ASSOCIATION OF RICE ALUMNI VOLUME 41, NUMBER 4 APRIL-MAY 1985

Rice's fifth president George LOOKING TO THE FUT

INSIDE: Taking the student pulse 'Star Wars,' pro and con Roger Penrose on space and time Conieats

APR.-MAY 1985, VOL. 41, NO. 4 New man on campus 4 Harvard's divinity school dean George Rupp will take the helm this summer as Rice University's EDITOR fifth president. He's the first from the humanities, the second-youngest ever, and brings with Suzanne Johnson f him a.strong administrative background and big plans to lead Rice to its rightful place in the SCIENCE EDITOR nation's educational arena. B.C. Robison DESIGN Keeping the 'Force' with us 6 Carol Edwards CONTRIBUTORS The press has dubbed it "Star Wars." President Reagan calls it the "Strategic Defense Initia- Steve Brynes tive." Whatever the moniker, Rice engineering professor and laser expert Frank K. Tittel says PHOTOGRAPHERS the program to move high tech defense into space is a move in the right direction. Todd Malcolm '87 Philippe Paravicini '86 Exploring space and time 8 STUDENT ASSISTANTS Scheleen Johnson '87 but his work is singularly devoted to Roger Penrose divides his time between Rice and Oxford, Patti Lipoma '87 a mathematical theory that could change the way scientists perceive the world around us. Shelly Unger '86 Taking the student pulse 10 OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF RICE ALUMNI Today's Rice students are cool, calm, confident — and they really like their pizza. Results of an President, Harvin C. Moore Jr. '59 informal survey reveal what Rice students think about everything from rock bands to the threat President-Elect, G. Walter McReynolds '65 of nuclear war. 1st Vice-President, Carolyn D. Devine '52 2nd Vice-President, Bridget R. Jensen '53 Treasurer, Jack Williams '34 Past President, Joseph H. Reilly '48 Executive Director, Tommie Lu Maulsby

ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS Chairman, Charles Szalkowski '70 Co-chairman, John Boles '65 Past Chairman, Patti Simon '65 W. W.Akers W.V. Ballew, Jr. '40 Brent Breedin Franz Brotzen Darrell Hancock '68 Paul Havlak '86 Nancy Boothe Parker '52 Sara Meredith Peterson '47 2eiteips Linda Leigh Sylvan '73 RICE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI GOVERNORS David Farnsworth '42 long as she performed in the Defending the scholar-athlete napolis supported their student athletes, and the below average. So Neal Lacey '56 she should be allowed to stay. She January 1985: the war wages on. All concerned athletes responded by never quitting in spite of classroom, William McCardell '48 fellow students greatly by willingly take sides, yet few can rationally ex- the odds or the score. Whenever a midshipman would benefit her Pat H. Moore '52 talents. This is plain their positions. lost a game he let down his classmates. Athletes sharing with them her special student athletes. So it is with the debate about Rice's contin- at Annapolis were treated well by their peers how it should be with the SALLYPORT(USPS 412-950) is published in ued participation in intercollegiate scholarship because they were respected. They were re- T. Daniel '81 September, November,,February, April, athletics. I have seen, read and heard the inter- spected for their special talents and for their Arlington, Texas and June by the Association of Rice minable argument in every student and alumni ability to make it in the classroom in spite of the Alumni, and is sent free to all university — pro... forum. Both pro- and anti-athletic participation brutal physical demands of their sports. Core curriculum alumni, parents of students, and friends, zealots are well-intentioned and offer meaning- Now let us examine the situation at Rice. Mark my vote in favor of strengthened distribu- Second class postage paid at Houston, ful arguments. Unfortunately, extremists on While there are some who faithfully support the tion requirements for courses. Sometimes I Texas. each side are so entrenched in illogical hypothe- athletic teams, many students and faculty sys- stayed away from courses I didn't know much ses that no significant progress is ever made. I tematically and openly oppose the presence of about, partially because I didn't know what to William Marsh Rice University offers intend to herewith present reasonable argu- the athletes. Some students are uninterested expect, and partially because I didn't know how equal opportunity to all applicants withntl` ments in favor of Rice's continued participation and others even support the opposing schools. successful I would be with studies in divergent regard to race, color, sex, age, national 0r in Southwest Conference athletics. How can one reasonably expect the athletes to areas. As I look back, however, I have some of ethnic origin, or physical handicap. As a Rice graduate engineer and former feel any loyalty to a school which ostracizes my fondest memories of courses with which I general? Unfortunately, many of the struggled. And now, studying at Duke, lam rev- Editorial offices for SALLYPORF are located walk-on athlete (tennis), I energetically oppose them in Activities, any action which tarnishes the reputation of the athletes react to the pressure by sheltering them- eling in the sciences I missed. in the Allen Center for Business Street, university. More so, I fight against any trend selves with their athlete friends and effectively Donna L. Boyce '78 Rice University, 6100 South Main so't from the "Rice Experience" of Houston, Texas. which I believe is harmful to the process of edu- shield themselves Durham, N.C. sid I concur with Socrates and Plato in con- intellectual and social interaction. What bright, cation. ...and con changes lo cluding that physical education is necessary in sensible young student athlete is going to want POSTMASTER: Send address is once again Services' the development of scholars and leaders. Plato's to go to school in an environment like this? The Ah, it seems Dr. Ewa Thompson SALLYPORT, Office of Information ha/ curriculum cru- Houston, "philosopher rulers" were not uni-dimensional real "winners" are going elsewhere and some of on the soapbox with her core Rice U 7n7iv25eirsity, P.O. Box 1892, Her mes- human beings but were multi-talented and well- the recruited athletes are exacerbating the prob- sade(SALLYPOFiT, Feb.-Mar. 1985). Texas Cc warns rounded. I can unequivocably state that I lems by their refusal to interact with the non- sage of fire and brimstone of the civiliza- Copyright 1985 by the Association of Ric? learned more about myself and human nature athlete students. apocalyptically fall of Western has curriculum. Alumni, Rice University. on the tennis court than I ever did in the class- A building is only so sturdy as the founda- tion because Rice no core much ex- room, and I ask, "Is not learning what the uni- tion. Rice cannot succeed in scholarship ath- Eek. Your excellent article pretty the philosophical arguments, so I'd versity,experience is about?" letics until the faculty, students and alumni hausted address the practical side of this issue. When thinking of Rice athletics, I always stand firmly in support of the programs. Other like to doubt that Dr. Thompson's co- think about an incident that occurred at schools have proven that there are enough tal- I have no would have students taking all Swarthmore several years ago. Swarthmore ented student athletes to support winning pro- ercive system courses. However, to coin a played small college non-scholarship football grams. There is no need to lower academic the "right" Beer-Bike phrase, you can lead an SE to an academ and nearly always fielded losing teams. How- standards(indeed we cannot)if we can effec- ft( you can't make him give a hoot. I ever, one year they miraculously began win- tively recruit the right athletes. If we succeed in course, but that there is a huge difference be- coming up wic ning all of their football games. The players on doing this; the problems on the field and with submit taking a course and anything Glr that Swarthmore team were so harassed and os- academic deficiencies in the classroom will no tween getting out of it. Is it truly advancing the cause of civi- Alumni are invited to attend the 28th wt tracized by their classmates and professors that longer exist. If Annapolis and the Air Force lization to force students to take courses they they ceased to hold formal practices and played Academy can field winning teams, then surely Annual Beer-Bike Race on SaturdaY, tee dislike and from which they will absorb next their games under assumed names. Sadly, I Rice should be able to do so. - April 13. Three races are scheduled for to nothing? Nope. Many is the time I have have seen instances of behavior nearly this irra- One may still be questioning,"Why are ath- the afternoon: the fourth annual alurtill spoken with people who de facto had to take tional during my association with Rice. letics so important?" Aside from the previously race will immediate' certain courses; not infrequently they couldn't begin at 2 p.m., Excellent academics and winning athletic mentioned educational values, intercollegiate men's even discuss the matter intelligently. followed by the women's and programs are not mutually exclusive. I know this athletics provide a rallying point for students subject But they took the course, right? races. well because I was a student at the U.S. Naval and alumni. I do not know of any other events No, Dr. all the philosophical Academy one year when Navy went to and won that bring so many alumni together as sporting Thompson, catchers arguments and dire predictions of the self- Drinkers, launchers, riders, football game. My classmates events. This is an obvious plus for the university. torsi a post-season appointed can't foist un- (and even cheerleaders and specta who played football were required to meet the Also, one must remember the value that society curriculum arbiters wanted Let's realize are needed. If you want to participate' same standards of honor, military conduct and places on sporting excellence. Athletics should information on people. that and this foredoomed call the Alumni Office,(713) 527-4057. as all other midshipmen. Some rightfully be compared with dance and music as finally abandon scholarship core were excellent in the classroom, others not; but a form of artistic expression. I daresay that a curriculum drive. Sokolyk '84 that can be said for nearly any group at a diffi- world-famous ballerina would be welcome at Stephen on cult school. The student body and faculty at An- Rice, even though her S.A.T. scores might be Dallas, Texas

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about things that had happened during per. We wanted to encourage people to college days at Rice. The characters were take chances, to do something about their nine of the remaining 27 chemical engi- writing and if they wanted to, to partici- neers of the Class of 1943, all of whom are pate. We wanted it to be something that World War II veterans. would last." The first issue was pro- In the words of Reggie Dugat, one of duced by five editors and four production the organizers of the informal gathering, staff members. Out of the approximately "World War II was refought and Rice Insti- 165 writing entries and 10-15 photographs tute revisited." submitted, 24 were rated as being good Dugat, along with Ralph Young, de- enough to be published. The editors use a cided to call together the '43 chemical en- simple rating system — all entries are gineers from the Houston area because of placed on reserve at the library, each edi- the "great time" they all had at their 40- tor reads all the entries and rates them nu- year reunion in the fall of 1983. With confi- merically, and the ratings are combined to dence that another reunion (only much determine which submissions will be printed. smaller this time) would be an equal suc- One of the founding editors, Jessica cess, phone calls and dinner reservations Landisman '85 is an electrical engineering were made. Dugat and Young were joined major who said she also enjoys good writ- by Bill Schleier, John Tomfohrde, Bill ing. "An editor has to have read a lot and McBride, Jimmy Walker, Bill Paxton, Virgil know exactly what he or she likes and Lehmberg and Joe Barnett. doesn't like," she said. As one of the chief editors, her job is to make sure the other The rise of "University Blue" editors read all of the submissions, plan Although Rice has been dubbed the "Har- many of the printing details and help out vard of the South" by many, English major with selling ads to raise money for the Scott Flukinger '86 thought there was publication. something missing. A junior English major who contrib- In the spring of 1983, Flukinger, then a uted a piece to the first issue of "University Blue," Elizabeth Blocher joined the staff Sammy the....calf? Sullivan, Ross McKee, Malcolm McCants, sophomore, was invited, along with other Rice students, to present some of his poetry this year as one of the chief editors as well. The Rice mascot made an unexpected ap- David Howard, Lee Blocker and, the "It's all a matter of dealing with people," youngest team member, Louis Girard. at a reading sponsored by Sid Richardson Pearance at the Houston Museum of Natu- College. "I didn't know any of the people she said, adding that she, like Landisman, ral And whatever became of the "Duke of Science Guild's annual auction and there, but it was a fantastic reading," he believes the magazine is of great impor- Wild game dinner, held in February. West Point?" tance on campus because it provides a Girard went on to become an ophthal- recalled. "There were people I had never Among the unusual array of items met before reading some really good. stuff, medium in which students can display ouctioned off was a four-hour ride in a mologist — one of the best — who received their work without feeling the pressures of the first distinguished alumni award last and there were also quite a number of in- Rolls-Royce and an electrically-wired doll- terested enthusiasts sitting around clap- the classroom. house year from the New York Eye and Ear Infir- complete with wallpaper and min- ping and enjoying the whole thing." . Matusow is also very proud of the iciture teddy bears, needlepoint rugs and mary. This year, he is being honored as Blue. "It provides an outlet for the students one of Rice's own distinguished alumni Afterwards, at the wine and cheese outhentic paintings. party, Flukinger was astounded that so and it fills a real need on campus," he , But a real star of the show was a Texas (see story on page 15). said. "Scott had the idea, he got the others But Westheimer has a few complaints. many people with the same skills and in- ,*nghorn bull calf donated by museum terests had never crossed paths before. interested, got the money, put mit the first card "Back when I was playing goaltender, president Louis Waters and his wife, "One of the first things that came up was issue and got it rolling. It shows you what Wanda. When the calf was put up for auc- why didn't he tell me the reason shots so is possible at a university like this. It is a often got by on the left was not merely be- why there isn't a literary magazine, a way tion, Charles "Butch" Robinson '71 and his people can get together and work with great achievement." Wife, Paula, were sitting at a table with a cause of my lack of talent, though Lord The most important outcome of the knows I lacked it in abundance, but also each other and talk about the sort of liter- roop of people from the University of ary influences that make them write the magazine for Flukinger is that it seems to texas. because I was slightly nearsighted in my Robinson, a former Owl football way they do," he said. "It seemed really have heightened everyone's awareness of i'laYer, left eye?" bought the calf and couldn't resist ludicrous that a university like Rice, with writing. "The most interesting thing to me 441niediate1y naming the new family pet its academic sophistication, its financial was the way people who generally aren't '.6arri E. Crime doesn't pay Owl." resources, and its 'excellence,' to quote a interested in such things became inter- "It's a beautiful animal," Mrs. Robin- According to a Feb. 6 article in the Chroni- phrase, wouldn't have a literary maga- ested," he said. "I'm not making any airs said, adding that the calf was now re- cle of Higher Education, the man who took presence about what's in the Blue being serious liter- Siding zine, which is kind of a standard at the family's ranch, where they hundreds of engraved book illustrations on any major university campus, and on ature, but it is literature on a very personal !ventually hope to raise "lots of little long- and rare books from a number of univer- most minor ones as well." level. It is literature produced by people horns." sity libraries — including Rice's Fondren Rice students know, people they like and „ • A lot of people left the reading feeling Does this mean "Hook 'ern, Sammy Library — has pleaded guilty in an Illinois inspired, Flukinger said, but soon there people they spend time with. I think that's c)tild be a new rallying court to a charge of Owl cry? federal transporting were finals to deal with, the semester an extremely positive thing." across a stolen goods state line. ended and everyone went home for the Currently, Flukinger said, the maga- The Duke of Rice Dallas art gallery owner Robert summer. Flukinger returned to his home- zine is only being produced once a year scheduled for the March 11 edition of the Houston Post, Kinkaid was sentencing in town of Mobile, Ala., but never forgot the because of the difficulty the students have rctvid Westheimer '37 devoted his column late March. idea of a literary magazine. He wrote let- had in raising money. This year's issue, he was ic) the "Duke of West Point,” who was not Kinkaid, who arrested in 1980 out- ters to some of the people he had met at said, relied on contributions from faculty, Orn West Point at all, but was, instead, side the library at the University of Illinois the reading and, by the time they returned students and alumni, plus a few ads the T -Champaign, estheimer's Rice pal Louis Girard '41. at Urbana identified Rice as to campus for the fall semester, a lot of staff was able to sell. other The name, Westheimer said, came among several universities from people were actively interested, students Despite budget setbacks, interest in r°11-la movie about a West Pointer with which the books and engravings had been and faculty and alumni alike. "University Blue" is rising. The 1985 issue, Other schools ,"14de -ranging athletic skills and alluded to taken. included Texas A & M, Most of the funds for the first issue, due for publication in late April, received '-lirard's "virtuoso" performances on the ice Loyola of New Orleans, Oklahoma Flukinger said, were donated by humani- more than 250 writing submissions and University and the While playing for the Rice Owls ice hockey State University of ties dean Allen J. Matusow, who gave the twice the number of photographs and art- ts,,zrn. Maryland. students $600; President Norman Hacker- work as the last issue. The magazine rep- of the Rice Rice's "Duke," he noted, was also mu- Some materials that man, who donated $1,000; and David resents a dream come true for Flukinger. "I "collected,- included Girard wrote the words and music to Kinkaid a book on Farnsworth '42, who also donated $1,000. Jelt such a hunger for some sort of a liter- tie manor homes purchased in 1944 from the "Rice Fight Song." The group chose the name "University ary community, a desire to know other Rapids Public Library, The ice hockey team? Apparently, it Grand and some Blue" for their new publication so it would people who are as serious about writing as 19th century zoological illustrations from os organized in the early 1930s and be immediately identified as a campus- lam, people I could share my stories with. W London. ted about a decade. The team members wide organization. The founders didn't I just ached for that," he said. °I-ight their own skates (Rice furnished want to "chase anybody away" with a big, Anyone interested in information on forms and equipment)and played high Alums "refight the war" ominous name, Flukinger said. "University Blue" can contact Flukinger do t ools and commercial league teams at The setting was an out-of-the-way Chinese "The concept is as far reaching as pos- the English Department at Rice. Alumni 'le Polar Wave Ice Palace. restaurant in Houston. The dialogue en- sible,'" he said. "It is a magazine for the submissions are welcome as well as those o Westheimer recalled that joining him tailed war stories: some about things that university, an official student literary mag- from students, Flukinger said. h the Rice Owl hockey team were King had happened during World War II; some azine just like the official student newspa- -by Scheleen Johnson '87

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On July I, George Erik Rupp will become Rice University's fifth president. Called a man of 'vision and stamina' by search committee members, Rupp sees great things ahead for Rice.

