off two years (1976-78) to serve as staff director of the U.S. House Commission on Administrative Review; Brady serving as chairman of a special National Science Foundation sponsored Committee on Congressional Elections since 1978.

Party System Needs Strengthening The framers of the Constitution clearly intended the House of Repesentatives to be the most democratic institution in the federal government... Students of Rice Dean of Social Sciences Joseph Cooper, left, and 1984-85 Acting Dean David Brady discuss the latest the House can chart its response over time to trends on Capitol Hill. changes in the wider society by tracing the prolifer- Congress has contributed in important ways to the erged, and so too, perhaps, will a new type of ation of committees and subcommittees. Complex erosion of legislative power and prerogative. member. divisions of labor, however, generate forces that Pressed by the exigencies of modern government From Summer 1981 Political Science Quarterly, tend to pull organizations apart. Lost in the welter and by its own limitations, Congress has created "Voluntary Retirement, Incumbency, and the Mod- of constituent units ouch pursuing its own immedi- and sustained the institutionalized presidency and ern House" by Joseph Cooper and William West ate ends—are the general interests of the organiza- a vast bureaucratic establishment. It has delegated tion as a To counter this process of whole. substantial amounts of discretionary authority to Protection Against Adminsitrators balkanization, strong integrative mechanisms must presidents, department heads, and agency offi- has con be developed to hold together what the division of cials. Yet it is also true that Congress has sought to In institutional terms the veto mechanism the viability of our labor would otherwise pull apart. In the House of adapt to the condition of modern government by tributed greatly to maintaining In general, it has Representatives, the party system has traditionally strengthening its own capabilities... Along with republican form of government. Hobson's choice of either served this purpose. Although neither the Constitu- staff growth and subcommittee expansion, one of freed Congress from the with exceedingly _ tion nor the rules of the House mention political par- the most important aspects of such change has providing executive officials delegations of discre- ties, they have acted virtually from the beginning as been a growing reliance on a new and distinctive broad and difficult to control of national concern or devices to integrate and rationalize the separate ac- oversight device—the legislative veto. tion over important areas tivities of representatives. One of the most striking refusing to give executive officials the authority they From Summer 1983 Political Science Quarterly, the nineteenth and twentienth need to act effectively in such areas... The singular differences between "The Congressional Veto and Administrative Rule- century of Representatives is the decline in advantage of the veto is that it allows the Congress House making" by Joseph Cooper and William West the importance of party strength... It could be ar- to give the executive the discretion it requires to be gued that this decline has on the whole been for the effective, while still preserving congressional con- better; however, our view is that the House itself Job Satisfaction Is Low in House trol... Finally, the veto mechanism contributes to representative government as well as to the viabil- and the majority of congressional scholars would The new House that is emerging is more junior, our separation of powers framework. Though Prefer an increase in party strength. One major more fragmented, more fractious, and more indi- ity of condemn it as a device that enhances the component of the 1974-75 House reforms sought to vidualistic than its predecessor. To be sure, its critics power of committees and thus special interests, the strengthen the majority party's ability to govern... changes in the incentive system are not alone re- equation between committee power and special in- sponsible. The general decline of the parties that From Spring 1984 Congress and the Presi- terests is far to facile and far too sweeping. At the has taken place over the past several decades has dency, "The Electoral Connection and the Decline same time the veto's critics greatly overestimate the also played a critical role. Nonetheless, the reduc- of Partisanship in the 20th Century House of Repre- impartiality and objectivity of the administrative tion in the net level of members' job satisfaction has sentatives" by David Brady and John Ettling process. It is as if the halls of the administrative an important impact both directly and indirectly agencies are immune to the power of the well- through growing rates of voluntary retirement... financed interest groups and the halls of Congress Congress Needs Legislative Veto Many of the same factors that are believed to have totally captivated by them. In truth, what the veto to the worked to strengthen the advantage of The twentienth century has not been kind introduces is a second round of politics. And, on the late nine- incumbents—for example, party weakness, bu- United States Congress. Whereas in balance, I would argue that in discretionary areas could characterize reaucratic power, and constituent service—have teenth century Woodrow Wilson of policy a second round of politics is preferable to government," also worked to increase the costs and decrease the American politics as "congressional relying on the "wisdom" and "objectivity" of admin- the a chronic benefits of service in the House. A concomitant fea- present century has been marked by istrators. sense of crisis regarding Congress' role in the politi- ture of a heightened advantage for incumbents has cal system. The scope of concern has encompassed thus been an erosion of the incentives that sup- From statement of Joseph Cooper before U.S. not only the growth of presidential power, but the ported the traditional instituionalized order. For this Senate Judicary Subcommittee on Administrative growth of bureaucratic power as well. Ironically, and other reasons a new type of House has em- Practice and Procedure, July 20, 1983 SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 5 oltvik * *RICE'S WASHINGTON CONNECTION (?)* Rocket to Congress

Rob Quartel's involvement in student politics at Rice launched a political career that may land him in the House

BY FRANK M. BAGLIONE Rob Quartel '7:3 came to Rice University in 1969 be- nity, to become interested and involved. He tried cause he wanted to be an astronaut. For the pre- very hard to make student government work." vious 12 years the young Quartel had been living in Also on the list are the Havenses, English pro- Orlando, Florida, near the beating heart of the fessor Dennis Huston and his wife Jane, and Bill Bal- space program at Cape Canaveral, where his fa- lew '40, president of the Alumni Association from ther was on the easy side of a 20-year space indus- 1970-71. Was the latter a case of politics making try career. The United States had just put a man on strange bedfellows? the moon, and Rice had the first and only space sci- "I know Bill was considered a liberal Demo- ence department. It seemed like the right first step. cratic supporter of Senator Ralph Yarborough, but I Quartel has since lowered his sights to some- was not concerned with his political tastes," Quartel thing less otherworldly, but which to many is said. "He headed the association at a time when it equally giddy and courageous. He will not be walk- was becoming more involved in university affairs. ing on the moon, but he would like to sit in the Con- We were both working for the same thing, greater gress as the U.S. Representative from Florida's 11th participation by all segments of the university com- District, which includes Orlando. Soon after an- munity, and we worked well together." nouncing his candidacy as a Republican in June, School ties still bind. The host committee at Quartel came to Houston to attend a political recep- Quartel's recent Houston reception included Mi- tion in his honor hosted by Christi Oliver '72 and a chael Wood '70, Leigh Anderson, Ed Emmett and group of Rob's former classmates. He was returning Tom Greene '71, Gayle Woodson '72, Roger Smith to the place where a decade-long political odyssey and Kathleen Slaydon Hlavinka '73, and Doug Ap- began. pling and Linda Brooks '74. Quartel has also gath- "College should be a formative period for a ered Rice people around him on his campaign staff. young person, and my years at Rice certainly set Mark Richardson '78, a history major and Baker the tone and direction of my life," Quartel said in a College president who worked with Quartel in the recent interview. Within a year of arriving here he Bush campaign, is now his campaign manager. A had given up star gazing; he switched his major to former reporter for the Kansas City Star, Marian biology and environmental science and became al- Barber '79 has gone from serving as Mrs. Hacker- most totally absorbed by the political life of the Rice man's secretary to being Quarters press secretary. community. Conservative Motives A Beardless Kind of Politics If their effort is successful, the whole Rice contingent "I was on more university committees than I can may be headed to Washington. Closely allied to the Quartel hopes to help the now remember," Quartel said. "In 1972 a group of Congressional candidate Rob Quartet'73, right, Bush group, Reagan ad- us even formed a social concerns committee which strikes a pose in front of the William Marsh Rice ministration in Congress while looking out for the met once a week at Jones College with Neil and He- statue as campaign manager Mark Richardson '78 interests of his central Florida constituency. His mo- len Havens '56/57, the college masters. Our aim and Houston fund-raiser hostess Christi Oliver '72 tives for wanting to do so are not all that different was to raise people's political consciousness and smile approvingly. from those of the would-be astronaut that landed get them involved in university affairs." behind the hedges in 1969. For Quartel, whose sole elected office was Stu- students and becoming part of the community." "Like most of the people in my district, I believe dent Association vice president for internal affairs, governed should have a greater say in the govern- in conservative government," Quartel says. "That this did not mean occupying, burning or making ment. means less government control and more individ- other non-conforming uses of campus buildings. His Yet when he was a freshman and this principle ual freedom. It means giving more program discre- was a beardless type of student activism which fo- was raised during the controversy over the gover- tion to the state and local governments which are cussed on student participation in raising and re- nors' appointment of William Masterson as univer- closer to the people." solving university, not external, issues. sity president, Quartel had some reservations about This philosophy makes Quartel an ally of Presi- When students were occupying Allen Center or the means being employed toward that end. "I dent Reagan on economic and defense issues, but possibly firebombing the ROTC building, Quartel guess I'm a little wary of crowds rushing to the seat sets him apart from his party's leader on some so- was an observer, reporting these events over the of power and demanding their will," Quartel says, cial issues. Believing that government should not be university radio station KOWL, which he had showing a healthy instinct in a Congressional can- involved in personal and religious matters, Quartel helped establish. But when it came to the everyday didate. objects to constitutional amendments on abortion lives and concerns of Rice students, Quartel was in "If the principle of student and faculty participa- and school prayer. His belief in full participation by the thick of it. "We took on issues like the separate tion in the governing process could only be made in all citizens leads him to support the Equal Rights feeding tables for freshman athletes," he recalls. that way — in a kind of mindless insistence on the Amendment but oppose Affirmative Action quotas. "We felt there were enough pressures keeping ath- destruction of one man — then I guess it was neces- These views appear to match the voter profile in letes separate from the rest of us. We wanted to re- sary," he states. "But I was uncomfortable with it. Quarters district. Although registration there is 60- move barriers to their interacting with other The student vote to oppose Masterson's appoint- 40 Democratic, Reagan carried the district 2-1 ment was something like 1,800 to 7. I was one of the against Jimmy Carter and in recent polls led Mon- One of the Masterson Seven seven." dale 3-1. Quartel was also involved in voter registration Quartel's insistence on balance and community And Quartel wouldn't be Quartel if he didn't drives and the successful campaign to have Rice involvement follows directly from his Rice exper- have a strong interest in the district's local issues — made a single city precinct in Houston. His only dis- ience, a fact which becomes clear when he lists the water, beach erosion, and acid rain. Quartel feels appointment was the failure to have students people who influenced him the most here. his previous experience working for the Environ- named to the Board of Governors, although stu- "Ira Gruber," Quartel begins. "I never took a mental Protection Agency, not to mention his man- dents were given seats on all university committees. history course with him, but as master of Hanszen agement of a National Science Foundation grant to "We were trying to expand the base of participa- Quartel's college, he was the dominant influence on Rice students studying pollution in Galveston Bay in tion," Quartel recalls of these efforts. "We thought it my political ideas. He took a university-wide view of 1972, will help him work out solutions to these prob- was a rather basic principle that the people being issues and urged us to develop a sense of commu- lems.

6 SALLYPORT—SEFFEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 Itaim WASHINGTON'S RICE CONNECTION ',(r Economists Tackle Major Issues Illegal immigration and social security are the research areas of two Rice professors

BY DONALD L. HUDDLE they are losing Amnesty for illegal immigrants is one key provision gal immigration, for they believe orga- in the Simpson-Mazzoli immigration reform bill jobs to undocumented workers. Similarly, Which has, along with the provision for employers nized labor has strongly favored employer sanc- sanctions, caused open hostility and divisiveness tions and a strengthening of the border patrol. among both liberals and conservatives in Con- Conversely, agricultural interests have lobbied gress. Both issues were hotly debated despite hav- heavily against any comprehensive reforms al- ing been recommended by several nonpartisan, though they support a guestworker program if re- blue-ribbon presidential committees and by most form occurs. Most Hispanic politicians are thoughtful observers who see the need for immigra- inalterably opposed to the bill and label it as racist tion reform. and discriminatory. The acrimonious nature of the debate arises Perhaps the only unrepresented though vitally from the mixed consequences of the immigration re- interested party is the U.S. taxpayer who continues form itself: it is not a positive sum reform in the to have little, if any, voice in Washington. sense that everyone will gain, since there will be Still, there are some straws in the wind indica- clear winners and losers politically and economi- ting that these taxpayers will speak their minds cally. when asked. For example: To the extent that the reforms within the bills al- Since the 1970s every major polling organiza- ready passed are effective, the clear winners from tion in the U.S. has surveyed the American public the legislation will be organized labor, the unskilled on illegal immigration. All major polls indicate that and semiskilled minorities who compete head to the public is strongly pro-immigration reform. For Polls head with illegal labor,. the U.S. taxpayer, and local instance, 91 percent of respondents to Roper wanted to stop ille- and county governments. The clear losers will be taken in 1977 and 1980 said they also supported the agricultural interests, employers in general who gal immigration. Minorities have Gallop Poll showed hire illegal labor, and Hispanic-American politi- legislation. The October 1983 favored a cians who hope to gain from increasingly larger that 75 percent of Hispanic respondents law making it illegal for employers to hire a person Hispanic voting blocks. Ameri- Donald L. Huddle is probably the most quoted without proper papers. Fully 82 percent of black Most of these groups have been well aware that of immigration reform. He can economist in matters of Hispanic citizen respondents their vital interests are at stake. For instance, work- on leave from his teaching to continue re- and 62 percent is currently and undocumented ing minority blacks and Hispanics in the street have search and writing on his studies of the impact of ille- thought "illegal immigrants American workers consistently stated in numerous polls that they favor gal aliens on the U.S. labor market. Huddle joined workers hurt the job situation for immigration reform and want to stop unbridled, ille- the Rice faculty in 1964. by taking away jobs Americans might take."

BY GASTON V. RIMLINGER

A number of factors account for the financial diffi- than 3 contributors for each beneficiary. While the culties encountered by the social security system. In system matured, the age structure of American soci- 1972 the Social Security Administration changed the ety also changed. The birth rate went down and at method of projecting future income. The old method the same time the life expectancy at old age assumed that wages would stay constant; the new increased. method assumed that wages would rise, which The rising costs of Medicare reflect the increas- made possible much higher benefits without a cor- ing number of aged persons and their higher-than- responding increase in taxes. It was this new average medical bills. Some economists favor • method that prompted the 20 percent increase in abolishing the present system and replacing it with benefits in 1972. The financial impact of this liberal- a program of compulsory private insurance com- ity was compounded by the stagflation of the 1970s bined with means tested welfare measures. Even and a technically faulty method of tying benefits to though this approach has conservative political changes in the cost of living; the method of indexing support, we should recognize that such a radical that Congress chose had the tendency to double- proposal is probably politically unrealistic at this count the effects of rising prices. While this technical time. It is reasonable to conclude that our aim Problem was eliminated in 1977, the methods of ad- should to be strengthen the system rather than to Justing benefits to changing economic conditions re- dismantle it. main controversial issues. To be sure, the Social Security system contains be n Of course, as economic conditions improve, the inequities and weaknesses, and these should issues that need financial condition of the Social Security system will eliminated. The two most important also improve. However, the long-term problems to be debated are raising the retirement age and that are related to the maturing of the system, the containing medical care costs. The planners will rising costs of health care, and the demographic find it fruitful in this context to re-examine the origi- changes in American society remain. During the nal goal of a social security system based on the early years, while the system was expanding, concept of benefits by right as opposed to benefits Many new contributors were added, while there on a test of need. In any event, no serious discussion can ignore the fact that from now on every gen- were relatively small numbers who had reached on U.S. and some Gaston V. Rimlinger, an authority eration that approaches retirement age will have the status of beneficiary. When the first Social Secu- security systems, was the only Ameri- foreign social working life contributing to Social Secu- rity benefits were paid in 1940, there were 159 con- scholar invited to Berlin in 1981 to help West spent a full can of a freely elected gov- tributing workers for every person who drew Germany observe its centennial of the world's first rity. It is difficult to conceive ignore the benefits; by 1960 this ratio had fallen to about 5 con- social security system. Rimlinger joined the Rice fac- ernment that could survive an attempt to tributors for each beneficiary, and by 1980 to less ulty in 1960. legitimate expectations of future beneficiaries. Li

SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 7 erring Hall is a splendid addition to the Rice campus. It is a startling one, too. The bold pattern and vivid colors of the external walls are shocking at Hfirst sight. They represent, however, a spirited yet conscientious reinterpretation of a campus architectural tradition that began 75 years ago when the Boston circhitect, Ralph Adams Cram, was asked to prepare a master plan for the Rice Institute and design its original buildings. The architects of Herring Hall, Cesar Pelli and Associates, New Haven, Conn., carefully analyzed Cram's "General Plan of 1910" when it came time to choose a site for the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Administration's new building. Inserting this large classroom building into a grove of mature live oak trees on a part of the campus that had been dealt with rather haphazardly in the past, they demonstrated such sensitivity to the implications of the General Plan that in April 1983 the Rice board asked the New England firm to propose a "master plan for growth"(see Virginia Hines, "The Vision Restored," and Jeffrey Ryan with S. I. Morris, "The Vision Restored: An Architect's View of the Pelli Plan," SALLYPORT, November 1983-January 1984, pp. 10-13). The U-shaped configuration of Herring Hall — a tall, thin, three-story office and classroom building across from Wiess College, with two lower blocks containing a lecture hall and reading room framing a garden court — is a skillful adaptation of the building shape shown at this location in the General Plan drawing. Herring Hall backs up to the street and faces the central green space(which was to have been the campus's Great Square)as all early buildings did, rather than facing the street, as later buildings have tended to do. By keeping Herring Hall close to the street line, in accord with the precept of the General Plan, it was possible to preserve the triple row of oaks planted in 1910. This is in marked contrast to the Rice Memorial Center of 1958, which was built in the middle of a matching grove of live oaks, resulting in the loss of many trees. Yet Her- ring Hall also respects the axial lines of view and circulation that penetrate the Space Science Building, the Keith-Wiess Geological Laborato- ries, the M. D. Anderson Biological Laboratories, and the Rice Memorial Center. These lines of access and vision determine the location of the main street and courtyard entrances to the building, and tie it emphatically into the existing campus plan.

