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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:
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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. Similar effects have signers solution to the many problems as- been demonstrated recently with )much sociated with affirmative action(and men and women in math. ;rowth I'm not confident that there is a As we all know, one of the first lye and solution), I thought I would do my things that students must do when anging part by throwing into the fray some they take standardized tests is to •owing conclusions derived from empirical complete a biographical survey on research on these issues, if only to which they are asked to indicate igner's help people understand how truly their race and gender. Research now le Rice complex these problems are. suggests that one way to deal with 'Rice's Steve Sailor wrote(Summer '96) race and gender discrepancies in mpor- that affirmative action policies may SAT scores is to simply change the afRice undermine the self-confidence of way standardized tests are adminis- it they minority students. Despite the tered, an easy, cost-effective inter- en has countertestimonial of Jack Hollins vention. (Fall '96) about his own experi- Of course, if the Educational ty this ences at Rice, research supports this Testing Service doesn't want to as our contention. The mere presence of budge on this, we could also try affirmative action policies can un- providing all students with SAT iputer dermine the self-confidence of the prep courses, to the tune of about id are Potential beneficiaries ofthose poli- $800 per student (well under $1 and cies, whether or not they actually were billion a year . . .what's the prob- :ss of gtven preferential treatment.Such a lem?). Because economically based iaden blow to self-confidence may help SAT differences do partly overlap pro- explain the difference in attrition rates true that adjusting SAT scores for dif- with racial differences, this strategy iacity between minority and nonminority ferences in socioeconomic status does should help to at least attenuate the itosis students at the college level. When reduce (but not eliminate) minority/ race gap in SAT scores. school becomes difficult and the all- nonminority test score discrepancies, Another,more difficult,strategy also ions, fighters start coming with greater fre- this fact is irrelevant to the issue of derives from the research ofSteele and IC to quency, minority students may be- whether or not raw test score differ- his colleagues. This research showed ulty, lieve that their difficulties spring from ences affect the self-esteem of minor- that if black students at the University :tion self-deficiencies,in confirmation ofthe ity students. Hollins's contention of Michigan were forced to take a ition voices of doubt that plague many mi- might be true if minority students are certain number ofclasses with nonblack 'We nority students' academic careers. conducting informal partial correla- students from their own dormitories sent What's more, the mere presence of tion equations in their heads, but I (which were often self-segregated), affirmative action policies may lead think this possibility is far-fetched at the black students came to realize that oort; nonminority members to distrust and best. everyone suffered academic difficul- :red devalue the abilities of minority stu- Nonetheless, some recent research ties and had to pull all-nighters. Thus, dents, just because of the possibility supports the "affirmative action ad- these minority students stopped im- ook that these students might not really justment" remedy to SAT differences. plicitly attributing their own academic tity, Research by Claude Steele (twin hardships to "race-based deficiencies," brother of the famous affirmative ac- and their attrition rate after four years tion opponent Shelby Steele) and his was similar to that oftheir nonminority SALE YPORT ENCOURAGES READERS TO SEND IN THEIR COMMENTS. To BE CONSIDERED FOR colleagues at Stanford University and peers. PUBLICATION, LETTERS MLIST CONCERN TOPICS the University of Michigan has shown Affirmative action policies are well- COVERED IN A RECENT ISSUE DV THE how stigmatization can dramatically intentioned efforts to counter the dis- MAGAZINE, BE ADDRESSED TO SALE WORT OR TI-E EDITOR, AND BE SIGNED. LETTERS affect the SAT scores of minority stu- crimination of the past and the preju- MAY BE EDITED FOR CLARITY AND LENGTH. dents. In his studies, Steele has shown dices ofthe present. In this regard, we
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should all applaud them. But these trustees without mentioning the sci- ink-on-paper-pulp space to explaining policies are not panaceas, nor are they ence team? How awful to have worked how your devoted readers can also surf without their costs to those whom so hard on such a successful and cre- into the pages of Sallyport? Ii they seek to help. Perhaps by attend- ative endeavor, only to be ignored. ing to some of the empirical research Shame on you. I trust you will make TIMOTHY HOLCK 'Si on affirmative action issues, we may all amends in your very next issue. Austin, Texas come to understand these issues bet- ter. At the very least, we may come to BRENDA SCHEER '74 Right now, Sallyport's presence on the appreciate just how complicated the Cincinnati, Ohio Net is extremely informal. Rice News is • problems ofprejudice and stigmatiza- paving the way in electronic publica- tion can be, and thus be more open to tion at Rice, and many stories that have listening to diverse opinions in this I am surprised and dismayed that the appeared in Sallyport have also ap- important debate. alumni magazine ofa university with a peared in that publication and are nationally distinguished school of ar- available through its Website (at the RYAN P. BROWN '93 chitecture would publish a story on address you mention). But keep your Austin, Texas the dedication of what is apparently a predictive eye on the Rice homepage as it dramatic new campus landmark(Anne and Sallyport's presence there expand. and Charles Duncan Hall) without —Editor identifying the architect of the build- ing. I have the greatest respect for the Duncans' enormously generous gift, MEMORIES OF MAY but doesn't the name of the designer also deserve mention? How delightful it was to read about May Hickey Maria in the Winter issue LOUIS R. 1-IEDGE000K '76 of Sallyport. I was well acquainted New York, New York with several ofthe Hickey family. There were four at Rice at the same time as Yes, shame on us. We should have men- Deborah May—a sister, Maude, and tioned that Anne and Charles Duncan two brothers, Thomas and Ernest. An Hall was designed by British architect older brother,Charlie, preceded these. John Outram. Outram 's appointment The Sallyport story mentions that as designer of the new computational the Hickey parents had no college engineering building was mentioned education, but they had something in our August/September 1993 issue, much more important to pass on to and a short profile ofOutram was con- their kids. They had character and tained in the article on computational determination to do what was needed engineering that appeared in our Win- to be done to achieve the objectives ter 1995 issue. they had. —Editor The true object of teaching and education is to discover the good minds that exist everywhere and develop and ON-LINE expand them.
In the "Foreword" of the Fall '96 FRANK W. STONES '27 issue, you talk ofchanges in the format Fort Worth, 'Texas of Sallyport. I predict that far greater changes will occur in the next five ON THE TEAM NOT BY DESIGN years, with Sallyport providing an on line Webzine in addition to the cur- I just received your magazine with its rent hard-copy publication. You are entitled to take a bow for the stunning pictures of Duncan Hall. I By searching the Net, I discovered solid, beautifully illustrated articles in was also stunned that you praised the that Sallyportis already evolving to the the latest issue of Sallyport [Winter beautiful building to the heavens with- Internet. Some articles from past is- 1997]—and for their range. We'll read out once even mentioning its archi- sues are available on the World Wide this one thoroughly. In particular, we tect. An architect who so moves your Web,and "Classnotes" has e-mail ad- noted "Scoreboard"on page 36 where editor ("it implies that the world is a dresses for some of the class recorders our daughter is mentioned. gift to be opened") deserves to be (start at the Rice homepage at
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plaining also surf President Gillis Named to NAS Board Rice University president Malcolm Gil- navigate this transition successfully, try that pays appropriate attention to lis has been named to serve on the the world must provide the energy, resource scarcity, avoiding artificially LCK '81 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) materials, and information to feed, cheap prices for natural resources and n, Texas Board on Sustainable Development, house, nurture, educate, and employ environmental services. But the answer which works to mobilize many more people becomes much less certain when we on the the academy's resources than are alive today— consider global sustainability for the News is to assist the U.S.govern- while preserving the entire planet." Publica- ment on broadscale is- basic life-support sys- During the next two years, the NAS ',at have sues of environmental tems ofthe planet and Board on Sustainable Development will also ap- and natural resources re reducing hunger and prepare a report setting out its concept nd are search and development. poverty." ofa successful transition to sustainable (at the Currently, the board Gillis delivered a development and the basic require- ep your iS focused on its keynote speech at the ments for feeding,nurturing, housing, age as it Sustainability Transition De Lange Woodlands educating, and employing the much- xpand. Project. The project is Conference: Sustain- enlarged population ofthe coming cen- -Editor based on the premise able Development and tury. It will also explore the levers of that the current patterns Managing the Transi- societal effort and technological knowl- of physical growth in tion, held at Rice this edge that can shift production and human populations and spring."One key con- consumption from environmentally their activities clearly dition for approaching damaging forms and hasten the demo- about cannot be sustained in- sustainability in devel- graphic transition currently underway. r issue definitely."A shift from opment is that natural Gillis is author, coauthor, or editor ainted our present course to a new path of resources and environmental services ofeight books,including Economics of There human development is what the board not be undervalued or underpriced, a Development and the widely acclaimed ime as means by the sustainability transition," condition frequently violated in prac- 1988 publication Public Policies and e, and NAS president Bruce Alberts wrote in tice," Gillis said. "The answer to the the Misuse of Forest Resources. st. An a letter inviting Gillis to serve on the question 'Is economic development these. sustainable development board. "To sustainable?' is yes for any given coun- —Michael Cinelli that ollege thing on to r and :eded ctives
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3 '27 GLORIA TEVEIA ROBERT WILLIAM Texas MCDERMITH BARNES '75 MAXFIELD '63 SICK '57 SHATTO '54 Changes to the Board of Governors r the The Rice University Board of Governors filled for the four-year appointment by the Associa- es in four positions during its May 21 meeting, ap- tion of Rice Alumni. Bank of America senior inter pointing two new members and reappointing vice president Teveia Barnes'75 was named to read two members to their second four-year terms. complete a two-year term member post on the • we Gloria McDermith Shatto '54, president of board. Robert Maxfield '63 and William Sick here Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia, was '57 were reappointed as term members. All named an alumni governor. Shatto was chosen four will begin their terms on July 1.
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WHITAKER NAMED JONES SCHOOL DEAN A Rice University alumnus Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr., professor of appointed a group of stakeholders of the Jones School last at the University of Michigan business year to develop a plan for the future ofthe school, we knew business economics t( school and senior adviser to the Andrew W. Mellon Founda- it would take a special person to fulfill the goals outlined in tion, has been named dean of Rice's Jesse H. the plan," said Rice provost David Auston. "Gil Whitaker is ci Jones Graduate School of Administration exactly the right person for the task at hand. He has the effective July 1. experience and ability to lead the Jones School to a new level Whitaker earned his bachelor of arts de- ofexcellence. An experienced administrator and scholar, he gree in economics from Rice in 1953. He knows and understands business schools;a Rice graduate,he received his master ofscience and doctorate appreciates what is special about Rice University." 4 in economics from the University ofWiscon- Prior to his current assignment, Whitaker served at Michi- sin. His academic specialty is managerial eco- gan as provost and executive vice president for academic nomics, and he is coauthor of Business Eco- affairs from September 1990 to August 1995,after spending nomics: Principles and Cases, a leading more than eleven years as dean ofthe University of Michigan School of Business Administration. Before moving to the University of Michigan, "WE ARE EXTREMELY PLEASED TO HAVE Whitaker was dean and professor ofbusiness econom- ics at the M. J. Neeley School of Business at Texas SUCH A DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AS Christian University in Fort Worth. He also served as associate dean and professor of business economics at Washington Uni- GILBERT WHITAKER COME HOME TO RICE TO the Graduate School of Business, versity in St. Louis. "I congratulate Rice on an inspired appointment," LEAD THE JONES SCHOOL." said William G. Bowen, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and former president ofPrinceton. —MALCOLM GILLIS. "Having seen at close hand the skillful way in which Provost Whitaker, as I first knew him, guided schools and departments at the University ofMichigan, I have textbook in the field for more than twenty years. great confidence in what he will now accomplish at Rice. Mr. "This is probably the most outstanding appointment of a Whitaker is an extremely thoughtful, highly experienced business school dean in the country this year," said Rice administrator who has a capacity to get things done—while president Malcolm Gillis."We are extremely pleased to have always respecting the educational and human values that are such a distinguished alumnus as Gilbert Whitaker come paramount." home to Rice to lead the Jones School." Whitaker will retain his role as senior adviser to the Mellon Whitaker's appointment follows a review of the Jones Foundation and serves on the boards of Johnson Controls, School by a national blue-ribbon committee last year and the Inc., Lincoln National Corporation, Handleman Company, development of a strategic plan for the school. "When we and the Structural Dynamics Research Corporation.