4 SALLYPOHI—APH11.-MAY 1985 hey first gathered about a year ago at a "Rice has the ability to become a leading institution on global standards. Strength- Kentucky retreat. Even then, the 12-member ening of some areas, however, cannot be at the expense of the areas that are Tsearch committee charged with the job of selecting nominees for retiring Rice President already strong. That seems to me to be the prescription for deterioration rather than Norman Hackerman's successor knew both what enhancement." they were — and were not — going to look for. They knew they wanted someone who was stewardship of the Divinity School over the past six greatest strengths Rice has, in contrast to virtually both a respected scholar and a proven administra- years and our best wishes for success in his chal- all other institutions that have comparable strengths tor. They did not, however, want to limit their lenging new position at Rice. in science and engineering, is that it has from the search to candidates from any particular academic "George is an extremely gifted person," Bok beginning had a serious investment in, and a cen- discipline. said. "He took a good school and transformed it into tral emphasis on, what President Lovett called 'lib- They also felt strongly that the fifth president of a truly exciting school. I don't have a single reserva- eral learning.' Rice should be a person of vision, imagination and tion about George, and I say this about very few "I think the strength that Rice already has is that stamina — someone, as one committee member people." it has never succumbed to the temptation to become said, "who can project the university to the world, Harvard Business School Dean John McArthur, exclusively a technical school. In terms of its history, who is going to take us to the threshhold of the 21st asked if he could see Rupp as president of Rice, said that was the area of initial strength, but always with century." he didn't know enough about Rice to make a judge- the understanding that grounding in other areas of At an afternoon press conference on March 13, ment. "But I could see him as president of Harvard," liberal learning in what have come to be the hu- that person of vision was introduced: Harvard Uni- McArthur said. "He is a leader, a strong person, manities and the social sciences was also very im- versity's Divinity School Dean George Erik Rupp. and will get things done." portant. I certainly have every intention of At 42, Rupp will be Rice's second-youngest Rupp, who will assume the Rice presidency on continuing that double emphasis." President(Edgar Odell Lovett was 36 at the time of July 1, is preparing to apply those leadership abili- Rice's size is also an asset. "I am very much im- his nomination). As a theologian, he will also be the ties to Rice. pressed with the opportunities Rice offers that Har- first Rice president ever selected from a humanities "I'm honored at the invitation to become the vard cannot offer and they are largely a function of discipline. fifth president of Rice University," he said. "Nancy scale," Rupp said. "People across the whole range But as search committee chairman Ralph and I are both delighted to be associated with this of intellectual and professional disciplines can re- O'Connor stressed, "We selected the person, not the distinguished university. We are impressed with the ally be in connection with each other. I see that as a discipline." intellectual and institutional resources at Rice and major asset and I certainly have no plans to trade Asked if his selection would mean a lesser fo- with the cultural and economic vitality of the away that asset by emulating other more differenti- cus on Rice's already strong science and engi- greater Houston area. ated universities that have an important role to play neering programs, Rupp said, "My strategy in "We welcome the opportunity to participate but one that is quite different from the distinctive institution-building is a common-sensical one. I be- with faculty and staff, students, alumni, the board contribution that Rice has." lieve that institutions are best served when they and the broader community in meeting the chal- Rupp's selection by the Rice Board of Governors build on their strengths.' lenge as Rice University comes to be increasingly followed months of intense work by a search com- Though he said he intends to work with faculty, recognized as among the foremost educational in- mittee composed of alumni, faculty, students and staff, alumni, students and board members to build stitutions worldwide. members of the Board of Governors. The commit- complimentary clusters of quality," Rupp empha- "I think Rice has the ability to become a leading tee, which reviewed approximately 350 candidates sized that no programs would be strengthened at institution on global standards and that certainly re- and talked to other university presiaents and educa- the expense of others. quires a strengthening of areas in the ones thatare tional administrators around the country, was com- . "Any strengthening of this institution must be- already strong," Rupp said, adding that he is not posed of board members Ralph O'Connor gin by further strengthening the center core areas, yet prepared to set out specific priorities. 'I do want (chairman), Josephine E. Abercrombie, C.M. Hud - he said. "That, I think means in particular continu- to emphasize, though, that strengthening of some speth, Edward W. Kelley jr., and Charles W. Dun- ing to strengthen the undergraduate program as a areas cannot be at the expense of the areas that are can Jr. (ex officio); faculty members C. Sidney first-rate center of both ilperal and technical learn- already strong. That seems to me to be the prescrip- Burrus, William C. Martin and G. King Walters; stu- ing, and continuing to build on theralready very tion for deterioration rather than enhancement. To dents Garland A. Kelley Jr. (undergraduate)and real quality in the natural sciences and engineering. establish and consolidate unffiistakable quality in Alan F. Rister (graduate); and alumni Catherine C. "That base needs to be solid and continue to be indispensible areas of inquiry is an exciting chal- Hannah '44 and Gus A. Schill Jr. '55. Karen Ostrum nurtured and have its quality enhanced as a pre- lenge." George, vice President of HRI Resources Inc. and condition of moving forward in other areas." Rupp said he is also excited and challenged by also a Rice graduate, served as the committee's ex- Born in Summit, N.J., in 1942, Rupp became several other aspects of Rice. "I think one of the ecutive director. F.) clean of the Harvard Divinity School in 1979 after two years as dean for academic affairs at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Rupp received his university education both in the United States and abroad. His undergraduate r_noior was in German and English literature at the university of Munich, Germany, and at Princeton Ur niversity. He pursued graduate study in theology tirst at Yale Divinity School and later at Harvard, re- ceiving the Bachelor of Divinity degree magna cum loude from Yale in 1967 and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1971. During this period of graduate study, he also received a number of awards and scholar- h1 5, including a Danforth Graduate Fellowship, a uwight Fellowship, the Tew Prize, the Mersick Prize ond the Daggett Prize. A "decent carpenter and vigorous racquetball 13loyer," Rupp is also the author of three books and Purnerous articles for professional journals. He and 'its wife, Nancy, have two children — Katherine (16) cirld Stephanie (13). Rupp said his decision to leave Harvard was not an easy one. Speaking before the Divinity School faculty, he said, "I have found my duties here challenging, absorbing, satisfying; I did not onticipate leaving so soon. "I am, however, strongly attracted to opportuni- ties at Rice. As a school with a long and distin- 1.1ished record of achievement...I am persuaded trlgt Rice is on the threshhold of a major advance t„hcii will place it incontestably in the first rank of krnerican universities." t, Harvard President Derek Bok cited Rupp's "dis- lriguished leadership" in expanding the programs colnd increasing enrollment in the Harvard Divinity ")4,chool by 40 percent since Rupp assumed the posi- tion of dean in 1979. "George leaves with our deep- st gratitude for his immensely successful \tt Retiring President Norman Hackerman(L) with George and Nancy Rupp. SALLYPORT—APRIL-MM 1985 5 KEEPING THE FORCE WITH US A very real form of 'Star Wars' could take space-age weaponry from the realm of science fiction into the arena of strategic defense.

by Suzanne Johnson

t was a tense moment. Darth Vader, facing Problems of strategy and global politics must intense laser beam over a long range with a very Obi-Wan Kenobi in a battle destined to end in also be considered, Tittel said. "Would the plan de- high degree of accuracy in order to intercept a Ideath, took one final lunge with his high-powered stabilize our strategic posture? Is it politically advis- small uncooperative target traveling at very great laser sword. In a bright burst of light, the stricken able? Those are whole separate issues that must be speeds. That will require very sophisticated soft- Kenobi melted into dust. considered, but at this time, the present Strategic ware, computer hardware and sensors for which That scene, from the 1977 film "Star Wars," was Defense Initiative is purely related to the technical we just do not yet have the technology." a product of filmmaker George Lucas' imagination, and economic aspects." Laser technology is nothing new in the military, but it typifies the image of lasers dominating-popu- In late March, Tittel, Michael Berry, Rice's however. "Though we are talking about a super lar culture since long before Hughes Aircraft engi- Welch Professor of Chemistry, and electrical and high technology with the Strategic Defense Initia- neer Theodore Maiman produced the first computer engineering professor Rui de Figueiredo tive, the military already routinely uses lasers in operational laser 25 years ago. were among a number of representatives from the many down-to-earth applications," Tittel said. For While their actual military uses have been less American scientific and educational community to example, lasers form the basis for tank range find- spectacular, lasers have long been the weapon of attend a one-day review on innovative science and ers, communications systems, smart bombs, and in choice for visionary heroes and villains, dating technology in ballistic missile defense organized by surveillance — uses that became common during back to the laser-like ray guns wielded by menac- Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, director of the SDI the Vietnam War. ing aliens in H.G. Wells' 1898 classic, War of the organization. It is an early step, Tittel said, in the For the last few years, Tittel has been working Worlds, Less than a century later, the world's most government's proposed five-year, $24.5 billion re- to develop various types of tunable lasers. Cur- industrialized nation is contemplating a military de- search program to evaluate the plan's technological rently, he explained, numerous scientific and indus- fense system so advanced it could shame even the and economic feasibility. trial applications requiring laser beams of different most visionary. Proponents and critics agree: the fu- "The idea is to look into all the basic technolo- wavelengths need the use of different lasers. The ture is here and the stakes — world peace, or a na- gies that relate to the Strategic Defense Initiative — tunable laser would vary the wavelength of the la- tion's survival — are as high as they come. weapons such as space- and ground-based lasers, ser beam with the turn of a dial, not only providing The media quickly dubbed it "Star Wars." Presi- directed beams of subatomic particles, electromag- a more effective and cost-efficient use of lasers but dent Reagan, who proposed the program in 1983, netic rail guns that fire projectiles at amazing allowing for more refined use. calls it the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). What- speed, and space qualified optics, as well as tech- For example, Tittel said he and Prof. William ever the moniker, the proposal would allow the nology for precise search, acquisition, aiming and Wilson are working with a tunable excimer laser to United States to develop space- and ground-based tracking techniques of fast moving targets," Tittel develop a method for underwater optical communi- military hardware to defend the country against nu- said. "This will require superfast computers for con- cations by focusing on a narrow portion of the blue- clear attack. According to Rice engineering profes- trol, command and communications." green spectrum, the only range of light that is not sor and nationally-recognized laser expert Frank K. Basically, the proposed defense system consists rapidly absorbed in sea water."The Navy is inter- Tittel, the plan holds long-range implications not of three layers. The first, Tittel said, would enable ested in this in terms of global communications for only for global peace strategies but for technologi- the U.S. to intercept a(presumably Soviet-issued their submarines," Tittel explained. "Right now, cal spin-offs into areas such as communications, in- and U.S.-bound)intercontinental ballistic missile when our submarines are on the other side of the formation processing, industry, science, medicine (ICBM)in the initial three-to-five minute "boost" world, they are out of touch with headquarters 50 and energy production. If the SDI plan is deemed phase after launch. The second tier would be a ter- percent of the time. In order to communicate, the workable at all, he said, it could work for the United minal defense that could destroy the nuclear war- submarines have to surface and establish radio States in a big way. The key word right now is "if." heads just before they reenter the Earth's contact, which makes them to spot." "The problems related to the Strategic Defense atmosphere, protecting strategic targets such as Finding practical applications Initiative, as I see them, are four-fold," Tittel ex- large urban areas or our own ground defense ba- plained. "First, is it technologically feasible? Only a ses. Later, Tittel said, a third layer is proposed that Tunable lasers, and other large lasers that applications, very little of the technology that would be required would intercept missiles in mid-course, between the would be developed with "Star Wars" for the plan is already available. Then, even if it is boost and terminal phases, when the warheads or would not only provide military experts with the technologically feasible, how cost-effective would it reentry vehicles separate from the missile. ability to choose the range and intensity of their be? In any military system, the defense is more ex- Born in Germany in 1933 and educated at Ox- weaponry; they would provide a more effective , way for physicians treat their patients. That, Tittei pensive than the offense, so even if the system is ford, Tittel came to the U.S. in 1960, within days of to just the technology re- technologically feasible, it might not be economi- Maiman's laser breakthrough. Within two weeks, said, is one example of how quired for the SDI would hold practical applications cally feasible." Tittel had designed his own laser for General Elec- the public and private sector. tric. As an insider in laser technology, he believes in "I can envision a time when the big lasers that the Strategic Defense Initiative is technologically we're talking about for the Strategic Defense Initia- feasible, but that it cannot be done overnight. could be the basement of a hospitell• "There are major problems that must be over- tive installed in The physician could dial appropriate radiation come," he said. -We have to learn how to deliver an the for a particular treatment to any floor in the hospi- tal," Tittel said. That vision is more than just a dream. Lasers are already in heavy demand by American ophthalmologists(used in treating every" thing from cateracts to diabetic retinopathy), their use by surgeons in operating on hard-to-reacP places such as the ears or throat is on the increase., The sophisticated "Star Wars" technology coulu also be used in areas of emerging technology such as energy production, light wave communications and information processing, Tittel said. "With oil prices dropping almost weekly, it's hard right noW to get concerned about energy production, but there will be another energy crisis somewhere down the road, certainly in the 21st century. So it Is important that we not stop searching for alternative sources of energy." One such source is controlled thermonuclear fusion, which uses lasers to harness energy from „It the hydrogen isotopes readily available in water. will be much more environmentally safe than the current technology of nuclear fision, which uses uranium isotopes," Tittel said. "It will also haveff ../

6 SALLYPORD—APRIL-MM 1985 political implications. Every nation, whether it is in- dustrialized or not, has access to water. Not every- one has access to uranium." SDI technology, Tittel said, could also be appli- cable in revolutionizing high-speed communication and information processing, and could give the United States an edge in the world race for super and fifth generation computers. No time like the present It is those wide-ranging technological advan- tages, plus the hopes that the development of "Star Wars" hardware will ultimately render nuclear arms obsolete, that makes Tittel part of a movement of support that has united much of the American sci- entific and political communities. Despite strong So- viet opposition and the dissenting opinions on how the SDI will affect the American strategic position, they feel it is something the U.S. should undertake, and soon. "The current policy of mutually assured (, destruction must be replaced eventually by mutu- ally assured defense," Tittel said. Explaining that preliminary studies have century, if it is possible at all." He noted that, defense can be translated into workable technol- Shown the three-tiered defense system would be, throughout history, man has responded to each ogy, and before serious talk about strategy and 99.9 percent effective in intercepting incoming nu- new development in weaponry with the race to anti-deployment measures can begin. There are no clear missiles, Tittel said he agreed with former na- build something bigger and better: "Our ancestors guarantees. "It might well prove that it is technically tional security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski's recent fought with bows and arrows, then finally someone feasible but too expensive," Tittel said. "But I think New York Times article that "you've got to make a had the idea of using a shield to deflect the arrows. it's worth less than 1 percent of our defense budget start sometime' rather than wait until the perfect There's always a countermeasure. (the amount currently proposed for SDI research) to System has been developed. "But the argument that the system won't be per- at least address a very important issue in military , "Isn't it better to save 99.9 percent of the popula- is LS- fect not a reason for burying your head in the strategy." tion than none at all, which is where our present sand and letting the rest of the world go on," Tittel For Tittel and others who support the develop- strategy of mutually assured destruction would said. "The Soviets certainly have an equal effort in ment, if not the deployment, of the SDI, the program lead?" Tittel asked. -Even if it takes 50 years, you've space defense, though they talk very little about it. is a sign of progress. Each step toward progress in got to start somewhere. First you build up a de- The Japanese aren't talking much about it either, history, he said, has drawn its share of opposition. fense. Then you can talk about arms control and but they are also working on developing lasers and "In the last century, people were fighting the indus- gradually de-emphasize nuclear weapons. History related SDI technologies. We already have hun- trial revolution," he said. "And President Kennedy's has shown that you can't make sudden transitions dreds of satellites orbiting in space, so you cannot Apollo Program (1960-70) to put man on the moon from one policy to another, so a redirection from an say that somebody is not going to do it eventually. within a decade was met with initial skepticism." Offensive to a defensive strategy would certainly In fact, the SDI concept helped to bring the Soviet Though the stakes are higher here, he added take many decades." Union back to the current arms talks taking place in that "for anyone who has witnessed two world It will also take time for the SDI technology to be Geneva." wars, especially World War II with the dropping of developed and operational, Tittel said. "I think a At this point, however, Tittel said, basic re- the atomic bomb over Japan, the answer is clear. Partial defense might be possible in this century but search is the key that must be explored before we Any solution to the nuclear arms race is certainly O perfect' defense might only be possible by the 21st know with confidence whether the vision of space worth exploring. And 1985 is a good time to start." THE STRATEGIC VIEW

hrough he sees "Star Wars" as a possible ducing the hardware necessary to implement SDI, and build a system so large that it could defend means of improving Soviet coopeiution at the Stoll said, "there are three other questions we must against whatever the Soviet Union could produce. bargaining table, Rice Associate Professor of ask, remembering that we are never going to be "The Star Wars proponents have testified before rolitical Science Richard J. Stoll does not believe that able to test the system in anything resembling a re- Congress that, in order for the system to be effec- genefit will out-weigh the system's potential problems. alistic situation. "First, can it be rendered inop- tive, it has to be big enough to stop whatever the "At first glance, the Strategic Defense Initiative erative? Can it be overwhelmed? Can it be Soviet threat is. s ems very attractive," Stoll said. "First of all, it outflanked? I would say the answers are 'probably, Stoll said, the SDI system can be out- seems to play on our strengths in high technology, very probably, and most definitely,' in that order." flanked'. "The Soviet ttel Union could attack the United cIl, nd people like the idea that we can be smarter Rendering the system inoperative would in- States with significant numbers of nuclear weap- 'flan the Soviets. volve disabling the system's initial or "boost" layer ons, bypassing most — if not all — of the Star Wars )ris "Also this strategy, as opposed to earlier U.S. which Stoll calls the "most crucial" phase. "Since system," he said. "The system will not really do any- ,trategies, focuses on saving lives by saving lives." the warheads have not been discharged, you have thing to defend against cruise missiles, for example, toll explained the SDI system is geared toward de- fewer targets, bigger targets and targets which, as nor will it defend against submarine-launched bal- a- lense rather than offense. "We would not be threat- far as I know, cannot take evasive action because listic missiles." tal• 1-1ing to hurt the Soviet Union; we're simply they are climbing out of the atmosphere." There are some problems the Soviet Union )1'1 Protecting our people," he said. Since the SDI weapons in the first layer have would encounter in shifting to submarine systems, 1- ,Finally, Stoll said, people like the idea of "Star less than five minutes to do their job, Stoll said, if however, Stoll said. First, their submarine- wars" because it does not depend on Soviet cooper- the Soviets could "blind" the sensors for a matter of launched Missiles are not very accurate in hitting on. "It's something we're able to do on our own," a very few minutes, the system would be useless. small hardened targets such as our missile silos. V said. "One problem with arms control agree- The system could also be overwhelmed, course we le he "Of have not said anything about our cit- rhrients is that for them to be effective, both sides said. "There's a finite capacity to how fast these ies, which are neither small nor hardened," he eve to agree to it. We don't need any cooperation things can be shot down. They talk on the order of it added. 3e. mgrn the Soviet Union to do it. Since we know we taking one second old for a very, very high-powered la- In addition, Stoll said, the Soviets have yet to cgn count on ourselves and we don't know if we can ser to burn a hole through an ICBM. Given you've develop solid-fuel technology, which limits the gglint on them, it looks like an attractive solution." got less than five minutes to work, you can estimate amount of time their liquid-fuelled submarines can ns Looks can be deceptive, however, Stoll said. pretty easily how many missiles your system is ca- safely spend at sea. "Also, the Soviets probably rine only way the Strategic Defense Initiative could pable of destroying. What is to stop the Soviet Union don't like the idea of a single commander out there flder nuclear war obsolete is if both sides have it from simply building more missiles? There isn't any- beyond the reach of the Kremlin having control of ctrld they both believe the other side's system would thing, and such a race would be very, very expen- all this destructive capability," he said. "But if they *ork. sive." truly believe Star Wars is going to be effective, t is is ive "But there is also the possibility that one side "It would be particularly expensive because of that going to be enough to keep them from chang- nt.ila get ahead in devising this technology," he the low orbit necessary for the system," Stoll said. ing their strategy? I think the answer is no." id. "What is the loser going to do? They would, in "This will force us to build multiple ir sets of platforms All in all, Stoll said he does not believe SDI will slifect, be disarmed. Are they just going to surren- — the estimates I've seen range from 10 to 20 sets— be able to achieve what it sets out to do. "We're er? Or would they think, 'well, we'd better move to ensure that one set is always over the comparing r. Soviet Un- a technology that we don't yet have with hile we can?'" ion. So every time we feel the Soviets are exceeding the. Soviets' ability to use a technology they either In that sense, Stoll said, SDI would make nu- the capacity of the system, we will have to add ad- already have, or most likely will have in the next `lear war not obsolete, but "more thinkable." ditional platforms to each and every set." decade," he said. "It seems to me that makes it a Assuming the United States is capable of pro- The only U.S. answer to that, Stoll said, is to try losing proposition." PI

SALLYPORT—APRIL-MAY 1985 7 Building Space and Time with Roger Penrose

Mathematics professor Roger Penrose works to redefine the way classical physics interprets the physical universe. 0