Exterior Reflects Original Intent PHOTOS BY PAUL HESTER The treatment of the exterior of Herring Hall also reflects a careful study of the intentions that gave form to the original buildings of the Rice Institute, as well as to later interpretations of these traditions. As is Glitter in the Vision well known, Ralph Adams Cram decided to "in- vent"(as he phrased it) a new style of architecture for the Rice Institute by combining elements bor- rowed from Greek Byzantine and Italian Roman- Herring Hall is a Spirited New Addition esque and Gothic buildings. His purpose was to imbue this new university with what one might call a built-in sense of tradition, the tradition of faith and to the Architecture of the Rice Campus learning that, to his way of thinking, reached its cul- mination in the Middle Ages. Cram felt that this tradition was embodied most nobly in the Gothic BY STEPHEN FOX '72 architecture of northern Europe. But he considered tight collegiate quadrangles and heavy, carved Administration stone buildings with steep roofs and narrow win- On Friday, November 9, the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of dows to be unsuitable for Houston. Therefore, he will formally dedicate its new home, Robert R. Herring Hall. This exciting sorted out analogous historical architectural ele- reflects ments that would be appropriate to Rice's place and new building, with offices for forty professors and Ph.D. candidates, purpose, yet still capable of transmitting the desired the school's own trend of continued growth and success. Featuring a computer cultural message. The result was buildings faced and reading with rose colored brick interspersed with bands of room, the new Business Information Center(a combined library light colored limestone, trimmed with pink Texas room), and an auditorium with seating for 100-plus, Herring Hall provides a granite and red roof tiles, and accented with decorative panels of richly-veined marble and multi- professional atmosphere for a professional discipline. For some insights into colored tile work. So rich was the effect that, when the unique form that houses the function, read below. Lovett Hall was published in The American Archi- tect in December 1912, its coloration was described as "almost barbaric in the strength of its application." Stephen Fox is a Fellow of the Anchorage Foundation of Texas. He is the author of The General Plan of Cesar Pelli and Associates combine pink, or- the William M. Rice Institute and Its Architectural Development(1980). ange, rose, and red bricks with white brick and

8 SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 limestone, generous expanses of dark burgundy Windows Tell Part of Story glazed brick, turquoise tile, and panels of turquoise The location and size of windows extend this dis- colored glass. But unlike Cram, they have not been course. The first-floor windows indicate the location eclectic with regard to distant architectural tradi- of large classrooms while the bands of second- and tions. Instead, they selected the best of the Rice third-floor windows bespeak the presence of small campus's own architectural traditions, transforming offices distributed around the perimeter of the build- them for re-use in Herring Hall. ing. On the narrow ends of the three-story block, the internal division of the third floor into rows of offices References to the Forties served by a central corridor results in the iconic, Thus, while in its plan configuration and mate- face-like arrangement of openings. Changes in ma- rials, Herring Hall looks back to the work of Cram, terial and color reinforce these distinctions, notice- Goodhue and Ferguson, in the disposition of these ably so on the north fronts of the lecture hall and materials and in the composition of the building reading room blocks. There, fields of glazed bur- and its openings, it is a reinterpretation of those gundy brick connote the honorific status of this, the campus buildings constructed in the late 1940s, after principal facade of Herring Hall, as well as the ex- Ralph Adams Cram had died. In particular, the istence within of big, hollow spaces. Abercrombie Laboratory of 1948, designed by the A final simile between Herring Hall and the celebrated Houston architects John F. Staub and Pierce buildings: the expression of the supporting John Thomas Rather, Jr., appears to have served structure behind the brick curtain walls. At Ham- Cesar PeIli and Associates as an immediate model. man Hall, the brick walls are incised with narrow Its thick limestone base, its widely spaced square, vertical channels to indicate the location of struc- first-floor windows divided by horizontal glazing tural columns. At Herring Hall, small rectangular bars, its continuous band of square upper-story tiles of limestone are keyed into the brick shiner windows slotted in between the brick upper wall courses (the decorative bands of oversized bricks and the unbroken eaves line of the roof, and its in- that occur at regular intervals in the brick portions sistent horizontality are all attributes of Herring Hall. of the wall) to demark the column lines on the long Even the way that the entrance bays on the street north and south walls. side of Herring Hall stop short of the continuous The purpose of these references(both overt and band of third-floor windows is analogous to the de- implied) to Rice's earlier buildings is twofold. One: sign of the stair tower on the front of Abercrombie Rather than deploying iconography to refer explic- Laboratory. itly to cultural traditions(as did Cram, most liberally The attraction of Abercrombie Laboratory as in the didactic sculpture of Lovett Hall), Cesar PeIli a model derives from its attempt to reconcile the and Associates use decoration as a symbolic code materials and forms used by Cram (and, during the to express, in a complex, figurative, non-literal way, 1920s, by William Ward Watkin) with "modern" the spatial and constructional attributes of the build- compositional preferences that were decidedly ing. References to cultural tradition are to the archi- post-Cram. Staub and Rather also did this on their tectural traditions initiated by Cram and the two earlier campus buildings, the Fondren Library, transformations these have undergone when completed in 1949, and M. D. Anderson Hall, com- handed on to other architects. This leads to the sec- pleted in 1947. It was precisely to such architectural ond point. By adhering, in different ways at differ- conditions that the British architects James Stirling, ent times, to the example of Cram, Goodhue and Michael Wilford and Associates responded with Ferguson's extravagant, made-up style, subse- their witty, inventive addition to Anderson Hall in quent Rice architects have evolved a tradition that 1981. For both Cesar PeIli and Stirling and Wilford, can inform the design of new buildings. Cesar PeIli such a selection was particularly poignant. To and Associates have taken into account this cumu- young architects in the 1940s and '50s(as PeIli and lative tradition and, in Herring Hall, sum it up in Stirling were), Staub and Rather's architectural at- ways appropriate to the particular requirements of tempt to bridge from the historical borrowings of the building and its site, and to present-day archi- Cram to modern design would have seemed con- tectural concerns. temptibly half-hearted and unsuccessful. Yet as architects today renew an interest in ornamental detail and historical association (crossing Staub and "Rigorous, Systematic, Rational" Rather's bridge from the opposite direction, one Pelli's compositional and decorative code is rigor- might say), Pelli's critical reappraisal of a transi- ous, systematic, and rational. It deMonstrates his tional building such as Abercrombie Laboratory en- awareness of other buildings on campus, but it is courages us to view it with appreciation. not a mere pastiche of "typical" Rice details. His in- Herring Hall also reflects a second, and more tentions are more profound that this. Herring Hall is rigorously modernist, phase of reinterpreting Rice's an exercise in architectural legibility. Decoration is architectural traditions, best represented by the offered for our delight; it is also meant to edify us. group of buildings that Edwin J. Goodwin, Jr. of The building radiates the intelligence, deliberation, George Pierce-Abel B. Pierce designed in the mid- and above all the diligence of its architects. Their dle 1950s: the Earth Sciences buildings and Ham- concern for the students, faculty, staff, and visitors man Hall of 1958. Herring Hall, which lies parallel to who inhabit Herring Hall is obvious in the generous the Earth Sciences buildings(Anderson and Keith- dimensions of the public spaces, the embellishment Wiess laboratories), adopts their more stringent of the fire stairs with decorative tile work and witty methods of interpreting Rice's tradition. handrails, the delightfully "scary" feeling one expe- Since Herring Hall is a steel-framed building, riences standing in the projecting, triangular "nose" its external walls are hung from this frame like stiff at either end of the third-floor corridor, the subtly curtains. These external curtain walls are flat, diminuitive proportions that give so many of the in- plane-like surfaces. The long north and south cross terior spaces an unexpected sense of intimacy, even walls and the narrow east and west end walls are the surfacing of the flat, built-up roofs of the lecture differentiated in color and decoration, as on Ander- hall and reading room blocks with crushed pink son and Keith- Wiess laboratories. The exaggerated granite gravel. crisscross pattern of the end walls called "dia- Herring Hall is a provocative building. But it pering"— is derived from a traditional technique of aims to do more than momentarily shock us. It chal- laying up a nonload-bearing brick wall. The long lenges us to consider critically the role of tradition in walls project slightly beyond the end walls at each giving form to a public institution and to public end of Herring Hall to drive home the point that they places. It challenges us to prize excellence over ex- are flat planes, hung onto the sides of the building pedience, parochialism, and mediocrity. It chal- to protect the inside from the outside. The differently lenges us to become aware of architecture and to treated end walls are inserted to put a stop to this enjoy it. One is therefore tempted to conclude of implied horizontal extension. Only where the two Herring Hall, as was concluded of Lovett Hall by axes of view and circulation intersect the building The American Architect in 1912; it is a "constructive on the north and south do vertical eruptions occur in work of architecture that doubtless will be compel- these flat, horizontal planes, signalling the special led to submit to the stress of much criticism, as has conditions that prevail at these points. On the every innovation in art, before it safely and surely Pierce-Pierce buildings, it is the stair towers that be- rests on the firm basis of universal approval— a come vertical exceptions to the horizontal rule. result that, in our opinion, is inevitable." SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 9 GRENADA M*A*S*H FLYING OFF TO THE CARIBBEAN BECAME A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION FOR A RICE ALUM

About 10 a.m. on October 27 we loaded the BY ARTHUR LEGATE '79 in a jeep and began directing traffic: this unit go aircraft and departed for the sunny Carib- here, that unit go there. I found my brigade com- bean. Most of us still didn't know Where the mander, who told me he had lent me to the Second hell Grenada was. Brigade's Casualty Clearing Station. It was setting I was going to war with an empty gun, a .45- up on a hill to the west, thank God. The commander calibre Colt automatic for which there were no said to get some sleep and report to the station at shells by the time I passed through the ammo issue sunup. Tired of lugging my medical chest around, I line. Later, I was able to borrow a full magazine, found a nice rockpile to stash it behind and lay seven shells, from a friend. If I got into a situation re- there until dawn with my empty .45, just waiting for quiring more than that, shame on me. the howling Cuban hordes to come out of the dark- From North Carolina to Grenada is about a ness at me. four-hour plane ride, so around 4:30 p.m. the troop commander sent a brief but bracing query to the pilot concerning our arrival. The pilot replied in the POW-wow with the Cubans same fashion that although we had been circling in After the golden orb of the sun had risen from the vicinity of Grenada for some time, the Cubans the azure sea to shine unmercifully in my bloodshot were attacking, the airfield was under fire, and he orbs, I walked down the runway about a mile to the certainly was not going to attempt to land under clearing station. I found it about as well organized those conditions. Arthur Legate '79 attended Rice for three years as everything else on the island: there were one While we considered the possible penalties for before studying medicine at the University of Texas and one-half tents, instead of six; two physicians, hijacking, the pilot had the last word in his discus- Medical School in San Antonio. After receiving his rather than eight; one nurse anesthetist, instead of sion with the commander by running out of fuel. degree, Dr. Legate became a brigade surgeon with two (but what the hell, the OR and anesthesia When he returned to Puerto Rico for more, we de- the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division stationed in equipment hadn't arrived yet either); and about 15 planed to choke down a quick greasy hamburger Fort Bragg, North Carolina. enlisted men, supposed to be a hundred. Lieuten- and fries (anything would have been better than When Dr. Legate's brigade received its orders ant Colonel Joseph Jackson, the senior doe, said that our C-ration of beef with spiced sauce.) Having re- to go to Grenada last year, the first wave of Army additional personnel and supplies were expected to embarked in dire need of sleep and Pepto-Bismol, Rangers had already parachuted in at the Port Sa- trickle in over the day. we arrived at Port Salines just before midnight in a lines Airfield, where they had encountered heavy Jackson also said that some Cuban doctors had driving rain. resistance from over one thousand well-armed Cu- set up a clinic in the POW compound. Since he Our pilot proved what a cowboy he could be ban and People's Revolutionary Army(PRA) forces. didn't speak Spanish and I did, I was elected to go when he had to bring the plane down. He jammed A little over thirty hours after this first assault, the find out how they were doing, what they had, and on the brakes, threw the engines into full reverse, brigade flew into the midst of a Cuban/PRA what they needed. The compound was on top of a turned the airplane around on a dime, and opened counter-attack on the airfield. There would be even hill north of the airfield, reached by climbing a lad- the rear cargo doors faster then any of us had more action the next day. der up a 150-foot cliff while staring up the barrels of ever seen it done before. With the loadmaster This story is Dr. Legate's account of his first few the guards' weapons all the way. There were about screaming "Go, go, go!" we were dumped out the days in Grenada. 500 men detained there and the number was grow- gaping doors lickety-split, and the plane roared ing by the minute. After I found the infirmary, I gave back into the sky, less than four minutes after touch- my still-empty .45 to a guard and waltzed in as ill down. knew what I was doing.("Protocol of Negotiation So there we were, in a miserable dark rain- It was unsettling to realize with POW Physicians" was not a course I had taken storm on a runway where a battle had been fought that some of these brave, at Rice or med school.) a scant four hours before; we assumed it was in I found Dr. Dario, an orthopedist and the senior friendly hands. We couldn't hear firing or anything beautiful young men Cuban physician, to be both polite and professional else over the rain, but we saw which way the plane in his manner. His infirmary had about 35 patients, had taken off and figured that was west — the safe would soon be torn and including two or three with serious wounds. At a direction. bleeding . . . time when U.S. wounded were on the ground or on Before we had to decide whether to go east or canvas stretchers, these men rested in clean sheets west ourselves, my friend Captain Joe Pitts drove up on bunks. While we were washing with sea water,

10 SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OC,I BER 1984 and water for drinking and cleansing wounds was being trucked from a purifier over a mile away, they had running water. The Cubans were short of had worked in disinfectant, antibiotics, and plaster. I took their rooms, wish list back to the clearing station; although we emergency were unable to fill it completely, anything we were but never one that both short of we divided down the middle, half for us and half for the Cubans. When Cuba protested a got business like few days later to the International Red Cross that We were mistreating their people, including depriv- this. ing them of medical care, we let the Red Cross representatives see their facility and then ours. No more was said.

The Taking of the Guam ay noon- we began getting coherent accounts of how the war was going. Apparently there were over a thousand Cubans who bore arms against the initial assault. An unknown fraction of these were Peaceful construction workers," but they all knew how to fire an AK-47 and were well-versed in infantry tactics. After the Rangers had cleared the air- held and the 82nd had begun landing, the Cubans had counter-attacked (while my plane had been circling above)in an almost successful attempt to halt reinforcement. Now most of the remaining Cubans compound. We heard sortie after sortie of A-7 decided I had hadabout eight hours of sleep over Were holed up in a hilltop compound at the end of fighter-bombers from the USS Independence the past four days, and was dully amazed that I was Point Calivigny, surrounded on three sides by wa- screaming overhead, laying their eggs only about still functional, relatively speaking. Yet Grenada ter. Our troops were going to attack the compound four miles to the east. We heard the constant crump- had one more curve to throw us that night. A pan- before dark. crump-crump of the 82nd's artillery, and the long, icky infantry voice crackled over the radio, "We've The Rangers, who had thought they were go- steady bra-a-a-op of the AC-130 Spectre gunship, a got a local woman here at the end of the runway, ing home that day, would conduct a helicopter- sound unlike any other. The bombardment contin- and I think she's having a baby!" borne air assault, followed up by ground units from ued for an hour. Then seven Army choppers They trucked her to us in a Gamma Goat, the Third Brigade. The clearing station was warned swooped down the runway and picked up the first which was a mistake; that bouncy ride probably to prepare to accept casualties. Although people wave of Rangers. Not all came back to pick up the shortened her labor by three hours. While we de- and supplies had been trickling in all day, we were second wave. At that point we knew we were in for bated whether we had time to send her to the Still in no condition to handle a mass casualty situa- a long, busy night. From then on, the helicopters Guam, where our family-practice trained doctor tion. Lt. Col. Jackson told me to go the U.S.S. Guam only straggled in to bring casualties. had gone with one of the worst shot-up Rangers, for help. I don't have a very clear recollection of the next she began to crown and delivered about 15 seconds Diverted in mid-Atlantic from Lebanon to six or seven hours. I had worked in emergency later. Dr. Hall, our general surgeon, got his gloves Grenada, troopship/helicopter carrier Guam had rooms, but never one that got business like this. on quickest and so became obstetrician du jour. I landed Marines on the north end of the island, and Even our senior doctors, who had been in Viet Nam. was second and thus pediatrician. Lt. Col. Jackson, by virtue of her empty beds, was now a "hospital as young men, said they had never seen anything an orthopedist, offered heartfelt advice from the Ship.' My first problem was how to get to her. Al- like it. We sutured nothing, merely put on pressure rear. though the Army aviators were more than happy to dressings to stop bleeding; there wasn't time for It was incredible catching that baby from Dr. Provide a scout helicopter to get myself and our an- more. Hall, clearing his nose and-throat for his first big esthetist out to the ship, the Navy operations person- I remember tightening the tourniquet on the breath, hearing his wail of protest at the cold, nel refused to clear us to land; they were much too stump of a Ranger's calf, his amputated leg lying on bright, nasty world he had so unceremoniously busy conducting re-fueling operations to consider the stretcher beside him. I remember chaplains run- been dumped into. I counted his tiny, marvelous Qnything else for a while. We solved the problem by ning back and forth, carrying bottles of IV fluids or fingers and toes, and looked around that bloody SimPly stowing away on one of the helicopters go- holding battle lanterns so that we could see what tent. An hour ago it had been a place of horror and ing out to refuel. When it touched down, we jumped we were doing; I grabbed one of them to hold a suffering; now it was a place of new life. Our out, walked over to a hatchway as if we owned the gory petrolatum dressing over a sucking chest medics, who had toiled just as hard and as long as Place, and ducked down it. wound so I could use both hands to insert a chest we had, were paratroopers who affected to be My second problem was how to explain our tube. tough and hard-bitten, but I saw them looking at Presence to the unsympathetic Marine guard at the I remember carrying stretchers out to the C-130 this child as though he were the first they had ever bottom of the ladder. I discovered that it is very diffi- Medevac plane, running pell-mell down the slip- seen, and I knew they were as moved as I was. cult for an Army officer to snow a Marine. He re- pery hillside in the rain, and running up again to lieved us of our sidearms, stuffed us in a get another man. We needed to fill the plane up Working for a Few Good Men — even windowless steel room the size of a closet, and rapidly because it was blocking the runway After the first few days, organized resistance as we still coming waited for a Navy officer to vouch for us. Even so, loaded it, more wounded were ceased and the "grunts" started mopping up the another Marine "guided" us to sickbay to make sure in. I remember getting one boy, blue and apneic, Cubans and PRA who had escaped into the hills. we didn't "get lost" on the way (actually, a very real extending his head to give artificial respiration and My time was largely taken up with medical civilian Possibility). getting a handful of his brains. action programs, riding a jeep or a helicopter to this My third problem, convincing the Guam's doc- I remember the less seriously wounded lying village or that island, seeing more patients in a day tor to give us what we needed, turned out to be no uncomplaining on stretchers or in the mud, some in with more minor complaints than I had thought pos- Problem at all. His people were eager to help. They the tent where they got stepped on, others outside in sible, and then moving on. At one point I got sniped treated us to luxuries like cold Cokes and hot the heavy tropical rain, all patiently waiting for at; at another I valorously wounded myself with a Showers, and gave us over $10,000 worth of medical somebody to come take care of them. I remember bayonet while opening a coconut; at yet another I supplies just for the asking without even requesting making decisions: who could survive without sur- lucked into wonderful R & R on a real-life Fantasy hand receipt in return. In a last show of hospital- gery tonight(back to the ward tent for re-evaluation Island. itY, they whistled a Navy chopper ride back to the tomorrow), who needed surgery tonight or tomor- Because the tone of some parts of this account Clearing station for us. row (evacuate by air to Puerto Rico), and who has been somewhat light or sarcastic, some may wouldn't survive the trip to Puerto Rico but might think I am putting down the Army or trying to glam- Meeting his M*A*S*H live if operated on immediately (chopper to the orize myself as the only one who overcame difficul- Guam). Back at Port Salines, everyone was busily get- ties to do a job over there. All joking aside, that is when finally, towards mid- ting ready for the upcoming battle. We could see And I remember not so. Every officer, NCO and serviceman has a we suddenly realized that there were no the Rangers marshalling in small groups beside the night, story to tell about adverse conditions and problems to treat. We stood there in a shocked rlinway in front of us — a long, thin line of dirty, more wounded surmounted in order to accomplish the mission. those of us who do not tired, green-clad young men, preparing to attack stupor, smoking (even That is the bottom line. The Rangers, Marines, and smoke), trying to take it all in. an enemy fortress from the air and griping about the 82nd went to war, on no notice, to a land most of not being offered a hot meal first. It was unsettling to us had never heard of; we worked and sweated realize beautiful young and strained, sometimes aided by the system and that some of these brave, Toes '''en would soon be torn and bleeding, and that it Tiny, Marvelous Fingers and sometimes in spite of it; and we accomplished the Would be our job to persuade them not to die. Were Eventually we began to drift away, to curl up mission. I am very proud of my buddies in all the We up to it? on a stretcher or in a poncho, or just lie down where forces who served with me there, and I am very We watched the air and artillery prep of the we stood, and go to sleep. Counting on my fingers, I proud to be one of them. SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 11 OUT OF THE GARRET FOR

gether....I'm just in a different stage of development elsewhere. As Broker notes, "Rice students have Ur BY PATRICIA CLEARY AND JEANNE COOPER than the students are." great sense of humor, a quickness and wittiness tl Cr that makes the day exciting; and the students are ird hen it comes to living in Learning from the Pupils responsible. Their drawings are of a much highe Sc While nurturing young artists, the instructors often caliber than those of students anywhere in the 1). a garret or giving grades, grow themselves. Boterf, who had earlier spent a that I've seen." Y tat the rule is "Those who can, frustrating sabbatical experimenting with bronze Boterf shares Broker's enthusiasm. A teach lAtuj W sculpture, recalls, "Last year I taught painting for veteran of three other schools, he considers teac eQra( re teach" for all but a tiny minority the first time in many years. In watching my stu- ing at Rice his best experience by far. "There is ctrx of professional artists. For the Rice dents work, I rediscovered the pure joy of painting. kind of earnestness among the students and, re- .c1T markably, Experiencing the immediacy of my students' work some basic talents that you don't e 11. visual arts faculty, the rewards of was highly stimulating. I've now shifted my atten- he comments. "They're clearly bright, which he1 ^I teaching art are varied and sur- tion entirely to painting." I think that many people think that it doesn't take, prising. We interviewed teachers Printmaker Karin Broker also finds her students any particular intellectual gifts to draw or paint c reite; inspiring. "Students have fresh ideas," she says, make art, but I believe that those who have goo' r c in each of the artistic disciplines, "They just don't have the artistic maturity or disci- basic intelligence are easier to teach and learn est( and found that these striving pline to take them to fruition. By maturity I mean the more. My experience as an undergraduate waSNversi large state ability to examine alternative ideas. I take some of university. The percentage of studelvil.‘.%/ (rather than starving) artists are those ideas, and they have some good ones. I can who were there who I would call gifted was verf thi excited about their students, their go back to my studio and work on them." While very small compared to Rice." j•jo department and the city's growing painter Mary Barnes finds the problem-solving as- Bright and talented, Rice students challenge pm 40 pect of teaching art exhausting at times, she be- their teachers and are challenged by them to or) art community. lieves it hones her own ideas about art. "By having tend their capabilities. Adds Barnes, "I definitelYt to say things to people, I become clearer as to like teaching Rice students. I don't always feel 1 Teaching as an Art Form what's important," she remarks. "Because I teach a I'm just giving to them, but they give to me. Thev 1, \/kJ While the Rice artists/teachers enjoy their work, lot of beginning classes I often have to talk about eager, mature and responsible." nvj 1°prric they find teaching art demanding, difficult and in basic concerns, like the structure of a picture; and khr, Less Is More some ways, indescribable. Says painter Check Bo- by doing that, I remind myself about what I should erj terf, "I'm not certain that anyone can teach art." Try- be doing in my own work. And it stops me from be- One aspect of teaching art that Brown views as ec s trig ing to cultivate an artistic sensibility seems to coming really divergent or really eccentric." ticularly worthwhile for students is the attention„ comprise a large part of teaching art. Sculptor each receives. "It's a good counter," he affirms,, rlt2rQff' George Smith muses, "I teach art, but it's more just Students Prove the Profs their concerns about money, security and what' or( pushing ideas. I give the students a problem and Although these days the frustrations of teaching going to happen to them after graduation. The -r14re some limitations. They come in with ideas and I try and teacher burnout are common topics of discus- of personal interaction they get here in the art de of to help them shape those ideas. I don't bring them sion, the visual arts faculty says Rice students trans- partment is valuable." Broker sees a direct link pero rov an object or show them a book and say this is what form a potential chore into a real pleasure with their tween Rice's size and the attention and energYgig slh art is or this is the history of art. I'm working with originality and energy. Boterf confesses that he is any teacher can contribute. "Because we're at OrE them in an abstract way, not pushing any figurative surprised and delighted by "so many different ap- and it's small, we don't have to settle for mediocl:,s 0th work. I show them examples as they go along." proaches to using materials, shape making and use classes," she asserts. "We're able to give them 611isto/)13° While trying to teach his students the elements of color." The high level of interest in their work, education in art at the undergraduate level thgtkrc of interesting photography and photo history, in- particularly among architecture majors, pleases they're not able receive elsewhere." Elsewhere ih 't ioc. structor Peter Brown constantly endeavors to create Barnes. She explains, "They come with an interest ten means, of course, large universities with big tz, a supportive atmosphere for their artistic develop- in drawing or design or color that they want to apply programs for art majors. crc,ers, ment. "The way I try to approach teaching," he ex- to their major area." Smith considers Rice's comparative smallnA41 plains, "and it works to varying degrees given the Intelligence and innate talent separate bud- boon, too, but for a more personal reason. Hcl‘rif4h 1.111c1 '17E class I'm working with, is that all of us are in it to- ding artists here from the majority of student artists left the state university in Buffalo, New York as 6