—Michael Cinelli Almtsa,,
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS institute's mission is also to ensure that stances associated with petroleum, technology and knowledge acquired chemical, and other Gulf Coast indus- Rice University recently added to its by living and working in space benefits tries. The member institutes are work- already impressive list of consortia af- the quality of life on Earth. Baylor ing to provide protection of human filiations by becoming a College of Medicine is health at a reasonable cost. Rice, which member oftwo more re- the lead partner, and joined the consortium through its En- search partnerships: the other members are ergy and Environmental Systems Insti- National Space Biomedi- Johns Hopkins Univer- tute, will add expertise in remediation cal Research Institute sity, Harvard Medical techniques and research. The consor- (NSBRI) and the Gulf School, Massachusetts tium also includes the University of Coast Hazardous Sub- Institute of Technol- Texas at Austin, Texas A&M Univer- stance Research Center(GCHSRC). ogy, Morehouse School of Medicine, sity, the University of Houston, the NSBRI is a new consortium, spon- and Texas A&M University.Total fund- University ofAlabama,Mississippi State sored by Johnson Space Center, that ing for the twenty-year agreement is University, the University of Central will lead a national effort in biomedical approximately $145 million. Florida, and Louisiana State Univer- research to develop solutions to medi- GCHSRC,headquartered at Lamar sity. Base funding is provided by the cal risks associated with long-term hu- University in Beaumont, focuses on United States Environmental Protec- man spaceflight and to support devel- pollution prevention, waste treatment, tion Agency. opment and exploration ofspace. The and site remediation for hazardous sub-
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Project Aims to Steer Women to Sciences Dot last A soon-to-be-launched Rice outreach to provide [young women] with role vided with materials that integrate sci- e knew program called Project Advance aims models so they can see that women do ence process and mathematics skills ined in to help rectify a national problem—the play an important role in science and and will learn to develop lesson plans taker is shortage ofwomen in the science, math- engineering." Some mentors will be integrating the two disciplines. las the ematics, and engineering professions. provided by the American Association Kirkpatrick says she firmly believes w level Three members of that, at an early age, stu- Aar, he the Rice community— dents should become famil- ate, he Nanda Kirkpatrick, Anne iar with the scientific pro- Papakonstantinou, and cess,and Papakonstantinou Michi- Fred Rudolph—are the underscores the need for tdemic recent recipients of an initiatives such as Project mding $882,000 National Science Advance. "If we don't in- :higan Foundation grant that will tervene early in a girl's edu- fund a three-year program cation," Papakonstantinou higan, designed to cultivate a gen- says, "and she gets cut off morn- der-equitable climate in K- from the math and science Texas 12 classrooms,improve the pipeline, then we're really ved as quality of science and doing a disservice to our nics at mathematics instruction, country and shortchanging Uni- and provide mentors for our women." female secondary school HISD assistant superin- lent," students. tendent Shirley Johnson w W. The program, which notes that HISD is already eton. starts in October, targets planning to incorporate LEADING THE NSF-FUNDED RICE OUTREACH PROGRAM Arhich secondary math and sci- Project Advance programs PROJECT ADVANCE WILL BE, FROM LEFT, ANNE hoofs ence teachers and all el- into other, long-term PAPAKONSTANTINOU, FRED RUDOLPH, AND NANDA [ have ementary teachers at school district efforts relat- forty- KIRKPATRICK. .Mr. four campuses of the ing to math and science. nced central and southwest dis- while tricts ofHouston Indepen- —David Kaplan it are dent School District(HISD). for University Women and the Asso- Kirkpatrick, the primary author of ciation for Women in Science. Project :Hon the grant proposal, will codirect the Advance will also recruit mentors from rols, project with Papakonstantinou. research institutes, medical schools, iany, Kirkpatrick and Papakonstantinou hospitals, and student organizations at bring to the project their respective Rice. NEW FACULTY RANK skills in science education and math- Project Advance will strive to pro- nelli ematics education. As principal investi- mote gender equity among teachers A new faculty rank—university professor— gator of the grant, Rudolph will over- and administrators through workshops has been established by the Rice Board of see the coordination of the various and discussion groups in which partici- Governors. University professors will hold Project Advance programs. pants will learn to identify and modify their appointments in the university at large, um, Kirkpatrick is currently project coor- classroom behaviors that are not gen- without primary affiliation with any depart- dus- dinator of the Howard Hughes Medi- der-equal. Teachers who have been ment or division. The rank is reserved for ork- cal Institute Biological Sciences Initia- trained as facilitator team members will• exceptionally distinguished faculty whose man tives,an outreach program directed by conduct peer classroom observations. experience and interests suit them for a hich Rudolph,who is professor and chair of More "female-friendly" curricula— broad role in the intellectual life of the En- the Department of Biochemistry and those, for example, that demonstrate university, and it will be limited to a very Cell Biology. science's social usefulness—will also be small number to be determined by the non Papakonstantinou is a clinical pro- encouraged. Board of Governors. sor- fessor of education and the executive According to Kirkpatrick, another Rice president Malcolm Gillis extended r Of director ofthe Rice University School major focus ofthe project will be "top- an invitation to National Science Founda- icr- Mathematics Project, which, under level teacher training in math and sci- tion director Neal Lane to become Rice's the the guidance of founder and director ence, which will benefit both girls and first university professor when he decides to tate Ronny Wells, has become a major boys." For example, some elementary step down from his current position. Lane tral player in the mathematics training of teachers will attend a three-week sum- was Rice provost when President Clinton rer- K-12 teachers in Houston and mer institute where they will learn re- named him NSF director in 1993. the throughout Texas. search-based teaching strategies. ec- Kirkpatrick says that the mentor pro- Hands-on instruction at the institute —Michael Cinelli gram will be one of Project Advance's will include laboratory experiments and key components. "Basically, we want field studies. The teachers will be pro-
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WINGING INTO THE FUTURE NEVI BAC K. Bala,senior vice president ofTexas of future success together. The focus the microchips that are at the heart of Instruments's semiconductor group, of the research that will be carried out many technologies,such as digital cel- VVha left, and Rice University president in the TI Wing of the computational lular phones and compact discs. DSPs pant Malcolm Gillis dedicate the TI Wing engineering fa- are used to process digital information in c, ofAnne and Charles Duncan cility is digital or signals from voices, images, video, agaii Hall on February 7, cel- signal pro- and music. Research at Rice is ex- ebrating a twenty-year part- cessors pected to further develop DSP tech- use( nership and the promise (D S P ), nology and applications. peni is k deft rese at R biol this desi bac yin] Bose-Einstein Condensate Yields New Data ph) Of the three teams in the world that can coax the elusive Using technology borrowed from biologists, Hulet, Bra- Bose—Einstein condensate into existence, only the Rice Uni- dley, and Sackett have been able to adapt phase-contrast call versity team can make it using atoms that attract each other. imaging to obtain their measurements. Biologists use this co% For this reason, the Rice team is taking an especially close technique to look at transparent objects, such as cell mem- nat look at the mechanics ofhow their condensate forms and the branes. Light passing through the membrane is made to tari special properties it possesses, and their findings are contrib- interfere with light not passing through it, producing an bra uting to a basic understanding of image of the transparent material. vei interactions on the atomic level. "We have developed a similar tech- kn, A Bose—Einstein condensate, in- nique," Hulet says,"that makes use ma dependently theorized by Satyendra ofthe phase shift of the atoms. Now an, Nath Bose and Albert Einstein in there's no distortion, and we get a frc be the 1920s, is a state of matter in cleaner picture of the condensate." which the atoms are so cold and Currently, the group is busy study- ch de move so slowly that they actually ing the interactions of the atoms in undergo a phase transition, as when the condensate—how the conden- th water freezes to ice. In this particu- sate forms, how it begins to decay, lar phase transition, the atoms con- and how it ultimately collapses. When dense into a special gas that behaves the number of condensate atoms is wi th as a single unit. This occurs at tem- close to but not exceeding the maxi- peratures only fractions of a degree mum number, and the collapse is above absolute zero. initiated, the condensate collapses as SL The limit on the number ofatoms a single entity in a process physicists ti in Bose—Einstein condensates call "macroscopic quantum tunnel- tc. formed with atoms that repel each ing." During the collapse, the atoms ft other is not known—as many as five million atoms have been can collide and stick together as molecules. Molecule forma- tt reported in such condensates. However, quantum theoreti- tion releases a lot of energy, and the collapsing condensate cians have predicted that condensates with atoms that attract quickly blows apart. "This process is similar to a supernova, each other are limited to about 1,400 atoms. The Rice team, in which a star collapses under its own attractive forces," says led by Randall Hulet, professor of physics, confirmed that a Hulet,"and the collapse is followed by the explosive disinte- condensate formed with attractive atoms,specifically lithium, gration of the star." has a ceiling of between 650 and 1,300 atoms before the The limited number ofatoms in the condensate is already condensate collapses. Their findings appeared in the Febru- an indication that this phenomenon is occurring, but the ary 10 issue of Physical Review Letters. Rice team is attempting to directly observe the collapse and In 1995,when the Rice group first formed a Bose—Einstein its aftermath. Usually the tunneling effect applies only to condensate, Hulet and graduate students Curtis Bradley and single microscopic particles, not to collections of many Charles Sackett had to infer its existence from distortions it atoms, like a Bose—Einstein condensate, and physicists are produced in a laser beam passed through it. Since then, they excited because of the opportunity they may now have to have been working to improve their lab apparatus so they study quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale. could directly observe the condensate peak and the distribu- tion of the atoms. —Lia Unrau
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NEW INSIGHTS INTO BACTERIAL NEMESIS Did the Judges Read the Back Page? lean of ital cel- What do a frog, the Rice physics de- The Rice Thresher, Rice's student-run newspaper, has been awarded an All i. DSPs partment, and a happy ending all have American rating from the Associated Collegiate Press, the ACP's highest honor mation in common? For starters, the fight and one ofthe top awards a college student paper can receive. Winning the rating video, against bacteria. is an especially impressive feat for the Thresher, since Rice has no journalism is ex- While many people are aware of the department and the paper has no professional adviser. I" tech- use ofconventional antibiotics,such as The six issues from the 1995-96 volume of the Thresher that were submitted penicillin,to combat bacteria,very little for evaluation were coedited by Vivek Rao '97 and Charles Klein '97. The two is known about our bodies' natural have been on the Thresher staff since their freshman year. defenses against bacterial infection. But Rao says the staff members have overcome their researchers in the physics department various disadvantages by "depending heavily at Rice are providing insight into these on each other and by relying on what biological processes. Understanding we learned in journalism classes this mechanism will help researchers in high school." He is design better drugs for warding off especially proud that bacteria and, possibly, cancer cells and "we do a good job viruses, says Huey Huang,professor of on late-breaking news physics. stories, considering , Bra- In 1987 a new class of antibiotics, that we have so few ntrast called antimicrobial peptides, was dis- writers on the staff." e this covered. Antimicrobial peptides are Similarly, Klein says mem- naturally produced in the body and he is most proud of de to target the fatty matrix ofbacterial mem- the Thresher's news rig an branes rather than proteins, as con- coverage. "Rice is ventional antibiotics do. The best not at all a news-in- tech- known of these peptides is called tensive campus," he :s use magainin, a Hebrew word for shield, says, "but the staff does Now and was discovered in the skin of a an excellent job oftracking get a frog. Now,antimicrobial peptides have down news stories and cover- tte." been discovered in all animals, in- ing them comprehensively." udy- cluding humans,acting as first-line ns in defenders against bacterial infection. —David Kaplan den- The question is, how do they attack ecay, the bacterial Vhen membrane ns is without harming taxi- the host animal cells? se is Every biological cell is thrown in, Huang this phase transition." However, ex- es as surrounded by a membrane, and his re- actly what happens at this phase transi- cists Which is made of lipids, or fats, searchers tion differs for each antibiotic. Huang's nel- that form a double-layered film. Pro- solved the group identified three methods of at- oms teins are embedded in the layers. The problem of how tack. At the phase transition, the anti- ma- five- nanometer-thick membrane is ac- magainin works. biotics can insert themselves into the sate tually a two-dimensional liquid film, Magainin is structurally membrane and self-assemble into an wa, making it very difficult to study. In simple—a cylindrical rod three nanom- open pore, they can punch doughnut says fact, membranes are perhaps the least eters long and one nanometer in diam- holes in the membrane,or they can cut tte- understood component in a biological eter. When it encounters a membrane,it it up. In each case,the strategy is lethal cell because the most powerful tech- lies down and attaches itself lengthwise to the cell. ady niques in biochemistry, such as X-ray to the surface. "What makes [magainin] an effec- the crystallography and high-resolution As its concentration on the mem- tive antibiotic is that the phase transi- tnd nuclear magnetic resonance, are diffi- brane increases,it goes through a phase tion occurs at a relatively low concen- to cult to apply. transition, such as when water freezes tration on bacterial membranes," But researchers led by Huang are into ice. "This phase transition is the Huang says. "You would have to in- are developing new ways to study cell mem- key to their biological function," Huang crease the concentration about one to branes. Using a combination ofoptical, says. "Interestingly,all the membrane- hundred to one thousand times before X-ray, and neutron-scattering experi- active antibiotics that have been iso- it harms animal cells." ments, with some theoretical physics lated from different animals exhibit au —Lia Unrau
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GAN
Whe ACOUSTICALLY RESPLENDENT burs theit Two decades of dreaming and plan- strument dominates the near-acousti- light ning and a year ofassembly culminated cally perfect seventy-eight-foot-tall re- on April 4 with the formal dedi- cital hall and can be utilized for the glov cation of the Edythe Bates Old performance of more than four centu- astft Grand Organ and Recital Hall ries oforgan music. It has seventy-five mysi at the Shepherd School of Mu- stops that control 4,493 pipes and uti- endr sic. A number ofsold -out pub- lizes a mechanical tracker action system El lic performances followed dur- that provides the most responsive touch tron ing the month of April. to keys and mostcontrol over the speech Antl At the keyboard for the dedi- of the pipes, coupled with a state-of- prec cation was Rice professor of or- the-art computerized stop action and cou gan Clyde Holloway, playing memory system that allows hundreds wot works by J. S. Bach, Olivier of preset combinations of stops to be the Messiaen,Cesar Franck,Charles - recalled at the press of a button. of ti Marie Widor, and others. The three-manual (three-keyboard) "G Holloway and organ builder console has ninety-four ebony and Bus Manuel Rosales of Los Angeles cocobolo draw knobs.The pipes,which our began the organ design, and, are constructed from polished tin,ham- issu later, builder C. B. Fisk, Inc. of mered tin, spotted metal, hammered slov Gloucester, Massachusetts, lead, poplar, pine, basswood, and big joined the project. The Fisk- cherry, are encased in Honduras ma- usu Rosales Opus 109/21 is the result of hogany. erg this collaboration and vision. The in- ena —Lia Unran cou gar exp 1 sevl asti A Digital MOB Fel visi In a year of firsts for the Marching Owl Band, chalk up one kind of ties in with our transition and our new image, which ere more. The MOB has released its first CD. is classier and more distinguished. It's an image that should scc MOB Reborn contains twenty-five of the band's hottest carry us into the twenty-first century." bu numbers, including MOB classics such as "Louie, Louie," The CD was recorded last fall. Dye explains that to avoid NI) "Shout,"and their variation on a Blues Broth- reverberation, a 150-member-strong band scc ers song that they call "Turning It Loose." like the MOB must either record in a very cisl Also on the recording are new arrangements large room,which was not available, or take dil of "Shaft," "YMCA," and "Rescue Me," as it outside, and that's what they did. Record- well as the Rice fight song. ing outside was a challenge, he recalls. Wind wii Band director Ken Dye is pleased with the caused acoustical problems,as did sounds of “s( finished product: "It has a lot of personality. traffic, construction, Campanile bells, birds, foi There's a certain rhythmic groove and feel- and Life Flight helicopters. The best spot on ing of beat where most ofthis stuff feels just campus turned out to be behind Ryon Engi- ap right." Dye did the arrangements for all the gEEIURN neering Laboratory, on Campanile Road, selections. and the recording sessions drew audiences fac In the past,the band has recorded cassettes composed ofRice people and Southhampton tu and record albums—seven in all—but it's community residents out on evening strolls. en been about five years since the last recording. The handsome cover illustration of a fe- c1( One had been scheduled in 1994, until a fire destroyed most dora surrounded by fire was created by longtime MOB artist of the MOB's instruments and recording equipment. Since Keith Goodnight, who is a Keck Center postdoctoral fellow pa then, the MOB has been in a rebuilding phase, and Dye says in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. ra that the CD project served as a "MOB spirit uplift." For more information about the CD, contact the MOB PI MOBster Ryan McMullan is excited about the CD."It's through e-mail at