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In The Nature of the Physical World, Sir Arthur Ed- des such as electrons or protons could be explained would talk to me about science and many other dington discusses a profound but paradoxical fact in terms of two, three or more twistors. Although a things. He was a tremendous influence." about the physical universe: what we perceive with twistor is not clearly a physical object, it can be vis- Such strong motivation was obviously not lost our senses to be solid matter out of which the world ualized geometrically; it can have a description in on the rest of the Penrose children. Penrose's older around us appears to be constructed is, in actuality, space and time. brother, Oliver, is professor of mathematics at En- mostly empty space. "What one does with twistor theory is to throw gland's Open University; his younger brother, Jona- This is because atoms are mostly space. A away the idea of space-time, and use the twistor than, was a 10-time British Chess Champion, and dense, tiny nucleus is surrounded by one or more idea. other words, don't use points, use twistors." his sister is also a physician. orbits of electrons that swirl about the atom's heart a Penrose is quick to explain that twistor theory is After the war, the family returned to England, comparatively great distance away, leaving most of not so much an attempt at revolutionizing as it is a where his father became professor of human genet- the volume of the atom simply an empty space. reformulation of physical concepts. "It is not a strict ics at University College in London. Years later, Roger Penrose would write: "In the physical theory in the sense that it predicts effects Between the ages of 14 and 18, the young 50 or so years since the time that Eddington wrote from a certain cause. Instead, it lies at the heart of Penrose attended University College School in Lon- his book, much attention has been paid to, and physical laws as we know them. It takes existing don, the equivalent of the American high school. much has been learned about, those minute parti- physics and looks at it in such a way that better un- From there he went on to University College, from cles of 'solid matter within atoms' which comprises derstanding of what we know now might be possi- which he graduated in mathematics in 1952. In 1957, no more than one part in 10'5 of the volume of an ob- ble. he received a Ph.D. from St. Johns College of the ject such as a table!(This is smaller than a grain of "Twistor theory is based on very simple mathe- University of Cambridge. sand in the Royal Albert Hall.) Comparatively little matical concepts involving complex numbers(num- Over the years, Penrose has traveled an ex- attention, however, has been paid to understand- bers that are a combination of imaginary numbers, traordinary amount, partly because, he said, of ing the empty space of which the table is, in a cer- which are numbers that are multiples of the square having an American wife.(He was married in 1958 tain sense, almost entirely composed... This is the root of minus one, and real numbers)," Penrose and divorced in 1980.) almost total lack of any really deep understanding said. "If we take the various existing physical laws, He has served at such prestigious American of the nature of empty space."(New Scientist, such as the Maxwell equations, the laws of general and European universities as Princeton, Cornell, v.82,p.734, 1979.) relativity or the laws of quantum mechanics, and fit Chicago, University College (London), Berkeley, the It is this pursuit of the most fundamental nature them into twistor theory, we can see how these ob- University of Texas at Austin, and now, at Oxford of space and time that today occupies Penrose, a served physical laws are derived from very basic and Rice. He has been at Oxford since 1973; this is World-renowned mathematician who divides his mathematical principles." his second semester at Rice. time between Rice and England's Oxford University. Penrose emphasizes that twistor theory is still at It was during his time at UT in 1963-64 that he He holds endowed chairs of mathematics at an early stage, and for this reason any experimen- got the insight into the whole problem of twistor the- each university, the Rouse Ball chair at Oxford and tal verification of its principles still lies in the future. ory. "I was coming back from a weekend holiday the Edgar Odell Lovett chair at Rice. A fellow of the when suddenly a lot of the things I had been work- Royal Society, Penrose was featured in a cover story ing on in regard to twistor theory finally crystallized in the December issue of Science 80. One area in which application of twistor theory into a coherent whole," he recalled. His ideas about space and time are embodied should be relevant is, in Penrose's estimation, quan- in what is known as twistor theory, a mathematical tum mechanics, the theory that governs areas(such formulation for which Penrose is widely known and as black body radiation, photoelectric effect and While at Cambridge as a student, Penrose was on which he has been working for many years. atomic spectra) where classical mechanics is inade- able to work with people who, like him, were later Twistor theory is Penrose's way of looking at the most quate. to become preeminent in their fields — people such fundamental structure of space and time, a view "Where twistor theory might tie into quantum as Herman Bondi and Dennis Sciama. that Penrose hopes will someday change the way in mechanics is where we hope itwill make significant Paul Dirac, the renowned physicist who helped Which classical physics interprets the physical uni- advances," Penrose said. "One of our main motiva- pioneer the field of quantum mechanics, was espe- verse. tions in this field is that twistor theory ties in with the cially memorable. "People tend to take space for granted," basic ideas of quantum mechanics more naturally "I took a course on quantum mechanics from Penrose said. "They don't really consider what than standard theory does, since it involves com- Dirac," Penrose said. "He was marvelous. He would Space is. This is what twistor theory attempts to do, plex numbers which are an essential component of present the material in brilliant, terse sentences and to try and get hold of space and understand it. A quantum mechanical descriptions. would write and speak with absolute clarity, never twistor is thought of as a more primitive entity out of "Furthermore," Penrose continued, ''twistor the- making an error or a correction. He was the Mozart Which you can construct space." ory has already suggested various possibilities by of physics." In physics, the classical description of space is which general relativity and quantum mechanics Penrose was initially attracted to Rice because based on the concept of points as its most basic might be combined. Right now we're trying to make a group here, led by Prof. Ron Wells, had been Component. In space-time there are what are twistor theory fit into general relativity, which can working on many of the same problems that had oc- kriown as events. They are point-like and have only be considered at the level of classical theory. cupied Penrose and his group at Oxford. Penrose Q momentary existence. The whole of space and "General relativity is an excellent theory that has known Wells for many years, and their associa- time, then, is considered as a collection of these fits the facts to a remarkable degree. I personally tion eventually led to Penrose's coming to Rice on events in sequential order. wouldn't want to change that, at the classical level the basis of one semester per academic year. "The point of view in twistor theory is not to re- at least." Although his daily routine is rather unstruc- card these space-time points as being fundamental Penrose does, however, foresee a change in tured, Penrose does teach several times a week and ingredients, but to rephrase space-time in a differ- quantum mechanics. collaborates with a few graduate students. In his ent, more basic language," Penrose said. "The application of twistor theory to quantum spare time he likes to improvise at the piano. His fa- mechanics could possibly lead to an essential vorite composers are Mozart and Bach. change in its structure," he said. "This change will Penrose admits his work is controversial, and show up in the way in which it combines with gen- that there is still a long way to go before completion So what is a twistor? Penrose readily admits eral relativity." of his theory. that it is an evasive concept, difficult to describe in a "As a mathematical system, twistor theory is verbal, non-mathematical way. Perhaps the best valid," he said. "But as an interpretation of the Way to describe it is that a twistor is an abstract Penrose was born in Colchester, England, in physical universe it is, in the opinion of some, a con- mathematical concept that is intermediate between 1931. He lived there with his parents, both of whom troversial framework. Q Particle and a point, although it is closer to the were physicians, for seven years before the family "And it's taken much longer than I thought; I idea of a particle. It must be realized, however, that moved to Canada. had no idea my progress would be as slow as it has the twistor itself is not truly a physical object; it is a His father, a noted human geneticist, was di- been. I don't think I had much conception of the dif- concept you describe physical things in terms of. rector of psychiatric research at The Ontario Hospi- ficulties involved." "A twistor is not specifically a very small ob- tal in London, Ontario, but he was also deeply Does Penrose feel that, when his twistor theory ject," Penrose said. "It is a different way of describ- interested in natural science and mathematics. is completed, it will be the most fundamental set of ing physical things. For example, massless particles Penrose describes his father as being the greatest laws concerning the physical universe? such as neutrinos, gravitrons and photons could be influence on his career. "I think it has a chance to be," he answered explained in terms of single twistors. Massive part- "We would go for long walks together and he .xith a laugh. "As long as it works out."

SALLYPORT—APRIL-MAY 1985 9 by Suzanne Johnson

Rice students have earned a national reputation as one of the best and brightest student bodies, chock 1 full of merit scholars, high school valedictorians, Taking the scholarship winners and just plain bright kids. Rightfully so — the reputation is well-founded. But convinced that the current crop of Rice ''whiz kids" are interested in more than quantum physics and the latest computer technology, SALLYPORT set out in February to uncover the real Rice student. came to Rice, compared with 20 percent now. And more women are puffing than men: 26 percent of "Favorite university? Rice. The most with only 20 per- the Rice women smoke (compared tl precious national resource? Creativity. cent in 1975). Most useful tool? Imagination." Marijuana is slightly more popular than to- bacco at Rice, but it is still on the decline from the Armed with a highly unscientific survey ask- early 1970s, when half the Rice freshman popula- ing 63 questions on student activities and opin- tion said they smoked pot. Now the number is 26 ions, we approached students of Jones, Brown, percent, slightly more men than women. A closely Wiess and Sid Richardson colleges. Of the almost corresponding number say they favor legalization 300 respondents, 52 percent Were male and 48 of marijuana. percent female. All class years were represented The vice of choice for Rice students, however, (seniors 27 percent, juniors 28 percent, sopho- appears to be alcohol. Asked to list their favorite mores 26 percent and freshmen .20 percent), as drink, more than 50 percent of the students listed an were more than 100 different majors and com- alcoholic one. Beer was the most popular, followed bined disciplines. Engineering and science stu- by rum-based daiquiris and pina coladas and just dents made up 49 percent of the respondents; the about anything made with Kahlua, a coffee liqueur. remaining 51 percent came from humanities, so- And don't limit them to one. Sixty percent of the men cial sciences, music and architecture. Additional and 40 percent of the women surveyed admit to information was pulled from Admissions Office having had "at least one" hangover in the past few materials and from hi-annual freshman surveys months. conducted by the American Council on Educa- By the same token, 70 percent of the students tion. object to the legal drinking age being raised to 21. drinking age will do little to change the Self-image, and more "Raising the problems," one student said. "Proper use of alcohol„ First of all, Rice students just might be interested in is a learned value and people should be educated. the latest computer technology. Over 90 percent of Another added,"We should solve the drinking and them use computers and nearly three-fourths can driving problem with very high fines and driving li- write their own computer programs. While com- cense suspension on the first offense. The govern- puter use increases with class rank, more freshmen ment is not harsh enough on the idiots who do this are entering Rice prepared for high tech study each and they're punishing everyone in the age group year. because it's convenient. It's puritanical." Rice students might be the envy of other univer- sities because of their academic clout, but the com- "Favorite food and drink? Cold pizza petitive world of Rice changes the way they see Sunday morning, themselves. Asked to rate themselves above or be- and flat Coke on low average in 10 different areas, current students watching TV with a mild hangover.". themselves much lower now than they did rate the when asked the same questions as entering fresh- When they're not guzzling the hard stuff, men. For example, 12 percent fewer sophomores students want soft drinks in abundance. Though d rate themselves above average academically than few put in orders for juice or plain old water, most when they entered Rice as freshmen in 1983. listed the "Real Thing," either diet or sugar-laden, On the whole, Rice students see themselves as as their favorites. or to above average academically and in their drive to Whether or not it is related to their "vices" achieve. They consider themselves average in their the fact that half of the students also hold down jobs' leadership, mathematical and writing abilities and almost 60 percent of them say they have to put in in general self confidence. More than 60 percent of all-nighters to study for tests or just to satisfy the them, however, rated themselves below average in minimum daily requirements of demanding profes- artistic and public speaking ability, and less than a sors. third consider themselves popular, either with the Health alert opposite sex("who needs girls anyway," one de- All that study calls for some health measures. Al- clared) or in general. One electrical engineering though only 34 percent of the students say they freshman, not having rated himself above average have watched their diets in recent months, they , in any of the categories, said he does consider him- take care of themselves in other ways. Two-thirds oit self superior in "perserverance." them, more women than men, take vitamins; ahou Self-image among Rice men and women var- the same number, more men than women, jog. ied little except in their drive to achieve, where the Jogging, in fact, seems to be a college-omit-lir' ambitious Rice women outdistanced their male habit. Only 27 percent of the current sophomores , counterparts. Most of the students, however, said jogged before they came to Rice; now, 80 percent al they have strong hopes of achieving a high degree them can be seen trotting around campus dressed of success in their careers. And while money might in stylish blue (the favorite student color). not be everything, it's more important for the stu- They need to, since broccoli and spinach didn't dents to be well-off financially than for them to be exactly rate high on their list of favorite foods. While recognized as authorities in their fields. the Rice men chow down on pizza and steak, the (It's money they will need. Almost all of the stu- "I go to Rice — I don't have time to women are out in search of ice cream and choco- dents drive, and while their current wheels include watch TV!" late. Though these were the top-rated specific such classics as a '69 Plymouth Barracuda and a foods, Italian and Chinese cuisine also fared well' . rash of VW Beetles, more than half of them dream of gious they are or how they feel about their fellow and a number of students preferred more exotic dul-t having their own Mercedes-Benz, Porsche or man. "I'm not religious, but I am concerned about sine such as squirrel gumbo and Beluga caviar (bu Jaguar.) people's spiritual needs," one student said. not at the same time). Student self-image isn't the only change. When the Class of '87 came to Rice as freshmen, 81 per- The spice of life Fun and games cent of them were regular churchgoers. Now, as As churchgoing drops, vices are on the rise. Almost Star scholars though they might be, Rice students, seasoned sophomores, only 39 percent of them (and a quarter of the current students smoke cigarettes, are not all work and no play. If there is a universal 38 percent of all surveyed)go to church regularly. and many seem to have picked up the habit after pastime at Rice, it is movie-going. They all do it., Many, however, were quick to point out that their leaving Mom and Dad's watchful eyes. Only 2 per- When Dustin Hoffman donned a dress as "Tootsie:c churchgoing habits have little to do with how reli- cent of the current sophomores smoked when they Rice students were giggling in the front row -- theY

10 SALLYPORT-APRIL-MAY 1985 Love, sex and marriage Though their views of a nuclear future might be bleak, 81 percent of the students say they want to raise families, with the men outnumbering the women. Less than a third, however, said they be- udent Pulse lieve a woman's first priority is still to her home and i family. This represents a marked change in atti- tudes since 1971, when 78 percent of Rice freshmen said home and family should still come first. Now, the accent is on personal choice. "My first priority will be to my home and family, Sit in front because two-thirds of them are near- but I don't necessarily believe it is the job of the sighted. When Meryl Streep won awards for "Silk- woman in general. In fact, a man should have as wood," she got a cheer from the Owls. Hoffman was much responsibility to his home and family as the the overall favorite actor, though Mel Gibson got woman," one senior history major said. Some extra percentage points from Rice women for With less than 25 percent of the students favor- hunk appeal." Streep won the students' vote for ing cohabitation before tying the knot, marriage is best actress, followed by a strong showing for vet- something they take seriously. "Marriage is impor- eran actress Katherine Hepburn. tant and should never be taken lightly," said one. "If people would take more time to make sure they like Most-admired public figure? Christie each other as well as love one another before mar- Brinckley — what a figure!" rying, and if they would put more effort into the marriage, I think the divorce rate would drop." When the students aren't at the movies, they Taking their time is something most agree on. Might be listening to music —80 percent say they Less than a quarter of both men and women think go to concerts or recitals, and almost three-quarters they will marry within two years of graduation. of them prefer rock'n'roll to the far-distant second Their views on casual sex, however, vary greatly. r. choice, classical. Though Beethoven did get a few Almost 60 percent of the men say sex is okay as long Votes as favorite musician, he couldn't beat Bruce as two people like each other. Only 32 percent of the SPringsteen's time, or that of the Police, who tied women share that view, and some just didn't like With Springsteen for first place. For that matter, the question at all. "This is a naive and vague ques- Ludwig von B. fell short of surpassing Prince, the tion," one senior woman said. "Sex is 'okay?' I think Beatles or about three dozen other rockers. it's pretty great. If two people 'like each other?' Do All Rice students might go to movies, but not all you mean all of my friends, male and female? of them watch television. "What's television?" one Should we be in an ongoing relationship, or did we student asked, while another stated, "I go to Rice just meet? Are these just two people? What if a I don't have time to watch TV!" bunch of us have sex and only two of us like each Of those who do watch, "Cheers" and "Hill other?" We'd rather not answer that one. Street Blues" were the top choices, though a sus- Given the opportunity to speak anonymously, Pected ballot stuffing from Brown College added a the students also offered answers to some questions lot of votes for "Remington Steele." Overall, more that were not asked. Several, for example, ex- than half of the students preferred either cartoons or pressed discontent over the input that students are re-runs of old shows such as given in making decisions at Rice. "Almost every- Heroes" or "Gilligan's Island." one I have talked to who has tried to impress stu- Games and sports fared better than television, dents' views to anyone in an influential position has With 93 percent of the students having attended a been ignored when their position conflicted with the Sporting event in the last semester. Basketball and wishes of the administration," one said. football were the favorite sports, followed closely by soccer. Not to be left out of a national craze, the stu- "Are you getting sufficient financial dents strongly rated "Trivial Pursuit" as their favorite aid? No sir!" game, followed at a distance by cards(from "Old Maid" to "Strip Poker"), video games and backgam- rnon. Others voiced concern over student aid ("are we getting enough? No sir!") and over job prospects. World affairs I get out of Rice and don't find that the sheep- Almost two-thirds of the Rice students surveyed skin means a lot more than other less reputable voted in the last election (although several indig- schools I'm coming back to express this myth to the rIont freshmen pointed out that they weren't yet old present and future students," one junior in electrical /.1ough), and almost half described themselves as engineering said. "On the other hand, if the myth Politically conservative. holds true, I'll promote Rice to all ends of my tra- Vels." Another added, "Is there an alumnus out The legal drinking age should be there who can find me a job?" equal to the earliest age at which both Several expressed curiosity about the Rice alumni. "We, as students, would like to know how males and females may be drafted. If the alumni feel about Rice, the students, and things ; of they aren't ready to drink, they aren't happening at Rice and in the world in general," )Lit ready to serve their country." one said. Another added, "I am just as curious about Rice students as you are, but I'd also like to red The public figure most admired at Rice is know about Rice alumni — can we have some vice- 2Onald Reagan. "He is a very effective leader. versa please?" t of When something needs to be done, he gets it done," Finally, quite a few students thought we didn't °Ile freshman chemistry major said. A junior in ask enough questions so they provided answers to 1111 Sports medicine added, "he sticks to what he says, their own. One junior in biology volunteered, "Veg- t afraid to say what he means and is firm when Photos by Philippe Porovicini etables I hate? Lima beans and brussels sprouts. A uealing with other countries." place to vacation? Australia. My hair color? Black. Other public figures favored by Rice students "Who the **" is really in charge?" Shoe size? 5-1/2. Pierced ears? Yes, twice. Favorite ctlre Houston Mayor Kathy Whitmire ("for pursuing a city? San Francisco. Hobbies? Cooking, music, ugh, controversial career as a female mayor"), ronmental protection. A scant 11 percent believe books. Are you now, or have you ever been, a LL Pritish Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ("the federal military spending should be increased. member of the Communist Party? No." oul" but ,World's best politician, and she's got nice legs"), and Rice students believe the budget deficit has re- And a third-generation Rice student who de- 'hrysler- chief Lee Iacocca ("because of his business placed inflation as the country's most pressing do- scribed herself as a "peace loving radical feminist eteumen, foresight and success"). mestic problem. They are also concerned with idealist" obviously had spring fever. "My opinion of Though the students describe themselves as foreign relations and the nuclear threat. Though campus — generally great, but needs more empha- Q'nservative, they express some strong opinions less than 20 percent believe the United States will sis on social sciences. The students seem apathetic clbout government. Less than half believe the gov- actually becOme involved in a nuclear war in their politically, but on a gorgeous first-blue-bird-of- rnment is doing a good job of protecting the con- lifetimes, only a tenth of them believe they will live spring day like today, who cares?" e, surner, and only 28 percent believe government through it if it does happen. "God help us if it hap- For a full list of specific questions and survey business are adequately concerned with envi- pens," one said. "I wouldn't want to survive." results, see the charts on the following pages.