12 SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 TEACHING ARTISTS, IT'S THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS

[aye ured professor to come to Rice in 1981, he be- Rice Feeds Artists though Houston is 2,000 miles away from New York, Ives iess that his increased teaching load has spurred While each artist mentions the sense of community my present research and development at Rice puts c s are reativity. -In Buffalo," he observes, "I was the within the department, Rice's willingness to provide me closer to New York." 1rd ighe sculptor on a large art faculty. Here I teach financial support comes up even more frequently. Pursuing an interest in environmental sculp- :.11 e- U dimensional design and sculpture, but there I Barnes, a member of the faculty since 1983, re- ture, he plans to tour desert areas in New Mexico taught three-dimensional design and very little marks, "I've been very lucky. I've applied for sev- and Nevada and study large outdoor works located i lpture. !ch. I felt myself becoming stale. I thought that eral grants to purchase materials and received there. According to Smith, most of the pieces were tecle Qcirrie here and had to work alone, I could ma- them, which are real perks." Broker concurs, done by New York artists. "They come west or )is °act my work would mature. And I think that "What's nice about Rice is its grant money. Without -southwest because of the space,- he notes. "For , re- happened in the three years I've been here." it I wouldn't be able to make the size of prints that I what I want to do right now, Houston is a good loca- do or get them published. I was told by galleries tion. Texas is an exciting place to be because of all he t 'Warming Togetherness here that I made'museum -quality' art and not 'cor- the development and growth. take h°1-igh Smith enjoys his position as sole sculptor, porate' art that sells. I can do that at Rice. It's private Brown comments, "I grew up in New York, and lint° :elies on his fellow faculty for support. "I feel like research, like telling a computer person to be crea- there's a similarity in Houston in terms of energy an art community within the department. I'm and excitement. It's Texas and there is still some rri.rested tive and not worry about writing a program in doing work and experimenting and the that sells. I can study art trends and do what I sense of possibilities. You have a sense that if you was jersity offers a protective and supportive envi- want." Broker spent part of this summer in South want to do something, there is a possibility of doing der0 cent," he states. Barnes concurs, adding, "An- America on a Rice grant, studying religious folk art. it." Moreover, Brown believes that Houston pos- vent thing I like about our department is that they Boterf believes that schools like Rice are rapidly sesses a very defined photography community. ari(What you're doing as a professional artist very becoming the primary supporters of artists. "What is "With the Museum of Fine Art, the Contemporary ene bSkj0 1Y. They don't just consider your teaching re- important about teaching art at Rice," he states, "is Arts Museum, the Houston Center for Photography, o pu r Your ability to teach, but they also consider that Rice is a pretty good patron and, like universi- the Media Center here, the University of Houston, itelYp,,,C13 an artist. They realize that's part of what you ties all over the country, is responsible for being the and a variety of publications, Houston is a real focal l0 el new patron for American art. It supports artists point for photography." They t1, While agreeing with Barnes about the univer- through employing them as teachers. Universities Even those with reservations about living so far 4:)Driv1ronment, Brown sees it as a more recent de- are responsible for the growing international impor- from New York find some advantages of Rice and ent. "Historically," he explains, "Rice was a tance of American art." Houston undeniable. States Broker, "I know some r sriclical_ institute and engineering and the hard people who teach at three different schools so they CiS were focused on. But I think there is a can live in New York and pay the high rents. Some tiori„klo Ing sense that the Media Center is doing good, Deep in the Art of Texas friends of mine in Boston tried to convince me to stay olltzvative and interesting work and that our stu- Accompanying international development is when I was there. I could have made a living up hat?Ad clre doing very good work. Photography has a growth on the national scene; artists in the South- there, but you hear others complain so much about 'he P6rlareputation within the university and there is a west no longer view themselves as permanent ex- their students. When I go into teach, I'm really irt d of support." iles from the artistic nucleus of New York. Says happy." ink17% Fawn feels the community within the depart- Boterf, "Houston is one of a handful of cities outside -gy t11.1 qtisLt has influenced the evolution of his work. Hay- of New York which can be counted as a legitimate The Department , at Nil gared darkroom facilities for the past six years art center." Smith finds that his Texas home puts Besides the professors interviewed above, the vis- diacil 0e °11eay- ue Geoff Winningham '65, he relishes him more in touch with the action in the nation's ual arts faculty includes other top artists Brian Hu- ern tl3Portunity to work with another committed quintessential art community. "People pay more at- berman (film and video), Basilios Poulos(painting that )11:'gs raPher. "Interestingly, I think our work is tention to you if you're from Houston rather than and drawing)and Geoff Winningham '65 (photog- iere a ‘r-,` cliling in a good way. My work has become Buffalo," he explains. "Although I did my graduate raphy). Their art history colleagues are Katherine 1 big '`- Q'cumentary in outlook. It's still personal, but work in New York and lived in New York for a while Tsanoff Brown '38, William Camfield, Bertrand t•••rs onal than it initially was when I came here, and was a practicing artist there, it was harder to Davezac, Marion Grayson, John Hallam, Thomas 0ff's work is moving in the other way. I think get things done in New York because I was in Buf- McEvilley, Roger Ulrich and Walter Widrig, cur- iciv• ir*h 'illarl of feedback is something that happens falo. I found Buffalo isolating because it's not New rently chairman of the art and art history as 6 r artists are together," he states. York, although it's only 500 miles away. And al- department.

SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 13 CRITICAL APPEAL BY JEANNE COOPER

n "Inside Max Apple"(SALLYPORT- combination of wit, creativity, subtle consciousness, September-October 1977, we examined the and humanity." core of Rice's most celebrated writer, the Author's Corpus:"Free Agents"? author of The Oranging of America and Zip. Since then Apple has again demonstrated It sounds like a tongue-twister: "How many Apple 1 Agents, his second pieces would People's 'Picks and Pans' pick?" Ac- his critical appeal with Free Geeslin in the May 25 issue of collection of short stories, recently published by cording to Campbell Harper & Row. the national magazine, "There are 20 pieces in this Apple has earned rave reviews from literary book; each one contains a surprise or two. Most of critics across the country for his humorous, often them are magical." Geeslin illustrates his point with bittersweet mixture of age-old concerns such as his critique of the eponymous story: "In the title family, tradition, love and death with modern- piece the narrator finds that his 'liver and kidneys day pop culture. Among Apple's fans are writers have been plotting a revolution that makes Lenin Joseph Heller, best known for his novel Catch-22, seem as insignificant as the Spanish-American and E. L. Doctorow, author of the books-turned- war.' Only his heart remains on his side, and dur- movies, Ragtime and Daniel, among other ing a long court trial involving his spleen, defense works. Harper & Row had asked them to pen a witnesses include ballplayer Dave Winfield and 'the few words in judgment of Free Agents for the right kidney of murder victim Alma Sands.' This is jacket, but the comments unfortunately arrived the daffiest kind of surrealism, and yet at its core is a too late for publication. They appear here for the panic that we all understand too well." first time in print. David Iglehart seconds the motion in the July- August issue of Texas Humanist, opining, "The story In his praise of Apple, Doctorow recalls an- ETTLINGER other humorist of Jewish background: "If Sholem has he wildly imaginative quality of Gogol and the of Aleichem lived among us today, he would root Grimms' stories where beans, coals, and pieces for the Detroit Tigers und be a member of the MARION straw take on human characteristics and speak. Lit- BY BY his Chuck E. Cheese fan club, and he'd write his sto- erally coming to pieces, the narrator maintains ries under the name Max Apple." Like the self- integrity only by sensual memories of vanilla ice

PHOTO PHOTO formulaic named Aleichem, whose Yiddish stories were the cream and accepting himself through the basis basis of Fiddler on the Roof, Apple has pro- Hebrew name for God ... and his parts come back." duced movie material — a drastically rewritten for "Bridging" screenplay for Smokey Bites the Dust — but his Author Max Apple's A Merit Badge name is not a pseudonym. Apple's sense of the "Max Apple looks like a bearded Woody Allen and absurd has attracted a master of the form: Heller writes like a grown-up Katzenjammer Kid. But the deems Free Agents "absolutely a pure, liberating Imaginative Short Stories laughs don't begin to conceal the melancholy un- joy from cover to cover." derneath," observes Dan Cryer in the June 21 Long Even without such a cover, Apple's imagina- Island Newsday. Although he seems to have mis- tive compendium has captured the critics' imagi- Have Captured judged Apple's exterior (see photo), Cryer is just nation. Below are some of their comments on a one of many critics who have noticed the Pagliacci sampling of his pieces, culled from newspaper the Critics' Imagination in Apple's prose persona. As Peter Appleborne and magazine reviews of the past few months. states in the July 8 Dallas Morning News, "Apple has always showed a great eye. Here he shows a Disney Doubled and Daffy great heart." the critics' eyes and Stephen Franklin describes Apple's all-American Apple's Jewish background; as Stanley Trachtenberg The story that has caught Clemons de- opening story "Walt and Will" on the appropriate puts it in the July 1 Dallas Times Herald, "Apple can hearts the most is "Bridging." Walter 25 issue of Newsweek:"This day of July 4 in the Detroit Free Press: "All these tell more about Jewish customs in two sentences scribes it in the June that I would, without em- years she has tempted us as a tantalizing, alluring than you can learn from an entire lecture series at book contains one story 'Bridging' is about single starlet because of one thing that made her different: the Young Men's Hebrew Association." barrassment, call great. assistant Minnie Mouse is not a mouse. Temptress, lover, Apple's styles in these sketches range from au- parenting. A father becomes a Girl Scout to stay home and shill, you name it and good or Minnie has lived it. tobiographical to fantastical. In "The Eighth Day," leader. His daughter prefers suffer "The cold truth about such a matter of Twenti- which Anatole Broyard in the June 8 New York watch baseball games on television. Both neither eth Century Boobus American us flows from the Times calls "one of the most successful pieces," the grief at the loss of a wife and mother, and on the ba- imagination of Max Apple, an unrepentant humor- narrator re-lives his circumcision as part of primal can talk about their loss. I never thought, 911( Apple with ist who has created a fantasy biography of... Walt therapy. Jonathan Yardley, writing in the May 9 sis of his earlier work, to compare Day," along Chekhov. But he here merits such praise. 'Bridging 1.0. Disney and his fictional brother, Will. Naturalist, Washington Post, labels "The Eighth fes. work." is one of the best stories anybody has ever written. It bird-lover, ant-adorer Walt wanted his little ani- with "Walt and Will," simply "nice oft] mated creatures stooped over as in nature. A venal More in the realm of reality, "Stranger at the is at least as good as Chekhov's 'Grief.'" illumi- ers to the heart, Will wanted to put mamma- Table" explores Apple's personal reasons for keep- Time magazine concurs: "Here Apple capitalist sadness, ries on Minnie, called Mickey Mouse 'Milky Mouse' ing one of the most hallowed customs in Judaism, nates love and loss with tender humor and Appleborne finds because he could milk it for all it was worth, and the dietary laws known as "kosher." In the May is- and he is obviously not kidding." that alone is dreamed of the loot to be reaped from short, happy sue of Vogue, Allene Talmey analyses the essay, "It the story "a tender, unforgettable piece A and worth the price of the book." ofIn religious cartoons. Serving up this delicious fantasy begins in the voice of a disgruntled food critic t1 definitive view of cou, in his latest book, Free Agents, Apple has cut an- ends as an evocative, sensitive account of growing William Kotzwinkle gives the Times Book Sun other notch on his jog toward ultimate irony." up kosher, sustained by a firm faith in a seemingly Apple's ability in the June 17 New York thing that thre States Margaret Manning in the May 28 Boston alien world." Lorrie J. Quinnelly notes in the June 10 Review. He writes, "...if humor is the only say, then Globe, "I believe this brilliant bit of creative inter- Hattiesburg American, "The wit that compels a per- makes us human, as some philosophers stop being funny even in his loss, 186C pretation is truer than whatever truth there was." son to read past the first paragraph flows through- Mr. Apple can't 25 p, out ten pages of wonderfully lyrical and humorous for humor is his strength; he has many, many 1.0, Custom-Made "Table" anecdotes from the author's life." Talmev summa- shades of it, exquisitely delicate, and perfectly ap- gori, [:1 Several of the stories in Free Agents deal with rizes the whole:"These pieces are an in orating propriate." 111; 41Qic

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14 SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 JONES SCHOOL

Zeff To Head AAA Stephen Zeff, the Herbert S. Autrey professor of accounting, will become president of the American Accounting Association (AAA)in August 1985. He was elected Au- gust 16 at the group's annual meeting in Toronto.

Rui de Figueiredo with a firm in the Far East, receiving a ba- CAMPUS sic stipend, variable living allowance, tra- Journal on Robotics and Automation. vel expenses and medical insurance. Among the funds supporting the research Profs Make The Grade Spouses may accompany them. of de Figueiredo and his students are a Shortly before finals each semester, stu- Applicants must not be older than 29 National Science Foundation grant for dents fill out course evaluations and in a years and must not be involved in a course "Syntactic/Semantic methods for 3D Object month or so they receive their grades. The of study on Asian affairs, culture or inter- Reconstruction" and a NASA contract for instructors have to wait a little longer. Psy- national relations. The purpose of the pro- "Computer Vision Algorithms for Space chology graduate students Rene J. de- gram is to develop a broader Robots." Pontbriand and Laurel Allender have understanding of Asia and its people De Figueiredo spent a busy summer released their tabulations for the 1,328 among young adults who are not likely to Stephen Zeff in Europe, where he presented a paper at the Ninth Triennial World Congress of the classes taught last year, and a recent have any direct experience of the Far East Head of the undergraduate manage- International Federation of Automatic analysis by the Office of Information Serv- through other channels. rial studies program at Rice, Zeff teaches Control in Budapest, Hungary. He also de- ices(OIS) shows that overall ratings are Alumni and students may obtain more undergraduate and graduate courses in high. livered three lectures and served as a co- information on the program and accounting, and also functions as a pre- referent in the Ph.D. dissertation The OIS compiled rankings for courses application/selection procedures from the business advisor for students. As president examinations of two students at the Swiss evaluated by at least ten students, who Office of Undergraduate Affairs in Lovett of the AAA, he will chair the association's Federal Institute of Technology had to comprise at least two-thirds of the Hall. The office's mailing address is P.O. executive in Zurich, committee and council, give ad- Switzerland. enrollment. An undergraduate English Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251, telephone dresses at the regional meetings and other survey course in the fall and a graduate (713)527-4996. Deadline for submitting all functions, represent the association before studio in the spring garnered the highest parts of the application to the Office of Un- other groups, and plan the 1986 national ARCHITECTURE evaluations by students in 1983-84. Stu- dergraduate Affairs is October 12, 1984. convention, to be held in New York. He dents gave Robert Jones top marks for his will also appoint members of some thirty teaching of "American Fiction: 1910-1940," Profs To Probe Policy, Past committees. Gallery Houses Great Drawings The Alumni Institute will offer two lecture The AAA publishes a quarterly jour- The School of Architecture's Farish Gallery series by Rice faculty this fall, covering nal, The Accounting Review, which Zeff will host "Great Drawings from the Collec- people and politics from Plato's Republic to edited from 1977 to 1982. Zeff has also tion of the Royal Institute of British Archi- Republican policy in the 1984 presidential served the AAA, which numbers approxi- tects," an exhibition of 82 major election. In the series entitled "Monuments mately 11,000 members, in other executive architectural drawings, through October of Western Culture: Ancient Greece to the positions and on a variety of committees. 7. The British collection is considered to be Middle Ages," lecturers will focus on He is the founder of an inter-American ac- the greatest and most diverse archive of works that have shaped Western thought, counting newsletter, Boletin Interameri- architectural drawings in the world, pro- ideology, and culture, while speakers on cano de Con tabilidad, and a member of viding a unique record of British architec- "The 1984 Election" will examine a variety the executive committee of the European tural draftmanship from the fifteenth of issues surrounding the races. The lec- Accounting Association. century to the present. The exhibition is or- tures begin Tuesday, October 2, and con- ganized by the Drawing Center in New tinue through November 13. York. Dennis Huston of the English depart- ENGINEERING Robert Jones ment will discuss Homer's Iliad in his talk "The Bible of the Ancient Greeks" and Pharr Earns Metal Award SOCIAL SCIENCES Virgil's Aeneid in "The Struggle between George Pharr '75, a professor in the me- Duty and Humanity," while colleague Ter- chanical engineering and materials sci- Davidson Views Vote Dilution rence Doody will consider Augustine's ence department, will receive the 1984 Confessions In this election year it is no surprise that so- as "A Document for Our American Society for Metals Bradley Times." Powerlessness ciology Professor Chandler Davidson has "The of Power" will Soughton Award for Young Teachers of come under examination when French attracted publicity with his views on the di- Metallurgy. The ASM will present Pharr luting of minority votes, which he terms professor Marie-Rose Logan analyzes with the award, which consists of a certifi- Sophocles' Antigone for the series. Profes- "the major form of vote discrimination." cate and a $2,000 honorarium, at the socie- sor Stephen Davidson has compiled and edited a se- Crowell of the philosophy de- ty's annual awards dinner on September partment will ries of essays on voting rights tind discrimi- draw his talk on "The 19 during the Metals Congress in Detroit. Human Enterprise" from Plato's Republic. nation issues in his new book, Minority A new member of the history faculty, Ri- Vote Dilution, published in July. Edward Williams chard Wolin will lecture on "The Collapse of the Polis" in Thucydides' The Pelopon- nd lauded Michael Wilford for his class, nesian War. ,Architectural Problems." On a scale of The 1984 election series, offered in :•°t5.0 with 1.0 as excellent, the two pro- conjunction It with the Rice Institute for Pol- fessors received scores of 1.0-1.25 in each icy Analysis(RIPA), centers on the issues Of the thirteen categories which rate teach- and effects of the upcoming presidential in areas such as organization, presen- and congressional elections. Political sci- +Tian and knowledge, and the courses on ence professor and acting Dean of Social 'en'general content. Sciences David Brady will open the series Edward Williams of the Jones School with an overview of the elections. His col- f Administration tallied marks of 1.0-1.25 leagues Robert Stein and Richard Stoll will in twelve of the thirteen categories for his then discuss domestic and foreign policy George Pharr satirse on "Entrepreneurial Growth and issues, respectively. RIPA Program Direc- The Bradley Stoughton Award was es- Martha McSteen thittrvival." Susan Gillman of English had tor Patricia Hurley will also participate in tablished in 1952 in memory of a former ',rnee courses ranked in the top ten, En- the program, discussing polling and the McSteen Addresses RIPA ?fish ASM president in order "to encourage 101 and 102 and "American Fiction: role of the media, while race issues will be young teachers of metallurgy by reward- Martha Abernathy McSteen '44, the acting 2.60 -1910." A total of 31 classes taught by the topic of sociology professor Chandler ing them for their ability to impart knowl- commissioner of Social Security, gave an Professors earned scores in the range of Davidson. The week after Election Day, informal talk on June 15 to guests of the L0-. edge and enthusiasm to students." A 1.25 in a majority of the thirteen cote- Brady, Stein and Stoll will engage in a member of the Rice faculty since 1980, Rice Institute for Policy Analysis (RIPA). r„rles, while another 170 classes given by panel discussion on the election results. Pharr was chosen Outstanding Senior En- The highest ranking female civil servant in Professors had ratings of 1.0-1.5 in a .The one-hour lectures, which begin at the Reagan administration since Septem- "f gineer at Rice before going on to obtain alority of the categories. 7:15 p.m. for "Monuments" and at 8:30 M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in materials sci- ber 1, 1983, McSteen answered questions Lu p.m. for the "1984 Election" series, will take ence at Stanford. on the state of the billion-dollar organiza- te Yourself In Asia place in Sewall Hall 301 on the Rice cam- tion, which she has served her entire ca- unIni holding bachelors or advanced pus. The fee is $20 for one series, $35 for Robot Research reer. Her audience included members of st3rees and Rice seniors expecting to both, or $4 per lecture. Complimentary Electrical engineering Professor Rui J. P. the Houston business community; several ?racluate by September 1985 may apply tickets are available for faculty, staff and de Figueiredo has been appointed assist- social science professors and Dean Joseph acrnination to the Luce Scholarship current students. For further details, con- ant editor in charge of space applications Cooper, director of RIPA; and Board of 'c-z,.°gram.r Luce Scholars hold an tact the Alumni Association office at 527- for the new Institute of Electrical and Elec- Governors advisor Catherine Hannah '43 'c'clernic-year internship in their field 4057. tronics Engineers publication, the IEEE and alumni governor David Farnsworth'42.

SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 1 5 aca with tours of Monte Alban and Mitla. HUMANITIES From February 22-26 alumni and their Search Draws 300 Names families and friends can explore Yellow- search committee has more or less complete. Committee mem- 41 stone National Park and the surrounding The presidential over 300 nominees so far for bers have now met with the presidents of Artists Exhibit Works national forests with expert guides on considered and the position of university president which every major university, including Har- Mary Barnes of the department of art snowmobiles. The cost is only $900. Norman Hackerman will vacate on June vard, Princeton and Stanford, and have art history will show some of her drawings Those who have attended the fall lec- 1985 after fifteen years. Rice trustee received nominations from faculty and and wood constructions at the Art League ture series in the Rice Memorial Cente:. 30, She will share Ralph O'Connor, chairman of the search students as well as from alumni. of Houston September 7-29. Grand Hall described elsewhere on this committee, commented, "The alumni have The committee is now working on A the exhibition with Nick DeVries, a ceramic page will be prepared for an 18-day voy- us greatly by nominating a num- preparing complete information on all the sculptor. Barnes also recently had a work age around the island world of Indonesia helped of strong candidates, and their support candidates for the committee to discuss of hers accepted by the Texas Sculpture from March 22-April 9. Participants on ber IS: is truly encouraging." and evaluate. Although the committee has Symposium in Dallas. board the Illiriawill explore the exotic is- of our endeavors Sr The committee has made substantial yet to speak with any of the candidates, lands that form Indonesia, an ancient land to progress since its formation in May, aided O'Connor stated, "The committee's goal to th of many rich cultural traditions and tropi- by the appointment of Karen Ostrum submit a short list of names to the Rice hc cal landscapes of unsurpassed beauty. George '77 as executive director of the Board of Governors for their consideration S€ Depending on your cabin choice, the committee. According to O'Connor, the by late January 1985 is still a realistic one. unique trip will cost $4,300-$6,300. "resource" phase of the search — gather- The "short list" will most likely be five 01 Lovers of Western culture will find ing names and directions to head — is names. much to admire during a fifteen-day tour by of the major French gothic cathedrals and Sc abbeys, the chateaux of the Loire Valley, in at Versailles planned for Alumni Lead Association in and the palace New in. May 13-28. Katherine Tsanoff Brown '38 will escort the group; interested travelers ev may "bone up" ahead of time by auditing vo Basilios Poulos Professor Brown's course on French gothic art in the spring. The tour price is $3,000. Pr, Basilios Poulos will see his Colleague Further 1985 vacation packages in- se. exhibit of paintings and works on one-man clude a 16-day rail journey across Russia let LaGrange College in paper, currently at and Siberia in a private luxury train from th travel to Rice's Sewall Gallery on ca Georgia, July 27-August 12, a twelve-day tour of pal- November 1. The show began at the Co- oh ladian villas in northern Italy from October Art in South Carolina, ac lumbia Museum of 12-23, and an eight-day history tour of co- where Poulos was on sabbatical. try ,lonial and revolutionary Virginia in early no Stout Publishes Second Novel November. Mark Hewitt of architecture 30. Italian tour while Ira Gruber Kathryn Duffie US Janis Stout, a member of the advanced will escort the Tommie Lu Maulsby Harvin Moore, Jr. will accompany the Virginia Sp studies and research staff and a lecturer in of history The Rice Alumni Office will leap into the Among his goals, Moore hopes to at- first OS: the English department, has had her sec- group. twentieth century with sophisticated ma- tract a new sector of alumni. "For the on any of the alumni alumni ond novel published. Set in a golfing back- For information chinery if new Director Tommie Lu Storm time, we're trying to get graduate programs, contact the Alumni Office suc ground, Eighteen Holes was printed in late travel Maulsby '59 has her way; her project is al- involved in the Association," he explained so. or write Rice Alumni, P.O. August by Corona. Her first, A Family (713) 527-4057, ready underway with the acquisition of a While labeling his plan for graduate Of Texas 77251 to receive Likeness, received acclaim from newspa- Box 1892, Houston, magnetic memory typewriter. A law li- involvement his only innovation, Moore . do: mail. pers around the state when Texas Monthly detailed itineraries by brarian for nine years at the office of Se- also wants to devote more time to alumni in September 1982. and Riggs in Houston, Maulsby left area clubs. As a first step, several area in i Press published it "Rice Today" Program To Travel well wn that position to join the staff of the Alumni club members attended a workshop in 11-11Y Eight metropolitan areas will host a "Rice Ric Association on June 1. that was initially developed to orient new Today" program this fall. Designed to give in , Maulsby, permanent vice-president members of the Alumni Association's exec' ALUMNI alumni, parents, friends and prospective by for the class of 1959, will be joining forces utive board. the students a better awareness of the current with the permanent class president, Har- Maulsby's predecessor, Kathryn Al- hig Alumnae Sponsor Activities scene at Rice, the program is divided into vin C. Moore, Jr. '59. Elected to a one-year corn Duffie '51, served as director for five Club(RWC) and the So- two sessions. From 4:00 to 5:30 p.m., Presi- The Rice Women's term as president of the Association start- years before leaving the post earlier this , oh; of Rice University Women(SRUW) dent Hackerman and Dean of Admissions ciety ing July 1, Moore has served four years on year. She will continue to assist the Assocl- Pro a variety of activities during and Records Richard Stabell speak to pro- have planned the alumni executive board. He is presi- ation in a variety of ways, serving on thp for new academic year for their members. spective students and their parents about the dent of Village Developers, Inc. and son of constitution revision committee, writing cel The RWC will begin its fall program with a Rice and the admissions progress. At 6:45 Harvin C. Moore '27, Alumni Association account of the Association's history, and 0 tour of the Antique Center of Houston on area alumni and friends attend a recep- president from 1940-43. working with the travel committee. September 9; members should meet at 3:00 tion, followed by dinner and a presenta- p.m. by the center on 2500 Sage Road at tion. President Hackerman or another As I'd Westheimer. On October 11 Richard Smith member of the administration speaks Join Rice Board Sp of the history department will show slides about the university, and shows the short Three Alumni and discuss his trips to mainland China, film, "In Hopes of High Achievement." The while on November 11 Steven Jarnigan of evening program usually concludes by not the Metropolitan Development and Real 10:00 p.m. All alumni in the host areas are Estate Company will talk on limited part- encouraged to come, and to bring any in- Clg( nerships in real estate and what tax ad- terested friends or prospective students 50r vantages they offer. Both presentations with them. The "Rice Today" calendar of res in the Kyle Mor- events and the area chairmen are as Soc will take place at 3:00 p.m. trj Library. Registration follows: row Room of Fondren Clot for the year is $10, which may be brought Sept. 6 IrrE to the first meeting or mailed to Mrs. Mar- Boston Loh Sowar Borden '54 tha Anne Nelson, 1801 Pine Village, Hous- Sherington Lexington Inn, jUsi ton, Texas 77080. Lexington, Mass. the The SRUW will meet at 10:00 a.m. in No afternoon admissions session too the Rice Memorial Center on September Cruikshank M. Kenneth Oshman Pat H. Moore too. Sept. 13 Thomas 10, when Linda Phenix will present a per- El Paso Barbara Forester with lic accounting and law, he joined Hallibur too formance by the Rice University Dance Three Rice University alumni national Coleman '57 1969 as a vice-president for riot Troupe. The group will convene again on reputations in their chosen industrial fields ton in Granada Royale Hometel terms on the corporate development and progressed ties November 12 to watch a drama by the Rice began four-year nineteen- of ladder to the presidency in 1981. so Players, directed by Neil "Sandy" Havens Sept. 26 member Rice Board Governors on July its the Oshman, named to Phi Beta Kappa '56. Beginning in January, the SRUW will Austin Betty Hurst '74 I. Thomas H. Cruikshank '52, president of Uric while earning an electrical engineering give a series of seminars by Rice profes- Hyatt Regency Hotel the Halliburton Company of Dallas, and M. Kenneth Oshman '62, president of the degree at Rice, founded ROLM in 1969 A sors on various subjects. General dues are Oct. 16 fool ROLM Corporation of Santa Clara, Ca., fill with the help of three other Rice alumni.,5 dor $10 and seminar dues are $17.50; mail Gary '51 Corpus Christi James term native of Rosenberg, he was honored tilt e checks to Pam Smith, 2007 Dunstan, Hous- the expired positions of James A. ?gc La Quinta Royale Inn past May as a distinguished alumnus, dr; rio\ ton, Texas 77005. If both are mailed to- Elkins, III, and Catherine Hannah '43, Oct. 18 while Pat H. Moore '52, presi- of only twenty Rice alumni so designate' tor gether before October 1 the cost is only senior vice ing Dallas Corinne Clemons Bryan '74 dent of Raymond International of Houston, in the award's nine-year history. $25. Hotel board bY t1.18 bUt The Summit succeeded Louis D. Spaw, Jr. '40 of Hous- Moore was elected to the he, No afternoon admissions session most re-e Travel Plans Promise Adventure ton as an alumni governor. Elkins. Han- Association of Rice Alumni in its sch cent voting. A engineering graducit The Alumni Office has created several ex- Nov.1 nah, and Spaw will continue to serve Rice civil the Coleman '59 from he Raymond Internali-t citing travel packages for 1985. The jour- Philadelphia John B. as "governor-advisors." Laredo, joined the tional in 1980 from his position as preside neys begin on January 25 with a long Philadelphia Airport Marriott Cruikshank, a native of Lake Charles, Wh of Fluor director of weekend touring the sights of Mexico City. Nov. 20 La., received a law degree from the Uni- Ocean Services. A vi'vc Texas served hor A day trip to the pyramids is included in Rio Grande Valley Details pending versity of Houston in 1955 after earning a Commerce Bank, Moore service in chairman of University Fund 0 to ti the $400 fare. For a total of $650, travelers Dec. 4 B.A. degree at Rice. Following the Rice in pub- Council in may opt for a three-day extension in Oax- Golden Triangle Details pending the U.S. Navy and an early career 1981-82.

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Alums Fan Football Flak The NCAA is even losing the struggle for lip service to the ideal of the scholar athlete. I'd like to toss in my two-bits worth on the football The obvious solution is to get the money out issue. Having known the delight of winning of college football and let the pros create their Owls To Take A Gamble sPorts at Rice and now being subjected to the own farm system, but that is another thing not taunts of the myriad Longhorns and Aggies in likely to happen. If it were possible, I have be- The Owl football team that opens its home these environs, the urge to vent thoughts that come even more convinced the SWC is not for schedule at Rice Stadium against Lamar have occurred to me regarding this matter now Rice. I do agree that athletic competition is a on September 22 will have had 14 days to Ski expression. good thing and an important part of education; regroup after the season opener at Minne- The economics of the question certainly is we just can't get it in the SWC. sota on September 8. an uppermost consideration, but one can only SHANNON Won wonder if hanging on to hoped-for attendance '78 That's the good news, for Coach Wat- by the other SWC[Southwest Conference] Austin, Texas son Brown's first Rice team needs all the schools' alumni and friends to supply sufficient practice it can get, as well as time to heal Income is a satisfactory reason to maintain door- Watching the antics of members in the Rice com- the pre-Minnesota wounds of a couple of mat status. Perhaps another reason is the hand- munity this past year has been a fascinating quarterbacks counted on to back up starter in-the-pocket of the conference's goodies reaped and enlightening experience. The debate over Kerry Overton. Sophomore Eddie Bur- the direction by post-season games. If such is an on-target to take in the future has been hot, goyne and transfer Sean Sterle from Moor- angry, and, to an outsider, comical. Yes, Texas evaluation, then it is unfortunate for it negates a park Junior College (Calif.) are currently valuable part of campus life...school and A&M are catching up with us; they have al- spirit. out of the Owls' My evaluation is colored by observing the ready passed us in many areas. However, the picture due to injuries. Kerry Overton, QB Programs pursued by the Ivy League during defeatism running rampant behind the hedges The bad news is that one week after several years of post-graduate work there. Ath- is more of a concern to me than what our com- Lamar, the Owls are off to Miami to play in letics is still one of the disciplines provided for petition is doing. the Orange Bowl against a defending na- run-and-shoot allows you to do." He con- those students with interests in that direction be- The Dallas Morning News recently ran a tional football champion. The University of tinues, "We spent a lot of time with the cause they have some ability and enjoy the feature story on Rice concerning its transition. Miami is a clear favorite to keep its title fol- Gamblers this summer. We're going to do Challenge, but not as the paramount motivation; The article quoted several students and faculty lowing an upset win over pre-season some of the same things, dump the ball of members, the gist of which is that Rice should academics is still number 1. Their interest is to choice Auburn on August 27. Then on Oc- quickly, run draws, options. I sat at the top try to win concentrate on academics and exit the athletic the Ivy League crown, and they could tober 6, a week later, national contender of the Dome trying to learn as much as not care less arena (and the Southwest Conference)and im- I if they are rated in the "top 20 or Texas invades 30." The teams are well coached, and play just plied that we should even more specifically con- Rice Stadium to see what could." as exciting a contest as can be found anywhere. centrate on the liberal arts(the paper Brown and his assistants have done. It would help Overton if Brown could Spectators and students alike find their enthusi- interviewed only liberal arts professors — Kline- The Longhorns should notice an up- borrow more of the Gamblers' offense — asm satisfied after any of those games. berg and Patten among others). Several people surge of harmony and optimism among not the plays, but the actual linebackers. I can envision a conference of other schools agree with this course, even though it means the Owls, who have won only one football Although Brown considers co-captain such as Duke, Vanderbilt, Tulane, Baylor, educational and intellectual suicide. game in two years, as well as a certain Scott McLaughlin to be all-Southwest Con- Southern Methodist, Texas Christian and Rice. The value of a total educational program, gambling spirit — make that Gamblers ference material as left tackle, the depth Of one that is well versed in liberal arts, engineer- course, that might be more easily said than spirit. While soothing some ruffled feathers charts show a lot of freshmen. In both of- done, but it serves illustrate the ing, architecture, music, business, and athletics to point. by emphasizing the power of positive fense and defense, the Owls are hardly Rice stadium with thousand is infinitely more valuable to a student than any only a few fans thinking, Brown has also in it looks empty and is depressing, especially partial form of education. One advantage Rice introduced an of- top-heavy on experience. "We've got a when a good portion of those spectators are not has over Harvard and Yale is that a liberal arts fense remarkably similar to that of Hous- great chance to play 15 or 20 freshmen — Rice enthusiasts. School spirit is a definite value major gains experience in dealing with engi- ton's USFL team. QB Overton will have the not necessarily as starters, but they'll play campus life; no one enjoys being snickered at neers and athletes, an advantage we would responsibility for the complex run-and- a lot. And we've got seniors starting who aY arrogant 'horns or anyone else, even though lose without the other programs. The resulting shoot multiple offense, displayed by the have never played a snap," comments there is an envy lurking within them Of Rice's loss would drop us into the second tier of good Gamblers in the Astrodome last year, with Brown. high academic status. universities for, try as we might, Rice will never a flock of receivers at his call. These will In the long run, a little confidence may receive the national attention that Harvard or There's no question which is the more valu- include co-captain Melvin Robinson at be the best thing with which Brown has able in the Yale receives, and we definitely cannot match long haul...quality education or a tight end, wide receivers Darrick Wells, prepared his fledglings. He explains, "The Pro-sport contract. their intellectual snobbery. Conversely, the ath- But surely there is a solution James Givens and Tony Burnett, and tail- Or Rice, perhaps the Ivy League way. letes and engineers find out what makes a lib- only way we're going to beat someone is eral arts major tick, something they would never back Mike Scott. with a total team effort. We can't match up R. H. BRCGNIEZ '40 experience at a Texas or an MIT. In addition, to "We ran the run-and-shoot when I - as individuals. But I am excited about the Marble Falls, Texas say that Rice does not want athletes is to say to a was a senior in high school," says Brown, season. When we hit the field, we'll go out Pat Hayden (a Rhodes Scholar and former quar- "and this is what we need to do at Rice. there believing in ourselves, believing we little as I like to be drawn into such debates, terback of the Los Angeles Rams, for those of We can recruit quarterbacks and fast re- can win. Whether we win or lose, I think I d like to correct two errors in the February re- you who don't know), -No, we don't want your ceivers because they like to do the things a people will know they played us." sPorise to my letter published here in November. kind.- Rice would thus lose exactly what it wants First, and trivially, I am not female. — the student-athlete; an intelligent person who Second, I am not going to withhold my do- is also gifted athletically — because he or she nations because of my continuing embarrass- could not gain the recognition needed to insure Volleyball season starts, menu at Rice's lack of football prowess. In fact, advancement in their chosen sport. again this year I gave more than might be rea- These are the negatives of concentrating on onable for someone with my limited financial one area and letting the others wither. There are squad has high hopes resources. (Frankly, I am curious if Rice's most also several positives in staying with a multi- ccessful jock to date, Tommy Kramer, has con- faceted program. Rice adds an intellectual di- The 1984 Rice women's volleyball team Pabst, the tallest players at 6'2" and 60", bated as much of his income. Or made any mension to the Southwest Conference to which boasts a "new breed of athlete," according respectively, are also under consideration the other to compete, .Lanation, for that matter, though it is unfair and schools try some success- spots. Ir fully. Should we abandon the conference right to head coach Debra Sokol. No longer re- for starting relevant to bring personalities into this.) lying on players who tried out for scholar- Sokol has gained an assistant, Ann . But when competition appears, or should we rise to I see no reason to be proud of our jocks ships after enrolling at Rice, Sokol believes Compart, who will help her in all phases 11-Ist because they the challenge and strive to maintain our lead don't want to lose and even if her squad of all actively recruited players of the team. Compart is currently recruit- !heir losses are due to the system. The crucial over the other schools? And furthermore, how act f is the scholar athlete is a myth in big college can we abandon some endeavors when there is will equal or better last year's tie for third ing replacements for'the seniors; the sign- aotball; very many of the blue chip players support within the community for success in in the Southwest Conference. ing of new athletes, as in football, comes icfulte reasonably intend to play professional these areas? To say that Rice can't compete in The team is led by three strong co- in early February. °c'tball, and they are in college to play football, the Southwest Conference is to deny the success captains, seniors Alecia Abraham, Chris nuat to go to school. Ask them about theirfrPriori- of the job David Hall has done with baseball Nichols and Christie Rees. At 55", Abra- and Tommy Suitts is doing in basketball. Surely if You are naive enough to think otherwise. ham is the "shortest player with the big- Ztt, we have three choices: join the lie, get out of there must be some support; otherwise these coaches gest jump," says Sokol. Besides having a 'ie rcrtrace, or get used to being beaten badly would not have had any success. Team Reunion and Should we not even let Watson Brown have the 30" jump, she is also an explosive offensive continually. although needed The winners I don't think the Cornell students on their same chance to achieve success? Success can player, she will be to set of the first Southwest Confer- only improve t},xiii team are less competitive because they the stature of the conference over- for the Owls. Rees, a powerhouse at the ence(SWC) football championship for Rice p all, success play Texas. They compete hard, but which would in turn reflect on Rice. net, worked hard over the summer to over- will celebrate their golden anniversary In closing, cFligainst Harvard, and other schools who still I can only reiterate my stand that come old heel injuries. "She's now by far with a reunion in October. Commemorat- Rice should strive for t.ave scholar athletes, schools that put educa- excellence in all areas of the strongest hitter we have," comments ing their their gridiron victory on the side- the collegiate arena, not just one or two narrow 'jen ahead of making money and chest thump- Sokol. From Nichols Sokol will look for all- lines, the 1934 Rice Owls will celebrate at 'You learn something from fair competition, bands. And let us also remember that while the stated around consistency in mid-court. the Rice vs. University of Texas football hilt You don't learn much from beating your goal of higher education is to teach people to think, Who will start in the other three posi- match on October 6 in Rice Stadium. „ac'l against a wall. UT[Texas] and the other thinking is only a means to an end. The true end is in tions will have been decided by some un- The golden anniversary champions stictnaols of the SWC are not going to tone down solving a problem, and the eir challenge now usually early home games before a season will meet for a luncheon program at the athletic programs, and the evidence of facing Rice is one fraught with problems and stiff competition. waleir determination to win at any cost is over- Let us tackle which includes two home tournaments re- Tides II Motor Inn banquet room near the these problems with the training given bct Il_?fIrling. (Not to imply the SWC is especially us. The ally gets underway. Sophomore Jeanne campus at noon before reassembling in rewards make the challenge it a about this, but there can only be one no- all worthwhile. Blaney may replace injured classmate the stadium for the 7:00 p.m. kickoff of the champion, so all of the schools that want SAL SILVERBERG '83 Dana Schunk as an outside attacker, while UT game. The players will be introduced trY for that goal have to play a tough game.) Corsicana, Texas sophomore Karen Kuca and junior Gina to the spectators during the game.

SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 17 )10404 404 Riedi, Mabee Challenge Grant To Aid Student Center Campaign in for the new theater, including showing The J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation, Inc. scattered across campus services which squeezed into a foyer and wide hallway the midst of a constant flow of traffic. The films, presenting plays and readings, will award Rice with $500,000 toward the would better and more efficiently meet stu- Thi plans call for increased space, near holding lectures and giving concerts. expansion of the Rice Memorial Center if dents' needs from one central location. new Yit( Rice raises $3.5 million by December 31, The firm of Pelli and Associates, which but separate from busy traffic areas. Inc areas for reading or pri- 1984. News of the challenge grant came in drew up a general plan for university ex- Smaller lounge Career Planning Ho a television room and a mid-July, after the university had re- pansion last fall, will also address several vate conversation, Each year the Office of Career Planning N6 coffee and sandwich bar will help quested assistance from the foundation for important campus needs for student of- small and Placement hosts 400 to 500 recruiting ule enhance the quality of students' "time off." the estimated $4 million project. In addi- fices, meeting rooms, and recreational ar- representatives from over 200 corporations Arri tion to a major commitment from Audrey eas. Administrative student services will and graduate schools in well over 5,000 in- grc Moody Ley '35 and Wendel Ley '32 and also be better integrated into a student hub Student Offices and Theater terview sessions. Now housed in Lovett of other members of their family, the univer- and will be large enough for current and Similar attention to students' needs for Hall, the office is not large enough to han- tirn sity has received a $100,000 pledge from anticipated student use. Below is an out- space will provide better offices and meet- dle its press of business. The new facility Ire David E. Farnsworth '42, who is serving as line of some of the problems presently ing rooms for student organizations. The will remedy these constraints by providing tail general chairman of the fund-raising cam- plaguing the Rice Memorial Center, and Student Association Senate, the Honor a major increase in the number of inter- °or paign, and a $500,000 grant from a major the ways in which the new student center Council, the Thresher, KTRU-FM, the uni- viewing rooms and in the amount of office Campanile and foundation. should solve them. versity radio station, the and reception area space. HOI The steering committee for the fund other groups be moved into larger offices. Che drive, members of the Board of Governors Student Lounges The student center will also contain a Student Advising PuE and 65 volunteers attended a kick-off din- The two existing student lounges are not multi-purpose theater seating about 250 will find a variety of uses Traffic through the Office of Student Advis- Half ner for the campaign on August 1 in Co- only limited in space but are also people. Students Ro ing and Activities is perhaps the heaviest hen House. Chairman Farnsworth and FieU1ffu, concentrated in the university, President Hackerman addressed the group and most %lc about the campaign. This is the first time as students drop by f6r almost every con- the university has asked alumni to contrib- ceivable purpose. Although the present Coll, ute to a capital project over and above suite of offices is centrally located in the Bars their Annual Fund support. Support is also RMC cloisters by the Ray Memorial Gar- Wre, and ineffi- con, being sought from parents, corporations, den, the offices are undersized stud and other friends of the uni- ciently arranged. New plans call for a foundations youl versity. Over $2.6 million (including the central waiting room, space for a central terminal for student records retrieval, and kin( Mabee Challenge) has been pledged or Regi received, and $1.4 million remains to be office additions. raised. To meet the Mabee Challenge, all Fr gifts or pledges must be in hand by De- Alumni Activities cember 31. 131'g When they return to campus, the building As envisioned by architects Cesar iStrc alumni most often visit and use is the PeIli and Associates(the designers of the The Alumni Association has its of- new Robert R. Herring Hall), the Audrey RMC. Ftic€ fices and meeting space on the second and Wendel Ley Student Center will incor- Dig In the new building, the university porate the RMC into a new, larger struc- floor. 131 even better facilities for ture which will provide Rice students with will provide i alumni activities such as Homecoming, ex- Stud modern, well-planned facilities. When the board and committee meetings, RMC was constructed in 1958, the student ecutive and other special events. 1954 body totaled less than 2,000. Since then the enrollment at Rice has doubled, and stu- the were members of dent services and organizations have by Attending the kick-off dinner for the Student Center Campaign Bookstore on t] necessity increased with it. The RMC, the campaign steering committee (left to right): Pat H. Moore '52, E. Dell Butcher The bookstore currently occupies tight however, has seen no expansion in its fa- '34, Katherine B. Dobelman '46, Dr. Herbert A. Lesser '59 and Linda Farfel Lesser Adr, quarters in a small part of the RMC. The cerE cilities in the last quarter-century, and is '62, Chairman David E. Farnsworth '42 and President Norman Hackerman. audi- new student center will allot larger and now badly cramped and overcrowded. Alumni Governor Farnsworth and President Hackerman later spoke to the better planned space for the store. Iclec The inadequate space has consequently ence of 65 volunteers and board members about the fund drive. Soh, spe( New Members Join President's, Founder's Giving Clubs SC11 The parents, friends who give substantial support for Rice's cur The Founder's Club and President's Club were established in the fall of 1970 as a means of bringing together alumni, and bre, spouse. Names listed below are first-time members for May, rent operations. Membership is on an annual basis (July 1 through June 30)and includes the individual and his or her cnrr June, and July of 1984. stud Mr. Nguyen Viet '78 Dr. Ross Kenneth Yea '82 Mr. Raymomd Scott Granlund '58 Mr. Jay A. Pruett '71 Hung Founder's Club President's Club Mrs. Lynn Mr. Kenneth Wayne Capps '83 trick Mrs. Robert P. Shubinski '58 Mr. James Shepherd Freeman III '72 Jacquet '78 John Kochevar '78 Ms. Cheryl C. Wahba Capps 83 Mr. Lawrence A. Samuelson '59 Mr. John Fredrick Kessenich '73 Offi( Deborah Turner Kochevar '78 Mr. Douglas Daniel Gardner' 83 403.j Mr. Joseph C. Best '32 Mr. T. Elton Braswell '28 Mr. Mervin H. Moore '61 Mr. Dennis Ng '73 Ahrens '74 Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Mims '78/'79 Ms. Diane Sacks '83 Pun Mr. Glen W. Bruner '34 Mr. Ernest B. Wilson '28 Mr. G. Ken Newton, Jr. '61 Mr. Alan C. K. Ahrens '72 Mr. Charlie Robert Allison '79 Mr. Michael Regalbuto '84 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Denys Cadman '34 Mr. & Mrs. Keith J.F. Dutson, Jr. '34 Mr. Louis S. Sklar '61 Ms. Lucretia detc Jon Alan Arnold '74 Mr. Clint Duane Carlson '79 Mr. & Mrs. Harold Bauman Mr. Jack B. Power '34 Mrs. William Creth Fike '34 Mr. Wendell B. Alcorn, Jr. '62 Mr. William B. Brendel '74 Miss Jane Elizabeth Carmichael '79 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Blanga Mr. Jack C. Williams '34 Mrs. Wayne H. Haines '34 Mrs. James Fred Helms '62 Dr. James P. Byers '74 Mr. Michael Aaron Curl '79 Dr. & Mrs. Abraham P. Cheij CI.rn Mr. & Mrs. Amos E. Beeler '35/.40 Mr. & Mrs. Harold R. Johnson '34 Mr. H. Neal Parker '64 Mr. Mrs. Corinne Byers'73 Dr. Roberto Fainstein '79 Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Denson Octri Mrs. Joseph Brown '35 Mr. & Mrs. William M. Mattox '34 Dr. Ernest Jackson Green, Jr. '65 III Cathy D. Keneda '74 Miss Amy Lowell Gibson '79 Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. Derbes Mr. William S. Warren, Jr. '36 Mr. James L. McCullough '34 Dr. Charles Helm Sinex '65 Ms. the Robert A. McKee '74 Mr. Jay Anthony Hendrix '79 Sgt. & Mrs. Hershel Lee Erwin H. '39 Mr. Eldridge B. Ryman '34 Mr. Larry Gene Burross '66 Mr. Mr. & Mrs. William Norsworthy Robinett, Jr '74 Mrs. Jean Davie Hendrix '81 Mr. & Mrs. Rudolf Hablutzel IC% Mr. Allen E. Burch '35 Mrs. Jane B. Burross '62 Mr. Joseph W. Mrs. Royce R. Till '49 Stinson '74 Mr. Daniel Vincent Norman '79 Mr. & Mrs. W. Maurice HadaWal Mrs. David Yellen '36 Mr. H. Richard Juhnke '66 Mr. Robert A. Holt DT. Robert C. Davis '58 Whisnan Stinson '76 Mr. & Mrs. Leon T. Vance '79/79 Mr. & Mrs. William Joseph Mr. Carlo Collura '44 Mr. Jose Roberto Canal '67 Mrs. Deborah Actri Lt. & Mrs. Robert C. Thompson Williams '74 Ms. Marguerite V. Ference '80 MT. & Mrs. Sidney R. Matorin Mr. Hiram E. Bond '48 Mr. & Mrs. George W. Kennedy Mr. D. Michael Ctrld '68/70 Keith '75 Daniel Nicolos Koury, Jr. '80 Mr. & Mrs. John T. McQuillen Mrs. Eugenie M. Bond '48 '67/.69 Mr. Sam Hay Mr. Mr. Cary Lamar Bumley II 72 Leah Mohr '75 Richard Joseph Preng '80 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Minas Ct. rri Mr. Herbert W. Hudler, Jr. '48 Dr. Brian Clark Mustain '67 Miss Donna Mr. Mr. David L. Harris '72 William J. Schmidt '80 Dr. & Mrs. Merle L. Moberly Dr. Charles Rex Adams '52 Mr. James Carl Thorpe '68 Ms. Genevieve Howell Hatton '76 Mr. Arthur H. Saville III '77 Richard Ernest Wendt III '80 Dr. & Mrs. Thuan Nguyen Mrs. Jeanne M. Bowen '52 Ms. Ellen Wheeless '68 Mr. Alan Kirk Jackson '76 Dr. berc Mr. Jesse R. Wilson 78 Peter Wilson Cramer '81 Mr. & Mrs. C. S. Nicandros Mr. George D. Harris '53 John S. Walke, M.D. '66 Ms. Patricia Lynn Overton '76 Mr. 34, .; Dr. Mark Calkin '81 Pat Campbell '82 Mr. & Mrs. Michael 1. Sisolak Mr. Larry P. Pelty '53 Mr. Richard Homer Gomez'69 Mrs. Margaret Elaine Taliaferro '76 Ms. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Lee Oehler Mr. James Philip Easterling Mr. & Mrs. Robert!. Strut her eoU Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Kelly, Jr. Dr. Annette Harbaugh '69 Ms. Sharyll J. Teneyuca '76 Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Coneway Ms. Alice Jan Foote '82 Mr. & Mrs. John Whittlesey cirer '54/ '55 Mr. Thomas Jack Maupin '69 Mr. Walter Raymond Fisher III '77 Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Cutrer Mr. Christopher Henry Gerken '82 Mr. Grover C. Able, Jr. Dr. Gale E. Nevill, Jr. '54 Mr. Thomas Miller Moore '69 Mr. Michael Christopher Tucker '76 vile( Mr. Ronald John Parry Mr. John Randolph Hatfield '82 Mr. William B. Cassin Dr. Dorothy D. Nevill '57 Mr. Johnny Scott Rhoades '69 Mr. Jaydev H. Mehta '77 Ms. Patti Hatfield '83 Mr. Henry F. Fowler 1(YIE Mrs. Lewis E. Bruecher '55 Mr. David Brock Reed '70 Mrs. Carol Mohrman '77 Tom Larkin '82 Thomas H. Laity Mr. Brown, 111 56 Mr. Thomas Reginald Whited, Jr.'70 Mr. Charles Donald Scales '77 0. Davis Mr. Rodney Charles Larson '82 Eddis H. Laity Dr. Don Louis Ivey '57 Mr. & Mrs. T. Jay Ashford '71/71 Miss Theresa A. Hall '78

18 SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 •

Homecoming 1984, November 9-11: See You There!

The Association of Rice Alumni warmly in- (713)240-2993 (work) or 621-3355(home) for vites anyone who attended Rice for one or 1"6"1 more information. Classmates may also More years to participate in the 1984 ask Madeline Blaire at (713) 782-4647 or Homecoming festivities on the weekend of Jack Williams at (713)621-1929 for further November 9-11. The Homecoming sched- details. ule includes activities to interest everyone, ns 1939 The class will celebrate its forty-fifth Whether or not your class is celebrating a mom 8 reunion with a cocktail buffet in the R En- graduation anniversary. Celebrate a few 4 Room overlooking the stadium on Friday. 01Your favorite things — old friends, good Contact class president Dan Moody at(713) tunes and the alma mater. All events are 961-0101 or class secretary Frances Bethea tree unless specifically noted. For more de- at (713) 424-8280 for more information. rig tails on all the Homecoming festivities, contact the Alumni Office at(713) 527-4057. 1944 The fortieth class reunion will be a cocktail buffet at 7:00 p.m. in the Graduate Homecoming 1984 Committee House (formerly the Tidelands Motel)on Chairman Carolyn Douglas Devine '52 Main St. at University. Kit Reid, Jr. will pro- Luncheon Colleen Jennings '51 vide the music and there will be a cash Publicity Nancy Burch '61 bar. Priceper person is $20. Send reserva- as- Halftime Show Maydelle Burkhalter '53 3t Reunion Chair (29—'54) Beverly Baker '53 tions to Betty Feehan at 2321 Goldsmith, Reunion Chair ('59—'79) Barbara McKittrick '60 Houston, Texas 77030. Golden R Class Grover Geiselman '34 1949('48 and '50 welcome!) A question- Madeline Blair '34 naire for class members has been mailed College Activities Frank Donnelly '75 and more information will come later. Bars and Baseball Bob McKee'40 Wrecrth Laying Marilyn Moore '59 Frank Bryan at (713)622-0130 is the class Concert Jan Minatra '51 contact. Student Activities Scott Wise '71 1954 Friends from other classes are also al Y°Ling Alumni Diana Howard '82 welcome at this thirtieth class reunion on nd Sand Reunion Donna Collins '70 Friday at 7:30 p.m. RMC. The R in the party egistration Emily Coffman '75 will feature dinner, piano and bar. Bring photos and other mementos! The cost is $25 Friday, November 9 per person in advance and $30 at the door. !3egin the celebration today with early reg- Checks should be made payable "Rice '54" istration from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the and sent to Mrs. Pat H. Moore, 5251 Alumni Office on the second floor of the Birdwood, Houston, Texas 77096. Please 'slice Memorial Center(RMC). After sign- make reservations by November 2. Call in, visitors may browse through Dorothyle Headrick at (713) 468-1089 for ularrini archives on display in the Alumni Gilbert Cuthbertson Norman and Gene Hackerman further details. Office's board room. Campus tours led by 1959 The class will celebrate its silver an- Student guides are available on request. fore the statue of William Marsh Rice for a Watson Brown. To reserve a seat in the niversary Saturday night in Cohen House , The classes of 1929, 1934, 1939, 1944, ceremony of tribute to the founder. The sil- special alumni section, send $12 per ticket beginning at 7:30 p.m. Dinner and cock- 1954 and 1969 will hold reunion parties in ver anniversary class of 1959 will lay a plus $1 postage and handling to the Ath- tails will be served, with piano music by the evening. See the reunion information wreath at the founder's tomb. letic Department, Box 1892, Houston, Texas Lee S. Keding. The cost is $30 per person; on this page for more details. Convocation for all alumni begins at 77251. Mark your request "alumni" and make reservations by mailing a check to „ The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of 10:15 a.m. in Hamman Hall with a concert specify your class year, as some classes Les Greenberg, 1200 Travis Suite 2600, 'tdministration will hold formal dedication by the Shepherd School of Music's Honors are sitting together. Houston, Texas 77002. For more informa- ceremonies for Robert R. Herring Hall Ensemble. After the concert Dr. Hacker- Following the football game, the resi- tion contact Nancy Mafrige at 1 man r13 tween 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. Robert K. will welcome alumni to the annual dential colleges will each hold cook-outs (713) 667-9933. meeting of the Association of Rice Alumni. for r,edicke, dean of the Stanford Graduate their respective alumni. Reunion par- 1964('63 and '65 welcome!) A cocktail Alumni Association President Harvin oohool of Business, will be the keynote ties for the classes of 1959, 1964, 1974 and buffet with music will be held for the twen- s Moore will award President and Mrs. Deaker. 1979 will be held in the evening. See re- tieth anniversary class on Saturday from Hackerman with Gold Medals for Distin- union information on this page for more 7:00-11:00 p.m. at the City Club. The buffet guished Service in recognition of their sig- details. is $22.50 per person. Mary Sue Barnum at Satu rday, November 10 nificant contributions to Rice. Retiring (713)774-0106 is committee chairman for cur' e Admissions Office will sponsor a faculty Jorge Awcrpara, a member of the Sunday, November 11 ureakfast at in Cohen House for the reunion. 8:00 a.m. biochemistry department since 1957, and Watch or play powderpuff football Sunday Current alumni interviewers and those 1969('68 and '70 welcome!)The class Robert Thrall, a member of the mathemati- morning. Check at registration Friday or guirrini interested in recruiting high school cal sciences department since 1969, will will have a cocktail buffet with cash bar on st Saturday for details. udents for Rice. Reservations must be also be honored at Convocation. The Friday from 8:00-11:00 p.m. in Wiess Col- 33 rrrI.,,,ckle in advance. Contact the Admissions lege commons. The price is $12.50 per per- ;' 83 golden anniversary class of 1934 will then Reunion Activities `4)u,., ice for more information at (713) 527- present son. Send reservations to Nancy Flatt at four scholarships to the university. Several class reunions are still in the pu37. Lovett College will hold its annual 14614 Trophy Road, Houston, Texas 77095. At 11:30 a.m. a cash bar for all alumni works, so be sure to check forthcoming ,1-111 Run around campus in the morning; will open in the RMC She may be contacted at (713)859-1879. u Ray Memorial Court- brochures for more information on your etcrils will be available at registration. yard. 1974('71 through '77 welcome!)The Lunch for all alumni is at 12:00 noon. special event. Donna Misner Collins '70 is Regular registration lasts from 8:30 For the youngest class will begin its tenth reunion at 7:00 alumni, classes 1979- planning a band reunion; she will have until 11:30 a.m. in the RMC lobby. p.m. on Saturday with a "get-acquainted" 1984, there will be a beer party in front of specific information at registration. tsc'ulPusl tours are available throughout Hamman Hall. Beer, soft drinks, and po- beer party in the RMC Grand Hall and Ray morning. For those interested in the boys will be sold. All alumni may attend 1929 The class will enjoy a cocktail buffet Memorial Courtyard. Mexican hors fciltest addition to the campus, Robert R. the luncheon in the RMC Grand Hall. Dr. on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the home of d'oeuvres will be served. From 8:00 p.m. to eirririg Hall, the Jones Graduate School of Gilbert Cuthbertson of the political science Evelyn Shimek. Make reservations by 1:00 a.m. the class will host a casino party. r,...`uministration will serve refreshments department will be the speaker. Tickets sending a check for $16.50 to Mrs. Shimek, Come dine, dance, drink, and play the 'tcl Conduct tours of the building from 9:00 may be purchased in advance or at regis- 3760 Willowick, Houston TX 77019. night away with us. Disc jockey Johnny ct•tn. to 10:00 a.m. tration. Price and reservation information 1934 The golden anniversary dinner for Goyen will provide music. The party is $20 be A "Golden R Coffee" will honor mem- will be listed in a homecoming brochure to the class of '34 will be held in Cohen House per person. Send reservations to Robert r's of the 50-year reunion classes, 1916- be mailed. Special seating for "Golden R" on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Reception begins at Taylor at Chelsea Architects, 1820 Wrox- at 9:00 a.m. in the Ray Memorial classes, EBLS alumnae, OWLS alumnae 6:30 p.m. Alumni President Harvin Moore ton, Houston, Texas 77005. He may be ci°urtYard by the RMC. Friends of Fon- and class of 1949 mechanical engineers will present "Golden R" pins to all class reached at (713) 524-2201 for more details. virtert culd Rice Engineering Alumni are in- available. ec will be members present. The four students cho- 1979 The class will meet in the Sewall Hall jto brunch at 9:00 a.m. in the At 2:00 p.m. the Owls take on the SMU sen to receive Class of 1934 Scholarships foyer after the college cookouts on Satur- Yle Morrow Room of Fondren Library. Mustangs in Rice Stadium. Watch the blue and President and Mrs. Hackerman will be day. Nancy Falgout at (713) 523-7273 or At 10 a.m. all alumni may gather be- and gray perform under new head coach special guests. Call Grover Geiselman at 527-8690 will have further details.