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GAMMA-RAY PREDICTIONS PROVEN IN SPACE
When the Hubble Space Telescope tracked a gamma-ray During the burst, the escaping photons span almost the burst early this spring, it did more than give astronomers entire electromagnetic spectrum, with most of the energy their first close-up look at a gamma source's fading visible- appearing in the gamma-ray region. As the source slowly light counterpart—it confirmed a prediction made by Rice cools, gamma rays are no longer produced, but the source University scientists that the X-ray and visible-light after- is still visible across the rest of the spectrum,from X-rays to glows would fade at a certain rate. The find is leading visible light, as a slowly fading object." astronomers closer to solving modern astronomy's greatest In addition to the inverse-time fading law,the Rice model mystery, the origin of gamma-ray bursts—the highest- also predicts that the ratio ofthe burster distance to the size energy radiation in the universe. of the source should be around one to ten trillion. "This Edison Liang, Rice professor of space physics and as- relation plus other physical considerations will eventually tronomy, research scientist Ian Smith, graduate student provide powerful limits to the distance of bursters," com- Anthony Crider, and professor Masaaki Kusunose of Japan ments Liang,"which is the subject of the hottest debate in predicted that the brightness of the X-ray and visible-light astronomy today." Currently, astronomers are deeply di- counterparts vided over whether the bursts originate from an extended would fall as halo around our own Milky Way the reciprocal or if they originate in galaxies of time.[ See billions of light-years away. "Gamma Irma Now more recent observations Busters" in are teasing astronomers, just our previous 1-1 when they thought they might issue.]Such a Icesearchers have:, be solving one of their longest- slow decay is running mysteries. New data highly un- have raised questions about usual in en- been diligently looking whether the source is moving ergetic astrophysical phenom- and the nature of a fuzzy patch ena, and the Rice prediction ran for these fading counterparts next to the source. Resolving counter to a popular theory that these issues may require another gamma rays are caused by a huge, Hubble Telescope observation. expanding explosion. for decades, without success, In the meantime,the most criti- The burst was detected by cal observation for revealing several space-based,high-energy so this is a real breakthrough whether gamma rays originate astrophysics observatories on relatively close by or on the edges February 28, and then a fading of the universe may come from visible-light source was discov- for the field and a key confir- an Italian satellite working to :h ered by ground-based tele- collect spectral data,or the range Id scopes. On March 26 this burster was finally imaged by mation for our model:' NASA's Hubble Space Tele scope with unprecedented pre- -Edison Liang cision. "Researchers have been pie/ diligently looking for these fad- %%1515-R t‘ It( ItS I ing counterparts for decades, ...11111111111111111111111115111111 WIN without success," Liang says, _ "so this is a real breakthrough r I) for the field and a key confirmation our for model." of wave 111101K'. II.%11 In a series of articles—written at the end of last year and lengths and .11)%1s I 511 Ft 641 appearing lir•td,ations in the April 10 issue of The Astrophysical Journal frequencies, ittypti• \ and 'ir‘‘..1 SI I K -- Letters—the Rice team proposed that a gamma-ray burst either from 181)1114,,t• SI • 1 salriiilt • fades not because of explosive expansion, as often conjec- visible or X- TIME tured, but mainly due to radiation cooling, in which the ray counter energy of the escaping radiation, or so-called photons, parts. Ifspe, closely mimics the energy of the cooling plasma. tral lines can "Picture the source as a large ball of very energetic be detected, researchers can deduce whether the frequency particles whizzing around," explains Liang. "Low-energy is coming from nearby or from the far reaches of space. radio or microwave photons injected into this ionized For a graphic illustrating the Rice predictions,see:
SPRING '97 1 1 ON THE BOOK SHELF
INVESTIGATING THE DETECTIVE THE
It doesn't take a detective to deduce that Sherlock Holmes is Look for Atkinson to apply reader-response theory, Jun- Gee probably the world's most recognized literary figure. Holmes gian psychology, feminism, deconstruction, and creation was featured in dozens ofstories by his creator,Arthur Conan myth, among others, to open the narratives and reveal job Doyle, and since has passed into popular iconogra- multiple layers of meaning and response. "To read the hiliveos s phy as the subject of plays, movies, and stories and Holmes stories from all these different angles is to realize how dtorhisne r, THE SECRET nlARRIAGE multiple are their sources of enchantment and power—and Or SHERLOCK HeLmes books by other authors. Now the famous detective ^no OTHER is the topic of a different sort of iteration in which to realize our own versatility as readers, too," Atkinson Ecommic RIADInGs Holmes,the stories about him,their nominal narra- writes. "These strategies may complicate our reading,just as the tor, Watson, and their actual author's modus oper- Holmes's views are usually more complex than those of the andi are investigated. police; but as his thoughts bring us pleasure as well as clarity, Michael Atkinson's The Secret Marriage ofSherlock so our own thoughts about him should lead to greater Holmes (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan enjoyment and satisfaction in the end." tBro euctig 41! Press, 1996)takes Holmes's methodology to heart. Through its subject matter and application ofthe Holmesian Gei "To read ofSherlock Holmes is one thing," Atkinson method, The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes is sure to lifei writes, "to read as Holmes reads is quite another. snare fans of Holmes and detective fiction. In fact, the book Rather than simply repeating the adventures of the is this year's winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best great detective, we can solve some mysteries of our critical/biographical work. The Edgars, given by the Mys- sie g own—about the act ofreading this work,and about reading tery Writers ofAmerica, are the most prestigious awards for on itself." crime fiction and nonfiction published in the United States. sin Each ofthe nine chapters deals with a particular story and But because of its scope, the book will also capture the Cal begins with a synopsis that outlines the narrative and reminds interest of students and scholars of literary theory and Gel the reader of significant plot elements before delving into cultural criticism. analysis. The analysis is not only acute,it is lively and diverse, Michael Atkinson, a 1964 graduate of Rice University, is dc thanks to Atkinson's engaging style and his method of currently an associate professpr of English and comparative Plev applying different critical perspectives to the stories with literature at the University of Cincinnati. In addition to his tin which he deals."In the individual chapters," Atkinson writes, activities as a literary critic, he is a recognized teacher of "the schemes of literary criticism will serve us much as Buddhist meditation and an aficionado of vintage ballroom Holmes's treatises on varieties of tobacco ash or his mono- dancing. Considering his avowed purpose of giving his list graph on tattoos serve in the stories: not as displays of subject matter a Holmesian reading for deeper, hidden far erudition to be admired for their own sake, but as helpful meanings, one cannot help but wonder if some mysterious COI systems from which we can extract what we need to illumi- connection is indicated by the fact that Atkinson lives on W2 nate key evidence." Sherlock Avenue. Gi —Christopher Dow re, cc
FIESTAS ON FILM Jo Ja When Mexican Indians throw a party, people come. They grotesque. People make their own costumes, helmets and cl come from all over the world to see the brilliant colors, the shields, and candles. They also slaughter the animals they Ai raucous fireworks,the funny masks,and the religious dances. cook. One Winningham picture shows a skinned head of a in They come to see the Indians defy reality bull lying under a picture of the Virgin Mary while a child st with bizarre costumes: the pauper be- rests in a nearby hammock. Different dance groups appear in n4 IN THE EYE OF THE SUN comes king, the saint a devil, and man a the book,some dressed as goats, others as tigers, still others woman. in burlap sacks and straw sombreros. Geoff Winningham '65, photogra- "Geoff VVinningham's photographs are not simply im- pher and professor of art and art history ages," writes J. M. G. Lc Clezio in one of the book's two at Rice, captures this surreal mixture of essays. "They invite us into the movements of the dance, pagan festivals and Catholic rituals. His urging us to put on our own masks, to lose ourselves in the recent book,/n the Eye ofthe Sun:Mexi- violence and the truth of the ceremony." can Fiestas(New York: W.W. Norton & In the Eye of the Sun also includes an essay by Richard Company,Inc., 1997),is a collection of Rodriguez, who eloquently explains what the fiestas mean: colorful pictures that depict the otherworldliness of such "The pleasure ofthe fiesta is that for one day the link between festivals as the Day of the Dead and Holy Week. heaven and earth is certain." The images range from solemn to humorous,from violent Winningham began photographing the fiestas in 1984, to tranquil. There are pictures offireworks exploding around going to different villages in central and southern Mexico. a cathedral at dawn. Another photograph features two men He developed close relationships with Indian families and dressed in red and yellow jaguar suits fighting furiously in local officials, which gave him access to different phases ofthc front of a local crowd. festivals. The result is a dazzling display ofan ancient way that Preparations for the festivals are elaborate and sometimes refuses to die.
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THE FREQUENCY OF SOULS BOOK NOTES
Jun- George Mahoney is thirty-nine years old,six -two,and tan— Blaming the Government: Citizens and the Economy in Five anon his daughter calls him Magazine Man. He has a comfortable European Democracies(Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, •eveal job at Coldpoint developing refrigerator improvements and 1995) written by Christopher Anderson, assistant professor 1 the lives in a fashionable Washing- of political science at Rice. how ton,D.C., neighborhood with -and his realtor wife and two chil- Religion in Antebellum Kentucky (Lexington: University nson dren. George is convinced that Press ofKentucky, 1995)written by John B. Boles'65, Allyn 1st as the universe was soldered to- and Gladys Cline Professor of History at Rice. f the gether with logic and that elec- miry, tricity is a tool, not a miracle. Lawrence Durrell: Comprehending the Whole (Columbia: eater But his new office mate is about University of Missouri Press, 1995)edited by Paige Matthey to disrupt the tranquillity that Bynum '76 and Julius Rowan Raper and Melody L. Enscore. esian George Mahoney has spent a re to lifetime creating. After the Whale: Melville in the Wake of Moby-Dick )ook Niagara Spense is twenty- (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1995) by Clark best eight years old, a gangly girl Davis '86, an assistant professor of English at Northeast Vlys- scientist who is partially deafin Louisiana University. s for one ear and sews her own clothes—a dozen variations of a ates. single prototype. She came to Coldpoint with a 4.0 on her Marianne Moore and the Visual Arts(Baton Rouge: Louisi- the Caltech transcript but without the doctorate she was seeking. ana State University Press, 1995) written by Linda Leavell and George discovers that Niagara's view of electricity is com- '86, who received an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Rice and is pletely unlike his:"Here was a woman who knew more about currently an associate professor ofEnglish at Oklahoma State y, is electrical fields than what was in her purse, yet she acted as if University. itive every time someone flipped a switch and a light came on, a )his tiny miracle had occurred." Literature in the Marketplace: Nineteenth-Century British r of There's something else about Niagara Spense:She has set up Publishing and Reading Practices (Cambridge, England: iom a giant satellite dish in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and she's Cambridge University Press, 1995) edited by Robert L. his listening for the dead. . ."Whispers of bodiless voices on a Patten, professor of English at Rice, and John 0. Jordan. den faraway frequency hungry for an audience." Niagara's quest to DUS connect with the audible fossils ofour ancestors will change the H. B. Morse: Customs Commissioner and Historian ofChina on way George looks at his life—past, present, and future. (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1995) writ- The Frequency of Souls (New York: Farrar, Straus and ten by Richard J. Smith, professor of history and director of Giroux, 1996), a first novel by Mary Kay Zuravleff'81, has Asian studies at Rice, the late John King Fairbank, who was )ow received extensive critical acclaim. Zuravleff recently ac- professor of history at Harvard University, and Martha cepted the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Henderson Coolidge,East Asian research associate at Harvard. Arts and Letters. Previous recipients of the award include John Updike and Alice Walker. The work also captured the Robert E. Lee:A Biography( New York: W.W. Norton, 1995) James Jones Award for a first-novel-in-progress and was written by Emory M. Thomas '66, Regent's Professor of ind chosen by Barnes & Noble bookstores for the Discover New History at the University of Georgia. ley Authors series. Zuravleff brings a long history of varied if a interests to her first novel. As a Rice undergraduate, she Chronic Illness: From Experience to Policy (Bloomington: ild studied English and mathematics. English professor and Indiana University Press, 1995) edited by S. Kay Toombs r in novelist Max Apple calls his former student's novel "unique, '88,who received an MA.and Ph.D. at Rice and is currently ers compelling, realistic, and moral, without ever missing a professor of philosophy at Baylor University, and David comic beat." Barnard and Ronald A. Carson. While pursuing her bachelor of arts degree at Rice, the VO Baker College alum spent two summers with an engineering Labyrinths: Explorations in the Critical History of Ideas ce, firm, building circuit boards and running numbers for the (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996) written he quality control division. Between undergraduate and gradu- by Richard Wolin, professor of history at Rice. ate school, Zuravleff worked as an industrial engineer at a rd high-pressure-water-hose plant.She went on to earn a master's The Columbia Anthology ofBritish Poetry(New York: Colum- n: degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University bia University Press, 1995) edited by Carl Woodring '40, en and then edited books and exhibition texts for the Smithsonian George Edward Woodberry Professor ofLiterature Emeritus Institution. at Columbia University, and James Shapiro, professor of 4, In her first novel, Zuravleff has created quirky yet endear- English and comparative literature at Columbia University. o. ing characters and placed them in absurd yet very real situations. The result is a wonderfully insightful and enter- Davisand Lee at War(Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, taining read. Look for the Penguin paperback edition of The 1995) by Steven E. Woodworth '87, who received a Ph.D. at Frequency ofSouls due out this summer. from Rice and is an associate professor of history at Toccoa Falls College. —Suzanne Christensen
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This last year, a group of Rice architecture students ventured out of the classroom to examine first hand the ways a metropolitan environment had developed in a major city dominated by the oil industry. For two weeks, they viewed high-rise towers, housing blocks,and roads,studied how the environment had helped shaped the city, and sketched and photographed the architectural features they saw. The mountains on either side of the city formed a stunning backdrop. Obviously, the students had ventured a bit farther beyond the hedges than Rice's home city ofHouston—they were in Caracas,Venezuela, as part ofa course on Latin American urbanism. Although Caracas and Houston are similar in that both are centers of petrochemical production, each has taken a very different path in its growth, largely due to the physical factors of their locations. Houston lies on the coastal plain and spreads like an octopus in all directions,limited only by water,while the dense city of Caracas resides in a narrow valley.