SALLYPORT—APRIL-MAY 1985 11 Major in: Are politically: Do not diet frequently. Texas: 53% Engineering: 33% Conservative: 45% Men: 68% Midwest: 11% Science: 32% Liberal: 34% Women: 64% South: 10% Humanities/Social Sci- Moderate: 10% Total: 66% Mid-Atlantic: 8% ence: 28% Uninterested: 8% Southwest outside Texas: Architecture: 4% Radical: 3% 7% Music: 3% Men: 70% Far West: 4.5% Voted in the last election. Women: 80% Foreign: 3.5% Total: 69% Total: 75% New England: 3% Stay up all night study- Do not smoke cigarettes. ing. Men: 80% Women: 74% Men: 59% Total: 77% Women: 52% Total: 55.5% Do not smoke marijuana. Men: 71% Have a part-time job. Women: 76% Total: 55% Total: 73.5%

Rice students belie The United States will not Infi„Aler be involved in a nuclear iebigniT\Aii00:9: "rob. war in their lifetimes. Men: 82% Women: 80% Total: 81% They will not survive if maA)ot the U.S. does become in- volved in a nuclear war. Men: 84% vie Women: 92% Total: 96% Ab°14i% N\e' The government is not do- Attend recitals/concerts. ing a good job of protect- Tolc Men: 78% ing the consumer. Men: 79% Women: 80% Men: 56% Theho Women: 69% Total: 79% Women: 59% nolfr' Total: 74% Total: 57.5% \tic Use computers. Men: 55% Federal military spending Tor' Men: 94% Women: 65% should not be increased. Women: 91% Total: 60% Men: 84% tii Total: 92.5% Women: 94% rig Drink to the hangover Tota I: 89`)/6 Drive. point. 98% The legal drinking age Men: Men: 59% Women: 97% should not be raised to Tel Women: 39% Total: 97.5% 21. Total: 49% Men: 70% his Wear glasses/contacts. Women: 72% Men: 63% Attend sporting events. Total: 71% cciae;rg Women: 80% Men: 95% Total: 71.5% Women: 91% There are enough jobs to Total: 93% go around if people re- TC Do not go to church regu- ally want to work. larly. Like to jog. Men: 51% i5 Men: 61% Men: 78% Women: 45% be Women: 63% Women: 68% Total: 48% Total: 62% Total: 73% \Ne Government and busi- To' ness are not concerned enough about protecting Colt% late , "tior Models for our "typical" Rice students are Scheleen John- the environment. son of Dallas, a sophomore English major, and Jeff Men: 67% \Ale Matthews of Houston, a junior majoring in mechanical Women: 76% To" engineering. Both are residents of Jones College. Total: 71.5% roduates

FAVORITES Rice students pick their favorite... Colors. Television shows. Food. Games. 1. Blue 1. "Cheers" 1. Pizza 1. "Trivial Pursuit" 2. Red 2. "Hill Street Blues" 2. Ice cream 2. Cards 3. Green 3. "M*A*S*H" reruns 3. Steak 3. Video games 4. Purple Actors. Sports. 1. Dustin Hoffman 1. Basketball 2. Mel Gibson 2. Football 3. Harrison Ford 3. Soccer 4. Robert Redford "Dream" cars. Actresses. 1. Mercedes-Benz 1. Meryl Streep 2. Porsche 2. Katherine Hepburn 3. Jaguar 3. Four-way tie: Molly Ringwald Musician or group. Rachel Ward Jessica Lange 1. Bruce Springsteen 2. The Diane Keaton Police 3. Tie: Drink (alcoholic). Prince The Beatles 1. Beer ie'01 2. Rum Type of music. inflater our Colleges should require 3. Tie: Tequila 1. Rock/pop(72%) bigg"13- minimum competency Kahlua 2. Classical testing before granting N\e 3. Jazz degrees. Drink (non-alcoholic). NAIC Men: 59% Tol 1. Soft drinks Most-admired public fig- Women: 51% 2. Orange juice ure. Total: 55% Ma 40t be 3. Milkshakes 1 . Ronald Reagan lega It is not necessarily im- 2. Geraldine Ferraro fv\e, Leisure reading. Lee portant for them to be- 3. Four-way tie: Nie 1. Frank Herbert's Dune se- Iacocca come authorities in their ries Kathy Whitmire fields. Ab°At I°gal. 2. Stephen King novels Barbara Jordan Me Men: 59% 3. Piers Anthony novels Margaret Thatcher v1dC Women: 58% 10'1 Total: 58.5% long as two rheti 14 °Uld Sex is okay as not people like each other. Men: 57% Women: 32% Rice students consider them- To' Total: 44.5% kok, selves above average in... the Couples should not live rigl'ep-rs or together before marriage. Artistic ability. Academic ability. Men: 78% prog 4s• Men: 36% Total: 84% Women: 79% Women: 40% Total: 78.5% tet Total: 38% Popularity. Men: 36% They want to raise fami- Leadership ability. TheV:it °i high lies. Women: 33% deg Men: 50% Total: 34.5% t their Men: 85% Women: 51% car Women: 77% Total: 50.5% Total: 81% Public speaking ability. Drive to achieve. Men: 35% They will probably not Women: 30% Men: 58% Total: 32.5% th marry within two years of Women: 70% It t51 'rt) to graduation. Total: 64% be Men: 79% Popularity with opposite 10' Women: 75% Mathematical ability. sex. \d^, Total: 77% Men: 31% TC' Men: 63% Women: 50% Women: 26% A woman's first priority is Total: 56.5% Total: 28.5% COli not necessarily to her late home and family. Writing ability. Self-confidence. Men: 70% Men: 51% Men: 55% \NC Women: 79% Women: 50% Women: 50% Total: 74.5% Total: 50.5% Total: 52.5% RICE NUMERICAL NETWORK Rice to the Nth Degree

BY STEVE BRYNES

At "29 and holding," the programming language larger mainframe computer is installed, improving before," Cooper said. "We couldn't do this if we FORTRAN is nearly as old as the computer revolu- processing speed, but not even touching on the in- used a newer programming language such as Ada, tion itself. Revised numerous times and often criti- herently systemic nature of the difficulties. adopted as a standard for the Department of De- cized for various inadequacies, it has nevertheless "Our feeling at Rice is that the numerical pro- fense in 1981. Also we are particularly interested in survived to become the standard for numerical gramming environment needs to be changed, mov- applying compiler technology to support people computation performed at large business and gov- ing toward a distributed system of inexpensive, who design, implement and use the very large pro- ernment computer centers. single-user computers that would make program- grams generally written in FORTRAN." Sometimes termed ''number-crunching,'' nu- mers more productive. This would mean a 180- The heart of the system is the project data base, merical computation usually involves translating degree turn from traditional batch processing with a a long-term repository of programs, located in one trigonometry or higher-level algebra into FOR- mainframe. Although the practical implications are machine on the network. This provides a central TRAN, then computing solutions to a wide range of obviously significant, this is fundamentally basic re- store through which the actions of the various soft- problems varying from the design of complex search of a type best pursued at a university. We ware tools can be coordinated. equipment to the simulation of oilfield production to have called the project R- — for Rice Numerical Net- Following the example of the Apple Macintosh, the optimization of feed mixtures for poultry and work or, as a mathematical expression, Rice to the a "mouse" is coupled with a list of "menus," allow- livestock. Best estimates are that roughly 50 percent nth degree." ing the programmer to click in and out of various of all business and government programming is nu- R- was originally conceived in 1982 by Ken Ken- options. Many errors in the construction of a pro- merical in nature and that nearly all of this is done nedy, chairman of computer science, together with gram are thus prohibited by the software itself. in FORMAN. other members of the computer science, mathemati- Once the program is written, the programmer can "Its a truism to say that the tools used in numer- cal sciences, and electrical and computer engineer- "step through" his work, watching the progress of ical programming have not kept pace with those ing departments. Since then, work has proceeded his program during its execution. Through these found in other areas of computation," said Keith in four distinct directions: setting up the network; the and other features, the system can prevent at least Cooper, coordinator of the Rice project to build an FORTRAN programming environment project; as- some of the programmer's mistakes and help him experimental computer network using FORTRAN. sembly of custom hardware such as an array proc- work more rapidly. "The manager of a large computer center is typi- essor to support high speed numerical calculations; This past September, the FOFiTRAN program- cally caught between the devil and the deep blue and a "numerical analyst's workbench" of software ming environment passed its initial shakedown sea when trying to upgrade quality and productiv- tools for mathematical calculations. cruise, or "preliminary implementation," to use ity. He can't throw out existing programs and start Implicit in the Rice project is an emphasis on computer terminology. Support for the project over. There's too much time and money invested in the design of compilers, software that translates comes from IBM and the National Science Founda- them, and anyway, how could you meet next programming language into the binary machine tion. week's deadline on that basis? code. Compiler construction is the focus of Cooper's "It seems likely that distributed networks of "Typically, the project manager will try to patch and Kennedy's research, and has been stressed in workstations and servers(resource managers) are up the old system, revising existing programs with- the Rice computer science graduate program for the computing environment of the future," Cooper out thinking through programs from the beginning, some time. said. "Our experimental network is built with start- Cooper said. "Since most numerical programming Because FORMAN is the oldest and most up equipment from companies like Sun and Pyra- is done in the batch mode, he or she is confronted widely used language, compilers for it have ad- mid. In the next few years, I'd expect to see the with many program segments, usually done by dif- vanced beyond the others. "We are building a com- larger companies like IBM and Digital Equipment ferent programmers in different styles. Sometimes a piler that will go where no other compiler has gone come into this marketplace." Ul

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LOUIS J. GIRARD,"for his innovations WILLIAM P. HOBBY JR., "for his ROLAND W. SCHMITT,"for his technical ELWYN L. SIMONS,"for his scholarly and creative contributions to the prac- achievements in politics, government innovations and developments and his attainments and original contributions tice of ophthalmology" and community service" outstanding scientific leadership" in the field of paleontology" Louis T. Girard '41 has always been one to When William P. Hobby Jr. '53 entered After receiving his Ph.D. in physics from Elwyn Simons '53 has been close to Rice keep busy. While working toward his B.A. Rice University as a freshman, it was as a Rice in 1951 (his bachelor's and master's all his life. He grew up only two blocks at Rice, he studied hard, played on the mathematics major. Perhaps it was fate, degrees are from the University of Texas), from the Rice campus where his father, Rice Owls hockey team and, with his fa- but the son of former Texas Gov. William Roland W. Schmitt started to work at the Verne Simons, taught for 40 years. ther contributing the musical arrange- Hobby Sr. and former Eisenhower cabinet General Electric Research Laboratory do- A world-renowned paleontologist who ment, composed the Rice Fight Song. member Oveta Culp Hobby changed his ing research in low-temperature physics, is now head of the prestigious Duke Uni- Since receiving his M.D. degree from major to history early in his sophomore metal physics and transport phenomena. versity Primate Center, Simons' interest in the University of Texas, Girard has estab- year. It was a good mc)ve. Since 1973, Schmitt stayed with GE, rising through paleontology started when, as a boy, he lished himself as one of the world's preemi- Hobby has served as lieutenant governor the ranks until, in 1982, he was named to used to hunt fossils on the sand bars of the nent ophthalmologists. of the State of Texas. his present position as GE's senior vice San Jacinto River and the banks of Braes With more than 300 publications and Hobby has also made a mark on the president for corporate research and de- Bayou. Attending Rice at a time when the 700 presentations to his credit, Girard has Houston media. The three-term Rice velopment and member of the company's departments of anthropology and geology made many significant contributions to the Thresher editor went on to serve, ulti- Corporate Executive Council. had yet to be formed, he got permission to field of ophthalmology. He is responsible mately, as executive editor of the Houston In his current position, Schmitt directs arrange a joint major in biology and zool- for establishing a number of "firsts:" the Post and vice chairman of KPRC broad- the Schenectady, N.Y.-based General ogy, a combination that he said has given first Institution of Ophthalmology for teach- casting (television and radio). Electric Research and Development Cen- him a valuable perspective. Simons is ing and research in the Southwestern Hobby is no newcomer to Texas poli- ter, one of the world's largest and most di- credited with discovering and naming the U.S.; the first eyebank in the Southwest; tics, however. In 1959, he served as parlia- versified industrial laboratories with earliest known ape and the earliest an- the first three-year ophthalmology resi- mentarian of the Texas Senate. His other approximately 2,200 employees — more thropids. dency in the Southwest; the world's first activities, both before and since becoming than 1,200 of them scientists, engineers With more than 100 publications to his Ophthalmic tissue culture laboratory, from lieutenant governor, have included serv- and technicians -- conducting activities credit, Simons has been a professor of an- Which was developed basic salt solution ing as a member of the President's Task both in the U.S. and Singapore and with thropology at Duke since 1977 and the (Alcon); and the first in-patient orthoptic/ Force on Suburban Problems, the Texas offices in London and Zurich. James B. Duke professor since 1982. Pleoptic unit in the Western Hemisphere. Air Control Board, the Energy and Re- Schmitt is also currently serving a two- Among his numerous awards are the Among other activities, Girard is sources Committee for the National Con- year term as chairman of the National Sci- 1973 Annadale Memorial Medal from the founder of the Joint Commission for Allied ference of'Lieutenant Governors ence Board,,the policy-making body of the Asiatic Society; the Senior U.S. Scientist Health Personnel in Ophthalmology; (chairman, 1976-77), and as vice president National Science Foundation. In addition, Award from Germany's Alexander von founder of the Goar Award; managing di- and chairman of the Hobby Foundation. he is a member of the National Academy Humboldt Foundation (1975); and the Ri- rector of the Ophthalmic Foundation; exec- He has served as chairman of the Sen- of Engineering and serves on its council. chard C. Hunt Memorial Fellowship from utive director of the Institute of ate Interim Committee on Welfare Reform Schmitt is a fellow of the American the Wenner-Gren Foundation (1965). Ophthalmology, Texas Medical Center; (Texas), and as a member of the executive Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical In addition to his Rice degree, Simons and president of the International Eye Film committee of the Council of State Govern- and Electronics Engineers and the Ameri- holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in paleobiology Library. ments. can Association for the Advancement of from Princeton University and, in 1965, He has been a lecturer at the Univer- Hobby has also served as president Science, and is a member of the board of was presented with an honorary M.A. de- sity of Texas post-graduate School of Medi- and member of the board of directors of directors of the Industrial Research Insti- gree from Yale. cine since 1957 and a clinical professor at the Child Guidance Center, as a member tute. the Baylor College of Medicine since 1971. of the American Society of Newspaper Edi- With a number of publications to his Among the more than 90 awards tors and as a regent of the University of credit, Schmitt was the recipient in 1977 of Girard has received are the Alfred H. Houston. the IEEE's Region I Award for Electrical En- Bond Award for research in ophthalmol- gineering Management. In 1981, he was ogy, the Ignacio Barraquer Memorial presented with the 29th Robens Coal Sci- Award; Exceptional Merit Award, Contact ence Medal of the British Coal Research Lens Society of America; and the first Dis- Utilisation Association. tinguished Alumnus Award from the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary.

This year's Distinguished Alumni awards will be presented during May 11 commencement ceremonies. The awardees will also be honored at a number of other special events dur- ing commencement weekend. The Association of Rice Alumni will host a 5 p.m. reception in their honor on May 10 in the Ray Memorial Courtyard of the Rice Memorial Center, followed by a dinner with the Ripe University Fund Council in the RMC's Grand Hall. On May 11, the alumni association will host a noon luncheon for the award recipients.

SALLYPORC—APRIL-MAY 1985 15 Applications at record high sity, from which she received an M.F.A. Though applications for admission to Rice She joined Rice in 1964 in the School of Ar- have generally increased from 7 to 9 per- chitecture after several years teaching art cent a year since the early 1970s, this and architecture at Oklahoma State, Uni- year's applications for admission next fall versity of Illinois and Kansas State Univer- Atetw are running 26 percent higher than last sity. Evans was honored with the George year's. R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching in Last year, 2,990 potential freshmen 1978, the same year she was named to the applied to Rice. And though admissions Harry K. and Albert K. Smith endowed for the freshman class will still be held to chair in architecture. CAMPUS around 500, there are 3,800 people vying for the opportunity to attend Rice as fresh- Cullinan Chair established Kenneth Frampton, a widely recognized men this fall. authority on modern architecture, is deliv- ering a series of lectures inaugurating the Craig Francis Cullinan Chair of Architec- ture at Rice. The lectures are free and open ta the public. Under the general heading of "Studies in Tectonic Culture," Frampton discussed "The Rise of the Tectonic Idea: 1800-1910," on Feb. 28. "Auguste Perret and Structural Rationalism" was Frampton's subject on March 21. • The remaining two lectures are "Mies, Kahn and Classicism" on April 11 and ''The School of Zodiac: Utzon, Scarpa and Tectonic Form" on May 2, William E. Gordon British-born Frampton is professor of Provost Gordon to retire architecture in the Graduate School of Ar- President Norman Hackerman recently an- chitecture and Planning at Columbia Uni- nounced that Rice Provost William E. Gor: versity and has published widely on don will retire both as professor and chief modern architecture and design. academic officer on July 1, 1985. (L-R)C.D. Broad Exchange Scholar Marcus 0. Butler, Marshall Scholar Roger According to 0. Jack Mitchell, dean of Gordon, who came to Rice from Cor- Hoskins and assistant professor Kathleen M. Beckingham. Rice's School of Architecture, the Cullinan nell University in 1966, has taught space Chair in Architecture "was made possible Scholars Cambridge-bound physics and astronomy as well as electri- through the generous bequest of Nina J. Not many students have the opportunity year American programs. In addition, he cal engineering during his 19 years on the Cullinan and expresses her lifelong sup- that Will Rice senior Roger Hoskins has. In said, the English Ph.D. candidate can Rice faculty. Prior to his becoming provost port of the arts and her commitment to im- fact, only 30 college students nationwide spend all of his time conducting research and vice president of academic affairs in proving the quality of life for others." each year are chosen to receive the presti- without having to balance classes and lab 1980, he served as dean of natural sci- gious Marshall Scholarship. Hoskins, noti- work. ences(1975-80) and dean of science and fied that he was one of the nation's 30 Hoskins' plans for the future include engineering (1966-75). ENGINEERING Marshall Scholars earlier this spring, is the teaching and continuing his research at a Gordon, who was 67 in January, is a university's second Marshall recipient in major university. "I like the idea of going to member of both the National Academy of De Figueiredo gives speech the past two years. college for the rest of my life," he laughed, Sciences and the National Academy of En- gineering, a fellow of the Institute of Elec- Rui J.P. de Figueiredo of electrical and The chemistry/biochemistry major adding that working at the site of the most computer engineering and mathematical from Luling, Texas(south of Austin), has current research and the latest scientific trical Engineering and past president of the International Union of Radio Science sciences presented an invited paper and chosen to apply his scholarship to re- developments, as well as sharing with stu- chaired a session at the International Con- search at the Medical Research Council dents his knowledge and interests holds (1981-84). In addition to serving on numerous ference on Computers, Systems and Sig- Lab of Molecular Biology(MRC) at Cam- great appeal for him. nal Processing held in Bangalore, India, in bridge University in England. Some of the Hoskins is not the only Rice student on committees in these professional organiza- tions, he has been active on a variety of December. world's most innovative research in molec- his way to Cambridge. Marcus 0. Butler, a The conference celebrated the dia- ular biology is currently being done at this junior biochemistry major and another stu- National Science Foundation research ad- visory committees and has served on the mond jubilee (75th anniversary)of the In- renowned lab where DNA was first isolated. dent of Beckingham's, is this year's C.D. dian Institute of Science, Bangalore, the Although he was an undecided sci- Broad Exchange Student with Cam- boards of trustees of the University Corpo- ration for Atmospheric Research, the Up- most prestigious research institution in sci- ence major when he entered Rice his bridge's Trinity College. ence and engineering in India. De Fi- freshman year, Hoskins soon developed a The exchange program between Rice per Atmospheric Research Corp., Cornell University and the Arecibo Advisory gueiredas participation was sponsored by strong interest in molecular biology after and Trinity is funded by Houston's Student the IEEE Transnational Committee and some Board. related courses and extensive labo- Aid Foundation Enterprises and honors funded by an international travel grant ratory work with molecular In his five years as Rice provost, Gor- biologist Kate the memory of famed Cambridge philoso- from the U.S. National Science Founda- Beckingham. A graduate of Cambridge pher C.D. Broad. Every other year, an out- don broadened an annual series of Pro- vost Lectures by distinguished Rice tion. During his visit to India, De Fi- herself, Beckingham first suggested to standing Rice student is selected to spend gueiredo also lectured on Hoskins that he conduct his graduate work professors in order to promote the "com- a year at Trinity; in the alternate years, a three-dimensional signal processing and at the MRC. munity of scholars" concept among the Trinity graduate comes to Rice. computer vision at Osmania University in Hoskins contacted John Sulston, a re- A native Houstonian, Butler plans to university's faculty. He also was chairman of Rice's recently completed self-study. Hyderabad and at the Naval Base in Co- search associate at the MRC as well as a enter medical school following his year at chin, as a guest of the Indian Government, proponent of a new method of genetic and Cambridge and his graduation from Rice Hackerman, who will also retire on subnuclear research using nematode in 1987. Ultimately, he hopes to become a July 1, observed that "Bill Gordon's service worms. He discussed with Sulston the pos- physician-research scientist. to Rice University is in keeping with a long sibility of coming to England and the type Butler's firm commitment to medical tradition of dedicated individuals who both of work he would be doing. When he gave research is based on his summer 1982 ex- teach and make significant research con- his proposal to the Marshall Foundation, perience with the Carl B. and Florence E. tributions in their fields." Hoskins' plans of research centered King Foundation High School Summer Rice's Board of Governors has unani- around working with Sulston to isolate and Program in Biomedical Sciences at M.D. mously adopted a resolution naming Gor- characterize nematode genes. Anderson Hospital and direct service to don "Distinguished Professor Emeritus" Other than the opportunity to work cancer patients there. He subsequently upon his July 1 retirement. with Sulston and others at the MRC, was employed by noted medial research- Hoskins said study in England also offers ers at M.D. Anderson and The Un•iversity the advantages of a three-year Ph.D. pro- of Texas Medical School in Houston. ARCHITECTURE gram that contrasts with the primarily five- —Patti Lipoma '87 Evans wins AIA award E. Terry Papoutsakis Accreditation team visits Elinor L. Evans of architecture was hon- An accreditation team from the Southern visited with various Rice faculty, staff and ored by the Houston chapter of the Ameri- Papoutsakis named Young Association of Colleges and Schools vis- students in response to questions that can Institute of Architects for outstanding Investigator ited the Rice campus in February. might have arisen from the self-study. career contributions to design education. The White House has announced that E. The team's official program began on Later in the week the full 17-member team Rice alumnus Allen G. Weymouth '55, Terry Papoutsakis, 33, an assistant profes- Feb. 11 at nine different campus locations. held interviews with President Norman president of Houston AIA, presented Evans sor of chemical engineering at Rice, has Two team members met initially with each Hackerman, Provost William Gordon and with the education award at a general been named a 1985 Presidential Young In- of the nine self-study panels which pre- other key administrators. meeting of the School of Architecture on vestigator. pared reports on undergraduate educa- The visitors will prepare a written re- Jan. 10, the opening day of the spring se- The honor carries with it $25,000 per tion, graduate education, computing, port that will, presumably, recommend mester. Evans was selected from a group year in federal funds for five years, an administrative services, library, admis- that Rice be accredited for another 10 of educators nominated by Houston chap- amount that could be raised up to $100,000 sions, student affairs, athletics and com- years. This recommendation, along with ter members. per year through a combination of federal munity relations. those for other colleges in the region, will Evans graduated withtonors from and matching private funds, according to Following the Monday morning meet- be made at the association's annual meet- both Oklahoma State University, where the federal Office of Science and Technol- ing, members of the accreditation team ing in December. she earned a B.A., and from Yale Univer- ogy Policy.