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been elected chairman of the Na- tional Science Board. Schmitt is a 56 62 senior vice president for corporate Anne Norris sends "a few lines to research and development at Gen- renew contact with Rice... I have eral Electric. He has been a mem- been living in Paris since 1963, ber of the NSB since 1982 and will having come here to visit and find serve a two-year term as presi- a job — if I could and if I liked the dent. city. Both requirements were obviously met. I worked for a number of years as an advertising/public relations copywriter for J. Walter 52 Thompson and the Guilde Interna- E. Fay Jones(M.Arch.) was tionale du Disque and am now a awarded an honorary Doctor of free-lance writer in advertising Fine Arts degree at Kansas State and journalism. Best regards to my University's commencement exer- classmates who have often at- cises on May 12. Jones was cited tempted to contact me." for "more than three decades per- 34 43 Arco Exploration Company in Dal- 27 McClintock sonified (by)the ideal of architect Fernand J. Brogniez and his Reunion planned for Homecoming Barbara Morrisey las has named James D. Henry GO biol- as educator and practitioner." Af- Byron Howard, M.D. writes that brother Raymond H. Brogniez 1984. recently retired from teaching vice president of finance and plan- Api - ter receiving his master's from 1983 was a busy year. During that '40 presented a portrait of their fa- ogy and marine science at Bay ning. ape under Frank time he became a member of the ther, the late Frantz H. Brogniez, to town's Sterling High School. She Rice, Jones studied roU Board of Directors of Timberlawn the board of The Houston Sym- was featured in an article in the Lloyd Wright at the University of rad He then joined the Psychiatric Hospital, Inc., where phony Orchestra Association in Baytown News-Sun, which related Oklahoma. the Arkansas faculty in 1953, heading he has been chief of the men's May. Their father, who emigrated her career from pre-med student at feet the architecture program from 1966 service since 1977; he was ap- from Belgium to the U.S. in 1896, Rice to Humble Oil and Refining 59 Eve For to 1976. He has won 14 national de- pointed chairman of the Medical helped found the Houston Sym- lab tester to substitute teacher. Reunion planned for Homecoming cttla has taught sign awards. Advisory Committee to the Texas phony in 1913 with Miss'ma Hogg the past 16 years she 1984. Li full-time, while husband John re- Roger J. Edwards has been Department of Mental Health Men- and Mrs. E.B. Parker. He went on Daniel Schomer has joined the tal Retardation Board; and elected Cen to arrange for some of the world's tired two years ago. The couple named vice president-land for Va- plans to move to a townhome and lero Producing Company in San tax department of Coopers & Ly- to membership in the American top musicians to appear with the honor- perhaps travel to Europe next year; Antonio. brand in Houston. Coopers & Ly- College of Psychiatrists, an Nat symphony. The Brogniez brothers Bus this year they hope to visit their brand is an international ary association of 500 psychia- were accompanied by their wives. accounting and consulting firm. trists. He is married and has three licit children and one grandchild at the daughter and son-in-law in Suma- James Walzel has been desig- children. ec's presentation, which Rice tra. Coe nated president and chief operat- conductor-in-residence Sergiu 53 6.8 Benjamin Dudley Odem, better ing officer of Houston Natural Gas Comissiona also attended. Mary Norris Hamilton writes, known as "Boo," writes that he has Corporation. The 'Widowhood isn't all bad by any 44 been living in Germany for the H. Jerry Murrell has been 63 Reunion planned for Homecoming John Findling writes that he will she means with the pleasures of past 20 years and works for the Eu- director of radiation oncol- 1984. named spend the 1984-85 academic year is seei grandmothering, good friends, ropean edition of Stars and Stripes, Center in ogy at Boone Hospital Poland as associate director and "I'd . 29 good neighbors, my church (espe- the military newspaper. He re- Columbia, Missouri. Indiana University exchange pro- Prer Reunion planned for Homecoming cially the singles Sunday group), ports, "I didn't graduate from Rice. fessor at Warsaw University. His sap, 1984, Bible Study Fellowship, and exten- I left in 1951 to join the service dur- 46 wife Carol and son Jamey, II, will sive world travel. Luckily last fall I ing the Korean War. I worked as a Robert Wright and Lucy accompany him. He is currently a. was invited to the '33 Rice class sports writer for the Houston Cavenagh Wright'43 added 60 professor of history at Indiana Uni- banquet and was happy to see Chronicle for 10 years and I specif- 32 another Rice sheepskin to the fam- versity Southeast in New Albany. Christine Pope Hoover sends Nodyne Zirbel Clark, Mar- ily collection when their daughter ically covered the Rice beat in 1960 6 the following news about several guerite Stuart Aston, and Car- Robyn Wright'80 (M.A.) ob- and 1961." Boo also notes that his Clew of her classmates: roll Adams and their spouses. tained a Ph.D. degree in geology sister, Sylvia Odem Landrum 1984 This year at reunion time, a widow '42, has taken her maiden name chairman Roland Spencer in May. 64 Can Class friend and I will have just returned again and has moved from Port- retired from Humble-Exxon after 46 Reunion planned for Homecoming b001 from renting an apartment in land, Oregon to Austin. years. He is now a consultant to 1984. hlte, Seefeld, Austria for a three-week Petroleum Information Corp., 981i( travel base of that area, going pos- 49 which furnishes production and koci sibly as far as Budapest, Hungary. Reunion planned for Homecoming drilling information and other sta- Hopefully I'll see you at this year's 1984. 54 65 tistics to interested oil companies. Gene Gray is now executive vice San, Rice reunion!" Reunion planned for Homecoming Pron. Roland is active in church work, president-credit of Texas Ameri- Gladys Billert Correll Schmel- 1984. Prac and also enjoys photography and can Formerly a ter is taking part in her son's cam- 50 Gloria McDermith-Shatto, Bancshares, Inc. spectator sports. He and wife Mary senior vice president of Tab, Inc. , paign for sheriff of Harris County. president of Berry College, was her Ellen have 15 grandchildren be- Gray to be president ane Charles Correll is the Republican featured in the May 17 issue of the continues tween them. of Texas American Uriiv candidate in the November 1984 Atlanta Constitution. In the article, bank director Marjorie Dunn Jacobe has just last spring Fort elections. Shatto noted that her dual back- Ronald Weber wrote Bank, Worth. Bavar- returned from a trip to the ground in economics and educa- that he, his wife and three of their devotes her time to ian lands. She tion has helped her at Berry, four teenage children have en- and to gar- seven grandchildren whose mission is "to combine joyed the past one and a half years dening. 38 living in a 14th-century castle near 66 Ely Nat H. Marsh wrote Helen worthwhile work with academic Edward L. Correll and Jimmy Aberdeen, Scotland. Ron works for of tw, a letter recently, education in a Christian environ- Marmion Correll '31 have a Saba Warden Vetco Offshore Ltd. in technical she shares: -What am I do- ment." new grandson. Matthew, second which sales of offshore oil drilling and tecici Japan? First off, lam a person of their daughter, Dorothy, and ing in subsea production systems. This is osrsi manent resident of Japan, having fes,0 David Whitt Rutledge '79 their second time living in Scot- lived here for many years (continu- (Ph.D.), who is a professor in the land after a four-year return to the a ously since 1965). I have a Japa- 55 at Furman Uni- their home in Ojai. California, John School of Religion a home in nese wife and from a previous assignment in versity, Greenville, South Caro- that is lzu-Hakone National Park London and Aberdeen. Ron recalls Or lina. and half-Western. I half-Japanese George Hansen has been elected a "mini" reunion in 1977 near Lon- tlefe Earlier in the year, Barry Talbot and first came to Japan in 1956 corporate vice president for corpo- don with classmates Joe Adams, forth had heart surgery, a five bypass year spent six weeks a year every rate strategic planning of Armco. Clifford Cantrell and Gallo- Otitsi operation, from which he seems to until 1965 swapping technology Although Armco closed its carbon way Hudson, all living in the be well recovered. Barry and wife In 1965, with Japanese companies. steel operations in Houston in Jan- area at that time except Cantrell, Charlotte live in Kettering, Ohio. a subsidiary of Milli- I established uary, Hansen will maintain offices who was visiting on business. Marshall Robertson, whom pore Corporation of the U.S.(a and Middletown, Ohio. in Houston Harry "Buzz" Crutcher was er- "Y classmates always called Mary high technology company located 1976 , "Seven-elevenths of the surviving roneously listed under the class of Gretchen N. Vik writes, "I have is a long time worker on along Route 128 near Boston). The Ye,;r Marshall, B.S.C.E. '50 recently met for fellow- '56 in the last issue. He received been promoted to full professor is the Rice Alumni Archives, where subsidiary now has three offices ship, food and spirits. Carl Clark the Distinguished Alumnus Award the information systems deport- 1011 all the clippings, scrapbooks and (Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka) and of Galveston, Martin Brown, Bo of Jesuit College Preparatory mental the college of business, biont other memorabilia are kept. One a factory in Yonezawa, Yamagota- Graves, Ed Keyser. Ernie Wald School this year. San Diego State University. I'm -to scrapbook includes lots of pictures ken. Sales now run to several bil- and Leo Wroten and their wives, writing computer software books Itistr from the 50th reunion. Marshall lion yen per year and the staff is and Joe Garrett all had a great and a business communication h, also works at St. John the Divine 105. all Japanese. Since I'm now reports that visit. There were pictures of chil- Jason William Frye text. I teach business commurijca- Slid Episcopal Church's Guild Shop. over 65 and the company is doing wife Mary Ann recently dren and grandchildren passed he and his tion to accountants, and am vice kilotr She is a frequent traveler in the well, annual sales and earnings too home in Sugarland. His 61 around, and much pride and plea- moved president of the American Busi- %I' 11, U.S. and around the world. averaging 20-25 percent in growth, firm's current work sure oozed. Garrett. Keyser and architectural ness Communication Associa- own I decided to retire last September. hospital additions in 0'1 Charlotte Collins Johnson and Wroten have recently retired; only includes tion." 198 So what lam actually doing is to do it cor- Temple and Bryan, and hospitals her artist husband. Cy Johnson Wroten knows how Laird D. Schearer(Ph.D.) has tending the flowering shrubs and active rural in New Braunfels, Pasadena, and '33, travel between three homes: rectly. Keyser is an been awarded a Fulbright Grant t° th vegetable garden, walking in the Garrett is a Las Cruces, New Mexico. itl two in Texas at Rockport and real estate broker and irin ucst. researchitc chN oartmt haeUnle speuivers mountains, and enjoying the com- Ed Keyer joined Anacon, a divi- %loth Houston and one in California at marketing consultant." Herb Hill of pany of my wife. It's a nice life and Voltage Engineering, Laguna Beach. Charlotte is an in- was the correspondent. sion of High rieure. Schearer will investigate 15clinf I like it." engineer early in 1984. A terested birdwatcher and is a life as chief quantum properties of spin- of Burlington, Massachu- member of the National Audobon resident polarized helium three (He-3), he asks if there is a Rice Society. While in California, she 51 setts, based on some of his earlier regroup active in the Boston area. had telephone visits with 39 search. He has also received a I'd 1 Catherine Stone Blair and Wil- Reunion planned for Homecoming William L. Hogan received an operative research grant award .4 410i latta Johnson Dunlap, who now 1984. honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by NATO to scientists at Universe' lives in Santa Rosa, California. 1984 ex- 18th Clare Kiesling Rollosson during the commencement of Missouri-Rolla, where he Eastern College in St. writes. "I moved to Arkansas 30 ercises at Curators' Professor of Physics, at h„e years ago. I received a master's in Davids, Pennsylvania. His citation the University of Paris. The Fel- 180501 E. Wolf, Jr. has been social work at University of Arkan- noted that "The true measure of Dr. John bright was one of only four 33 the Rev. William Hogan is ulti- named chairman of dermatology France dur Margaret Hutchinson Rous- sas at Little Rock in 1970 and went awarded for study in eNdc mately revealed in the depth of his at Baylor College of Medicine. An seau received an A.I.Ch.E. Found- to work for first time in life at the ing the 1984-85 academic year. 1144 commitment, the breadth of his vi- expert in blood vessel disorders of ers Award for 1983. The first community mental health center qted sion, and the effective proclama- the skin as well as skin cancer woman to obtain an Sc.D. from as a clinician. Retired from there kt.B.4 tion of the Gospel and the fruit it therapy, Wolf will also be chief of M.I.T. in chemical engineering, in 1983 as its programs director of has borne in the transformed lives the dermatology services for the 68 *ktio she is best known for her pioneer- social services. I was named so- kir fr of hundreds during two and a half Harris County Hospital District Barry H. Richardson has ing research on the liquid capacity cial worker of the year' in March tic decades." Hogan is pastor of and Methodist, St. Luke's Episco- rated his offices to 2370 Rice1314, fah< of bubble-cap trays and for her in- for the state. I now have fingers in rrofel Wayne, pal and Texas Children's hospi- Suite 230, in Houston, and writloj vention of the high-capacity ripple many pies, including piano les- Church of the Saviour in has tals. that he is engaged in "the tray. sons and school consultation." Roland W. Schmitt(Ph.D.) Pennsylvania.