SPRING '97 15 "The main focus ofthe student research was gala for an ex- panded exhibit to explore how the architecture and infra- celebrating both structure of Caracas reinforce the idea ofthe the Rice connec- tion and Nice's center, almost as much as the same elements historic ties to undermine Houston's center," says Richard Houston. a Rice professor of architectural "Nice doesn't Ingersoll, have an architec- history who, with visiting professor Roberto ture school,so the Segre,led the trip. The students also focused people there saw our arrival as an on the architecture ofCarlos Raul Villanueva, opportunity to whose designs date from the 1940s and 1950s. make the city more aware of architec- Although the Caracas trip is not a permanent pro- ture education," it is an important example of how the Rice gram, Casbarian adds. University School of Architecture has embarked on a The city govern- quest to gain international experience and reputation. ment provided "There's no doubt that Rice is well known in the food and lodging country," says Lars Lerup, the school's dean, citing for the students the most recent ranking of graduate schools by U.S. during the ten-day News and World Report in which Rice placed sixth stay. Casbarian among outstanding graduate programs in architec- says that although the program is still in its infancy, he ture. "But I want to make Rice visible in the world." hopes Rice will eventually establish a permanent cen- Acquiring a global reputation is no easy task, and ter in Nice. "A lot of students are very interested in Lerup is taking different paths toward that goal: he is participating in some kind of study abroad program, establishing study-abroad programs, bringing inter- and this is an opportunity to make it available to national projects to Rice, internationalizing the them." Lerup also has established a student exchange preceptorship program, renovating and expanding program in Switzerland, where he once directed the the School of Architecture facilities, and recruiting a Swiss branch of the Southern California Institute of dynamic faculty. Architecture at Los Angeles. Sending students abroad is, in part, a response to changes in the profession. "The architecture profes- ne way to establish a study abroad program,says 0 sion is volatile, since the building sector gets affected Lerup, is to set up minicenters or schools in other first in an economic downturn, and it is often the last countries. However,that would require a hefty invest- to recover," explains Lerup. "It is hard to generalize, ment in staff and infrastructure. "My tendency is to but the great building booms in the U.S. are probably have light brigades that fly out and spend a month or gone. Now we are often involved in replacing the old some weeks and come back with the loot," he says. fabric. The architect's role is still limited. In Houston, "This is more flexible and we can go where the nice old houses are being torn down and replaced by action is." huge Tudors or Georgians. Architects are rarely em- Recently, the action has been in South America, ployed to do this—all you need is a set ofrecycled plans Europe, and Asia. For the second year in a row, John and a builder. As a result, we have little innovation and Casbarian, director ofthe undergraduate architecture virtually no modern architecture in housing. Luckily, program, has taken a group of students to Nice in in the commercial and public arenas there are still southeast France to study urban problems. There, opportunities for architecture." they researched a number ofprojects identified by the One picture that still remains bright for American city's urban design department including the integra- architects is the prospect ofexporting their services to tion of public gardens with isolated neighborhoods other countries. According to Lerup, Americans have and the improvement of pedestrian links in the his- a strong reputation for designing efficient and cost- toric section called Old Nice. Students spent ten days effective projects. Many Rice graduates will eventually in France then returned to Houston to complete the seek jobs in other countries, and, therefore, sending projects. The proposals were exhibited at an architec- students abroad provides them with the tremendous ture gallery in Nice and,says Casbarian,received very educational experience ofworking in foreign cultures. favorable press reviews and public response. A year "We are opening the doors for our students," Lerup later the city sponsored a symposium and an opening says,"many ofwhom will stay in those countries a long
16 SALLYPORT Firm Foundations
William Ward Watkin came to the Rice Institute to build a building,and he stayed to found a school. When Watkin established the Rice University School ofArchitecture in 1912,the program had only six students. Even now,with two hundred,the school continues to be small,though its reputation far exceeds its size."The tradition ofthis school is very long," explains architecture dean Lars Lerup,"so we can have a certain confidence in our history." That history has been made,in part, by the current six senior faculty members who together encompass a wide range ofexpertise and knowledge. A Professor William Cannady has taught undergraduate and graduate design studio classes for thirty-four years and directs the Center for Professional Studies at Rice, which trains "students in the real-world experience of designing a building for economic return." Before moving to Houston, where he runs his own architectural firm, Cannady practiced architecture in Boston, London, and San Francisco. He has designed residential, commercial, institutional, and governmental buildings in Houston,in other parts of the United States, and in several countries. Currently, he is working on a residential compound for Hakeem Olajuwon, of the Houston Rockets, in Sugar Land, Texas."He is extremely pragmatic," says Lerup,"which offers a real opportunity for our students to enter some of the realities that are often very difficult to orchestrate in an academic situation." John Casbarian is the director ofthe undergraduate program and has done an excellent job in clarifying its goal,says Lerup. One ofCasbarian's main responsibilities is the preceptorship program.[ See main article.] Casbarian is also a partner in Taft Architects, which recently won the Caudill Award for its design ofthe Rice School/La Escuela Rice.0 Studying cities from a historical perspective is one approach to understanding architecture. Elizabeth Gamard, assistant professor, teaches the history of modern y, he cen- architecture by studying cities around the world: Chicago, Vienna, Weimar, Moscow, Paris, Berlin, and New York among d in others. Her course focuses on the ideas that formed the modern aesthetic movements in architecture, including avant-garde, -am, to postmodernism,historicism, kitsch, and decadence."I try to look at modernism through its context and individuals rather than nge a grand unifying theory," says Gamard."The best way to do this is to go on trips conceptually." She is working on two books, the e of one about German romanticism and its impact on modernism and another about Kurt Schwitters, a German artist and architect who created his own movement called "merz," which had an affinity with Dada and surrealism. ri Another "grand C to historian" is associate professor Richard Ingersoll, who recently published Muni° Gitai Weinraub:Bauhaus Architect in Eretz fes- :ted Israel(Milan: Electa, 1994). Weinraub was forced out of Nazi Germany in 1934 and settled in Palestine, where he put to last practice the Bauhaus ideas ofdesigning things according to the way they were to be produced. Ingersoll is also editing a book ize, ibly on streets. "Richard is an environmental historian in the sense that he looks at the influence that cultural phenomena have had old on architecture," says Lerup. A Associate professor Spencer Parsons also teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on, by and is working on a book about the French-Swiss master architect Le Corbusier. "This book will show that even design m- professors can think and act and write like true historians," declares Lerup. Parson has also written articles on European gardens ans md and landscapes as well as reviews of books such as Italian Villas and Gardens, by Van der Ree, Smienk, and Steenbergen ily, (Holland: Thoth Publishers, 1992). Professor Gordon Wittenberg is working closely with the School of Engineering till to "invigorate" the relationship between engineering and architecture. "It seems like the two professions have in the past been :an on different trajectories," says Lerup,"and this is a tremendous opportunity to create some interesting educational programs." to Wittenberg has a thriving architecture practice and, as Lerup says, is one of the few architects in Houston who can get away LVC st- with designing modern houses. The combination of new professors who tend to be more academic and theoretical Lily 0 with the veteran professors who are geared to the more practical side is giving the Rice School of Architecture a well-balanced ng us program. "The deep commitment to design and design activities remains the core of the school," Lerup says. "We are not es. making a radical change. We see our school not as the gatekeeper of the profession, but as the custodian of the discipline." up rig —David D. Medina
SPRING '97 17 time and then come back to begin a process of Architecture has been making some strides at home, ics, multiculturalism that is essential to our country." too.Since 1993,more than forty computers have been Sani Lerup believes that cultural diversity produces a installed in the school. Each design studio is now is d much more inter- linked to the university computer network, which that esting education. provides access to a major software library and to the in t "It helps prepare Internet. The school offers five computer-aided de- pati people for the sign courses. The objective is not to teach students a inte reality of this specific software program but to teach them how to regi society." think with the computer so that when they walk into acr( Students at an architecture office they know the computer well Ro) Rice are also be- enough to deal with an ever-changing computational in 1 ing prepared for environment. hot the real world the through the pre- A ceptorship pro- For any academic program that aspires to world on gram, headed by recognition, the faculty must be ofthe highest caliber. doc John Casbarian. Making drastic changes in the curriculum, Lerup says, Un A student in the is not the best way to improve the School ofArchitec- phi program receives ture. "The curriculum as it stands is very solid," he Th practical experience by working for a year in an archi- says. "I believe a university is really based on people." wa, tectural firm. Some of the prestigious firms involved Lerup feels he has hired a group of brilliant professors are Michael Graves,Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, Cesar to complement the older faculty. The six junior mem- attl Pelli and Associates, and Eisenman Architects. And bers, he says, offer Rice diverse cultural input and spa lately the program has taken on an international stimulating new points of view. tha flavor—last year, undergraduate students were as- Assistant professor Fares el-Dahdah was born in en signed preceptorships in Tokyo, London, New York, Beirut, attended high school in Brasilia, and received un Paris, and Milan. his undergraduate degree in architecture from the ces Rhode Island School of Design. He received his master's in 1989 and a Ph.D. in 1992 from Harvard sci, bringing projects home from other countries is University's Graduate School ofDesign. El-Dahdah's bo another way to internationalize the school. Lerup and dissertation considers the relationship between archi- Th Albert Pope,an associate professor and director ofthe tecture and pleasure and how that relationship is Syi architecture graduate program, founded in 1994 the portrayed in literature,especially in the ways buildings sci Rice Center for Urbanism (Recurb) to explore alter- participate in plots of seduction. "The idea is that lat natives in urban design. The center's mission is to buildings are not silent backdrops when they can be ed investigate and experiment with designs that can't be thought of as a materialized subjectivity," he explains. ph explored in the urban marketplace because offinancial El-Dahdah teaches a seminar based on his dissertation and other constraints. "Residential development is as well as a lecture course on the intellectual history of de now simply formulaic," says Pope."Developers don't architecture since the 1960s. of have the time and the resources to try anything new." "The image we have of architecture is often utilitar- in But a developer in Taiwan was willing to experi- ian" el-Dahdah says, "and I simply prefer to think rn ment. He hired Recurb to design a housing project for about buildings in nonfunctional terms. Architecture fo a new suburb in Taipei, one that will accommodate is a form of research just as much as economics, ar eighteen thousand people and will be the size of a philosophy, or literature." He has, however, designed cr small city. Lerup, Pope, and five Rice students have temporary installations for the Beirut National Mu- id developed a plan that is dynamic in the sense that it will seum as well as inert-atmosphere cases to preserve in evolve and adapt as the community grows and changes. naturally mummified bodies ofthe Mameluke period. "We used ideas that we have developed at Rice about The hermetically sealed cylindrical cases are made of cl, interaction activities," explains Lerup. "Our plan is Plexiglas and will be injected with nitrogen to prevent th very different from the suburban plan that locates the bodies from decomposing. di housing in one area and all other services away. Here Another assistant professor from abroad is Lindy at we are trying in a complex manner to bring services Roy,from Cape Town,South Africa, who believes that c( and recreation together to make an urban-like subur- information is crucial to architecture. She is interested (c ban environment. The community will be autono- in the idea of the swarm system: how,a variety of mous and energetic and intimate on a neighborhood different agents work together to creke complex level, yet cohesive and distinct in its whole." structures. The architecture of a city is affected by a ei In the quest for world recognition, the School of variety of influences—politics, religion, demograph- ei
18 SALLYPORT iome, ics, and economics. Roy has been dealing with the cate with other universities around the world. been Santa Fe Institute for the Study of Complexity, which The electronic studio is unlike a traditional class- now is developing an interdisciplinary software program room in which fixed relationships exit between in- vhich that studies emerging structures."I am less interested structor, students, and equipment, says Wamble. the in the architecture than in how one can discern the Workstations are arranged in such a way that people d de- patterning of architecture," says Roy. "I am more will be able to interact inside the lab and with others nts a interested in developing a reading ofthe city, one that around the world. The overlap of activities will be )W to registers all kinds of transformations and interactions physical as well as electronic. into across distinct categories." Along with her research, Looking at what lies ahead for architecture is a • well Roy is designing a health spa in the Okavando Delta speculative endeavor, but one that can give guidance ional in Botswana. The twenty-five-guest facility will be to budding architects."The job ofthe university is to housed in pavilions standing on stilts or floating on teach what architecture might be twenty years from the delta water. now," says Michael Bell, an associate professor. Bell Associate professor Sanford Kwinter teaches a course teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in design vorld on new theories of form and space. Kwinter has a and theory, one of which combines architectural and liber. doctorate in comparative literature from Columbia engineering theories and looks at how philosophical says, University and studied in the 1970s with French ideas might be present in building materials. titec- Philosopher Michel Foucault at the College de France. His innovative designs have earned numerous acco- ," he The center of architecture, Kwinter believes, has al- lades, especially the prestigious Progressive Architec- pie." ways been space, and traditionally architects have ture Design Award in 1992 and 1995. In 1995,he had ssors viewed space as passive and inert. But Kwinter is a major show of his work at the University Art Mu- tern- attempting to change that view. He contends that seum at the University ofCali- and space is really active and dynamic—productive rather fornia at Berkeley. The San than produced—as it interacts with the surrounding Francisco Museum of Mod- n in environment. "I am trying to create a more complex ern Art also has in its perma- ived understanding of forms as expressions of living pro- nent collection work by Bell, the cesses in a culture or society," he says. and the museum has recently his Kwinter has written extensively on the history of commissioned Bell to pro- yard science and technology in relation to space. Two duce an "icon"for its current ah's books are due soon: Architectures of Time: Towards a show Icon. Bell writes as well 'chi- Theory of 'the Event' in Modernist Culture and Soft as he designs. He helped p is Systems, which talks about the impact of the life found The Future Project, an ings sciences, particularly biology, on the aesthetics of the architectural foundation that late twentieth century. Kwinter is also cofounder and whose first effort is Slow Space, be editor of Zone Books, which publishes books on a collection of twenty-six es- tins. Philosophy and cultural history. says, which Bell edited, de- don Assistant professor Mark Wamble, who teaches a voted to the architectural y of design studio and a seminar, believes that the theory practice in the contemporary of architecture and the actual construction ofa build- city. He also edited the tar- ing are one and the same. "Programming or docu- school's inaugural issue of link menting the needs and goals ofthe client has become Architecture at Rice 33: •ure for me the fundamental element in architecture, but Stanley Saitowitz. tics, architects have treated this as a very static set of ned criteria. So programming, for me, is close to some 4u- idea of how architecture and complexity begin to Lerup hopes that the changes he is implementing rye interface." will give the School of Architecture an international od. Wamble used this idea in designing an electronic perspective. "We need to expand the vision of the of classroom that opened at Rice in spring 1996. Called profession, and that's what we are trying to do here at ent the Gardiner Symonds Teaching Laboratory, the stu- Rice by becoming more and more involved in working dio is located on the second floor ofFondren Library, with other fields such as business, anthropology,engi- idy and,according to Wamble,no other like it exists in the neering, and languages." He adds,"We are trying to hat country. The classroom has fourteen "workstations" instill in our students a certain pragmatism, but also a ted (desks with computers), a video projection screen at hope that indeed that there is something out there of each end ofthe room,and a teleconference room that worth pursuing, even if we have to travel and travel lex can accommodate up to ten people. The teleconfer- often." y a ence room, which can be enclosed by sliding doors, enables students and faculty members to communi- A 0