16 SALLYPORF—APRIL-MAY 1985 News of the honor reached the Rice for attaining realistic goals and make deci- the February-March SALLYPORT. published by the Institute for the Study of chemical engineer in a letter from G.A. sions that will enhance the organization's Schroepfer developed the compound Human Issues (ISHI), Philadelphia. Ambler Keyworth II, science adviser to President performance. The Advanced Management in collaboration with Andrew A. Kan- edited and prefaced the volume and con- Reagan, who told Papoutsakis that the Institute has been specifically designed to dutsch of the Jackson Laboratory, Bar tributed three of its eight essays. award embodies "the nation's determina- help the executive improve his or her abil- Harbor, Maine. Among Ambler's numerous publica- tion to assure the vitality of American re- ity to carry out these key functions. Under the terms of the agreement, tions are two books, The French Army in search universities and to strengthen our AMI participants typically have at Rice licenses to American Cyanamid Politics, 1945-1962, published in 1966, and ability to train the next generation of tech- least five years of significant managerial Co.'s Lederle Laboratories Division the The Government and Politics of France,. nical leaders." experience, and are at a corporate officer worldwide rights to patents covering the which appeared in 1971. Keyworth also pointed out that Pa- or equivalent level of responsibility. use of the group of research com- While Ambler's contributions amount poutsakis' selection as one of 200 engineer- Among those who have already reserved pounds, including the 15-ketosterol, to almost half of The French Socialist Ex- ing and scientific awardees "from among a place in the institute are a senior vice- which inhibit the synthesis of choles- periment, articles by six other scholars of 1,089 nominees in a very difficult competi- president for marketing and business de- terol. French politics help round out the picture. tion attests to the selecting committee's velopment for a drilling company, a senior The book deals-in depth with France's high regard for your potential for research vice president of a large real estate com- Rau gives presentations overall economy, social security, agricul- and teaching." pany, a president of a division of a major Physics professor Carl Rau traveled to ture, education, decentralization and im- The awards are designed to fund re- oil and gas equipment and service com- Canada in early March to deliver presen- migraticki. search by faculty near the beginning of pany, a president of a major auto dealer- tations on "Applications of Electron Cap- Study focuses on labor impact their academic careers and thereby help ship in Houston, and vice presidents of two Spectroscopy" at two universities. On ture A Rice University specialist on labor mat- universities attract and retain outstanding insurance companies. 6, he spoke to faculty at Simon Fra- March ters in the U.S. and Latin America has con- young Ph.D.s. who might otherwise pur- Instructors for the AMI include Jones ser University in Burnaby, British Colum- cluded that "jobs in industries that have sue non-teaching careers. The National School professors Cliff Atherton, Randy bia; on March 7, he spoke before physics come to depend on illegal aliens are never Science Foundation administers the pro- Batsell, Bala Dharan, Briance Mas- colloquia at the University of British Co- reported to public or private employment gram. carenhas, Al Napier, David Shields, Ron lumbia in Vancouver. Papoutsakis, a native of Greece, has Taylor, Wil Uecker, Fred von der Mehden, agencies." been a member of the Rice faculty since and Duane Windsor; professors Bryan M. What's more, "In such industries, jobs 1980. He holds a diploma in chemical engi- Brown and Gordon W. Smith of the Rice SOCIAL SCIENCES have become 'job slots' to be reserved ex- neering from the National Technical Uni- economics department; William May of the clusively for undocumented immigrant versity in Athens and M.S. and Ph.D. University of Southern California; John G. workers or, in some cases, for low-skilled degrees in chemical engineering from Pur- Mott and Gary Dominy, both of Arthur An- legal immigrants of the same ethnic due University. dersen; and Winford E.(Dutch) Holland, group." Papoutsakis is the second young Rice president of Holland & Davis Inc., a gen- These and other findings are pre- professor to win the award. Last year Ro- eral management consulting firm. sented by economics professor Donald L. bert L. Bryant, a Rice mathematician, was Huddle, principal author of a study enti- among the first honorees. tled "Illegal Immigration: Job Displacement Fourth U.S. Economy and Social Costs." Conference held The study, a long-awaited mono- HUMANITIES Sen. Phil Gramm (ft-Texas) and Charles E. graph, summarizes and deepens the McLure, deputy assistant secretary for tax results obtained by Huddle and 27 eco- analysis at the U.S. Department of Trea- nomics students from his labor seminar Manschrek to lead tours sury, were the featured speakers at the who, under his guidance, conducted a Clyde Manscmeck, Chavanne Professor of Fourth Annual U.S. Economy Conference two-year field survey. John S. Ambler Religious Studies, will lead two tours to held on Feb. 14 at the Westin Galleria Hotel Huddle and his students set out to de- summer. The East and West Germany this in Houston. The conference, sponsored by Ambler publishes book termine what industries hire illegal aliens theme of the tours is "The Power of the Ref- the Jones School and Coopers & Lybrand, John S. Ambler, professor of political sci- and to what extent illegals displace U.S. ormation" and they will focus on the politi- the state of the national econ- focused on ence at Rice fbr more than 20 years, workers or shut them out of the labor mar- cal and religious events of the 16th century omy in 1985 and beyond. The purpose of blames the declining popularity of the so- ket in the Houston-Galveston metropolitan with primary emphasis on Martin Luther. the annual conference is to bring distin- cialist government of Francois Mitterrand area. Music of the Reformation will be very guished government and corporate speak- The Huddle monograph, published by much a part of the travel experience as this not only on the international economic cri- ers together with the business community the American Immigration Control Foun- Year marks the celebration of the 300th an- sis, but also on policy errors and on the re- to discuss the current and future state of sistance to change of a fundamentally dation of Alexandria, Va., benefited mate- niversary of the birth of J.S. Bach. Several the economy. The facts and opinions pre- conservative society. rially from the input and experience of concerts are scheduled. speakers allow the execu- sented by the A specialist on the politics of France, Arthur F. Corwin, an immigration re- The itinerary includes three nights in their tives to make informed judgments in Ambler expands on this and other social searcher and consultant, and Gordon J. Berlin, two in Leipzig, one night in Erfurt, business decisions. observations in his book, The French So- MacDonald, retired deputy chief of the two nights in Fulda, four nights in Rothen- McLure, the keynote speaker, is re- cialist Experiment, which has just been U.S. Border Patrol. burg ob der Tauber and one night in sponsible for developing the Reagan ad- Mainz. ministration's study of fundamental tax Manschreck is a recognized Reforma- reform and is one of the chief architects of SHEPHERD SCHOOL tion scholar and has published several the major tax reform proposal currently books on church history and the Reforma- under consideration. Other topics under tion. He studied in Heidelberg as a Ful- discussion included FY 1986 federal bright Scholar. budget analysis and deficit outlook by Robert Moore, Ph.D. candidate in reli- Duane Windsor, associate professor in the gious studies, will host the June tour and Jones Graduate School; the taxation di- Rev. Edwin Peterman, Pastor of Christ the lemma by David T Taylor, national tax di- King, Lutheran Chruch, will host the July rector at Coopers & Lybrand; and trip. domestic and international implications of the "super dollar" by Dimitri N. Balatsos, vice president and senior international ec- JONES SCHOOL onomic advisor of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company. Top execs to attend institute Because management education is a life- long process, even for senior executives, NATURAL SCIENCES the Office ot Executive Development of the bnes Graduate School of Administration has developed the Advanced Manage- Cholesterol compound licensed ment Institute, which aims to assist busi- Rice University and American Cyanamid ness leaders in enhancing vital are working together on an experimental management skills in today's challenging hypolipidemic agent that lowers choles- business environment. terol to prevent the development of athero- An intensive two-week residential pro- sclerosis and heart disease. gram, the inaugural Advanced Manage- One of the compounds, a 15- ment Institute will be held May 12-25 at The ketosterol, has proven effective in reduc- Houstonian Hotel and Conference Center. ing serum cholesterol levels in a variety of The institute is aimed at top-level ex- animal species including two species of ecutives who need to broaden their man- nonhuman primates, Rhesus monkeys and agement skills to deal more ably with baboons. The results with these primates formulating overall strategy and making are especially notable since these animals The Shepherd Singers were asked to appear at Roundtop as a part of the August corporate-wide decisions. As Assistant carry cholesterol in their blood in a man- to April concert series. They performed Sunday, March 30, in the newly com- Dean for Executive Development Salvatore ner similar to humans. pleted Festival Concert Hall. Each summer Shepherd School students participate E. Manzo explained, today's executive The research compounds were devel- in the Roundtop Festival, but this was the first time a Shepherd School ensemble faces a complex, rapidly changing envi- oped by a group headed by George J. Sch- has appeared as a performing unit. Visiting exchange composer Arne Mellnas ronment, both domestic and international. roepfer Jr., M.D., the Ralph and Dorothy traveled with the ensemble and conducted two of his a cappella choral works on The key functions of the top-level manager Looney Professor of Biochemistry and pro- texts of e.e. cummings. Gwyn Richards, director of choral activities, conducted are to evaluate the organization and its en- fessor of chemistry at Rice. Schroepfer's the other works, which included compositions of the medieval composer Perotin, vironment, determine an effective strategy work with the 15-ketasterol was featured in Mozart, Messiaen, Copland, Debussy and Poulenc.

SALLYPORF—APRIL-MAY 1985 17 Guy, Cavanaugh win NCAA track titles

Owl nine is 16-6 at mid-season Rice's baseball team is vying once again teams fielding baseball teams(SMU for a crack at the NCAA Regional Playoffs dropped out after the 1980 season) partici- and possible participation in the eight- pate in the annual double elimination team College World Series with a 16-6 re- tournament to be held May 17-20 at either cord at midseason. Two of the losses were Texas A&M (if the Aggies qualify) or Fayet- to top-ranked University of Miami in Coral teville, Ark. Gables, Fla. Through Mar. 14 (all non-SWC That's the good news. The bad news is games), senior outfielder James Thompson that Coach Dave Hall's team has 18 South- and freshman third baseman-designated west Conference games coming up plus hitter Mike Patrick were hitting .487 and three outings against a strong Lamar team .444 respectively in leading the Owls to a that dealt the Owls their worst defeat, 22-5, team batting average of .347. The veterans earlier in the year. Carl Mikeska and Mike Fox led the team A rainy weekend of Mar. 15-17 put a with four home runs each, with Mikeska damper on the opening Southwest Confer- also batting in 24 runs for first place in that ence three-game series against nationally category. ranked Arkansas. Only on Sunday were Though the pitching staff has been hit the two teams able to pair off, with the Ra- hard on occasion, the Owl opponents are zorbacks winning the opener, 8-4, and the batting only a combined .268. Junior col- hometeam Owls coming back strong in the lege transfer Ed Holub is pacing the Owl Gawain Guy Regina Cavanaugh nightcap, 13-2. The third game will not be hurlers with a 4-0 win-loss record, a 1.98 played, marking the first time since 1977 earned run average and 17 strikeouts. All- Gawain Guy and Regina Cavanaugh won two-thirds inches, enabled her to success- that the Owls were unable to complete a SWC reliever Derek Hoelscher is 3-1 plus NCAA men's and women's track champi- fully defend her 1984 irsidoor three-game SWC series. title in the shot registering a save with two innings of shut- onships Mar. 8 and 9, respectively, in Sy- put. Only the top four of the eight SWC out ball against Arkansas. racuse, N.Y., to conclude Rice's indoor The high point in the women's meet track season. was a third-place finish by Rice's 1,600- For Guy, who competed for Jamaica meter team of Katrice Harris, Tammy in the 1984 Olympics, the win was a big Welch, Monique Millar and Tanya McIn- one — a new NCAA indoor record of tosh with a time of 3:42.16, less than two 2:22.01 in the 1,000-meter run; for Cava- seconds off Indiana University's winning naugh, her shot-put toss of 54 feet, one and time. Basketball team loses out Coach Tommy Suitts' 1984-85 basketball team, all-SWC, in taking both scoring (16.0 edition was out of print Sunday, March 4, points per game)and rebounding (8.7) at least a full week earlier than antici- honors on the Rice team. A strong finish by pated. juniors Cashaw and Greg Hines, both of The book on the Owl team had its ex- Houston, enabled Hines to finish the sea- citing chapters — two wins over strong son with a 15.3 scoring average, while Ca- Texas Christian University, victories over shaw averaged 9.9 points and 6.5 NCAA tournament-bound Arkansas and rebounds per game. Notre Dame, and a triumph over always Of the 10-man squad that finished the tough Lamar — but a climax of narrow de- season, senior starters Barnett and Tracy feats at the hands of Texas at Austin (66-65), Steele and substitutes Tom Miller and John Conference and SWC Tournament cham- Witten will be lost; however, all six return- pion Texas Tech (61-60), and Houston at ees plus Ramer are seasoned college per- Hoffeinz Pavillion (96-91) led to an abrupt formers, and help is on the way via 6-10 ending. Rice's 3-13 league record was Magnus Matthaisson of Milwaukee and ninth in the nine-team SWC and elimi- versatile guard Mike Cooper of Greencas- nated the Owls from the new eight-team, tle, Ind. single-elimination tournament played in Dallas on March 9-11. SEASON FINALES An overall record of 11-16 for Suitts' fourth Rice basketball team was disap- Texas A&M 64, Rice 52 pointing but not disastrous. The loss of SMU 68, Rice 52 husky 6-8 center Dave Ramer against Loui- Rice 62, TCU 61 siana Tech in the second week of the sea- Texas 66, Rice 65 son was never fully compensated for — Texas Tech 61, Rice 60 though inspired play by Tony Barnett and Rice 92, Tarleton State 44 Terrence Cashaw at the post position Rice 71, Arkansas 68 helped lead the Owls to rebounding su- Baylor 97, Rice 78 premacy against most opponents. Texas A&M 79, Rice 62 Mike Fox Senior Barnett was named second Sports shorts Alumni game Apr. 13 peting teams for an intrasquad game. The a veteran squad. (39:89.3). Team scores behind Rice and 28th Annual Beer-Bike Race will also be Baylor were: Lamar In Rice's first scrimmage (controlled) of Owls win own invitational 77, TCU 64, Houston held that day. 62, Texas A&M 56, Texas Southern 37, spring football practice Mar. 16, quarter- Coach Steve Straub's harriers proved to be McNeese State 32, Texas at San Antonio back Mark Comalander picked up where Women cagers are 5-21 good mudders on Mar. 16, edging Baylor, 16, and Southwest Texas State 7. he had left off in the fall with three touch- Rice's women cagers, with three sopho- 85-82, for first place in a rain-plagued Rice down passes and no interceptions in com- mores and two freshmen starting, never Invitational meet that opened the outdoor pleting 14 of 21 pass attempts. Competitors quite matched up with their Southwest track season. While it was a third place fin- Wood, Melville ranked for the first string position, veteran Kerry Conference competitors in spite of starting ish in the 1,600-meter relay that clinched In the Head Intercollegiate Tennis rankings Overton and transfer Travis Williams, the season with consecutive wins over the win for Rice, victories by Gawain Guy of men players, Rice's Scott Melville was were 7 of 13 and 5 of 9 during their turns. SMU and TCU. Fourteen losses later the in the mile (4:05.58), Elliston Stinson in the placed 34th in singles; however, playing Spring practice comes to an end on Rice women were 2-14 in the SWC, with hundred meters (10:48.2), and John Bell in doubles with Andrew Taylor elevates him Saturday, April 13, in Rice Stadium when only TCU (1-15) beneath them in the stand- the 110-meter high hurdles (14.38) ac- (and Taylor) to a team ranking of 23. the 70-man varsity is scheduled to either ings, and 5-21 against all corners. Coach counted for most of the points. Second- Wendy Wood is among the nation's top- take on an alumni team being organized Linda Tucker, while disappointed, foresees place Rice finishes went to John Moss in the ranked women's intercollegiate tennis by trainer Allen Eggert or split into com- improvement in 1985-86 with what will be mile (4:07.46) and the 400-meter relay team players.

