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1 Nternatiorio I Byrjigvi RICE UNIVERSITY SPRING 1997 1 nternatiorio I byrJigvi INSIDE THIS ISSUE: DR. FRANZ BROTZEN OWLS MAKE WORLD SERIES BEER BIKE TURNS 40 . 4'Z ALUMNI FACTS RICE ALUMNI BY RESIDENCE* IN THE U.S. ALABAMA 191 NEW HAMPSHIRE 45 ALASKA 59 NEW JERSEY 390 ARIZONA 297 NEW MEXICO 407 ARKANSAS 166 NEW YORK 867 CALIFORNIA 2,676 NORTH CAROLINA 399 COLORADO 628 NORTH DAKOTA 10 CONNECTICUT 217 OHIO 322 DELAWARE 49 OKLAHOMA 320 FLORIDA 591 OREGON 215 GEORGIA 504 PENNSYLVANIA 445 HAWAII 54 RHODE ISLAND 34 IDAHO 45 SOUTH CAROLINA 124 ILLINOIS 537 SOUTH DAKOTA 13 INDIANA 144 TENNESSEE 296 IOWA 52 TEXAS 18,093 KANSAS 132 UTAH 83 KENTUCKY 103 VERMONT 38 LOUISIANA 455 VIRGINIA 754 MAINE 26 WASHINGTON 485 MARYLAND 535 WEST VIRGINIA 36 MASSACHUSETTS 534 WISCONSIN 1 15 MICHIGAN 229 WYOMING 16 MINNESOTA 161 WASHINGTON, D.C. 176 MISSISSIPPI 83 PUERTO Rico 17 MISSOURI 352 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 MONTANA 41 MILITARY APO/FPCIs 51 NEBRASKA 54 NEVADA 76 TOTAL U.S. 32,743 OUTSIDE THE U.S. AFRICA 36 CENTRAL/SOUTH Am. 150 ASIA 258 EUROPE 349 ATLANTIC/CARIBBEAN ISL. 7 PACIFIC ISLANDS 19 AUSTRALIA/ANTARCTICA 28 CANADA 127 TOTAL OUTSIDE U.S. 974 TOTAL LIVING ALUMNI 33,7 1 7 *1)0es not include.(:hiss qf 1997. allyportSPRNG997 FEATURES INTERNATIONAL BY DESIGN 14 International programs and connections are the building blocks ofthe Rice School ofArchitecture. —DAVID D. MEDINA MATERIAL FOR ADVENTURE 20 Franz Brotzen founded the materials science department at Rice, but that was after he'd wandered the Amazon jungle and organized a spy network at the end of World War II. -MEG LANGNER '95 DEP AR TMENTS RETURN ADDRESSED THROUGH THE SALLYPORT 5 ON THE BOOKSHELF 12 WHO'S WHO 28 SEs & ACADEMS 32 SCOREBOARD 34 ALUMNI GAZETTE 37 THE as FOUR-OH 25 CLASSNOTES 4E1 Photos capture Beer Bike's fortieth YESTERYEAR 60 birthday splash. SPRING '97 1 FOREWORD THINKING Sallyport SPRING 1997, VOL. 53, NO. 3 Internationalization is the order ofthe day. We live in an economy that is no longer RE Al Published by the Divisii in of Universio :Ids a us-einem national, or even continental, but global. News and information from around the Office ot Public Affair'. world are available at our fingertips. Personal interactions with anyone just about vice president Janet McNeill, .issistait anywhere are possible through e-mail and the Internet. And, political difficulties 0, set aside, we can hop a jet and, in a matter of hours, stand in any country in the po Marrow ba Christophcr Dow world. Today, an institution that hopes to become a leader in scientific and cultural fre growth must not simply accept internationalization but must embrace it. A re, ART DIRECTOR ik! ( I IN university is no different. Rice is making its mark around the globe most obviously in the sciences and engineering, but other programs are equally proactive in Sc creating Rice's international presence. Not the least of these is the Rice School of pt EDITORIAL STAFF e Suzanne Christensen, associate editor Architecture, under the leadership of its dean, Lars Lerup. In "International by David 1). Medina '83, staff writer Design," David Medina outlines Lerup's strategy for promoting the school ti Tracey Rhoades, clasp:ides coordinator Sc Stacey McDaniel Martin, production assistant worldwide and enhancing its programs. Most of us think ofarchitects as designers of homes, buildings, and other structures, but architecture has become so much Si more. We need only look at the architecture faculty as they study urban growth Si Christine Jackson, designer patterns and methods,explore the ways forms and spaces affect those who live and 'Tommy LaVergne, photographer work in them, and contextualize electronic communications within changing lOss, phou,gra ph, lea' flit assistant modes of design and usage to see that Rice architecture is not only growing ci internationally but delving into new conceptual worlds. r4 71.4E RICE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS International also aptly describes Franz Brotzen, the subject of Meg Langner's Trustees: E. William Barnett, chair, I II !lucky Allshouse, "Material for Adventure." Dr. Brotzen has been an invaluable member ofthe Rice D. Kent Anderson, lames A. Baker, Ill, lax Hage Jamail, community since 1954 as faculty member,dean ofengineering, founder of Rice's Burton J. McMurtry, Constantine S. Nicandros."um Gover- nors: Tcveia Barnes, James A. Elkins, III, Albert N. Kidd, materials science program, fund-raiser, and college master. Perhaps most impor- Frederick R. Lummis, Jr., Robert R. Maxfield, Robert C. tant,though, he has been an adviser, mentor,and role model to generations ofRice McNair, Harry M. Reasoner, William N.Sick. Alumni Gover- nors: Matt F. Gorges, W. Bernard Pieper, Gus A. SA:hill, Jr., students. For most people,those achievements would have been enough, but they Gloria McDermith Shatto. are just a few of the many, often adventurous, accomplishments Dr. Brotzen has attained on three continents. ADMINI !VC OFFICERS And then there is Beer Bike. That venerable Rice rite ofspring turned forty this Malcolm Gillis, president; David