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Illidericdfor ticitfeillure the An adventurer, traveler, history buff, lover of theater, art, and music, he has worked his own cattle ranch in in- arid hills of Brazil, organized World War II spy networks, and explored every continent except Antarctica. His science terests include an extraordinary range of subjects, but his passions are the study and teaching of materials and the advancement of Rice University.
BY MEG LANGNER '95
day, the caravan follow- hen Franz Brotzen was hired by Rice in 1954 as 7V ed difficult, exhaustingly an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, he had slow roads through the jungle, more adventure under his belt than the average person rarely knowing where they would end up could expect from several lifetimes. Born in Berlin in choosing between alternative routes at random. 1915, he came of age at the height of the Great Depres- and often slept in the homes of strangers. For four sion. After the Brotzen family lost all its money in the By night, they braved treacherous terrain, tropical ill- collapse ofa paper mill, the eighteen-year-old mechanical years, Brotzen deadly of all, family feuds that raged engineering student dropped out ofcollege and accepted nesses, and, most culture where violence was the law of the a position in the South American division of German rampant in a was an adventure," he says. chemical giant I.G. Farben. land. "Every day in fact, he thrived. And with the Brotzen spoke German,a little English, and no Portu- Yet he survived; adventurous lifestyle brought,Brotzen joined guese when he arrived in Brazil. After a year and a half of earnings his purchasing a small cattle ranch where he spent clerical work on the coast, he was transferred to the friends in "cowboying around." He loved Brazil and Brazilian interior to sell veterinary pharmaceuticals. weekends country his permanent home. After years Brotzen's home base was Teafilo Otoni, a small town considered the with non-Brazilians,he couldn't imag- accessible only by a narrow-gauge train that ran from the ofminimal contact anywhere else. But soon, new opportunities coast three times a week. He roamed a 100,000-square- ine living foreign shores. kilometer territory with a troop of mules and a guide. By beckoned from
SPRING '97 21 Ortrait by Tommy LaVerfint grhe outbreak of World War II brought a British a Frankfurt-area villa. The Americans lived on the top flocit the f blockade of German vessels, and Brotzen's supply of and the Germans on the bottom,and they collaborated t with pharmaceuticals was cut off. His sales job dissolving, he redevelop the spy network. "That was quite an excitin prog left TeOfilo Otoni for Rio de Janeiro, where he worked for time, really," Brotzen remembers. "Sort of a little bit otit Kent a foundry equipment importer. To learn more about his of spy novels." the u new firm's business, Brotzen read a metallurgy book, Although he was never out ofuniform and was always o Brot rekindling his interest in engineering. When his sister, who official U.S. business, Brotzen found himself in a terribl $1 n lived in Cincinnati,suggested that he resume his engineer- uncomfortable situation. The territory in which he w( fund ing education in the United States, Brotzen agreed—after stationed, his homeland, had only recently become occt that much thought—to emigrate pied by Allied troops. And h obta "temporarily." would never have chosen th that Brotzen arrived in the United ri-ranz Brotzen maid noi haoe people he was dealing with ( in lc States with a German passport known au a young hog grow- friends. "Most ofthem were th fede on December 1, 1941, six days dregs of society," he says of th den before the attack on Pearl Har- ing up in 44ermang that an Nazi spies. "They were interes the t bor. He enrolled in Ohio's Case inierealing military eareer um' ing to deal with—very brigh ing Institute for Applied Science very intelligent people,but mo (now Case Western Reserve In he part ot hiz ally lepers." uniN University). Then,almost a year in 1 to the day after he entered the r dev( country, the U.S. Army drafted l:lowingil the war—an eng Brotzen.The military quickly no- between jobs in South Americ He ticed that he spoke five lan- and Washington,D.C., and ma crea guages—German, Portuguese, riage to Frances Ridgway- moi Spanish, and French in addition Brotzen earned bachelor of sc hell to English—and sent him to the ence and doctoral degrees frot the Military Intelligence Training Case. He then serendipitous] first Center (MITC) in Maryland. found his way to Rice. His dea cou Brotzen,now a U.S.citizen, com- at Case, a good friend of pres pleted courses in interrogating dent William Houston, encoui par prisoners of war and a grueling aged Brotzen to consider th his infantry officer candidates'school Texas school. Although Brotze uni then worked as an instructor at knew nothing about the inst the the MITC until early spring tute, he sent his standard lett( Cal 1945. ofintroduction and applicatiot Bra As World War II drew to Two weeks later, before any oth( tic! a close, Brotzen began universities had even responde ant perhaps the most dar- to his initial queries, Brotze rna ing adventure of his was hired as the first materia life. Nazi leaders, scientist at Rice, and he has er Co. sensing defeat and riched the university commt fur hoping to buy clem- nity ever since. Ca ency when the war Brotzen and his wife, France th( ended, offered their predicted a short stay in Hou; tw intelligence on the So- ton.She had never been to Texa at viets to the United he had visited the state on] un States. By that time, the briefly. "She said,'Well, let's go down there for the fun once-extensive German spy network in the Soviet Union it for a couple of years and then go back to civilization,' so had fallen into disarray. So the United States,interested in Brotzen recalls with a laugh. "Civilization meant the Eait te: gaining information about its Communist ally,sent Brotzen Coast. And this is 1954. Well,it turned out that civilizatio all and three other U.S. intelligence officers on a mission to came to us here in Texas,and it came very rapidly in thotIC ca revitalize the network. days. In retrospect, neither she nor I have ever regrette 131" For one year, Brotzen and his colleagues lived with the coming down here, ever." wl Nazi intelligence high command from the eastern front in Brotzen was quickly recognized as a valuable member ha
22 SALLYPORT p floor the faculty, and he moved through the university ranks Fellowship in 1960-61 and the U.S. Senior Scientist ated to • with regular promotions and saw his materials science Award from the German government in 1973-74. citing program grow. Then, in 1961, Rice's new president, bit outbit Kenneth Pitzer, chose Brotzen to find federal funding for the university,and he far exceeded expectations. When ar the past forty years, •ays on Brotzen began the task, Rice received approximately Brotzen's colleagues at Rice have erribly $1 million annually from the government. By 1966 frequently recognized and benefited le was funding had leaped to $13.5 million. Brotzen stresses from his experience. He has, at one occu- that federal funding was easier to time or another,served on prac- nd he obtain then than it is today and tically every campus committee. n the that NASA's move to Houston "He is one of the most widely ith as in 1962 aided his quest for major experienced members ofthe Rice re the federal grants. Still, he cannot faculty," says history professor of the deny that his efforts provided Ira Gruber."He is unusually cos- crest- the university with far more fund- mopolitan, and he has always right, ing than it had ever known. had very good judgment. He :mor- Brotzen signed on as the has really enriched Rice as a com- university's dean of engineering munity of scholars, of educated in 1962 and was charged with people, for a number of years." developing and expanding the Former vice president for Stu- -and engineering graduate program. dent Affairs Ron Stebbings also ierica He enhanced the faculty and in- has high praise for Brotzen."He I mar- creased funding to make Rice is a person who truly under- /a y— more research conscious. He stands this university. He knows )f sci- helped to raise money to build its workings, he knows the from the Ryon Laboratory and the people, he has a wonderful ously first space science building in the memory recall for details and dean country. facts," Stebbings says. "And he resi- In 1973 the U.S. State De- is a reasoned arguer for things :our- partment asked Brotzen to share that he believes are right, and a • the his knowledge of science and persuasive arguer. During those •tzen university administration with years when I was a senior mem- nsti- the Federal Universities of Sao ber of the administration, I of- etter Carlos and Rio de Janeiro in ten found that I'd learn impor- non. Brazil. He advised the universi- tant details about the running ither ties on reorganization strategies of the place from my weekly ided and helped two ofthem establish lunches with Franz. I can't think tzen materials science programs by of anybody, frankly, who really Tials developing curricula, teaching 70hen asked its deserihe her has a clearer picture, on a day- en- courses, and helping them find husband 1st almost fifty years, to-day basis,of the wide range of mu- funding. The program at Sao things that are going on onthis Carlos is now larger than any in riranees(Bredgen nudes broadly campus." Ices, the When United States, with forty- and replies, "70e11, in the first asked to describe her Ras- two Ph.D.professors, 140 gradu- husband of almost fifty years, xas; ate students, and three hundred plaee, he's a miry nice gay." Frances Brotzen smiles broadly anly undergraduates. and replies, "Well, in the first n of It might seem impossible that place, he's a very nice guy." It someone so busy with administration, fund-raising, and must be true, for he has repeatedly demonstrated his iast teaching, might still find time for research, but,through it generosity to Rice and its students. He and Frances are ion all, Brotzen's extensive studies have included the mechani- regulars at concerts, lectures, symposia, and Rice Players ose cal, electric, electronic, and magnetic behaviors and the events. And in 1975 the Brotzens made the ultimate ted Physical and electro-chemistry of materials. "In other commitment to the student body when they took over the words,I have been all over the place," he says."But I have mastership ofJones College for a year while Sandy Havens r of had fun doing it." That"fun" garnered him a Guggenheim was on sabbatical. They enjoyed the job so much that they
SPRING '97 23 jumped at a chance to become full- discovery. "He is an intelligent, fledged masters and served at Brown wonderful teacher," Davidson from 1977 until 1982. says, "a natural-born salesman, Mary Julia Macune '78, Brown who sells his subject to students president in 1977-78, remembers very well." them as "very concerned about col- For his excellence as an educa- lege members as people, very sup- tor, Brotzen has won a number of portive and encouraging." They Rice teaching awards, including opened their home to students and the Student Association's Mentor associates and always approached their Award, the Association of Rice mastership with cleverness, kindness, Alumni Gold Medal, the Minnie and humor. Stevens Piper Award, and four "On one 'Fire Prevention Day,'" George R. Brown Awards for Su- recalls Frances, "the students all perior Teaching. brought little water pistols to dinner, Despite his initial plans for a and they were all shooting them all short stay and his official retire- over the place, and the floor was ment from Rice in 1986, Brotzen getting wet,and it was really danger- continues,as the Stanley C.Moore ous. We knew we couldn't Professor Emeritus of Materials stand up and say, Science, to teach and research, 'Naughty, naughty; working as diligently as any fac- stop this.' So Franz ulty member."What kept me here, went over to this fire of course, was the excitement of hose—it wasn't being here while this place was connected, but the growing," he says. "If this had students didn't been an old university with an old, know that—and "Xe it able to impart established name, the growth imper- said, 'Okay. Y'all not only afrielig teehnical would have been almost ready? Turn it on!'They ceptible. But here the growth was were scared to death he was information, hut alto how very, very palpable, was definitely going to turn this fire hose on them, enormous, and somehow, maybe and they all vanished." to live one': life in a metal and it is presumptuous, you feel that A telling sign ofthe Brotzens'great bileireithro way. ff you were a part of it. affection for and devotion to Rice —Dank/ 7)a011110•1 '58 "When I talk to people outside students is the scholarship money they of Rice, even people away from offer. They give annual awards to one student from Brown Houston,and I say,'I'm at Rice University,' they say,'Oh, and one from Jones in addition to a $2,500 summer foreign yes, that's a very fine university.' Well, fifteen years ago, I travel prize open to all Rice undergraduates. would have said,'I'm at Rice,' and most people would say, 'Now, where is that?' or something to that effect. Things have changed, and of course it pleases me. It's only hu- grhroughout his career, Brotzen has been a friend, role man." model, and mentor. "Somehow all of that life experience That humanity has played a role in all of Brotzen's comes across in his methods of interacting with students," interactions at Rice. "A lot of times, you identify yourself David Davidson '58 says. "He is able to impart not only with your craft first," says Ron Sass, professor of ecology strictly technical information, but also how to live one's life and evolutionary biology. "I think he identifies himself as in a useful and interesting way." a human being first. He has always handled himself with a "He knows a lot about everything," says Alfred Griffin '86, great deal ofpersonal integrity and knowledge. And I think a former Brotzen student. "Anyone can teach what's in the Rice is a much better place for him, for the fact that he's book, but he often knows the people who have done great been here so long." science. Because he knows so much about the subject beyond Brotzen has given administrators knowledgeable, the subject, he can convey a lot more information. And he thoughtful opinions and his uniquely experienced perspec- makes it easier to remember and more interesting." tive, and he has brought to his profession the patience, Brotzen begins class periods with anecdotes that help wisdom, and humanism of a man who has seen the world. students put a particular theory into the context of the But perhaps most important,Franz Brotzen's participation language, history, or scientist behind it. He sometimes ends in student life extends far beyond classroom walls by giving with discussions of ethical questions underlying scientific students a glimpse of what they can become.