18 SALLYPOFt'F—APRIL-MAY 1985 104 Ricea ellano4 Telefund nets record pledges Responding to the opportunity to make An- the first time this year — more than 350 — nual Fund pledges over the telephone (un- and the number of alumni — more than til recently, Rice accepted only written 600 — who resumed or took up for the first pledges), more than 1,800 donors pledged time membership in the President's Club a record $135,600 to the university diving (gifts of $100 and up)as a result of being January's annual two-week alumni tele- called. fund. The pledges are payable any time Adding excitement to this year's tele- before June 30, 1985. The amount raised fund was the introduction of nightly prizes exceeds by more than three times last to volunteers raising the most amount of year's total of $44,000 from 600 alumni. money and the greatest number of Dora Belinda ("BeBe") Carroll '77, An- pledges. Among the alumni winners in the nual Fund chairman, and Mary Lou Rap- first category, Hershel Rich '45 raised the son '54, vice-chairman, headed up the most dollars —$2,825. In the second cate- alumni efforts. On campus, William Tay- gory, BeBe Carroll came in first with 20 lor, director of the Annual Fund, and Alice pledges. The telefund chairman also won Harden, assistant director, coordinated the two other nightly prizes in each of the cate- 250 alumni and student volunteers(35 to 40 gories. Other alumni winners were each night) who gathered on campus to Adrienne R. Bond '78, Ed Oppenheimer make the calls. Taylor had high praise for '35, Florence Helm '57, Willie Mae Cole '33 the telefund efforts. "These fine results (a two-time winner), Harry Lawson '61, point yet again to the enormous reservoir Doris Harris '40, Van Ballard '50 and Martin of good will and positive support among Stebbings '83(another two-time winner). Rice's alumni," he said. "I especially want In addition to individual prizes, stu- to thank the hundreds of volunteers who dents competed on behalf of their colleges came to make calls on Rice's behalf. Their for cash awards. Sid Richardson College energy, enthusiasm and dedication to the took the first place award by raising university are truly impressive." $10,935; Wiess came in second with Of special interest this year were the $10,335 and Jones third with $9,520. Each Telefund chairman Bebe Carroll '77 congratulates Jones College Telefund Coordi- number of non-donors who made gifts for college called on two nights. nator Karen Kelley as she accepts her college's prize.

Dr. Paula Thornton Beall '68 Mr. David M. Brisbin '78 Mr. Jeffrey Stuart Zweig '84 Mr. Walter Mark Buehler '68 Mr. Robert E. Cowan '78 Dr. and Mrs. Hans G. Giving clubs enroll new donors Mrs. Thomas S. Davis '68 Mr. and Mrs. James David Ave Lallemant Mr. Donald Paul Golden, Jr. '68 Fite Jr. '78r76 Mr. Charles H. Beynon The Founder's Club and President's Club were established in the fall of 1970 as a means Mr. Clarence Edward Reed '68 Mr. Thomas A. Hagemann '78 Dr. Joan Rea Boorman of bringing together alumni, parents and friends who give substantial support for Rice's Mr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Mr. Scott Wilder Kerr '78 Mr. Jeffrey P. Brown current operations. Membership is on an annual basis (July 1-June 30)and includes the Riden '68/69 Mr. Michael J. Lammers '78 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brown individual and his or her spouse. Names listed below are first-time members for the sec- Mr. Robert Joel Heineman '69 Mr. Gary P. Menzel '78 Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Collins Mr. Norman E. Lanford '69 Miss Anne C. Rice '78 Mr. and Mrs. James J. Degnan ond half of December, January and February. Many of those listed below joined in re- Chaim Aaron Abramowitz'70 Mr. Charles M. Roberts '78 Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Earle sponse to a call from one of our alumni or student volunteers during this year's telefund. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas John Ms. Ann H. Bussey '79 Mr. and Mrs. David C. Epperson Alan '70/70 Mr. Charles Edwin Closmcmn '79 Mr. Richard A. Hoefs President's Club Mr. Reece E. Wycmt '48 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Mr. George Constantine Mr. and Mrs. James Ray Mr. David Howard Mr. Clint Roberts '24 Mr. Thomas Jefferson Chancel- Syptak '58/59 Greanias '70 Emmons '79r79 Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Jones Mrs. C.M. Gronau '29 lor '49 Mr. and Mrs. Emil L. Tejml '58/74 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lee Ms. Valerie Dessler Greider '79 Mr. Wayne E. lanes Mrs. John S. Perry '30 Mrs. Melville A. Conner '49 Mr. Bobby R. Williams '58 Henderson '70/67 Mr. David Jarrell Hickey '79 Mr. Jong In Kim Mr. Royce. L. Burton '31 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hunt Mr. Melvin William Barrow '59 Dr. Fouad M. Khoury '70 Mr. James Bernard Hruzek '79 Mr. Benjamin Lange! Mr. Thomas A. Henderson '31 McKinley '49 Mr. Herbert R. Kramer '59 Mr. Gary Arthur Sitton '70 Mrs. Camelia L. Kurth-Bowen '79 Mr. Randal B. McDonald Mrs. Ruth W. Smith '34 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn D. Robert- Mr. John William Lowrey III '59 Dr. Ronald M. Zweighaft '70 Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Odell Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Meyers Mrs. Henry L. Thompson '35 son Jr. '49/51 Mr. Glen M. Severs Jr. '59 Mr. David A. Fenn '71 Lovett 11 '79 Mr. Robert L. Moore Mr. Erich Schleser '36 Mr..Edgar. C. Sharp Jr. '49 Mrs. A.G. Baker Jr. '60 Mr. Paul Neyland Hester '71 Mr. and Mrs. Denny Robert William Patrick Moore, M.D. Mr. Denton B. Wise '36 Mrs. Story J. Sloane Jr. '49 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Mr. Frederick C. Jahnke '71 Stephens '79/81 Mr. William E. Ogbum Mr. Joe Abbate Jr. '37 Mr. Robert M. Wiggins '49 Barnum '60/64 Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. 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Michael Kale '72 Miss Susan Elizabeth Hoffman '80 Dr. and Mrs. Anestis S. Veletsos Mr. John F. Bell Jr. '39 Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Mr. Max Rue Turner '60 Mr. Robert Emerson McDonald '72 Mr. Edward Gipson Knight '80 Mr. Alan D. Westheimer Mr. John B. Partette '39 Franzen '52 Mr. Robert W. Turner '60 Mr. Irving Wright Moody Jr. '72 Mr. Duane Rudolph Roberts '80 Mr. Larry E. Wuebbels Mr. Walter Cecil Roome '39 Mr. Pui Lo Leung '52 Mrs. Patricia Cantrell Wade '60 Mr. and Mrs. Frank John Pcrvlick Ms. Susan Emma Smiley '80 Mrs. Edwin Kenneth Simmons '39 Mr. Jefferson H. Maxey '52 Ms. Man lee M. Wood '60 '72172 Anna M. Unterberger '80 Founder's Club Mrs. W.L. Wright '39 Mr. James D. Yancey Jr. '52 Dr. David C. Wooten '60 Mr. Matthew Torrey Delevoryas '81 Dr. Robert Eric Reichlin '72 Mrs. Katherine Cullen Burton '27 Mr. and Mrs. Oren A. Mr. Ralph B. Williams '53 Dr. and Mrs. Ramil Carter Miss Deborah Mr. Jeffrey C. Callender '73 A. Martinez '81 Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hannon '31/33 Holt '40/42 Mr. John Hughes Barnes '5 Wright '60 Mr. David Charles Klimaszewaki Mr. James Milton Chandler Jr. '73 Mr. and Mrs. Pincus Grenader '32 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilmeth Mr. Gino J. Biasatti '54 Mr. Tommy Lee Hall '61 Dr. Robert Stanley Dickinson '73 '81 Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Andrews '34 Blagg '41 Mr. Robert A. Garbrecht '54 Ms. Elizabeth Waddel Lawson '61 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Alan Mrs. Myrna Norvell Kaye '73 Mr. Robert G. Robinson '34 Dr. Fredrick A. Homes '41 Mr. Maurice Lowell McGowen '54 Judge Frank C. Price '61 Midkiff '81r84 Dr. Patrick Harris McKinney '73 Mr. Bennet Burns '35 Mrs. Tommie Vaughn '41 Mr. Gerald H. Nicholas '54 Mr. Gary A. Shaner '61 Miss Kathy Edwann Norris '81 Mr. and Mrs. David C. Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Collins Mr. Lee B. Wootters '41 Mr. Lawrence E. Wagenhauser '54 Dr. and Mrs. Lewis T. Waters '61 Miss Constance Edith Voges '81 McLaurin '73r73 '37 Mr. Walter H. Brauer '42 Dr. Crcryton Cann Walker '54 Ms. Mary Woodson '61 Miss Marion M. Wilson '81 Mr. John William Mikus '73 Mr. and Mrs. David C. Kegg '39 Mrs. Frederick G. Dorsey '43 Dr. Orrin K. Crosser '55 Mrs. T.L. Arrington '62 Mr. and Mrs. Ciro Neal Dr. W.M.I. De Boer Ave Mr. and Mrs. J. Leon Crittenden '44 Mr. Harold W. Kincher Jr. '43 Mr. Edward W. Graeff '55 Dr. Truman Dodd Black '62 Ramirez 73r75 Lallenant '82 Mr. James Pat Houston Jr. '44 Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Samuel Dr. Donald Thomas Lazarz'55 Mr. Charles Lee Boatman '62 Bakalar '82 Mr. and Mrs G.T. Schaile '73 Mr. Steven Michael Mr. and Mrs. Dan Robinson Moore Park Jr. '43 Mr. Eric Hastrup Plesner '55 Mr. and Mrs. Hardee C. '82 Mr. Robert D. Jenkins Jr. '74 Ms. Patricia E. Campbell '54 Mr. Thomas J. Stovall Jr. '43 Mr. Victor L. Ferry '55 Kilgore III '62/64 Ms. Kim Ann Hughes '82 Miss Maxine H. Schultz'74 Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Ms. Mary Inez Powell Dr. Christopher Albert Kaeppel '56 Mr. Edward Robert Ronan, Jr. '62 Mitchell '82 Mr. Robert M. Secrest '74 Mr. and Mrs Paul Lee Tapley '54/54 Brownlee '44 Mr. W. Travis Walton '56 Mr. Bryan Nornes Taylor '62 Mr. Robert Leaman Royal!, II '82 Ms. Camille Denise Hueni'75 Mr. Robert E. Bradbury Jr. '56 Mrs. Lee Eugene Thompson '44 Mrs. Paul Waters '56 Dr. and Mrs. John Fenwick Mr. David Robyn Seeley '82 Ms. Kathryn T. Ross'75 Mr. and Mrs. Fines F. Martin '57 Dr. John R. Donaldson Jr. '45 William John Campbell '57 Vesecky '62 Mr. Ronald Wesley Ash '83 Dr. Susan Marie Walters '75 Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold Paine '60 Mrs. Paul Landers '45 Mr. James C. Chaddick '57 Miss Sue Colquitte Wooten '62 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Marcus Brown Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Aurelio Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mrs. Herbert Kendall Laster '45 Mr. Bruce Anderson Goode '57 Dr. Giles Anthony Bumpas '63 '83 Aguilar '76/76 Kitchell '61/.64 Mrs. Carl W. Zanner '45 Mr. Fred H. Goree Mr. William E. Canavan '63 Mr. Keith Chappell '83 Mr. Peter Christopher Elloway '76 Mr. and Mrs. D. Kent Anderson '62 Mr. James Mitchell Coates Jr. '46 Mr. John Virgil Kersten '57 Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Ms. Nancy Kay Noever '83 Mr. and Mrs. H. Michael Mr. Ronald Coy Hatfield '64 Mrs. Mary Ruth Darnell '46 Dr. and Mrs. C.D. Michalo- John Fucik '63 Mr. Edwin Seybourne Poole III '83 Hindman '76r77 Mr. Jeffrey D. Ryan '67 Mr. and Mrs. Dale Joe Missimer '46 poulos '57 Mr. Ott Littleton Luther, Jr. '63 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Shea Scott '83/.83 Dr. Michael Joe Casey '69 Mr. Amon A. Rasch '46 Rev. and Mrs. James E. Mr. Stephen C. Paine '63 Mr. Bradford Bennett Pate '76 Ms. Jennifer Susan Sickler '83 Dr. and Mrs. Yau-Teh Wei '71 Mr. William Waller Jr. '46 Scott Jr. '57r57 Dr. David L. Reasoner '63 Mr. Freeman Elbert Self Jr. '76 Mr. Marlis Earl Smith Jr. '83 Mr. and Mrs. Terry S. McPhail '73 Mr. J. Brooks Watson '46 Mr. Frank E. Seestrom '57 Ms. Donna Holmes Redford '63 Mr. James Robert Wendt '76 Ms. Myra Catherine Souby '83 Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Mr. William Bryan Andrews '47 Mrs. Mary L. Sinderson '57 Dr. W. Dwain Simpson '63 Dr. and Mrs. Richard Allan Ms. Mary Ellen Trunko '83 Labanowski '74/'76 Mr. William C. Odeneal Jr. '47 Mrs. Arville V. Wheeler '57 Dr. and Mrs. Todd!. Zakdur '76/77 Mr. Geoffrey Carlton Westergaard Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Glen Mrs. Ruthe Meyer Wilson '47 Mr. lames R. Bergquist '58 Smith '6164 Mrs. Jessie A. Amos '77 '83 Williamson '75 Mr. John W. Graham '48 Mr. David Clark Berkshire '58 Mr. Joseph Eugene Lester '64 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gregory Ms. Nancy Irene Adolph '84 Mr. Charles P. Dunning '78 Mr. Robert 0. Grimes '48 Dr. Daniel B. Candler '58 Mr. Wendall Wheeler Wilson '64 Bardlak '77r78 Ms. Seneca Kay Huckaby '84 Dr. F. Kenneth Zadeck '79 Dr, William H. Hinds '48 Mr. Randolph Searcy Craven '58 Dr. David William Bonnell '65 Mr. Robert C. Esenwein '77 Ms. Caryn Perkins Lye '84 Mrs. Leonora Montgomery '82 D. Lonnie Wm. Vernon '48 Dr. Caryl La Rue Jones '58 Mr. and Mrs. Derald Lee Mr. Anwar Ikbal '77 Ms. Gaye Lynn McNutt '84 Mr. Richard A. Watson '48 Mr. Marcus M. Shipley '58 Glidden '65/65 Melanie Ehni Mouzoon, M.D. '77 Ms Priscilla Erlene Psencik '84 Mr. Charles P. Corkill Mr. and Mrs. D. Dean Mr. Ernest H. Shumate '58 Dr. Susan Bonner Wier '66 Miss Margaret Ann Nabors '77 Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gordon Dr. Cecil E. Purifoy Jr. Weeke '48r50 Mr. Shelby J. Starr '58 Dr. Robert Clifford Flied, Jr. '67 Mr. Roger C. Newman '77 Sorenson '84 Mr. and Mrs. Merle J. Stewart

SALLYPORT—APRIL-MAY 1985 19 Travel committee plans 1986 The Travel Committee of the Association of *Ireland, Scotland and England, 14 Rice Alumni has selected the following days, $3,100. trips (length of trip and cost are approxi- *India, 21 days, $4,000. 41ktifuli mate): *Australia/New Zealand, 18 days, $3,500. *Christmas and New Year's Eve in *Fall Foliage of French and Scottish Austria, December 1985, 16 days, $2,000. Canada, 11 days, $1,800. *Ski Innsbruck, February 1986, eight *Mississippi River Cruise on Missis- Alumni in the news days, $850. sippi or Delta Queen, five days, $1,000- *Sea Cloud Cruise to Land of the $1,800, depending on cabin. Maya, March 1986, 10 days, $3,700-$4,700, Mackin named UNO chancellor de- depending on cabin. Please help the travel committee Cooper R. Mackin (Ph.D. '62) was formally cide which of the above trips under consid- as third chancellor of the Univer- installed In addition, the committee is considering eration you would most like to see offered Orleans in a Feb. 25 ceremony. sity of New the following trips for 1986 (length of trip by filling out the following form and return- The urban university is Louisiana's second and cost are approximate): ing it to the Association of Rice Alumni, largest. *Cruise to Rio to view Halley's Comet, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251. Mackin, named chancellor by the February 1986, $2,600. lam interested in the following trips. board of supervisors in April of 1984, *Barging and Ballooning in Burgundy, joined the UNO faculty as an assistant pro- Please send me information when availa- 13 days, $3,500. ble: fessor of English in 1963. He was appointed *Flora and Fauna of the Hawaiian Is- and chairman of freshman English in 1964 lands (cruise), 12 days, $1,400-$2,000, de- in 1966, chairman of the English depart- pending on cabin. ment. Beginning in 1969, he served for 11 *Inland Waterways Cruise of the East- Name, class year- years as dean of the College of Liberal ern Seaboard, seven days, $1,500-$2,000 Arts. depending on cabin. Named vice chancellor for academic *Train Across Canada, 16 days, Address- affairs in 1980, Mackin also became pro- $2,500. vost in 1982 and, in May 1983, acting chan- cellor. Mackin, who received his doctorate in English from Rice, also holds degrees from Cooper Mackin, left, receives a scroll Tulane University and from Troy State Uni- from Rice humanities dean Allen J. Ma- versity. A native of Selma, Ala., Mackin tusow on behalf of Rice University at was married in 1958 to the late Catherine the reception following Mackin's inau- Barragy and is the father of one daughter guration as chancellor of the Univer- and two sons. sity of New Orleans.