F-1. Auston, provost;Zenaido year. Though Beer Bike may be past its own spring, it's as sprightly as ever, as our Camacho, vice president for Student Affair'.; Kathryn R. photo exhibition by Jeff Fitlow shows. Costello, vice president for University Advancement; Dean W. Currie, vice president fir Finance and Administration; G. Some things, like Beer Bike, never seem to change. Others, like computer Anthony Gorry, vice president for Intiirmat ion Technoliigy; technology, change almost too rapidly. Somewhere in the middle ground are for Investments and treasurer Scott IV. Wise, vice president publications, which, as I have pointed out often enough in this column, alter and HALL YPOR r EDITORIAL BOARD develop through time. Over the past three years, the phenomenal success of John B. Boles '65, David Butler '80, Edie( lark, in Abbey, "Classnotes," extended news on alumni affairs and events,and the need to broaden Chandler Davidson, Rachel Giesher '89, Donna Martin '57, the university's message on established and recently embellished academic pro- Sara McDaniel'71, Karen Hess Rogers'68, Rebecca Greene Uddcn '73. Ex officio: Kathryn R. Costello, vice president grams have made Sallyport much like a cell that has expanded beyond its capacity for University Advancement,Scott Biddy '86, associate vice to function as a single unit. Just as a cell that has reached this limit undergoes mitosis president for development and alumni affairs, Janet McNeill, assistant vice president for public affairs, Ann Greene '71, and forms two individual cells, so must Sallyport. director of alumni affairs, Jeff Cox,director of publications, Beginning with the next issue, Sallyport will divide into two publications, Christopher Dow, manager of editorial services, Karen ()strum George '77, president of the Association of Rice Sallyport and Sallyport Owlmanac. As it has in the past, Sallyport will continue to Alumni, Stephanie Wardwell, president of the Graduate bring you articles about and for alumni,as well as news ofthe university,its faculty, Student Association, Maryana Iskander, president of the Student Association. and its academic programs. Sallyport Owlmanac, an amplification of the section currently called "Alumni Gazette," will furnish even more news and information Sallyport is published quarterly by the Division of University on alumni events and programs, alumni profiles, and,of course, "Classnotes." We Advancement of Rice University and is sent to university are especially happy that the format of Sallyport Owlmanac will allow us to present alumni, faculty, staff, graduate students, parents of under- graduates,and friends. Editorialoffices:Officc ofPublications, "Classnotes" in larger type and with larger photographs. 5620 Grcenbriar, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77005. Mail- The inaugural issue of Sallyport Owlmanac will be packaged with Sallyport; ing address: 5620 Greenbriar, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77005. Fax:(713)831-4747. E-mail:<sallyportOrice.edu >. following that, each will be published on a quarterly basis, with staggered schedules. Instead of four publications a year, you will receive eight. Voluntary subscriptions to Sallyport are available for a $15 We hope you like Sallyport Owlmanac and its friendlier format. We certainly look suggested contribution. forward to the opportunity it will provide to improve the quality,as well as quantity, of Rice University news we deliver to you throughout the year. Send address changes to Sallyport, Office of Publications, 5620 Greenbriar, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77005. ©1997 RICE UNIVERSITY C7/644-h,-/ fa SALL YPORT IS PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER. 6 2 SALLYPORT RETURN ADDRESSED 3longer RESEARCH ON AFFIRMATIVE "have what it takes" without someone that merely reminding black students und the ACTION giving them a leg up. The research on of their minority status prior to their it about these phenomena is clear and consis- taking a standardized test of verbal ficulties Over the course of the last year, Sally- tent, highlighting some of the poten- abilities can undermine their perfor- y in the port readers have enjoyed a lively de- tial pitfalls of current policies. mance. Black students significantly bate on affirmative action, ranging Hollins attempted to counter such underperformed Caucasian students cultural from a lead article to several editorial ideas in his letter by suggesting that on the test if they first indicated their e it. A responses,and responses to responses. minority members do not feel stigma- ethnic identification. When Steele ad- oviously As one who conducts research on the tized because SAT comparisons "do ministered the test to black and white :tive in social psychology of stereotyping and not adjust for income." Though it is students without asking them to indi- hool of prejudice, I have been very inter- cate their ethnic identities, black Dnal by ested in these commentaries. Al- and white students performed school though I do not claim to have the equally well.
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