24 SALLYPORT THOUSANDS OF WATER BALLOONS,
Iligent, vidson !sman, udents educa. iber of luding lentor f Rice 4innie I four 'or Su- TWENTY-ONE KEGS. . . . for a etire- otzen 400re terials !arch, y fac- Not many forty year olds can carry on this way. here, nt of That's right. On March 15, Beer Bike, one of Rice students' was had most popular events, turned forty. But the party was old, )wth as youthful as ever. iper- Twenty-person relay teams—ten bike riders and ten was litely chuggers—from each college and the Graduate Student lybe that Association competed in each of three divisions—men's,
side women's,and alumni. The chuggers drank beer or rorn water(for those under twenty-one and those who Oh, o, preferred) then sent their riders around the track say, ings in Rice Stadium's west parking lot. The first hu- team in each division to finish all that en's chugging and riding was the winner. rself ogy And this year, the winners are Will If as th a Rice College in the men's and ink alumni races and Brown College in the women's race. )1e, ,ec-
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Women's Center Honors Outstanding Rice Women IN' Nob The Women's Resource Center(WRC) earned a nomination for graduate stu- a woman of great admiration and re- B. celebrated its first anniversary by pre- dent Yvonne Bruce. She designed and spect." Long, who serves on the Tex senting 1997 Outstanding Rice Women executed an introductory literature and President's Council for Minority Af- ence awards. Selected from fifty-five nomi- composition course emphasizing analy- fairs, is the ADVANCE (Advocating nees, the fourteen recipients included sis ofAmerican women poets, received Diversity and Assisting Career Explo- con' faculty,staff, alumni,and graduate and the 1996 Rice Gay and Lesbian Alumni ration) student coordinator. sopurb:1, undergraduate students. Mona Hicks, Scholarship for service to the gay and Hanszen sophomore Laura Mize assistant director ofthe facilitates Freshman student center, re- Catholic Fellowship, capped the WRC's which supports new Sr:e first-year achieve- students through a Acjale ments and introduced peer network,and co- istrNa: the award recipients by ordinates Rice for Aphc reading from their Life, which educates nominations. the community on the Stating the exten- abortion-related is- sive accomplishments sues. Leadership Rice of Katherine Fischer student Kathy fS Drew '44, Lynette S. Noack, a Hanszen Autrey Professor senior,served as chair of for) Emerita of History— the Hanszen Associ- first woman hired on a ates Program and as a tenure track, first Hanszen Orientation woman to serve under Week coordinator. In RepftwhK a seirtsi every Rice president, nominating Brown se- chair ofthe history and nior Krista Ruth the art and art history de- Noack, a volunteer partments—Drew's with Rice Association ebnrici AWARD WINNERS, FROM LEFT ARE: (STANDING) MICHELLE WASHBURN, MCI-ELLE of Transfer Students, CK0e1,1 nomination ended MIZE, O'HARA, KATHY NOACK, LINDLEY DORAN, K RISTA RUTI-1 NOACK, LAURA one transfer wrote,"I idn simply: "How many JABMIN TIRO, TARA LONG, (BITTING) RACI-EL DORNI-ELM, AND ALLISON FINE. more glass ceilings arrived worried with a does she have to lot of questions and break?" lesbian community,focuses on gender, concerns. Upon meeting me for the Lindley E. Doran,assistant dean of sexuality, and women's issues through first time,[Kristal showed compassion student affairs and director ofthe Rice the Graduate Assistance Peer Program, and patience, knowing that she had of Counseling Center, was honored for and volunteers at Omega House, a been in the same predicament as a her work with the Rice police Houston AIDS hospice. Stephanie transfer student the year before." department's Rape Aggression Defense Wardwell was honored as the first Michelle O'Hara, Sid Richardson Prercc, (BAD) program, through which she woman president ofthe Graduate Stu- senior, volunteered at a local burn cen- sac presents classes on understanding and dent Association. "In addition to her ter. She was on the Sid Richardson responding to sexual assault survivors. work on campus," her nomination Masters Search Committee and cur- wri Doran's nomination called her "an stated, "she is a solid member of the rently serves as the college's first female empowered woman with a wonderful Houston community." Wardwell has president. As a coordinator of SOAR Th, sense of humor." volunteered at the downtown Hous- (Students Organized Against Rape), Pr( As a graduate student who received ton community dinner every Christ- Lovett senior Jasmin Tiro created a Ma master's and doctorate degrees from mas since 1992 and was instrumental model sexual assault prevention pro- dee Rice, Nicole Nunes '94 worked to in the 1996 GSA Holiday Food Drive. gram for universities throughout the 1 improve the experience of women in Hanszen junior Rachel Dornhelm country. She also served as the 1996 the the chemistry department by surveying developed Rice Cakes,which has raised Orientation Week student director.The Pri female students' attitudes. "She has thousands ofdollars for Houston chari- nomination for Michelle Washburn, of( been offered many lucrative and presti- ties. Allison Fine, a Hanszen senior, a Will Rice junior, cited her commit- stu gious opportunities, but she has a com- received Glamour magazine's 1996 ment to social issues such as gay/les- ass, mitment to teaching," her nomination Top 10 College Women honors and bian concerns, feminism, racism, and ma read. "Denying offers at elite private organized a course on the Israeli—Pal- sexism and her involvement in CAPP Ch schools, she teaches at a public high estinian issue. Tara Long's nomina- (College Assistance Peer Program)and school in San Francisco." tion called the Baker junior "an un- Pride. 194 Contributions to Rice and Houston usual leader in a time of racial turmoil, len
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Nobel laureates Robert F.Curl Jr. and Richard id re- E. Smalley were named 1997 Distinguished the Texas Scientists by the Texas Academy of Sci- AEl ence. The academy saluted Curl and Smalley for ating their nationally and internationally recognized tplo- contributions to science through research and VELE TOM WILLIAMS Publication. Curl is professor of chemistry and Mize Smalley is Gene and Norman Hackerman Profes- iman sor of Chemistry and professor of physics. rship, Snow received the PEN honor for his translations ofthe poetry Jean-Joseph Goux,Lawrence H.Favrot Professor ofFrench, of Rainer Maria Rilke in Rilke's Uncollected Poems: A Selection. new received the title of Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes 01 a PEN American Center, which oversees the contest, is a New Academiques from the French Department of Education. York City-based association of prominent literary writers and d co- Napoleon Bonaparte established the Ordre des Palmes : for editors. U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky judged the contest. Academiques in 1808 to reward writers, scholars, and admin- Anestis S."Andy" Veletsos, Brown and Root Professor in [cams istrators who have made distinctive lifelong contributions in Civil Engineering, received the 1997 George W. Housner V on the field of education. Goux's recent books include Oedipus Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Earthquake Engi- d is- Philosopher and The Coiners ofLanguage. Rice neering Research Institute. The institute recognized Veletsos Paul Katz, professor of cello at Rice University's Shepherd for his pioneering work in structural dynamics and the dynamics a thy School of Music, won two Grammys—Best Chamber Music szen of soil—structure and fluid—structure interaction. The Rice Recording and Best Recorded Contemporary Composition— professor is the seventh air of for recipient of the honor and the first selections from Cleveland Quartet: The Farewell Recording. outside of California. soci- Katz was a founding member ofthe recently disbanded quartet, Business Week magazine named Edward E. Williams, Rice's las a Which was formed in 1969. anon Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Administrative Science President Bill Clinton named Ken Kennedy cochair of a and professor of statistics, as one of the w. In new best entrepreneurship federal advisory committee on high-performance com- teachers of1996. In a December 16, 1996,article titled "Class rn se- puting and communications, information technology, and Acts in the Ivy-Covered Halls," the magazine ranked the top th the next -generation Internet. Kennedy, Noah Harding Pro- twelve entrepreneurial professors in the country based on a iteer fessor of Mathematics in the Department of Computer Sci- survey of 4,380 recent business school graduates. Williams ition ence and director of the Center for Research on Parallel ents, earned the number two ranking, behind William Cockrum of Computation,is one oftwenty representatives from academia, the University of California at Los Angeles. :,"I industry, and government invited to serve on the committee. ith a The Texas—New Mexico Association ofCollege and Univer- "President Clinton could not have made a wiser choice than sity Police awarded the 1996 Larry W. Fultz Memorial and Ken Award Kennedy," Rice president Malcolm Gillis said."Ken will for Excellence to Jim Baylor, a sergeant with the Rice Univer- the bring to the advisory committee a wealth of experience in sion sity Police Department(RUPD). Baylor,the department train- high-performance computing and a bold vision for the future ing officer and crime prevention coordinator, oversees had of RUPD computers." training in multicultural issues and conflict resolution. He as a The Institute of Religion in the Texas Medical Center brings crime prevention awareness programs to campus depart- honored William C. Martin, Harry and Hazel Chavanne ison ments and is an instructor for the university's Rape Aggression Professor of Religion and Public Policy and professor of Defense classes. cen- sociology, at the 1997 Caring Spirit Tribute. The institute ison Rice transportation manager Eugen Radulescu received the recognized Martin's outstanding teaching, scholarship, and Distinguished Service Award. CUr- university's Radulescu is involved Writing. His publications include With God on Our Side: The with the planning and operation of Rice's shuttle system. nale Rise of the Religious Right in America, A Prophet with Honor: "Within the past one and one-half years, Eugen has improved The Billy Graham Story, and My Prostate and Me:Dealing with the transportation department, building it into an effective, Pe), Prostate Cancer."I was surprised and touched by this honor," reliable, and responsive campus service," said Neill Binford, :d a Martin said."To be called a 'caring spirit' is something I would associate vice president for finance and administration. )ro- deeply want and hope to deserve." the Recent Rice history Ph.D.s appeared in the pages of Western David Nirenberg, associate professor of history, received Legal History. Charles L. Zelden's Rice doctoral dissertation, 996 the American Historical Association's biennial Premio Del Rey published as a book,Justice Lies in the District: The US.District The Prize, which is awarded for a book written in English in the field Court, Southern District of Texas, 1902-1960, received the Of early Spanish history. Nirenberg's Communities of Violence following reviewer praise: "Justice Lies in the District is an nit- studies violence against minorities in medieval Spain. The admirable and provocative contribution to the history ofa long- les- association called his work "pathbreaking for usc of archival and ignored aspect of the federal judiciary and to American legal material and for its theoretical implications as it deals with studies in general." The journal also published LPP Nicholas Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities in Spain." Malavis's "Sword or Constitution?: Martial Law in the Oil Ind Rice professor of English Edward A. Snow received the Patch," substantially derived from his Rice dissertation. The 1997 PEN Award for Poetry Translation, awarded for book- article addresses complex legal and constitutional issues during length translations of poetry of high literary achievement. the economic depression of the 1930s.