Redmon wins Kemper Award Charles Redmon '64, a Cambridge, Mass., (R/UDAT) program. architect and urban designer, was re- Since serving on his first R/UDAT in cently selected to receive the Edward C. 1975 in Long Branch, N.J., Redmon has Kemper Award for 1985. The Kemper been an active member of the AIA Urban Award is the highest service honor be- Design and Planning Committee and has stowed by the American Institute of Archi- chaired the R/UDAT Task Group for the tecture (AIA). past three years. He has served on six Redmon, a principal of Cambridge team visits and has been involved in the Seven Associates Inc., was chosen by the team selection and coordination of 40R1 AIA board of directors in recognition of his UDAT studies. "significant contributions to the institute The Kemper Award, named in honor and to his Profession," particularly for his of the AIA's late executive director, will be leadership of the AIA's 17-year-old presented to Redmon at the 1985 AIA Na- Thirty Rice alumni were part of the action at the annual Majors Day Jan. 25 at Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team tional Convention in June. Rice, which for the first time this year was held at a central location at the Rice Memorial Center. Students were able to talk to both faculty and staff members and alumni in a wide variety of disciplines to get more information on different named "Engineer of the Year" Moore opportunities and how to best use their majors in establishing their careers. Walter P. Moore Jr. '59 has been named Rice's civil engineering department. Engineer of the Year by the Texas Society For the past 31 years, Moore has been of Professional Engineers, San Jacinto employed by Walter P. Moore & Associ- Find the Young Achievers Chapter. Moore is the youngest recipient ates, Inc., and presently serves as presi- in the 34 years that this award has been dent and Chairman of the board. He has The Executive Board of the Association of Please send us names of alumni 35 or presented. received several awards for his engineer- Rice Alumni and the Young Alumni Com- under who are exceptional in public serv- A native Houstonian, Moore received ing accomplishments, has authored sev- mittee welcome nominations for awards to ice, religion, professional achievement, bachelor of arts and bachelor of science eral technical publications and is active in be presented at Homecoming 1985 to Out- education, science, and the arts or degrees from Rice, then went on for mas- several technical societies, including the standing Young Alumni Achievers. humanities. Deadline: April 30. F.) ter's and doctoral degrees at the University National Society of Professional Engineers Name Degree/s of Illinois. and the American Concrete Institute. He is presently a member of the board Moore was recognized for his accom- Phone Major/s of directors for the Rice Engineering plishments at the Engineer of the Year Alumni Association and a lecturer for Dinner/Dance held on Feb. 15.1:1 Address Honors received Occupation Rice works at City Hall Current title Three of Houston's city councilmen(who who will be answering questions about Boards served on also happen to be Rice alumni) will partici- current activities and directions in Hous- pate in a special panel discussion April 24 ton. of political at 7:30 p.m. in the Herring Hall Audito- Rice associate professor Professional activities rium. science Richard J. Stoll is serving as pro- Dave Ward of Houston's Channel 13 gram consultant. will moderate the discussion featuring The program, sponsored by the Asso- councilmen Dale Gorczynski '74, Jim ciation of Rice Alumni, is free and open to Civic activities Greenwood '58 and George Greanias '70, the public. La

Other activities

Softball challenge set Additional information The Rice Young Alumni(graduates of your favorite team, just show up for the 1974-84) are challenging the "regular" game. alumni(1916-1973) to a game of softball at Anyone interested in lending their Nominated by Class Rice's Cameron Field on Saturday, May 4, softball expertise to their fellow alumni Address Phone at 2 should call the alumni office at 527-4057. p.m. 77251 If you want to watch and cheer for Please return to: Association of Rice Alumni P.O. Box 1892 Houston, Texas

20 SALLYPORF—APRIL-MAY 1985 MAT- Clca4frieta

managing director of tax educa- Inc. Syptak joined Tracor in 1984 as 27 tion and recruiting for Arthur An- a division scientist. The company Cleveland sculptor William M. dersen & Company at the Chicago is best known for its industry lead- McVey's latest work is a three- World Headquarters, where he ership in the development and pro- quarter portrait of Cleveland-born transferred in 1981. Thomas joined duction of passive electronic poet Hart Crane. The work will be the Houston office after graduation countermeasures systems and mil- cast in bronze and placed in a in 1953 and became a partner for itary telecommunication termi- stone base on the campus of Case the firm in 1967. nals. Western Reserve University. Mc- John Caulfield (Baker) was re- Vey was named a Distinguished sponsible for a recent holographic Alumnus of Rice University in cover on National Geographic. He 1983. will be moving soon from Aero- 54 dyne Research, Inc. in Dillerice, Richard and Barbara Chap- Mass., to the University of Ala- man, who recently attended the bama as director of the Center of 34 30th reunion of their Rice graduat- Applied Optics. Thomas D. Anderson, who is re- ing class, write that "it was great tiring after 29 years as chairman of and we thank all those who the board of trustees of the Kelsey- worked on it." The Chapmans took Seybold Foundation, was honored time from their reunion festivities at a recent dinner at the Houston to visit their son, Rick Chapman, 61 Country Club. In past years, he a Baker College freshman and Les Arnold (Baker)says he is has served as president and/or third-generation Owl. His grand- "still undergoing shock" after The best of both worlds chairman of such major organiza- parents are Madge and Jesse changing jobs from a small, SO- tions as the Museum of Fine Arts, Madden '27. person company to a -large the Houston Grand Opera and the multinational company (General by Andre Fox '86 University Cancer Foundation's Electric)." He writes from Wayne, Board of Visitors. Anderson is cur- Pa., that "Sarah and John are in rently president of Washington-on- college/private school and tuition For members of a late-1940s Texas City church congregation charmed by the-Brazos State Park and vice 55 is enormous." an innocent little girl confidently singing "Jesus Loves Me" in a dress her president of the Retina Research Dorothy Caram(MA) was one of Foundation. "seven of Houston's brightest stars mommy made, the fact that Paulina Stark '57(MA '60) is making a name in the Hispanic community" to be for herself in the music world should come as no surprise. honored in February by the Hous- They would not be alone in their praise for the Colombian-born lyric ton Women's League of United 62 39 Latin American Citizens Council Roy A. Seaberg Jr.(Baker), a soprano. Noted composer and conductor David Amram calls her "a truly Donald "Budde" Gartner has 643 in honor of the organization's resident of Huffman, has been re- great artist," while New York's Gannett News Service claims, "Texas gave elected for a one-year term as been elected president of the San 50th anniversary. Caram is a past American pianists in Van Cliburn. If (Paulina Stark) is Jacinto Senior High School Alumni president of the Institute of His- chairman of the board of directors us one of the finest Association for 1985. He is also panic Culture, a former Spanish of the Farm Credit Banks of Texas. the kind of singer they turn out, they've cornered that market too." chairman of the Golden 50th Re- teacher in public and private In addition to his Farm Credit An admittedly precocious child, Stark began taking voice lessons at union of the Class of 1935. Arnold schools and a Red Cross swim- leadership roles, Seaberg is vice B. Johnson '37 writes:"Many ming teacher of 22 years. In 1982, chairman and director of the Texas age 11. Though her early musical development was set apart from her ac- Rice alumni attended San Jacinto she received her doctorate in edu- Soybean Association and director ademic pursuits, at Rice she discovered a way to blend her love of music High and are eligible for member- cation from UH. In 1983, she was of the Harris County Soil and Wa- with the romance languages in which she received her degrees. She ship — call 'Cotton' Lynch at 643- named by Houston Mayor Kathy ter Conservation District. He 0505." Whitmire to fill a vacancy on the serves as a director of the National gives much of the credit to French professor Andre Bourgeois, a "source of Council of Farmer Cooperatives The writings of Henry M. Morris city's three-member civil service moral support" who suggested she do her thesis on the operatic and the Texas Agricultural Cooper- constant Jr., co-author of commission through January of The Genesis Flood ative Council. He is a member of performances and musical friends of Stendhal. and one of the advocates this year. leading the Federal Land Bank Association of scientific A biographical sketch of Janet Stark's early achievements, in addition to performing with the fledg- creationism, were dis- of Dayton and Beaumont Produc- Whisman has been cussed Feb. 7 at an Alumni Insti- Thompson tion Credit Association. Seaberg is ling Houston Grand Opera, included winning both the NATS(National As- two reference works, tute lecture by Ronald L. Numbers, published in also a partner in a family farming sociation of Teachers of Singing) competition for the Southwest region (as d University of Who's Who of American Women Wisconsin science operation that includes rice, soy- Texas. a senior); the National Godfrey Talent Scout Contest singing Mussetta's historian. Numbers noted that Mor- and Notable Women of beans and cattle, and is co-owner ris' book, published in 1961, re- of a seed company, agricultural Waltz from La Boherne(CBS -TV), and numerous solo performances in mains the basic text of the implement dealership and a direction of Lawrence Foster and Sir creationism movement. concert and oratorio works under the gravel company. He and his wife, Symphony), who was per- Ruth, have three daughters and John Barbirolli(former music director, Houston 57 one son. sonally responsible for her European debut with the Halle Orchestra in Erlene Hubly (Brown) recently won the national Gertrude Stein England. 42 Writing Contest sponsored by academic disciplines into a Ninfa Cavazos, known through- Stark has not only blended her music and UCLA. Her winning essay on Stein out Houston for her work with juve- successful career — she also leads an active family life currently based in was written about contemporary nile probationers, is on the staff of 63 events in the first person, using Cincinnati, Ohio. The soprano has three college-age sons — Phillip, 24; Harris County's Texas Mental Tandem Computer chief executive Stein's very distinctive style. Part Health-Mental Retardation Author- James Treybig (Baker) was fea- Jonathan, 21; and David, 19 — and her husband, Herbert Stark, is presi- of her prize will be a trip this sum- ity. A native Houstonian, Cavazos tured in the Feb. 27 Wall Street mer to Paris, where she will be es- dent of Newman Electric Motors Inc. in Cincinnati. "My career greatly en- followed graduation from Rice by Journal as one of a growing num- corted around various places riches my family life, and vice-versa," she said, adding that her career attending the University of Texas ber of corporate chiefs who fre- associated with Stein by noted Medical Branch in Galveston and quently bypass mid-level will soon take another turn — she has just accepted a post on the voice Stein scholar Robert B. Haas. In the University of Houston's Bates management to directly communi- addition, she will participate in a faculty of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. College of Law. She serves as a cate with employees. ceremony in the south of France, at singer's ca- consultant with Jewish Family Stark's experience encompasses every facet of a classical which time the house where Stein Services and the Jewish Commu- reer — church and oratorio, opera, concert, recital, chamber music, mu- and her friend Alice Toklas spent nity Services, and is an instructor many of their summers will be des- sical comedy, light classics, teaching(among other posts, as an adjunct of clinical psychiatry at the UT ignated a French-American monu- Medical School in Houston. Cava- 65 voice instructor at Rice in 1972-74), and recording. Though much of her ca- ment with a plaque presented by Charles Redmon (Baker) has zos was recently one of "seven of had major solo, concert and re- UCLA affixed to its walls. been selected to receive the Ameri- reer has centered in Texas, she has also Houston's brightest stars in the can Institute of Architects' highest cital appearances elsewhere in the U.S. and abroad. In addition to giving Hispanic community- honored by service honor, the Edward C. Kern- the Houston Women's League of concerts and recitals regularly, she is cantor for high festival days at Tem- per Award, for 1985. Redmon, a United Latin American Citizens principal of Cambridge Seven As- ple Beth Israel in Austin. Her future commitments include repeat perform- Council 643 in honor of the organi- 58 sociates Inc., was chosen by the Monte-Carlo in Monaco. zation's 50th anniversary. ances with the Opera de Nationale de AIA Board of Directors in recogni- Though expressing "good feelings" for all forms of singing, recital and tion of his "significant contribu- tions to the institute and the chamber music is perhaps Stark's favorite medium, providing what she profession,- particularly for his calls "fun — a musical conversation with colleagues." Those colleagues 53 leadership of the Regional/Urban Cooper, Rice's Lynette S. Autrey of Theory Design Assistance Team program. have included Paul Professor Redmon has been an active mem- and Composer-in-Residence. ber of the AIA Urban Design and Stark has also recorded three albums on the Spectrum label with Planning Committee as well as the Boston Society of Architects' envi- world-renowned pianist David Garvey. "Songs of Szymanowski" led her ronmental awareness efforts. The into an area of lesser-known compositions, the works of Poland's preemi- Kemper Award will be presented Karol Szymanowski sung in the original Polish. She has at the 1985 AIR National Conven- nent composer tion in San Francisco this June. also recorded "Clairieres dans le Ciel"(Rifts in the Sky) by Lili Boulanger, and "Sing Me to Sleep — Lullabies, Lullabies, Lullabies," an album of 17 classical lullabies in 12 languages from a cross-section of traditions. -Sing Matthew Syptak (Wiess) has Me to Sleep" is a very special album, Stark said, primarily because it was been promoted from executive di- 67 rector of the former Product Devel- Sheila Mahan(MA '69, Jones) be- created as a special project for UNICEF. The album jacket, which portrays opment Division to vice president gan a new job on Jan. 1 as data many children from around the world, was designed and contributed by processing 51 of the Engineering Systems Divi- manager for the Fred Sawin '57, a Rice engineering graduate. Richard L. Thomas is currently sion at Tracor Aerospace Austin, Eugene(Ore.) Water and Electric

1044, SALLYPORT—APRIL-MAY 1985 21 Keeping the 'Big' in Big D

by Scheleen Johnson '87 In the popular prime-time soap opera "Dallas," the cold, manipulative for mayor, community service work that he said allowed him to become J.R. Ewing seems to be the power behind Big D. When the cameras are involved with the people and monitor the development of the city he cares taken away, however, and the City of Dallas is left to its own citizens, so much about. During his five years as president of the city's park board, there is a different kind of man in charge — one who believes in fairness Taylor was responsible for seeing that badly needed zoo improvements and in the strength of his city: Dallas Mayor A. Starke Taylor Jr. '43. and the Texas Fair Park renovations were placed on the bond program. In 1922, Starke Taylor Sr. began a business buying and selling cotton He also sat on the boards of the Dallas Police Athletic League, Goodwill in the small town known as Dallas, Texas. That same year, his first son Industries and the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas. was born. Starke Taylor Jr. has called Dallas home ever since. This work reinforced Taylor's already high regard for his city and It was in Dallas that the young Taylor worked his way up from a 13- helped him define his own role as well. "Dallas possesses an exciting, dy- year-old "squidge"(apprentice) in his father's office to an international namic spirit," he said. "I see myself as a facilitator, a motivator. leader in the cotton industry. During those years, Dallas had grown in im- "As mayor, I have made an effort to expand the involvement of citi- portance as well and by the time he was elected mayor in 1983, Taylor zens and the community in issues that arise by appointing task forces to found himself heading one of the most rapidly growing cities in the na- deal with some of these questions. We have had task forces designed to tion. study adolescent health and school age pregnancy, biotechnology, child Those who knew Taylor at Rice(where he received a B.A. in pre-law) care, neighborhoods, community development, high-technology, the eco- would not find his present position of leadership surprising. Duting his nomic development of South Dallas, and lead pollution. These groups college years, he served as president of the sophomore class, editor of have been appointed in light of their expertise and experience, have ana- The Campanile, and was president of the R and Quill Club. A varsity lyzed the issues and problems involved, and presented possible solutions. member of the 1943-44 golf team, he was also an active member of the In several situations these solutions are being successfully pursued, and Rally Club. other task forces are still in the process. I believe this approach has been the After graduating from Rice, Taylor strengthened his leadership abili- achievement of my term of which I am most proud." ties beyond the hedges, serving as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy on a Taylor believes the saying that a city is only as great as its citizens, troop ship in the Pacific during World War II. and he feels that the key to good leadership is involvement. Following an honorable discharge, the young Taylor returned home "I would encourage all young people to become involved at an early to Dallas to become a full-time partner in the Taylor cotton firm. When his age," he said. "Become aware of how your city, state and federal govern- father retired in 1962, Taylor became the sole owner and president of ment works. Be involved and active. Future leaders are essential to the Starke Taylor & Son, Inc. By that time the modest little family business had successful preservation of our governmental system." transformed into a major international company selling raw cotton to do- Dallas' mayor said he believes Rice offers its students an atmosphere mestic mills as well as exporting to many countries around the world. conducive to such involvement. Not only does it provide students with an Once again the young leader was able to prove that no job is too big. "outstanding academic program," but, Taylor said, the smaller size of the Taylor soon became one of the top cotton businessmen in the nation. He university has its advantages as well. "One of the things I enjoyed mcist was elected president of the American Cotton Shippers Association, as about Rice University was the small size of the student body. Its size en- well as the Cotton Council International, the Dallas Cotton Exchange and abled students to all be involved and acquainted," he said. the Texas Cotton- Association. In 1969, Cotton Digest named him "Cotton Starke Taylor Jr. believes in Dallas. And while he said the popular Man of the Year." He became the director of the New York Cotton Ex- "Dallas" television show has helped put the city on the map, "it in no way change and, as a member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Advi- depicts realistically the way life in Dallas really is. sory Committee on Cotton, was one of three business leaders chosen to "I am constantly asked what makes Dallas different from other cities, open cotton trade with China. and my response is always the same," he said. "It is the people. They be- So why did someone internationally known in the cotton trade want lieve in the dream of a better life for all our people, and they are willing to to take on City Hall? "I don't really consider myself a politician," Taylor work to make this dream a reality. said. "My decision to run for mayor of Dallas was based on a strong desire "It is the commitment and caring I see every day which makes me to serve this community." continue to want to be part of this effort to fulfill the promise of this city and Taylor started "serving his community" long before deciding to run its future."

Board, the municipal utility serv- an associate professor of political worked in the area of solar thermal David Stoms(Wiess) has "taken Robert L. Randall (M.S.) has ing the Eugene area. She says she science. They are also the proud applications and is the author or the plunge back into the academic been named plant engineer of spends her spare time "enjoying parents of Charles Monroe Gill, coauthor of some 60 technical pa- scene" after 12 years of working for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.'s cross-country skiing, running and, who celebrated his first birthday in pers and reports and a textbook on the U.S. Forest Service. He started Fort Smith roofing plant, now un- in warmer weather, white-water October 1984. solar thermal systems. the winter quarter at the University der construction. He joined Owens- rafting." Stephanie Ferrante Wiley of California at Santa Barbara in Corning in 1972 and was formerly Paul J. Pfeiffer(Wiess) attended (Brown) is living in Vienna, Aus- the masters program in geogra- section supervisor, electrical engi- UT-Austin after graduating from tria, with her husband. John, who phy. neering, corporate engineering, in Rice. After receiving his B.F.A. in received a two-year appointment Toledo. The new facility will man- 68 reinforced mat studio art in 1969, he stayed in Richard B. Bannerot (Ph.D., to the International Atomic Energy ufacture glass fiber Austin to teach at the Laguna Glo- Hanszen), professor of mechanical Agency. She writes, "We hope any for residential and commercial ria Museum School. He writes that engineering at the University of friends in the area will come visit." roofing applications. Until the new plant opens, recruiting he plans a solo exhibition of paint- Houston, has been named a Fel- he will be 71 and training staff. ings at the Designer Space South low of the American Society of Me- Deborah Anderson (Jones) is Gallery in Austin April 28-May 12 chanical Engineers(ASME). The now a faculty member at Harvard and says, "y'all come!" Fellow grade is conferred upon a 70 Medical School and was recently Salle Ann Schlueter-Gill member who has had at least 10 Bethany Ramey (Jones) has appointed scientific adviser to the 72 (Brown)and her husband, Robert years of active engineering prac- joined the firm of Shefelman & Nix World Health Organization. "Not Ed Emmett (Lovett) is in his fourth Marvin Clede(Baker) is success- M. Gill, are both teaching at Rad- tice and who has made significant in Austin after graduating from the bad for someone who nearly failed term in the Texas Legislature and fully designing energy-conscious ford University. She is an associ- contributions to the field of engi- University of Houston with a de- Ray Glanz's physiology course," has been appointed chairman of buildings and researching solar ate professor of classics and he is neering. Since 1974, Bannerot has gree in architecture. she writes. the House Committee on Energy. and passive design alternatives