20 SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 Practice of law and the art of legal Judith K. Nelson (M.A., Ph.D.) ond time he has received the and equitable advocacy." writes that she has married Rex E. award in the past four years. He Gantenheim, who is finishing a teaches advanced architectural Ph.D. degree in computer science design at UT in Austin and has a at the University of Iowa. "I write successful architectural practice in and edit law texts(LSAT) at Ameri- Austin as well. can College Testing Program and am associate editor of Iowa Woman magazine." She now uses her maiden name of Powers. 74 Reunion planned for Homecoming 1984. Virginia Rhoad (M.S.,M.Ch.E.) graduated from UT.-Galveston med school in May. She was one of 33 candidates inducted into Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. She will hold an in- Gory ternship in internal medicine at hat Neptune writes, "As of last the U.C.-San Francisco hospitals. at April Fools Day I have owned and Manuel(Mike) °Petaled a climbing and cross- Garcia writes, "I got an M.A. degree country ski shop in Boulder, Colo- in 1975 from Duquesne University, started sev- rado. On May 14, 1983, I reached eral entrepreneurial ventures, got the summit of Mt. Everest, 29,028 married, obtained a law feet! This fall lam going back to degree from Boalt Hall (UC-Berkeley), Everest with Dick Bass of Dallas had a baby boy and now practice tax is and two others." O.D.(Don) Baldwin (M.A.) has law with the law firm of Pettit en- been named district geophysicist & Linda Summers Posey was re- Martin in San Francisco. I would ted cently of the Midland district of Exxon elected president of the like very much to hear from my Company, USA, Southwestern Di- Greater Houston Chapter of the friends and classmates from Rice!" ior- 'licdional Association of Women vision. Dale Gorczynski, Houston coun- Business Owners. She is also pub- cilmember, was featured in the ree licifY chair for the Houston Wom- April 30 issue of Houston Digest en's Business Ownership 72 for his efforts to clean up Lake Conference to be held September Houston. Dale is working on a 6-8 at the Adams Mark Hotel. In ad- master's thesis in public health en- dition to her public relations firm, titled, "The Development of Public Writer's road leads home The Communications Connection, Policy Regarding Water Policy in she owns creative Executive Re- ar in the Lake Houston Watershed." Stepping out of the cool sanctuary of Fondren Library into the blazing !eines, a resume-writing service. id Dale has predicted that Lake Hous- I'd love to hear from other entre- July sun, author David Westheimer '37 remarks, "It's good to be back in a ton has only five years left at best Preneurially inclined alumni," she city where everyone knows how to pronounce your name." Like the busy [is kYs. before it turns into "a stinking rill mess,- and has crusaded against Houston street which shares his name, Westheimer has kept moving since Y a the illegal dumping which causes his days at Rice without ever losing sight of Houston. Urn' the pollution. rzy• Although Westheimer has lived in Los Angeles for some time now, he 69 often focuses his columns in the Houston Post on Space City, with a famil- Reunion planned for Homecoming 1984. iarity that would fool one into thinking he never left his boyhood play- 75 ground CarOl Flake writes, "My new on the banks of Brays Bayou. Yet his World War II novels, such as zing hook, entitled Redemptorama: Cul- Jane Kominek Petruck writes, the popular Von Ryan's Express, set in a POW camp in Italy, and Rider on ture, Politics, and the New Evan- "Walter Petruck and I were mar- the Wind, set in the Palestine theater of war, suggest otherwise. An Italian gelicalism, will be published by ried at United Orthodox Syna- Anchor/Doubleday in September gogues in Houston on Sunday, POW himself, he remarks, "I didn't realize I was doing such good re- November 27, 1983, in a ceremony search at the time." vice Sondra Leigh Bryant has been performed by Rabbi Joseph Ra- Westheimer may use both his voice of experience and imaginative ri- Promoted to manager in the tax dinsky and Cantor Irving Dean. Af- powers in ,a Practice of Arthur Andersen & ter Walter and I returned from our his newspaper column, run thrice-weekly in the Post editorial/ nc. Co.'s Houston office. She earned belated honeymoon to New York opinion section. "I've got carte blanche," he says, "and we're both very her t and M.S. degree in 1980 from the City and the Catskills in June, I U happy." Canadian Peter O'Sullivan is the fourth editor he's pleased at the niversity of Houston. went into association with George Dixie to handle personal injury, Post; Westheimer has worked six times for the paper, "without ever being workers' compensation, and other fired," as he points out proudly. civil cases." After majoring in chemistry, Westheimer took up his Post career in Leslie Southwick reviews 1983, 1939, covering tlYzee 14. "What a year! Became a partner in Geoffrey G. Glidden, M.D. re- entertainment, radio and television in between leaves of of Peavy (Ph.D.) was one two recipients of the Opel my law firm, built a new house, cently got married to Lois Kimberly absence for World War II, novel-writing and the Korean War. From the Goolsby Awards for outstanding and had a book published, Presi- Duff of Lubbock. He's completed humble task of compiling movie schedules, he worked his way up to run- tnaching at Houston Baptist Uni- dential Also-Rans and Running his chief residency year in ortho- v ning "reviews, ersity in 1983-84. Peavy is a pro- Mates. Most important, Sharon's pedic surgery at Texas Tech interviews and thinly-veiled publicity." He last left as TV Sol in English and chairman of and my second child — Catherine School of Medicine, and plans to editor in October 1960. "I never did develop into a good reporter," he com- we department of languages. — came May 9. Be sure to come by practice in Plano, Texas. if you are ever in the area.- The ments. 411,, w Minor(Ph.D.) has been Dr. John W. Secor writes that he Southwicks live in Jackson, Missis- Nevertheless, "verned the 1984 Engineer of the and his wife, Sandra Jones Secor Westheimer cites writing every day and composing on sippi. by the New Mexico Society of had their first child, James Robert, the typewriter as work habits which served him well when he started to ,70ie8sional Engineers. Criteria Samuel Hudson opened anew on August 9, 1983. 'ye the write fiction in earnest. After a few commercially unsuccessful novels, honor include "a record of office in July for his orthopedic sur- Raul M. Shinkawa is the new 2c'1 t Westheimer standing service to the New gery practice in the Crosslands Director of Hearings for the Texas saw Von Ryan's Express hit the bestseller lists of 1964, fol- "leitico State Society, the commu- Medical Complex in Fort Worth. Air Control Board in Austin. lowed by a popular movie version starring Frank Sinatra. Its appeal ,fY4i and the engineering at New Marjorie Lustick Morgan is one seems universal: among his correspondence and other personal papers li e'cico State I University." The Soci- of 48 winners of the 1984 Charlotte W,had previously honored him in in Fondren Library's Woodson Research Center are copies of the novel in lave 73 W. Newcombe Dissertation Fel- rem.as its Young Engineer of the languages, or in Ronnie Wardwell writes, "New lowships, which provide financial ten including Portuguese, Finnish and Hungarian. xrt- job and new wife! I remarried in support for a full year of uninter- It was not until his next effort, however, that Westheimer really began Redd ss, writes,"My wife, January and accepted the position rupted research and writing for to please "All writers Vicrne! and I live in Heathmont, of president of Fidelity Savings, a students nearing completion of himself. have a spurt when they write their best A'et°rict(a suburb of Melbourne $220,000,000 >010 in Savings and Loan in their graduate studies. Morgan is books," he says, and his commenced in 1965 with My Sweet Charlie. A afralia), where I work for IBM. Port Arthur, Texas." a Ph.D. candidate at Tulane in on 've hav "racial story with a message," this novel also became a movie, starring e two boys, aged 2 and 7, modern British history, whose pro- nica' d Rick Kessenich writes that he have had the joy of having two posed dissertation is li.,ed, "En- Patty Duke Astin. Song of the Young Sentry followed in 1968. Although the /ice rUstrahan and his wife, Suzanne, had a baby Si- young adults mature in boy, Eric Michael, in December glish Manners in the Age of story is set in a POW camp, Westheimer points out, "It's not about war, but ,cr'"t. household and go out on their Revolution, 1780-1848." ! We 1983. Rick is a maritime attorney about the maturing of an immature man. It begins with his capture and in moved to Australia in with the firm of Emmett, Cobb, Alan H. Zalta, M.D. writes that ira with Christian conviction that ends with his liberation." Published in 1971, Lighter than a Feather is the as Waits and Kessenich in New Or- he has completed his glaucoma was the place for us and we rant t0 e t leans, and has been a partner fellowship at Ochsner Clinic in author's personal favorite; based on real plans, the novel describes an hankful for the life we have graduated Tu- New Orleans, and ere° it e• The since 1981. He from is assuming a American invasion of Japan. "I disinvented the bomb," he explains. experience of living in lane Law School in 1978. staff position as Chief of the Glau- other country, while sometimes coma Service at the University of Rider on the Wind, previously published in Great Britain, will proba- Ica° kinful, has been enlightening." Yvonne Dreyfus Senturia sends this message, "We've be- Cincinnati Medical Center. bly debut in America next spring. A love story rather than an out-and-out come quite the Londoners after two Clark C. Guest received a Ph.D. adventure tale, the plot concerns a young Texan who falls in love with a re' and one-half years living and degree in electrical engineering in German-Jewish woman working for the Zionist underground. Westheimer t aco. working here. Ron still writes for December 1983 from Georgia Tech. Newsweek and I'm still a pediatri- His doctoral dissertation was enti- again blends experience with creativity; he was a navigator for a B-24 sere° tchael Daley sends this note, cian in the National Health Serv- tled, "Holographic Optical Digital Liberator bomber in Palestine, but "the romance is invented — unfortu- is the three years in northern Min- ice. In October I become a full-time Parallel Processing," and his the- -eii s, kta, I am returning to Texas. I student for a year, taking an sis advisor was professor Thomas nately." xve rul• r taken a job as assistant pro- M.S.c. in Epidemiology at the Uni- K. Gaylord '70 (Ph.D.). Guest To be a writer, Westheimer observes, "You need the technical tools: of social work at Stephen F. versity of London. Our most inter- has accepted a astin faculty position in grammar and a sense of words." In his own case, the legendary professor State University in Na' esting trip this year has been to the %gd department of electrical engi- zr- oches." Moscow and Leningrad. Looking neering and computer science at George Williams '23 helped him acquire those at Rice. "But unless you're ,,t4111 Maddox reports, "I gradu- forward to seeing old friends this U.C.-San Diego. a genius, you need experiences, even if you don't use them. It's hard for kieds from UT-San Antonio with an summer when we have 'home Scott Woods has „2'..A. finished his res- young people to write a novel in their twenties; they need to accumulate degree, and passed all five leave' in the States." idency and fellowship training at iy7ions general for certified data proces- Lance Tatum (M.Arch.)received Massachusetts General Hospital more knowledge about themselves." When Westheimer puts his relcr ,t,,fforn BO' the Institute for the Certi- the University of Texas School of in Boston and begun as instructor tools to his experiences, the result is eminently readable. fi!:Iion of Computer Architecture Teaching Excellence in psychiatry at Yale Medical "`es 9ner'" sionals." Award for 1983-84. This is the sec- School in New Haven, Connecti- Jeanne Cooper

SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 21 0011 cut. He writes, -I would be inter- Deloitte Haskins & Sells in their Vicki Ellen Raab received a de- ested in hearing from Rice people executive office. We will return to gree from the University of Texas who've deserted Texas for the Houston in 1985, and I will work for Health Science Center at San Anto- East." DHS in Houston." nio in May. Dr. Raab will do a resi- Anita Lacy was transferred to dency in internal medicine at Sinai Portland, Oregon after five years Hospital in Baltimore. in Austin. She is working with In- Alan Burdick (M.Mus.) was fea- tel Corp. and writes, "Watch for tured in the June 26 Daily Sentinel The Biogrupirc "Otani, Souther Abercrombie' 76 our new retail products in your of Grand Junction, Colorado. Con- computer store! I'd love to hear ductor of the Grand Junction Sym- from any Rice alumni in the Port- phony, Burdick took 16th out of a land area." field of 120 conductors at the Hans Swarowsky International Competi- tion for Conductors held in Vienna during the first two weeks of June. 78 Contestants had to conduct an op- Keith Shanley has graduated era and Beethoven's Fifth Sym- from the Colorado School of Mines phony. Burdick joined the Grand with a master's in geology. He Junction Symphony in 1982. works for Tenneco in Denver and Charles N. Headrick finished plays hockey. medical school at UT-Houston in After six years, Erik Eason still June and has moved to Dallas to doesn't like Los Angeles, but says start his residency in surgery. working with satellites is "a lot of Patricia Cronkright Dolheim writes, "I married Bill Dalheim in David Wilkens has joined The fun." He adds, -Visit me if you're in October of 1983 and, more re- Home Company, Realtors, as a town." cently, I was named associate edi- broker in its general brokerage di- Stott Kerr has been promoted to tor of Texas Business Magazine in vision. He will specialize in the manager in the consulting practice its Houston office. sale of land in far west Houston. of Arthur Andersen & Co.'s Hous- this mes- Donna Thompson Hopkins ton office. He earned an M.B.A. de- Dian Hardison sends past Pal rick .1. Nicholson writes that she is now on her fourth gree in 1980 from the University of sage, "Lots of changes in the tour of duty and second tour at sea Texas. few months — I resigned from the after joining the Navy in 1976. Drake Mabry (M.Mus.) has just Navy to get back into the real Commissioned as an ensign, she finished a year of teaching at Dart- world, moved back to Florida, and was promoted to her present rank mouth College and will be moving took a job with EG & Got Kennedy engineer. of lieutenant as one of a handful of to Paris, France in August. As the Space Center as design to see a Assessing Abercrombie women qualified as surface war- recipient of a grant, he will spend Anyone visiting Titusville fare officers. Married to Lt. John most of his time composing music. shuttle launch, look me up!" Mr. Jim. A Biography of James Smither Abercrombie, by Patrick J. Hopkins, she has been awarded a His works have been performed in John A. Bologna writes, "My Nicholson. Published by Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, 1984. Navy Commendation medal. the United States, Europe, and Ja- wife Estella and I have recently to our fam- Bobbie G. Bayless writes that he pan. Joining him will be his wife added a new member like a good family history, offers the reader an inti- born Decem- A good biography, is celebrating the 157th anniver- Andrea, an artist and sculptor. ily, Christina Maria, second girl mate look at a character's life, set against the background of various de- sary of his law firm under the William T. Shearer, Ill writes, ber 26, 1983. She's our and a half name of Bayless & Stokes in Hous- "I have left sunny California for a child. The first is three tails, both curious and informative, from the period in which the major Rice working ton. one-year tour as assistant staff years old. I'm back at lived. The success of such a work c4ften depends on how well on my master's in civil engineering character and hus- judge advocate, Iceland Defense Birna Petursson Foley (part-time), and hope to graduate this appeal to sentiment and intellect is balanced. Patrick J. Nicholson '42 moved to Force at Keflavik Naval Station in band Dan Foley have in May 1985. My regards to all my Philadel- Iceland, where I'll be practicing in- makes such an appeal in Mr. Jim, his biography of James Smither Moraga, California from former classmates." phia. She writes, "Dan finished his ternational as well as' military the Houston oilman, inventor and philanthropist. Founder her Abercrombie, M.B.A. at Wharton College in De- law.- He is a captain in the U.S. Terry Ann Dwan received architecture and supporter of Texas Children's Hospital, Abercrombie also gave gen- cember 1983, and is now working Air Force. master's degree in sag' name went to building for Chevron in San Francisco. After September I will start a year's erously to Rice; millions of dollars in the family's giorno (stay) in Rome on a Ful- million-dollar having taken time off to be home and renovating Abercrombie Laboratory, while another with Eric (born 6/13/82), I plan to re- bright Grant studying the fund endowed the Physical Plant. In large part, Nicholson succeeds in turn to law this fall." architectural design, despite 79 efforts of a couple of employers in proving his point that "Mr. Jim" was an exceptional individual who played Ann Maclaine writes, "I married Reunion planned for Homecoming NYC to have me start working at major role in the economic development of Houston and the local oil in- Ray Manning, another trans- 1984. their firms. I would love to hear a in February. dustry. planted Houstonian, from anybody passing through I'm continuing as a staff attorney Rome. Address c/a American Ex- Fully half of the 350-page book recounts the history of the Abercrom- at New Orleans Legal Assistance press Rome." in Scotland, its scattering in the New World, and the westward Corp., and Ray has taken a leave bie clan from hospital infection control to progress of Mr. Jim's ancestors from North Carolina to Texas. By the time sell Cajun sausages at the World's Nicholson announces the protagonist's birth in 1891, we have read a mini- Fair. Any old friends in town for the fair should feel free to call." 80 series history lesson that stretchesfrom seventeenth-century Stuart En- David Elkus writes, -Entered int° Jeff E. Mandel reports, "Having a six-month live-in contract with a gland through the colonial and American Revolutionary period, to the completed my residency in anes- wonderful woman, Roxanne Brad' thesia (one year each at Baylor, battles for Texas and the South's independence. The author employs a ley. Contract to be re-negotiated University of Pennsylvania, and of the same pattern to place Abercrombie's life upon expiration." scaled-down version Ohio State University), I'm doing a within the context of Houston's growth from a lumber and cotton-based two-year fellowship at University Robert Steven Beissner and economy to one centered on oil, and of his family's shift from milk to oil of California at San Diego and go- Kenneth Eric Cohen received ing to graduate school in systems degrees from the University of at production. This detailed treatment reveals Mr. Jim's accomplishments as engineering. I've become Texas Health Science Center science doe brilliant inventions for an infant industry, his industrial heavily involved with computers Jeff Kerr graduated from Texas San Antonio, Dr. Beissner will an oil driller, his Scott & and telecommunications, and can A&M College of Medicine in June. residency in pathology at pursuits in Cameron Iron works and Abercrombie & Harrison and his Tern-, be contacted on USENET at He writes that he's been accepted White Memorial Hospital in ree'; friendships and dealings with men like Herbert Allen '29, Herman and 50CC56:IR408 or Delphi MANDEL." into the pediatric residency pro- ple, while Dr. Cohen will do a dency in pediatrics at University° Brown '20, Judge James A. Elkins, Jesse H. Jones, and other busi- John B. May sends this query, gram at Scott & White Memorial George Texas Medical School in Houston, "One of the highlights of my pro- Hospital in Temple, Texas, ness and political greats in Houston and Texas. a claa fessional career, post-Rice, was at- Kenny Baldwin was pictured in Louis Montanaro received "My underlying theory was that these men were giants of the earth," Wimbledon '83 while on the May 24 Houston Chronicle tor of medicine degree from Uni- tending School 10 says Nicholson, a former vice president of the University of Houston. "Al- holiday in London. Does anyone coaching members of a Special versity of Texas Medical have ticket connections for 1985?" Olympics relay team. Baldwin had Houston and plans to enter an though we have marvelous leaders today, we don't have a new genera- obstetrics/gynecology residencY° Orlando resigned as a na- worked with retarded citizens ear- Browns, the Jones. That was my prime Rick the University of Oklahoma Tulsa tion of the Abercrombies, the officer to pursue a career as lier when he was on the Los val Medical Center, fulcrum for the book." Nicholson's subject was not just an inspiration from woodworker/sculptor. He and his Angeles Dodgers'farm team in another neer wife Sarah and their baby Julia are Florida. Now living in Houston, Robert C. Lyman is afar; he notes, "It helped that I had known the Abercrombie family for 30- degree frori1 living in the midst of an avocado Baldwin is an accountant with Ar- doctor; he received his 40 years." grove in Oceanside, California thur Andersen & Co. University of Texas Medical Lyman If the book fails in any regard, it is in neglecting to explore fully some and loving it and the weather. He Kurt Goedecke writes, "I have Branch at Galveston. Dr. remarks, "If in the area, give us a left the Rice office of admissions will begin his residency progra° more personal aspects of Abercrombie's life, although it does give a University of of the call or visit." after three very enjoyable years. in psychiatry at the Center at tender account of his courtship of Lillie Frank and his relationship with Fortunately, I will still be able to Texas Health Science '46, now a trustee of Rice's Board of keep up with the students I have San Antonio. daughter Josephine Abercrombie I and retired military come to know as Twill remain in Lucy Cathcart Moore has bee' Governors. This is not to say Nicholson, a psychologist 77 Houston. I will be working as an appointed public relations accona Robin Fall has been named a intelligence officer, has left skeletons dangling in closets. "I never did find independent agent through Tran- executive for Goodwin, Danner'. staff consultant in the manage- samerica Life Insurance Co. This bourn, Littman & Wingfield in , any serious negative views of Abercrombie....Writing about a man of this information consulting prac- IC ment will allow me to stay at home a lit- Houston. She also serves as pub tice of Arthur Andersen & Co.'s impact, you run into a lot of emotion, positive emotion, because everyone tle more, and break me of my Holi- committee chairman for the Te505 Houston office. He earned an Nicholson day Inn habit." Special Olympics. admired him," he states. A two-time Thresher editor at Rice, degree in 1983 from the Un M.B.A. residend says he was also circumspect about getting other opinions, "but they all versity of Houston. Arthur Harrow sends this mes- David Wolk began his received the degree of in radiology at University of Te%.645 Nicholson may disappoint Rice alumni by not dwell- Cheryl Hein Johnston is now sage, "I turned out positive." Doctor of Medicine (finally!)on at Houston in July after comPle'r'n the assistant district attorney of ing more in Mr. Jim on the university's connection with Abercrombie's life June 2 from the University of Texas a surgical internship in Denver. the second judicial district in Albu- third- Southwestern Medical School in Colorado. He writes, -I look for-, and work; however, not all of his writings lack a Rice focus — the querque, New Mexico. myself er'tb trade a col- Dallas, and am now beginning ward to re-associating generation Houstonian is currently readying for the Christmas Arthur H. Saville Ill has moved residency training in internal med- the Rice community." lection of his short stories, one of which is entitled "William Marsh Rice to Sunnyvale, California. icine at the University of Okla- Old Institute." Jeta Horn Lenoir has been pro- homa Health Center in Oklahoma and His moted to manager in the tax prac- City. I would enjoy hearing from Despite those few lapses, so surprising for a writer who showed he tice of Arthur Andersen & Co.'s old friends, who may find me at 81 could deal well with such material in his book In Time, an anecdotal his- Houston office. the Department of Internal Medi- Liz Burkholder(M.Arch.) writ° city's 50.1 John Fogarty writes, "I married cine, Oklahoma Memorial Hospi- from Baltimore that the tory of the University of Houston, Nicholson has written a valuable work and th° my wife Nancy in June 1983. We tal, P.O. Box 26901, Oklahoma gan is -Baltimore's Best," for anyone interested in history in general and the history of Houston in to New York, where I City, OK 73190. Single women may four Rice archies agree. She then moved 19832....") particular. Now who will do the biography of the biographer? am now an audit manager with call collect." moved there in October