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4 Zen and the Art of'Student Affairs' him Rice's vice president for Student Af- on a friendly, first-name basis with and mentioning that he was from a w; fairs Zenaido "Zen" Camacho says he about 670 Rice freshmen,586 sopho- Houston."Well, actually, you're from "I'l unusual in the way he mores, and 579 juniors. During the Katy," Camacho replied. He's almost sees nothing a so consider this: first few months of the fall semester, always accurate with name recall, al- does his job. But tior at Rice just un- he meets all the freshmen,ten to twenty though sometimes, he says, he might Camacho has been a u years, but he knows almost at a time. Before attending those late be slightly off and have a student tell der three "Yr by name. And not only afternoon gatherings, which are held him, "Oh, it's Laura, not Laurie." every student ma] to know them, he lets at the colleges, Camacho looks over Camacho was previously senior asso- has he come hot them into his own life by creating a the files of the students whose ac- ciate dean at Baylor College of Medi- program in which he allows quaintance he's about to make in or- cine, where he also knew everyone's "shadow" doe students to read all of his office mail der to memorize their names and per- name. Lill his meetings with haps something else about them,such When speaking to a group of stu- and be included in nth as the as their hobbies or hometowns."He's dents,Camacho is gentle,warm, cheer- high-ranking Rice officials such lerr heads. a speed reader," notes former shadow ful, and almost childlike in his sweet provost and department stay his unorthodox work style Marco Rimassa, a senior. "Thirty sec- and open manner. He touches on a Much of Cat students that he onds and he has stuff memorized." variety oftopics, and he acknowledges is designed to show sha make A meeting with a small group of their anxieties about school and aca- cares about them, as well as to had and Lovett freshmen is typical. "Let's start demic pressures. He encourages them them feel important, appreciated, shij his efforts have with introductions," he says. After one to study abroad during their stay at at home at Rice, and sha col- freshman says her name, he turns to Rice."If you ever need any help,come more than paid off. Observes his too of his wife, Carol, and says,"Honey, she see me," he tells them. league John Hutchinson, master twc and associate professor and I have something in common." Getting to see Camacho is easy, Wiess College Re( almost single- Camacho,remembering an item from thanks, in part, to his shadow pro- of chemistry, "He has say; of the the student's folder, explains to the gram, begun a little over a year ago. handedly changed the culture exr we group that he once did what she did Each week, two students, selected by university in terms of how well em student needs." over the summer—sell Cutco Cutlery their college masters, spend part of respond to not his ability to door-to-door. each day hanging out with Camacho Camacho downplays off so Camacho admits that students are in his office and on his rounds. The remember student names. "What's to it? It's not like I don't often "pretty stunned" when they're most obvious benefit for Camacho shocking about ph( We live to- introduced and discover that he al- and the students is the opportunity to see them all the time. cer gether. They're my children." ready knows something about them. get to know each other, but Camacho children. He's Wiess freshman Vernon believes the shadow sys- But,so many qu Perry recalls introducing tem is helpful for nn himself to Camacho A.N A.& Ca Fr( tra th( wh fie: fin ad att ev4
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from him in another important respect. "It's from a way to get student feedback," he says. Imost "I'll get their opinions and use them as 11, al- a sounding board." And there are addi- night tional benefits for students. "It's really it tell a unique experience," Rimassa says. irie." "You see a side of Rice you don't nor- asso- mally see as a student—the nuts and /fedi- bolts of how to run a major college." one's "You see and hear everything he does," says former sophomore shadow F stu- Lillian Ortiz,"even when he counsels a heer- student who's having a personal prob- meet lem. He asks if they mind ifthe shadow on a stays in the room." One afternoon, :dges Camacho had in his office a former aca- shadow, senior Michelle O'Hara, who them had come for guidance on her fellow- ay at ship proposal, along with a brand new DURING HIS NEARLY THREE YEARS AT RICE, ZEN CAMACHO, CENTER, HAS :ome shadow,junior Chris Adolph. Camacho GONE OUT OF HIS WAY TO GET ON A FRIENDLY, FIRST-NAME BASIS WITH MOST took time to "talk shop," treating his OF RICE'S FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES, AND JUNIORS. PHOTO BY JEFF FITLOW easy, two shadows like trusted colleagues. pro- Recalling her week as a shadow,O'Hara ago. says, "The main thing I got out of the ture and mentor students was nour- dously supportive of masters and other :d by experience was learning how phenom- ished by his own warm and powerful staff members in countless practical rt of enal this man is." O'Hara says she would family upbringing. A native of ways," Shirley says,"he's also inspired acho notice that a student who came into his Brownwood, Texas, he was one of our idealism. When you see someone The office with a problem "would only have eleven children. His father, Zenaido, work so hard and so creatively,it makes acho to say a sentence and he was on the an orphan, came to America on foot, you want to do the same.. .. His wife, ty to phone. His response to student con- walking several hundred miles from Carol, is also wonderful." acho cerns is immediate." the interior of Mexico. Zenaido Sr. Amazingly, Camacho's student de- sys- Camacho is able to get in so much found work as a migrant farmworker, votion doesn't end at Rice. Shirley says 1 for quality time with Rice students by railroad laborer,and janitor,while also that not many people in the Rice com- stretching out his day. He rises at 4:30 serving as a Baptist lay minister. munity know that on Wednesday nights CM. to take his morning jog. At 5:30 Dennis Shirley,a master ofWill Rice Camacho has been tutoring students A.m., he goes for a walk with his wife. College and an associate professor of at Jefferson Davis High School, an Carol is a Hanszen College associate. education, believes that Camacho has inner-city school with a large immi- From 6:30 to 9 A.m., he does adminis- had,in his short time here,a profound grant population. trative paperwork. During the rest of effect on the quality of life for Rice Asked to explain his dedication, the business day, he sees his shadows students. "It's easy in a very competi- Camacho says, "I have this powerful while tending to administrative busi- tive research environment like Rice to vision. I see that when Rice students ness. From 5:30 P.M. until going to his forget about the students," Shirley leave Rice, a part of me is going with First Rice evening activity, he does more observes."He makes sure that we not them. Students learn by example, and administrative work. He and Carol then only not forget them, but that we I want them to be more than scholars. attend at least one Rice event per make them our priority. I can't think I want them to be compassionate and evening, sometimes two or three. of any university that gives as much do good things for society and be The Camachos also fill their week- individual attention to students as Rice leaders and be visionary. I love them :rids with Rice student activities. "We does, and I give a lot of the credit to and want them to do great things." lon't watch TV until June," he laughs. Zen." Just before he begins a recent talk They invite students to their home for Camacho counters by crediting the with some Wiess freshmen, a female nome-cooked meals—more than a hun- college masters for having a more sig- student approaches him and says,"I'm ired students join them each semester. nificant day-to-day impact on students sorry I can't make it. I have a chemistry And he regularly attends freshman and says he merely "sets the tone." All lab." :lasses. "I think it's important for them college masters report to Camacho, Says Camacho, "You're from Ha- :o see me sitting with them in their and Shirley notes that Camacho's in- waii, aren't you?" :lassrooms," he says. fluence is strong in this relationship, --DAVID KAPLAN Camacho believes his desire to nur- too. "Not only has he been tremen-
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Rice University is committed to attracting quality faculty who combine research initiatives and teach- ing talents to make the university one of the top facilities in the country. Members of the Rice fac- UNDERGRADUATE PUBLICATION ulty recently received recognition, awards, and honors for their efforts. Some Rice undergraduates aren't waiting until graduate school to demon- strate their noteworthy academic work. Instead, they're publishing it in The Ri hlir GEORGE R. BROWN PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING Rice Undergraduate,a new journal that showcases outstanding student papers John S. Hutchinson, written by undergraduates, mainly in the last academic year. heBfana associate professor ofchemistry "The publication's raison d'être is to recognize students who have written li remarkably good papers and to celebrate the caliber of academic work done h' be Georeac R. BROWN AWARD FOR SUPERIOR TEACHING undergraduates," says Patrick Chang '98, coeditor of the new journal. John S. Ambler, The first issue of The Rice Undergraduate appeared in April and containal„ professor ofpolitical science seven papers from diverse disciplines. "We wanted something for everyone, pla Marco A. Ciufolini, remarks coeditor Jonathan Chan '98. "There are social science papers for Do associate professor ofchemistry social science majors and natural science papers for science majors. But wc• mo Chandler Davidson, would like for readers to read papers in an area they have little knowledge Ot of professor ofsociology to broaden their sense of other areas." du Eugenia Georges, The editors selected the contents by first considering papers that had %on am di; associate professor ofanthropology departmental paper competitions, and they also collaborated with facultY s, Stephen L. Klineberg, members to find exceptional works and published research. "It's difficult t° professor ofsociology find an accurate survey of outstanding work done by students," says Chang' Elizabeth Long, "We're hoping that the introduction ofthis first issue will generate enthusiasrn associate professor ofsociology in the student body and interest them in submitting to future issues." Funding for the project was provided by the Envision Grant program and di(fimfad NICOLAS SALGO DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD by the deans of Rice University."The deans were very gracious in giving us the John H. Zammito, financial support necessary," Chang says. "The Envision Grant program was de associate professor ofhistory also critical in giving us the necessary funds. It is an influential program that Ri more students need to know aboutso they can accomplish similar independent T( Le JESSE H. JONES GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATION projects." a(n AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING The editors will continue to work on next year's issue and look into helping Douglas A. Schuler, out a new Internet-based nationwide journal of student scientists. For more tit assistant professor ofadministrative science information,contact Patrick Chang at
JUIUA MILE CHANCE PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING IN HER DEBUT AS A PLAYWRIGHT, SENIOR VANESSA CURTO Joan E. Strassmann, USED ELEMENTS OF THEATER AND DANCE IN WRITE ON THE professor ofecology and evolutionary biology WATER, THE STORY OF BEST FRIENDS AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE DIES. "WORDS AREN'T ENOUGH TO DESCRIBE
GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION TEACHING AwARD WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SOULS OF THESE CHARACTERS, Douglas A. Schuler, WHICH IS WHY I'VE COUPLED DANCE WITH THE THEATRICAL assistant professor ofadministrative science PIECE," CURTO SAYS. DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS, CURTO HAS WORK ED CLOSELY WITH RICE'S PLAYWRIGHT-IN-RESIDENCE RICE OUTSTANDING FACULTY ASSOCIATES BREN DUBAY. THE PRODUCTION, WHICH FEATURED FIVE Baker College: Miguel A. Quinones, STUDENTS AND FIVE PROFESSIONAL ACTORS, WAS DIRECTED BY associate professor ofpsychology JEWELL HOMAD AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARLA ELLWANGER OF Brown College: Paul M. Stevenson, THE HOUSTON BALLET ACADEMY. professor ofphysics THE SHELL OIL COMPANY FOUNDATION HAS AWARDED A SHELL Hanszen College: John H. Zammito, DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP TO DEAN KABEIMAN, A FOURTH-YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT IN associate professor ofhistory THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. K ASSMAN IS WORKING WITH THOMAS Jones College: Richard J. Stoll, BADOWELL, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, IN THE AREA OF MODEL professor ofpolitical science PREDICTIVE CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION. MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL IS A CUTTING-EDGE Lovett College: Terrence A. Doody, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROCESS, SUCH AS THOSE USED IN INDUSTRY. SHELL WAS professor ofEnglish ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPERS OF THE METHOD, WHICH WAS CREATED TO MEET THE Richardson College: Lon J. Wilson, SPECIALIZED CONTROL NEEDS OF POWER PLANTS AND OIL REFINERIES. SHELL DOCTORAL professor ofchemistry FELLOWSHIPS COVER EXPENSES INCURRED IN ONE ACADEMIC YEAR OF STUDY FOR A FULL - VViess College: Terry Gaschen, TIME DOCTORAL CANDIDATE. THE FELLOWSHIPS, WHICH ARE RENEWABLE, ARE AWARDED teacher ofguitar TO STUDENTS AT LEADING U.S. UNIVERSITIES WHERE THERE ARE STRONG GRADUATE Will Rice College: Bruce F. Cooper, PROGRAMS. lecturer on biochemistry and cell biology