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with Robert T. Batho. plans to move to Los Angeles this gust 1984, she "was able to escape and is seeking a position in San been named a staff consultant in sion group on the 19th centry Robert Reichlin (Lovett) recently spring. the Phoenix heat" for three weeks Antonio. the Management Information Con- British novel at Stanford Univer- opened offices in Bellaire for a pri- to tour Sweden, Norway and Den- sulting practice of Arthur Ander- sity; Katherine Eggert'84 vate clinical psychology practice. mark. She is now an assistant at- sen & Co.'s Houston office. (Hanszen) is "immersed in critical He writes that he also married last torney general in the Antitrust Deborah Knaff(Lovett), who is theory" in the English Ph.D. pro- Division of the Arizona Attorney 84 gram at Berkeley; Ian Hersey '84 year, and is "still playing in a 76 Doug Allen (Hanszen) is now in "juggling" anthropology and jour- After teaching on the physics fac- General's Office and is currently (Sid Rich) is working as a teaching rock'n'roll band" his first year of the M.B.A. nalism in graduate school at the ulty at Sam Houston State Univer- investigating an alleged price- program assistant and enjoying graduate at Northwestern University. University of California at Berke- sity in Huntsville for two years, fixing/boycotting violation and ley, writes in some "news from school in German; Ernie Martin Mark Denison has joined the ar- Colleen Fitzpatrick (Jones) is drafting legislation that would be California" about other Rice '84(Lovett) -claims to like" his chitectural staff of Ford, Powell & now working for Rockwell Interna- helpful to her division. alumni at Berkeley and Stanford: first year at law school at Berkeley; 73 tional in Seal Beach, Calif. Fitzpa- Carson, Inc. He previously worked Kurt Berger (Will Rice)and his Dan Arenson '84(Lovett) man- Conrad Reining '85(Will Rice), trick is working in the with the Houston firms of Morris/ wife Nancy Swystun ages to squeeze in a surprising who transferred to Berkeley last electro-optics division on several (Baker) Aubry, Barry Moore Architects, Ar- moved from Dallas to North Caro- amount of skiing despite a full year, is in civil engineering; classified projects dealing with quitectonica and S.O.M. lina this past summer after he load of chemical engineering; Sarah Selleck '84 (Lovett), who surveillance satellites and says graduated from Southwestern David A. Edwards(Baker) has Gary Cole '84(Hanszen), "hav- lives in San Francisco, is manag- she would -love to hear from ev- been named a staff consultant in Medical School. He is now doing ing tried several other schools and ing a pension and working in a eryone." the Management his residency in diagnostic radiol- Information Con- disciplines," is at Berkeley study- laboratory; Dara Tayrien '83 sulting practice of Arthur Ander- Charles L. Hewell (Sid Rich) ogy at Bowman-Gray in Winston- ing molecular biology; Jeanne (Baker) will complete her M.B.A. at sen & Co.'s Houston office. transferred to the Naval Reserve in Salem. Nancy transferred with Cooper'84 (Lovett) happily de- Berkeley this spring and intends to January 1984 and has now returned Procter & Gamble and is a man- Thomas M. Gehrlein (Jones) has votes herself to leading a discus- go into marketing. to Houston from his last duty sta- ager at their Greensboro plant. tion at Long Beach Naval Ship- After four years of "long hours of yard. He is currently managing study, grueling exams and little regional wastewater treatment fa- social life," Mark Cavazos.(Sid cilities with ECO Resources. In NEW ARRIVALS Rich) writes that he has become an June 1984, he married Marti associate of the Society of Actuar- Causey '80(Brown), who is a geo- ies, adding that "it sounds like Thomas A. Wellner(Sid Rich), fi- physicist with Texaco at the Bel- William P. Vaughan '68(Hans- child, Diana Christine, on August child, Suzanne. duciary services manager for Na- laire office. They moved into their Rice except I don't get &sheep- zen) and his wife announce the 8, 1984. Jonizo Cain '77(M.A.,Ph.D.) and skin." tional Bank of North Carolina, has first house in January after three birth of their fourth child and sec- Margaret O'Brien Davis'76 her husband, Randall L. Callo- been promoted to vice president months of remodeling it them- Deborah Williford Hanson ond son, Perry Stephen Vaughan, and her husband, Russell, an- way, announce the birth of their and trust officer. He joined NCNB selves. (Brown) has started a new job with on Jan. 19, 1985. nounce the birth of their second first child, Alexander Cain, on Jan. -a subsidiary of NCNB Corp., the Monsanto in Texas City as a plant Scot Martin (Wiess) is instructing Ed Emmett '71 (Lovett) and his daughter, Katherine Foster, on 24, 1985. largest bank holding company in support engineer. She has been in in New Testament Greek with the wife, Gwen, announce the birth of Nov. 6, 1984. Max Heffler'79 (Will Rice) and the Southeast- last year as an the Moody Bible Institute Correspon- Styrene Technical Group for their fourth child. Con Die '76(Lovett) and Karen his wife, Valerie, announce the administrative officer in NCNB's more than seven dence School. He is also preaching months and says Marvin Clede '72(Baker) and his Teinert Die '76(Jones) announce birth of their second child, Robin Trust Group in Charlotte. He and "the people are great at Monsanto and teaching regularly. wife, Theresa, announce the birth the birth of their first child, James Beth, on Jan. 11, 1985. his wife, Carol Cronhardt and I enjoy working there." She of their second child. Robert, in November of 1984. Wellner(Brown), have two chil- Frank Zimba (Baker) was mar- writes that her husband, David Bruce K. Fasterling '80(Lovett) Bill dren. ried on Oct. 5, 1984, in Toronto, Hanson (Lovett) works here also. Cox '76(Hanszen) and Deb- Bruce Morgen (Hanszen)and his and his wife, Linda, announce the Canada. He and his wife, Karen, bie McCleary Cox '76(Jones) wife, Diane Marbach (Jones), an- birth of their first child, Charles Austin Bay (Lovett), along with are living in Silver Spring, Md. announce the birth of their second nounce the birth of their second William II, on Oct. 6, 1984. James F. Dunnigan, has just re- leased a new book, A Quick and Dirty Guide to War: Briefings on 81 Present and Potential Wars. Both 77 Michael Downs(Will Rice) was a authors are military-simulations Robert A. Managan (Wiess) has speaker at the second annual Free IN MEMORIAM experts who have disposed with just received his Ph.D. in astro- Enterprise Rally sponsored by the ideologies and myths to expose physics from the University of Chi- Distributive Education Clubs of the reasons and contexts for the cago and has accepted a America(DECA) chapter at Dun- Charles Arthur Dwyer of Hous- Fred L. Win '25 of Baytown, Texas City on Feb. 13, 1985. world's ongoing armed conflicts canville High School. He has been ton on Feb. 12, 1985. Dwyer was f i. Texas. postdoctoral position at the Uni- Youel C. Smith Jr.'41 of Beau- and flaring hostilities. Prior to his a starter for the Dallas Cowboys nancial director at Rice from 1936 versity of Toronto. Jack Grosse '26 of Houston. mont in February of 1985. work on this book, Bay developed since his rookie year, and this year to 1961. Frances May Smith Gammill combat simulations for the Army he became the first defensive back David J. Knowles'42 of Oak Alline Ellis Kane '18 of Nuevo '280! Houston on April 17, 1984. War College and the Strategic since Cliff Harris to lead the team Leon, Mexico, on Feb. 14, 1985. Ridge, Tenn., in December of 1983. Studies Institute and published in total tackles. His talk was Samuel Tillotson Sikes Jr.,'29 Samual T. Swinford '46 of 78 Harry Dow '21 of Houston on more than 70 articles in several Donna L. Boyce (Baker) is partici- "Competition in Business." of Houston on Nov. 16, 1984. Houston on Dec. 21, 1984. major publications. He Jan. 12, 1985. is currently pating inluke University's new After working three years as a dis- Ben Blum '30 of Houston on Jan. George F. Pod rebarac'47 of completing his Ph.D. in Dr. Gaylord Johnson '21 of English Master of Liberal Studies program. trict executive for the Boy Scouts of 8, 1985. Summit, Ill., in January of 1985. Houston on Feb. 2, 1985. Literature at Columbia University She has been living in Durham, America in Dallas, Charles Frances Zilker McClendon '30 and Ellen Hopkins Pollan '48 of will soon release his first N.C. since leaving California and Spain (Will Rice) will be starting Banks Upshaw '21 of Dallas on of League City on Jan. 31, 1985. novel. Houston on Dec. 24, 1984. says that "small towns have been law school at Baylor University. Dec. 8, 1984. Reuben Jackson Gallaway '31 Carolyn Smith Jacob '49 of In the first of Congregation Kol a comfortable place to live, but I Bess Eleanor Shields Chessher of Kingsville on Feb. 5, 1985. Beaumont on Feb. 19, 1985. Ami's adult education evenings, sometimes miss the excitement of '22 on March 9, 1984. Rabbi Daniel Horwitz(Lovett) Houston." The program at Duke, Elizabeth Batt Bodden '32 of Donald Hill Campbell '51 of Alfred Neal Dargan '22 of Temple on spoke on the topic of the role of says, "feels like a logical ex- Jan. 21, 1985. Houston on Ian. 2, 1985. she 82 Houston on Jan. 28, 1985. Conservative Jews. His lecture tension of my time at Rice, where I Josephine Starr Miller'32 of John W. Rogers(M.Arch.) has Kendall Ferris Famularo'53 of was entitled "Conservative Jews: took majors in both computer sci- Helen Hunt Duffield '22 of Houston on Jan. 5, 1985. been promoted from an Albuquerque, N.M., on Feb. 29, associate Houston on Jan. 18, 1985. Who are We? What are our Stand- ence(mathematical sciences) and to a principal of Chelsea Archi- Dick H. Gregg '32 of Houston on 1984. ards?" He was ordained at the English." tects, a full-service architectural Ella Holt Warren '22 of St. Pe- Jan. 22, 1985. James Dennis Jett'55 of Las Academy for Jewish Religion in and interior design firm specializ- tersburg, Fla. Paul Singleton '34 of Vernon in Cruces, N.M., on Dec. 4, 1979. New York and has been spiritual ing in commercial, residential and Katherine Wood Bulbrook '25 July of 1984. Aubrey Kyle Stuart'56 of Hous- leader of Congregation Beth Jacob, restaurant projects. the Conservative synagogue in of Fort Worth on Dec. 15, 1984. Lochatrice Satterfield '35 of ton on Jan. 4, 1985. 79 Mark Hurwitz(Wiess) Galveston, since 1980. Since graduation, Tip Johnson has just Kathryn K. May '25 of Houston Conroe on March 18, 1985. R.E. Wortham '57 of Cleveland received his master's degree in as- Eric R. Kuhne(Hanszen) of Eric R. (Sid Rich) has become an "avid bi- on Feb. 6, 1985. Risdon 0. Gribble '36 of Na- on March 27, 1984. cyclist.- Last summer he rode trophysics from the University of cogdoches on Dec. 17, 1984. Kuhne & Associates was featured California at Berkeley and has Donald C. Ruthven '25 of Hous- Pamela Davis Rogers'80 of in across America from Seattle to ton on Jan. 16, 1985. Jane Templeton Stevens'36 of the January issue of Progressive "only about three more years to go Houston on February 20, 1985. Architecture for the design of The Boston, which took him about 10 weeks. He encountered "glorious until the Ph.D.!" His work has in- Courtyards in Fort Wayne, hid., cluded an experiment scenery, fickle winds and weather, scheduled Which was a recipient of the 32nd for a shuttle flight. In January of P/A Awards. and one Rice alum bicycling in Vermont." This summer he plans to this year, he went on a ski trip with Fritz'82 (Will tour the South from Texas to Vir- Lavelle Rice)and Clatunotes Guth ridge '80 ginia and back. Joe (Wiess). Theodore L. Polk 74 Perry McConnell(M.A., Will (Wiess)is a ra- dar operator with the Scott(Hanszen) and Teresa Esco- Rice) writes that he is "alive and 3rd Infantry Enjoy keeping up with friends and classmates in the Classnotes section? Why not re- bar'77 (Brown) are living "20 well and living in Newport Beach, Division of the U.S. Army. Previ- stationed at Fort Bliss, turn the favor-drop us a line and a (preferably black and white) photo at the Asso- minutes north of San Diego, Calif., Calif." He is working for ROck- ously Texas, Polk recently arrived for in a beautiful area near mountains well's Semiconductor Products Di- ciation of Rice Alumni, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251. Wuerzburg, West Ger- and beach." He is teaching history vision, where he has been since duty in many. O New Job? O New Baby? and civics at a local high school May 1984, and says, "after eight O Married? While taking classes toward an ad- months, it's beginning to feel like O Promoted? O Take a Trip? O See a Classmate? ministrative credential. She is at home here." O D Back in School? D Other? home with their two daughters, Moved? ages 3 and I, and is doing part- 83 time fashion modeling. Doug Gardner(Wiess) and Ali- Send us details. son Bober '83(Will Rice) were 80 married in Houston on Dec. 29, 1984, with the reception held at the 75 "R" Room of Rice Stadium. Best Marion Johnson Stanton 3 man was Eric Bavereis '83; maid (Brown)and her husband, Emmett of honor was Sarah Herbert'83 Stanton, as- celebrated the first birth- (Will Rice); and Doug Watson day of their daughter, Elizabeth '82(Wiess) and Brinkley Sprunt Marion Stanton, on March 1. After '83(Hanszen) were ushers. Also in six months at home, Marion has re- iii attendance were Robin Fall '76 turned to her position as senior at- (Sid Rich), Keith Meehan '81 ii- torney at Pacific at Telesis Group, the (Wiess), David Collier '82(Sid West Coast regional telephone Rich), Ed Keller'83 (Baker), company formed as part of the Bell Nancy Noever '83(Baker), Terri System break-up. Henriott'84 (Hanszen), Paul Roberta M. Yang (Hanszen) will Bryant'85 (Wiess), Chris be joining the Organized Crime Claunch '85 (Lovett), John and Racketeering Section of the Haasbeek '85, Stuart Wetzel Name Department of Justice as a special After graduating from the Univer- '85(Wiess), and Sergeant and attorney with the Los Angeles sity of Arizona College of Law in Mary Brown. Doug, a staff member Class College s- Strike Force. Currently an Assist- May 1983, Anna Unterberger for Arthur Andersen in Houston, is ant U.S. Attorney in the Southern (Brown) clerked for a justice on the currently on assignment at USAA Address( New?) District of Texas (Criminal Arizona Supreme Court for a year. in San Antonio. Alison has left her Division-Narcotics Section), she Upon finishing her clerkship in Au- job at the Rice Center in Houston

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SRUW BASEBALL E V EN T S The Society of Rice University Women is open to all alumnae and female friends of Nov.4-11 Apr.3 Cornell, 1:00 p.m. ALUMNI ACTIVITIES the university. For further information on Colonial and Revolutionary programs, contact the Alumni Office. Virginia Apr.5 at TCU(SWC), 2 p.m. Eight-day history tour highlighting the unusual in Washington, D.C., Wil- Apr.6 at TCU(SWC), noon. liamsburg and Charlottesville. Es- Apr.9 Lamar, 3 p.m. AR T corted by historian Ira Gruber. $1,200. CONTINUING EDUCATION Apr. 12 at Texas(SWC), 7 p.m. SEWALL ART GALLERY PROGRAMS Apr. 13at Texas(SWC), 2 p.m. Through Apr. 13 The following travel programs are be- ing offered by the Offices of Continu- at Lamar, 7 p.m. Contemporary Satirical Prints by Apr. 16 ing Studies and Special Programs. For Red Grooms and Warrington more information call 520-6022. Apr. 19 Texas A&M(SWC), 2 p.m. Colescott Apr. 13 Apr.20 Texas A&M(SWC), noon. Beer-Bike Race Apr. 26-28 Apr.24 -May 11 Waltzing Across Texas The 28th Annual Beer-Bike Race gets 22nd Annual Apr.23 at Sam Houston State, 3 p.m. Join "Eyes of Texas" originator Ray under way at 2 p.m. with the alumni Student Art Show Miller and Texas geographer John COI- race, followed by the women's and reception and preview Apr.26 at Houston(SWC), 2p.m. An opening fman for a three-day April bus tour to men's races. Those who want to partic- sponsored by the Association of Rice some of East Texas' historic and scenic Apr.27 at Houston(SWC), noon. ipate should call the alumni office at Alumni and the Friends of Fondren Li- sites. Proposed itinerary: Na- 527-4057. brary will be held April 23 from 7-9 cogdoches, Jefferson, Hodges Gardens May 17-Mny le at SWC p.m. at the Sewall Gallery. Apr. 24 and San Augustine. Sponsored by Re- Tournament RICE MUSEUM publicBank Houston. Rice Works at City Hall TRACK Special panel discussion featuring July Through Apr.7 Texas Relays, Austin. Houston city councilmen (and Rice 27 Ways of Looking at The Best of Italy: the Apr. 5.6at alumni) Dale Gorczynski '74, Jim Empire, the Renaissance American Drawing: 1930-1980 at Houston Greenwood '58 and George Greanias and the Vineyards Apr. 13 '70. Moderated by Dave Ward of Chan- FARRISH GALLERY Proposed itinerary: Milan, Venice, Apr. 19 at Baylor Invitational, Waco nel 13. 7:30 p.m., Herring Hall Audito- Ravenna, Florence, Rome, Ostia, Na- rium. Free. Apr.8-24 ples, Sorrento, and the ruins at Pom- Apr. 26-27 Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown: peii and Herculaneum. Men at Drake Relays, Des Moines, Iowa Laguna Gloria Museum, May 4 The Women at Penn Relays, Philadelphia, Pa. Young Alumni Softball Challenge A Work in Progress May 5 at Houston Invitational Young alumni (1974-84) vs. the "regu- May 6-19 lar" alumni (1916-73). 2 p.m., Cameron Student Exhibition May 17-18 at SWC Field. Those interested in signing up Championships, Fayetteville, Ark. for the Young Alumni team should call RICE MEDIA CENTER the alumni office at 527-4057. May 24-25 Rice Meet of May 1-June 1 Champions BFA Shows FRIENDS OF FONDREN Featuring photography by BFA stu- May 27-June 1 at NCAA August Championships, Austin. May 8 dents Laura Derrick and Steve Peter- Aegean Odyssey: son. 35th Annual Meeting The Glory of Greece MEN'S TENNIS Kyle Morrow Room, 7:30 p.m. The pro- Proposed itinerary: Athens, Eleusis, gram will be "Thomas More's Irish Corinth, Nauplion, Mycenae, Tiry- Apr.2 at Trinity Melodies" with Wilfred S. Dowden. T R A V EL nand, Sparta, Olympia, Delphi, Crete, Apr.4 at Texas(SWC) RICE DESIGN ALLIANCE Ephesus and the island of Mykonos. "Gardens" lecture series ALUMNI TRAVEL/STUDY PROGRAMS Apr.6 at TCU(SWC) Series of lectures exploring the gar- For information on 1985 alumni travel, dens of the world, presented by au- study programs, call the Alumni Of- MUSIC Apr.9 Lamar, 2 p.m. thorities on garden design and fice, (713) 527-4057, or write the Arkansas(SWC), 2 p.m. architecture. For information, call the Association of Rice Alumni, P.O. Box Unless otherwise noted, performances Apr. 11 1892, Houston, Texas 77251, to receive are at 8 p.m. in Hamman Hall. De- RDA office at 524-6297. — Texas A&M(SWC), 2 p.m. detailed itineraries. Prices are approx- notes admission charge. For more in- Apr. 12 imate. formation, call 527-4933. Apr. 14 Lousiana Tech, 1:30 p.m. NO T ICE May 12-27 Apr. 1 Apr. 16 at Houston(SWC) Cathedrals and Chateaux of France Shepherd Symphony Orchestra CONTINUING STUDIES Spend 15 days among the major In concert with Houston Music Teach- Apr. 19 Baylor(SWC), 2 p.m. The Office of Continuing Studies and French gothic cathedrals and abbeys, ers Association concerto winners Special Programs offers a variety of the chateaux of the Loire Valley and Apr.26-28 at SWC classes throughout the year in the arts, Versailles. Escorted by Katherine T. Apr.2 Championships literature, science, photography, com- Brown '37 of art and art history. $3,000. *Eastman Brass Quintet puters, finance and languages as well as Houston Friends of Music May 18-26 at NCAA a wide range of professional courses. For Aug. 27-Sept. 14 Championships more information and a free catalog, call Trans-Siberian Special Apr. 10 WOMEN'S 520-6022; for languages call 527-4019. A grand 16-day rail journey in the Blaserfest II TENNIS USSR across Russia and Siberia by Shepherd Society members, Robert Apr.2 Houston(SWC), 1:30 p.m. private luxury train with first-class Ray Courtyard, Rice Memorial Center, service and dining. Off-train excur- 8 p.m. Apr.8 at Arkansas(SWC) sions include Moscow, Khabarovsk and a cruise on the River Ob. Optional Apr. 16-17 Apr. 10 at SMU(SWC) extension to Leningrad. $4,600(exten- Opera production Apr. 15 at Texas A&M sion $550). Shepherd School Opera Theatre, Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra Apr. 17 TCU(SWC), 1:30 p.m. Oct. 12-23 - Anthony Addison, conductor Northern Italian Palladian Villas Apr.20 Texas Tech(SWC), 1:30 p.m. EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT Spend 12 days touring the historic cit- Apr. 18 The Jones School offers management ies of Northern Italy, from Verona to *Guest Artist Series Apr.26 -Apr. 28 SWC courses to the business community Venice, with accommodations selected Richard Goode, piano Championships throughout the year. For details contact for charm and historic importance. the Office of Executive Development, 527- Optional extension overnight from Apr. 20 May 16-May 24 NCAA 6060. Venice to Paris on the Orient Express. Campanile Orchestra Championships