22 SALLYPORT—SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1984 work for RTKL Associates and Guy Dayvault writes, "I had a week. Chris and Connie Boyer was the maid of honor, and brides- Henriott (Irving), and Alan A number of classmates are work- "promptly recruited Beth Glas- super spring vacation in Palm were able to see only the first few maids included Barbara Gerard Singletary (Austin). ing in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metro- ser'77 (B.Arch. '80) and Greg Springs with Lisa Maier '83. We shows of the production, however, and Kathryn McKinley. The plex, including Matthew Barry Keith Erskine and James Ig- Cranford (M.Arch.). Pamela enjoyed sunny 75-degree weather, as they had to move to Louisville, couple will live in Houston. (Programming Assistance and Sys- nowski have been hired by Gillen '82(M.Arch.) arrived in hiking, biking, swimming, and Kentucky with eight-month-old son tems Service), Kevin Clark Robie Childers, Jay Grob and Hewlett-Packard. Erskine will (Air- December of her own accord.' learning to drive golf carts. We Kit in time for "Dago" to begin borne Freight Corp.), Dean Bret Hem n have been named staff work in Ft. Collins, Colorado, both are enjoying life after Rice; classes at the Southern Baptist Hen igsman (DeShazio-Starek consultants in the management in- while Ignowski will work in Palo Lisa is in Cincinnati working and Theological Seminary there. and Tang, Inc.), Kathleen formation consulting of Arthur An- Alto, California. McAl- planning for graduate school in lister(Texas Instruments), San- David Fincher has been em- dersen & Co.'s Houston office. • psychology. I'm in Bakersfield, ployed by Hewlett-Packard in Col- Anita Mangold (M.B.P.M.1 has Mieu-Hong Dang and Lisa die Moon (NCR), and Ann Friauf California, working as a produc- orado Springs, Colorado. He been named a staff accountant in Chaskin will work for ROLM in (Texas American Bank). Lisa Por- tion engineer for Chevron and lov- received his master's in electrical the audit division of their Houston Austin and Santa Clara, Califor- terfield is doing graduate work in ing California the weekends." engineering from Rice this year, as office. nia, respectively. anthropology at SMU. Russ Coleman sent a message in did John Elder, who has been Kenneth Zadeck has been em- Bob Gallinaro, Ginny Hemelt, Ken Amstutz and Brian Mc- April from UT Law School that hired by Barron Associates in An- ployed by IBM in Yorktown, New and Dave Steffens are among Minn are employed by Advanced three Rice graduates were suc- nandale, Virginia. Richard York. Other classmates hired by classmates accepted to UT med Micro Devices in Austin. Other candidates cessful in the UT Law Blount, Gautan Biswas and IBM include Wendell Ramsey school in Houston. Loren Fefer is classmates in the area include School Student Bar Association Stanley Young also earned mas- (Austin), Daniel Cocanougher entering his second year of study Ted Biggs(Motorola) and Pat elections. Matt Muller'80 (a ter's degrees in electrical engi- (Boca Raton, Florida), Therese at Baylor Medical School. Turley(Data General). former Thresher editor) became the neering from Rice in May. They are Texas Law Forum editor, while Di- employed respectively by M/A ana Howard and Carmen Ma- Corn Linkabit in San Diego, Cali- cossay were elected S.B.A. vice fornia; ROLM in Austin; and South- [IN MEMORIAM Bobby Williams reports that he president and treasurer, respec- west Research Institute in San and Janet Stone of Temple were tively. Antonio. married on July 7. They live in Karen Bradley and Mark Dur- Joseph Guiton Morgan '20 of of the Navarro County Pharmaceu- tary his senior year, and retired as Huntsville, where he is a football can received master's degrees in Austin on December 19, 1983. tical Association. a systems coordinator for Exxon. coach at Sam Houston State. The chemical engineering from Rice in Lillian O'Leary Powell defensive backs and recruiting co- May. She works for IBM in Austin, '20 of Cornelius C. Sullivan '30 of Clifford 0. Graff'37 of Houston San Antonio on June 4, ordinator for the Bearkats played 83 while he has been hired by Micron 1984. Houston on June 9, 1984. on June 12, 1984. He was a former football at Rice 1979-80, and got his Technology in Boise, Idaho, Steve Rettie Marra! Ferguson '23 for- Tilman B. White '30 of Pasa- employee of Gulf State Asphalt Master of Arts in Teaching at Rice Yeomans is also employed by merly of Houston. dena on May 22, 1984. He is sur- Co. and Gulf Oil. in 1982. Micron. vived by his wife Evelyn Brisbine Elizabeth Harrison Millis'23 Lloyd P. Webre '37 of Houston White '28. Peter Taggart and Missy Snyder of Houston on May 22, 1984. A on April 9, 1984. Founder of Texas were wed on June Sin Lenox, Mas- member of the Pallas Athene Liter- Travis J. Allen '31 of Houston on Brine Corporation in 1946, he even- sachusetts. They plan to reside in ary Society and the Women's May 30, 1984. A member of the "R" tually merged it with United Salt that area for the time being. Council at Rice, she was also pres- Association, he is survived by wife Corporation and became chairman and chief executive officer Nancy English writes, "I married ident of Les Hiboux in 1923. She Sue Jo John Satterfield Allen '31, of the new company, Texas John Skrla (an Aggie)on June 9, 84 was the widow of Eugene R. Millis daughter Patti Allen Overturf '69 United Cor- 1984. I'm currently a '17, former editor of the Houston and her husband Steve Overturf '71 poration. He is survived by his senior geolo- Cap-tossing at graduation sparked gist with Gulf Oil in Chronicle. The family has sug- (M.A.), among others. The family wife and four children, including Houston." a series of rice-tossing events gested that donations be made to suggests memorials be made to daughter Mary Iris Webre Dobson Estelle Coker (M.S.) works for Jet among the class of 1984. One Fondren Library. Fondren Library. '75. Propulsion Laboratory in Pasa- couple, Cyndi Hurst and David dena, California. McFalls, got a head start when Frankie Maude Carroll Bul- John Preston Witherspoon '32 Robert Howland Burchfield '39 of Houston on June 4, 1984. Jo Ellen Gent sends this note, "1 they married in the morning on the lington '26 of Houston on July 25, of Strawn on April 5, 1984. day of commencement, May 12. 1984. Vice president of both the Engi- bought a house in September. 1983 Irma Fonville Garrett'33 of La Amr El-Kouatli writes, "I'm work- neering Society and the A.S.C.E. in rural Groton, Massachusetts. I William G. Harding '26 of St. Porte on July 18, 1984. A member of ing with IBM in Riyadh, Saudi Ara- Sharon Hughes wed David Tut- at Rice, he later became senior started a new job as design engi- Louis, Missouri on May 24, 1984. the Elizabeth Baldwin Literary bia as business development tle '82 on May 13 in the Rice So- partner of Houston's oldest real es- neer for Ztel, Inc. of Wilmington, a President of the Rice A.S.C.E. ciety, she was president of manager- been with the com- Chapel. Groomsmen included the tate firm, W.G. Burchfield & Bro., start-up telecommunications com- Stan Barber chapter in the fall of 1925, he went Women's Council 1932-33. pany since October 1983. I also ob- '78, Tom Evans established in 1906 by his father. pany, in November, 1983." '83, longtime Rice supporter on to become a civil engineer and tained Saudi citizenship (photo Mike Helen Stopford Merrell '33 of He is survived by his wife and two Gladu architect for the Missouri Pacific Michael C. Smayling (Ph.D.) in- enclosed!) Thank you for keeping and Paul Williamson Venice, Florida on July 20, 1983. sons, including Robert R. Burch- Railroad, the Wabash Railroad, forms, "I was promoted to senior in touch." '83; among the bridesmaids were field '64. member of the technical Susan Ripper and Beth Old- and the Norfolk and Western Rail- Benjamin M. Cole '34 of Hous- staff at Doug Jones and Kitty Schmidt Willis T. Stewart, Jr.'41 of Texas father. Debbie Gronke Ben- way. He was a member of the Ma- ton in February 1983. Instruments. My wife Zulma '85 were married in Duncanville, Houston on June 11, 1984. A mem- and! live on the southwest nett'82 and husband Donald sonic fraternity and active in the side of Texas on June 9. Doug is a gradu- Evan Carpenter '35 of Houston ber of the Rally Club at Rice, he Houston in Missouri Bennett '81 came in from Cali- Presbyterian church, serving as City. We're ate student in electrical engineer- on January 9, 1984. served as a naval officer in World raising three future 'Owls' fornia for the wedding. The cam- deacon and elder. - ing at Rice, while Kitty is working War II. George, Karl, and Lyda." pus police made a guest Edwin Thomas McClanahan on a five-year music degree William T. Hancock '28 of in the appearance when one of the '35 of Denver, Colorado on July 17, Robert Francis O'Rourke '48 of Denise Marie Jackson corrected Shepherd School. Houston on May 27, 1984. Prior to bridesmaids, a neighbor of 1984. A member of the Rally Club Houston on May 31, 1984. a classnote which appeared his retirement he was executive in De- Brian Towey wed Ingrid Sharon's, fainted and struck her and the Pre-Law Society, he also cember 1983. She and John Hun- vice president and director of Kirby George W. Logan '50 of New- Krueger'84 on May 13 in Hous- head. Fortunately, the injury was served as Thresher business man- nell were not married Exploration Company. port Beach, California on March in August ton. not serious. The newlyweds hon- ager and Student Council trea- 1983, but on August 25, 1984. She 28, 1984. Doug Gardner has been named eymooned in California before re- Jamie Catherine Earthman surer at Rice. After active duty in has finished her third year of med- a staff consultant in the manage- turning to Houston. David is Griggs'29 of Houston on May 16, World War II, he went on to a dis- Jane Reynolds Lindsey '55 of ical school at Southwestern Dal- ment information consulting currently doing graduate work at 1984. tinguished career in newspaper New Orleans, Louisiana on July 11, las, and lives now with her practice of Arthur Andersen Rice in math sciences. promotion, working for newspa- 1984. A member of the Pallas husband in Marquette, Michigan, & Co.'s George Payne Montgomery Houston office. pers in Houston, Omaha and Den- Athene Literary Society at Rice, where he is stationed with the Air Ann Rosenwinkel and John Cu- '29 of Houston on July 15, 1984. A ver. Survivors have suggested she is survived by her husband Force flying B-52s. Cheryl Wahba Capps and Ken nyus were married in Oak Park, member of Phi Beta Kappa, he was contributions be made to the Amer- William C. Lindsey '53, six chil- Capps have a daughter, Marisa Illinois on May 26. The couple will a Rice baseball letterman, playing ican Cancer Society or to Rice. Ann Capps, born on April 12. spend the 1984-85 school year in second base for the Owls. He re- dren, and other relatives, includ- Marisa weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz. Chicago, where Ann will bean an ceived a master's degree in phys- Robert H. Nolley '35 of Houston ing brothers Fisher Reynolds, Jr. architectural preceptorship, and ics from Rice in 1930 and worked on February 1, 1984. A member of '59, Norman Towner Reynolds '61 82 Doug Turlip sends some notes on will return to Rice in 1985. as a geophysicist with Exxon and the A.S.M.E. and Engineering So- and Richard Vining Reynolds '64. Wendy M. Miller writes that she two classmates. "Judy V. has Seiscom-Delta. Among his survi- ciety at Rice, he became a senior Ralph Knoohuizen '66 of Lub- moved to upstate New York Sparks is now married to Eugene Lisa Shambro and Jon Smith and vors are his wife Ruth Loughridge engineer with Hughes Tool Co. be- bock on April 8, 1984. He was presi- is working for a scholarly pub- Smith and living happily in Jack- tied the knot in St. Louis on May Montgomery '33, sons Bruce '57 and fore retirement. dent of Hanszen College in the fall lishing company as the production sonville, Florida. Marine second Jon's 28. Several of fellow Wiess- Mark Montgomery '66, and daugh- of 1965. editor. She spent two and a half lieutenant David Wolfe is now a men were in attendance, including William S. Warren, Jr.'36 of ter Laura Wilder '68. Austin on July 19, 1984. A native months in Europe over the summer ground supply officer at MCAS Ka- Kent Bloomstrand '83, Peter of James R. Broeren '81 of Hous- Of '83, Houston, retired and would welcome hearing neohe Bay in Hawaii with the 1st Campo, Bob Gallinaro, H.R. Curtis Patterson '29 of Corsi- he to Austin in ton on May 23, 1984. A member of from 1978 after 42 years with Exxon. old friends. Marine Brigade." Phillips, and Harry Ploehn '83. cana on April 22, 1984. Business Hanszen College, he was a cap- JiMmy Martin Chamness re- Leanne Brooks and Sam Scott Sarah Brockus was the maid of manager of the Rice Owl in 1929, Frank C gh, Jr.'37 of Col- tain of the football team his senior ceived a doctor of medicine degree were married at Rice Memorial honor; she will attend the Cincin- he became a registered pharma- orado Springs, Colorado on June year. He was employed as a sales from UT Medical School in Houston Chapel on July 1. She is working nati Conservatory of Music next cist. He was a former president of 24, 1983. He was class secretary- representative for Coldwell in June. on a Ph.D. at Texas Medical year. the Corsicana Optimist Club and treasurer and Pi Delta Phi secre- Banker. Kurt Biehl was featured in the School, while he is working for Marcela Daichman and Dave June issue of Houtexan, a publica- David Hill and Associates of Hous- Chennisi videotaped their wed- tion of the U.T. Health Science ton. ding on June 2 for the benefit of Center. A rel- second-year med stu- Creed Huddleston and Lisa atives far eka,moia. away. Dr. Hugh Sanborn dent at UT-Houston. Biehl has writ- Schulz Anne are married and liv- of Rice's religious studies depart- ten numerous poems, one of which ing in Fort Worth. ment performed the ceremony, Enjoy keeping up with friends and classmates in won third place in a "Human Val- the Classnotes section? Why not re- Jack Tanner and Kimberly Ro- held in the Rice Chapel. Kyle ues in Medicine" competition. The turn the favor-drop us a line and a (preferably black and white) photo at the Asso- bertson Tanner were in Houston Wendell and Jeff Zweig were award carried a monetary prize for a few days in May, with pic- the best man and groomsman, re- ciation of Rice Alumni, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251, and paid airfare to the Literature tures of their home in Durham, spectively; Marcela's bridesmaids and Medicine Conference in Ak- 0 North Carolina, and the Smoky were high school friends. The Married? 0 New Job? 0 New Baby? ron, Ohio, held May 17-19, where Mountains, where they've gone couple took a long honeymoon in LI Promoted? 0 Take a Trip? 0 See he read his poetry. His poem. a Classmate? camping. She is doing research at Europe, having saved money dur- Rhapsody for Solo Violin," also CI Moved? LI Back in School? LI Other? Ciba-Geigy, while he attends ing their senior year for the trip. aPPeared in May in University Duke Law School. Dave will work for Arthur Ander- Blue, the first campus literary Send us details. Chris Boyer recently directed sen in Houston for a year while magazine in several years. Outside Edge at Houston's Main Marcela works at Baker & Botts. bele S. Turner writes, "I have fi- Street Theater with the help of After that, the couple will relocate mdlY landed a careerish sort of po- some other Riceites. Anne Laf- to Boston so that Marcela may at- sition, as Membership Education foon '86 was assistant director, tend Harvard Law School, and Outreach Coordinator for the Bill Brey designed the lighting, Cathy Craig married Mike F0od Conspiracy cooperative in Bednorz designed T Joe '82 the Oestmann '82 on June 9. ucson, Arizona. I am delighted sound, and Margi Wald '86 was about being paid for socially rele- in charge of props. Rice was repre- David Rice Lummis(M.Acco./ Vont work, and continue my avoca- M.B.P.M.) wed Susan Tuttle on tion sented onstage as well as off, with Name of muddling toward June 9 at Christ Church en Doug Killgore '69 acting the Cathedral lightenment." part of Dennis, a would-be ladies' in Houston. Lummis will reside Class College ,Greg Hilton received a master's man and "nice guy." Joe Ponessa with his wife in New York, agree in electrical engineering '85 was the understudy for the Elizabeth Gurley wed the Rev. Address( New?) aom Rice in May and is employed role of blueblood snob Alex, which Thomas Brindley on June 16 in bY Lockheed in Austin. he played in the show's final Dickinson, Texas. Melanie !vie

SALLYPOHT-SEF7EMBER-OCTOBER 1984 23 RICE DESIGN ALLIANCE Oct. 7 Architects Speak for Themselves, a Rice Faculty Recital Design Alliance-sponsored series of lec- "An Evening of Opera" tures by five prominent American architects representing diverse backgrounds, Oct.9 points of view, and locales, will be held on SYZYGY Wednesdays, September 26-October 24, at Mario Davidowsky Retrospective the Museum of Fine Arts' Brown Audito- rium. All lectures begin at 8 p.m. Single Oct. 10 tickets are $6; $4 RDA/MFA members;$2 Shepherd School Symphony students. For more information, please call Orchestra utive Development, 527-6060 RDA at 624-6297. Uri Mayer, guest conductor N 0 T ICI Sept. 14-15 26 Oct. 16 Sept. Friends of Music* financing Your Business Frank Welch (Midland, TX) Houston Tokyo String Quartet Sept. 21-22 Oct. 3 How to Negotiate Romando Giurgola(NYC) Oct. 18 Houston Friends of Music* Sept. 28-29 Oct. 10 Tokyo String Quartet Barbara Littenberg(NYC) How to Develop a Business Plan Oct. 21 Oct. 17 Faculty Recital HOMECOMING Hugh Newell Jacobsen (Wash., D.C.) "The Moscow Trio," 2:30 P.M. 1. EC T Friday, Nov.9 Oct.24 Oct. 23 3:00-5:00 p.m. ALUMNI INSTITUTE Daniel Solomon (San Francisco) Shepherd School Guest Artist* Alumni Office, sec- Early registration, The Alumni Institute hosts a series of two Tenor Rolf Bperling ond floor of the RMC. one-hour lectures in 301 Sewall Hall on R. Herring Hall, INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL Dedication of Robert Tuesday evenings October 2-November Oct.24 K. Jaedicke, EDUCATION American String Quartet* keynote speaker Robert 13. "Monuments of Western Culture: An- University The Institute of International Education is Stanford cient Greece to the Middle Ages" will be Evening sponsoring four free lectures on Indonesia Oct. 26 presented at 7:15 P.M. The 1984 Election, Class of '34 Sept. 5-Oct. 17 at 7:30 P.M. in the Faculty Recital Reunion parties, including co-sponsored by the Rice Institute for Today Dinner Memorial Center-Grand Hall in Richard Pickar, Mary Hunt Golden Reunion Policy Analysis, will be presented at Rice conjunction with 1.I.E.'s annual "Festival 8:30 P.M. of Nations." To register for admission, Oct. 27 Saturday, Nov. 10 Campanile Orchestra 0._ call 223-5454. 8:30-11:30 a.m. Registration, RMC Lobby 'Ft Ii TAT ,,-1 Wp Sept.5 Oct. 30 9:00 a.m. Indonesian Art, History, Music & SYZYGY Coffee honoring classes 1916- Golden R Social System "An Evening of World Premieres" 34. Friends of Fondren/Rice Engineering Sept. 19 Alumni reception Indonesian Foreign Policy 10:00 a.m. Tribute to the Founder Oct. 3 10:15-11:30 a.m. October 2 Educational and Cultural Mission Convocation, Hammon Hall Homer's Iliad to the U.S. Dr. Hackerman speaks J. Dennis Huston Gold Medal Presentation Oct. 17 Overview of 1984 Election Golden Anniversary Scholarship (1934) Indonesian Economics David Brady presented to Dr. Hackerman Concert by Rice Symphony Orchestra LINGUISTICS 12:00 a.m. October 9 Professor Charles F. Hockett, Cornell Uni- Luncheon Sophocles' Antigone: The versity, will present eight lectures on the Retiring faculty honored, REA and Powerlessness of Power general topic of Refurbishing the Founda- Friends of Fondren honorees intro- Mane-Rose Logan, Associate Professor of tions of Linguistics, Oct. 2-25, on Tuesdays FOOTBALL duced. Faculty speaker. French & Italian P.M. in 309 Sewall and Thursdays at 4:00 Sept.8 at Minnesota 12:00-2:00 p.m. The Role of the Media and Polling Hall. Young Young Alumni Picnic(Graduates In the 1984 Election Sept. 22 Lamar(home) within last 5 years), front of Hamman Patricia A. Hurley, Program Director, Sept.29 at Miami(FL) Hall R.I.P.A. MUSIC 2:00 p.m. Oct.6 Texas(home) Rice vs SMU, Rice Stadium noted, performances are October 16 Unless otherwise OM 13 at TCU 5:00 p.m. Thucydides' The Peloponnesian at 8:00 P.M. in Hammon Hall. *Denotes since informa- College Cook-outs all graduates War: The Collapse of the Polis admission charge. For more Oct. 20 Texas Tech (home) 1958 are invited to their colleges. 527-4933. Richard Wolin, Assistant Professor of tion, call Oct. 27 at Texas A&M Evening History Reunion parties, including Class of '59 Nov. A at Arkansas Silver Anniversary Dinner Race in the 1984 Election Chandler Davidson, Professor of Sociology Nov. 10 SMU (home) Nov. 17 Baylor(homc FRIENDS OF FONDREN October 23 Dec. 1 at Houston Sept.9 Plato's Republic: Reflections on the Human Enterprise Dedication Steven G. Crowell, Assistant Professor of Lane Lounge, Fondren Library, 3:30 Sarah Philosophy A T 1 11 P.M. Domestic Policy Issues in the 1984 The Rice Players present Working, a Election Sept.26 cal from the book by Studs Terkel, Robert M. Stein, Associate Professor of Lecture adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Mina Dean of Kyle Political Science Allen Matusow, Humanities, Faso, October 1-6 at 8:00 P.M. in Hammon Morrow Room, 7:30 P.M. Hall. For ticket information, please call October 30 527-4040. Nov. 10 Virgil's Aeneid: The Struggle Sept. 11 Homecoming Brunch Between Duty and Humanity Faculty Recital Lounge, 9:00 A.M. Huston, Professor of English Gonzalez, Anne Epperson Kyle Morrow J. Dennis Ruben A Foreign Policy Issues in the 1984 13 STUDIES Election Sept. CONTINUING Faculty Recital FARISH GALLERY of Continuing Studies and Spe- Richard J. Stoll, Associate Professor of The Office Albert Tipton, Mary Norris cial Programs offers courses in a variety of Political Science Aug.29 -Oct. 7 popular and academic subjects, plus for- Sept. 18 Great Drawings from the Royal eign language instruction, throughout the November 13 Faculty Recital British Architects Collection year. Call 520-6022 for information. Augustine's Confessions: A David Waters, bass trombone for Our Times Document SEWALL GALLERY Terrence A. Doody, Professor of English EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT Sept.24 School Symphony The Jones School offers management The Impact of the 1984 Election Shepherd Sept. 14-Oct. 20 from the Islands courses to the community throughout the David W. Brady, Robert M. Stein, and Orchestra Primitive Textiles Office of Exec- Richard J. Stoll Carl St. Clair, guest conductor of Indonesia year. For details contact the —ad