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r it in Mi Rice senior Nathan Doughty found doesn't make mistakes," Doughty said. human chess champion in a regu- :nt papers himself not only blue but in over his "The stress factor and personality [af- lation match. head during his match against Deep fect humans]. The computer is never Doughty,who began playing chess ye written Blue Junior, a small version of IBM's stressed out." at age eleven,defeated fellow mem- k done by famed Deep Blue,the first computer to al. beat a human world chess champion. on tai ned During the nearly sixty minutes of eryone, play,a crowd in another room watched apers for Doughty's every move on a big-screen . But We monitor.Throughout the game,cheers yledge of of "Yes, yes " and pleadings of"No, dude, no" were heard as onlookers, had awn amateurs and chess club experts alike, :h facultY discussed the moves they would have ifficult made. Doughty resigned on his twenty- rs Chang. fifth move."It's pretty good," Doughty thusiastn admitted. "Its moves go against the grain; they were good moves, but I ;ram and didn't expect them." ng us the The man-against-machine chess ;ram was demonstration was featured during ;ram that Rice's Computer and Information pendent Technology Institute's Distinguished Lecture Series, held March 18 in Anne )help' and Charles Duncan Hall. The lecture, or more titled "Deep Blue—The IBM Chess fonathan Machine," was presented by Chung- IBM's Deep Blue made history in 8. Jen Tan,senior manager ofthe Parallel February 1996 by becoming the first System Platforms Department at the computer to beat world chess cham- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in pion Garry Kasparov in a regulation Yorktown Heights, New game. The match began with the York. famed win for Deep Blue, fol- R TO Doughty was lowed by a win for Kasparov, THE calm and col- two draws, and two more wins .ENS lected before by Kasparov. Although RISE the event be- Kasparov took the match, :RS, gan."I've been Deep Blue's game one win WILL RICE COLLEGE SENIOR CAL Preparing [for demonstrated that a so- NATHAN DOUGHTY WAS DE- RTO Chess] all my phisticated chess system FEATED BY DB JUNIOR AFTER NCE life," he said. can be developed,achiev- NEARLY SIXTY MINUTES OF :tICE "It's a great ing a long-standing goal PLAY DURING A CHESS DEMON- BY honor[to be se- of computer science. STRATION AT RICE. o lected]." After lis- After the first Deep Blue— tening to Tan's Kasparov match, IBM worked IELL lecture, though, to improve its chess machine in bers of the Rice chess club for the IN Doughty admitted he was a bit preparation for"The IBM Chess Chal- chance to play DB Junior. The twenty- VAR more concerned about the chal- lenge Rematch"against Kasparov,held one-year-old Will Rice College senior IDEL lenge ahead of him. in May. Demonstration games were played chess about twenty hours a week JOE No doubt. DB Junior can part of that preparation, and DB throughout junior and senior high AS calculate ten to twenty mil- Junior's Rice appearance was the school. An English and art major, THE lion moves per second. But last such demonstration until Doughty graduated this spring. RAL that is a drop in the hat the May rematch. IBM's im- At the end of the demonstration, a JLL compared to Deep Blue, provements to Deep Blue disappointed but ever-hopeful Doughty )ED Which calculates two were sufficient enough to al- responded with a quick "yes" when kTE hundred million each low Deep Blue to become asked if he'd like his own rematch with second."The computer the first computer to defeat a DB Junior. —LISA NUTTING
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crov 20,f. ing BALL! drec PLAY fron and gam Joy( grar ViC1i_10 boc 1:1;t_ COLL_C-&e. Hal regi way c he, MIAMI (FLORIDA) tior MISSISSIPPI STATE Ric. ALABAMA RICE 900 AUBURN STANFORD LSU UCLA has Their stay at the three times. At a press conference she College World the day before the games started, a Ion Series in Omaha, reporter asked Graham if being in leg( Nebraska, may the world series for the first time roc have been brief, might affect his team. but Rice baseball "It might for an inning or mei players and fans two, but I think that if you of] brought home concentrate on baseball, it is bes memories of play- the same game," Graham tin ing with the best responded. "I think aca- on teams in the coun- demics at Rice will prepare wh, try that will last a any player for any kind of toc lifetime. The thrill, pressure," he added. Later wo the hoopla, the in the day, his players KT suspense will always overshadow the Omaha through seemed confident and re- agr disappointment of being eliminated a long and tor- laxed as they signed auto- aw( from the tournament in two games. tuous route, one graphs for fans. par Their journey to "the crown jewel that seems al- of college sports," after all, was most impossible Ma fantastic. considering there are more than two -v-Z,vcs, Lk -tTakt Jos What the 1997 Rice Owls accom- hundred Division I college baseball fro plished was nothing short of his- teams in the nation. Rice did it by Opening day, Friday, May 30, was a "T toric—they were the first Rice Uni- compiling an overall record of 47-14 breath of spring. The sunny seventy- en versity baseball team to compete for and winning the Western Athletic two-degree weather was a stark con- sh a national championship. Playing in Conference tournament in San Di- trast to the cold rain that had envel- "T the College World Series ranks with ego and the NCAA Central Regional oped Omaha a week before. ac Rice's 1994 football win over in Lubbock. By the time the Owls Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the Texas—its first in almost thirty arrived in Omaha, they were flying College World Series, stands atop a WI years—as one of the great highlights high with only one loss in their last small hill overlooking Interstate 80. soi in Rice sports history. "What we did twenty-two games. The stadium is subject to strong Co was groundbreaking," affirms base- They would need that momentum winds, but, on this day, the wind de ball coach Wayne Graham."We going into the first game—their op- blew just hard enough to sway the Sc. were among the elite of baseball ponent was Louisiana State Univer- schools' colorful flags along the cen- M, teams." sity, the defending national cham- ter field wall. M, They were one of the eight best in pion. In nine trips to Omaha, LSU As the organist played Take Me th. the country. Each team reached had won the national championship Out to the Ball Game, the record
34 SALL YPOR T LEFT, GOING TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES WAS A FEATHER IN THIS FAN'S CAP. BELOW, JOYCE HARDY PRESENTS HER PREGAME GUM TO JOSEPH CATHEY.
World Series, the Owls be- tually winning the game. came the sentimental fa- A dejected Bob Schlanger '73 vorite among Omaha resi- could only shake his head and look dents. (All the other teams at the bright side. "We showed we crowd of had been to the series at belonged playing with top teams in 20,551, includ- least once.) Two local FM the country," he said. Not only that, ing two hun- radio stations adopted Rice but Rice was the only team that dred Rice fans as their team. A non-Rice came close to beating LSU, which who had come fan stood up to lead a eventually won the tournament for from Houston and elsewhere by air cheer: "Here we go Rice. Here we the second straight year. and land, settled in for the second go, hoot, hoot." Ed Dominguez Trustee Kent Anderson offered an game of the day, Rice versus LSU. '82, an Omaha physician, said Ne- excellent summary of the outcome: Joyce Hardy '45 was there with her braskans knew of Rice's academic "It was a wonderful game, a perfect grandson, Sam. reputation but were surprised to find evening, a great environment. The "He brought us good luck in Lub- it had an excellent baseball team. kids are going to get a lot out of it, bock, so I brought him with me," "It's an unusual feeling being with a no matter who wins or loses. What a Hardy explained, recalling the Owls' winning team," Dominguez said. wonderful team and what a wonder- regional win in late May. Hardy al- ful season we have had at Rice." ways gives the team 150 pieces of The next day, Coach Graham of- chewing gum before a game—a tradi- SeVeVh fered a stoic analysis of the game: "I tion she began when her son was a thought our kids played extremely Rice baseball player—and she brought 900 pieces to Omaha,just in case. "I have never felt so excited in my life," :e she said. "I didn't think I would live The sense of euphoria for Rice fans I, a long enough to see Rice in the Col- lasted well into the eighth inning. in lege World Series, and I have been Rice took the lead early and held it rooting for Rice since 1942." throughout most of the game. They Kyle Frazier '83 echoed that senti- scored one run in the second inning g or ment: "This is probably the highlight with singles by Tim McLaughlin and you of Rice sports," he said "This is the Jacob Baker. Rice took a 3-2 advan- , it is best Rice has ever done in my life- tage in the sixth on a triple by Lance time." Jeff Thomas '83 was in Austin Berkman and hits by Will Ford and on his way home to North Carolina Baker. The Owls scored another run are When he heard about the Owls. He in the eighth to up the lead to 4-2. 31 took a detour north. "This is really The drama intensified in the bot- ter Worth seeing," Thomas explained. tom of the eighth. Rice was within KTRU broadcaster Paul Agosta '91 three outs of pulling off a major up- agreed. With his wedding only days set. On the mound was all-America 3- away, he was cutting it close just to be relief pitcher Matt Anderson. At the part of this "unreal experience." plate was the LSU Tigers' home run Several Rice parents, including hitter Brandon Larson. Both players Marilyn Cathey, mother of shortstop would be drafted by Joseph Cathey, drove thirteen hours professional teams a from Houston to see their sons play. few days later, but as a "This is the most wonderful experi- right now all that ex- nty- ence I have ever had because I am isted for them was the on- sharing it with my son," Cathey said. next pitch. Anderson "This has been his dream since he was threw a curveball over a child." the middle, and Larson Rice Board of Governors chairman swung with all his ) a William Barnett, trustee Kent Ander- might. As the ball 10. son and his wife, Linda, Rice football soared over the left coach Ken Hatfield, Rice vice presi- field scoreboard for a dent for investments and treasurer two-run homer, a col- Scott Wise, history professor Allen lective sigh of disap- en- Matusow, and athletic director Bobby pointment emanated May were among the Rice faithful from the Rice crowd. there to support the Owls. LSU scored again and As the new team in the College took control 5-4, even-
SPRING '97 35 K TRU ANNOUNCERS, PAUL AGOSTA, LEFT, AND BUD THOMAS KEPT THE FANS BACK HOME IN TUNE WITH PLAY-BY-PLAY Rice University's early exit from the COVERAGE. College World Series was sweeten- ed by the fact that two of its play- ers—Matt Anderson and Lance Berkman—were drafted by profes- sional teams. Berkman was also selected as the best player in the nation. "It was depressing to go out as we did, but we got refreshed with the respect shown to our players," says baseball coach Wayne Graham. "It refreshed our memory ofwhat a great MATT ANDERSON LED THE OWLS WITH A 10-2 RECORD year we had." WITH FOURTEEN SAVES TO BE THE DETROIT TIGERS FIRST ROUND DRAFT Relief pitcher Matt Anderson will PICK. go to the Detroit Tigers as their first pick in the annual amateur draft. Tigers general well. It was a fantastic game, but manager Randy Smith says he has never seen a better arm than Anderson in his fourteen when two great teams are playing years of scouting. each other, the game sometimes Anderson can throw a 99-mile-per-hour fast ball that eludes batters. He struck out hinges on one pitch, and that is ninety-four players this season in sixty-eight innings to go 10-2 with a 2.05 ERA,and what happened. We hung a his thirty career wins and fourteen saves were good enough to set two Rice records. lie curveball to a guy with great was designated the most valuable player at the Western Athletic Conference tournament power and he hit one out. That is and named to the All-WAC first team and to the All-America first team. "He's going the capriciousness of the game. to be pitching in the pros for a long time," Graham says. Sometimes that happens and you It is Graham to whom Anderson attributes his success."He helped me improve everY have to live with that." year," explains Anderson."He never wastes an opportunity to teach you something.To Perhaps Graham could accept be a good coach, he has to be tough, but at the same time, he knows how to motivate that explanation, but his young a player." players seemed emotionally spent Anderson needed that motivation after the loss to LSU; he blamed himselffor giving when they faced Auburn Univer- up the home run to Brandon Larson. Graham was right there for his player."He told sity in the Owls' second game of me to keep my head up," says Anderson. Regardless of the loss, Anderson relished his the double-elimination tourna- time in the College World Series. "This is great for me and for Rice." ment on Sunday, June 1. Rice While Anderson is going north, first baseman Lance Berkman will be staying in took a 10-1 beating, and, except Houston.He was drafted by the Astros in the first round. Astros general manager GerrY for a home run by Baker, the Owls Hunsicker describes Berkman as"arguably the best pure hitter who was in the draft and could hardly hit Tim Hudson, the possibly the best offensive player this organization has ever drafted." number-one pitcher in the South- Another major accolade was bestowed on Berkman when the National Collegiate eastern Conference. Baseball Writers Association named him college baseball's Player of the Year. He is the "We were down from the LSU first Rice athlete in any sport to receive such an honor. Berkman had a tremendous game. We felt we should have season. He led the nation in home runs, with forty-one, and in RBIs, with 134. The beaten LSU," Graham explained. latter is second best in NCAA history, and both are Rice and WAC records. He also had "We didn't do a good job at bat, 110 hits for the season."It was a great honor to be chosen player ofthe year," Berkman and they had a great game." says. "There are so many good baseball players out there." As they say in sports, there's al- The New Braunfels resident was not well-known before he came to Rice, which was ways next year. Graham really be- the only school to offer him a scholarship. He took the offer, he says, because of the lieves that. His team is losing four school's academic reputation and because ofcoach Graham's ability to improve a player. key players, but all the starting His father, Larry Berkman, played baseball at the University of Texas, but he pitchers are returning. And if Gra- encouraged his son to go elsewhere."He wanted me to go someplace like Rice, where ham gets the four dynamic recruits I could get some personal attention and I wouldn't get lost in the mix," Berkman says, he is seeking, the Owls may well then adds,"Well,! am glad to be at Rice. We have another trip to the College were at the College World Series and Texas World Series. In a rare moment of didn't even make the regional." bravado, Graham proclaims: "We With the hardest thrower and the best are going back next year, and we slugger in college baseball playing on the are not taking any prisoners." same team,it is no wonder that Rice enjoyed its best season ever. -DAVID D. MF-OINA -DAVID D. MEDINA PHOTOS BY TOMMY LAVERGNE
COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LANCE BERKMAN FLANKED BY RICE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR BOBBY MAY, LEFT, AND BASEBALL COACH WAYNE GRAHAM.
36 SALLYPORT SERIES ALUIINI GAZETTE
ORO PRIV OPERATION SELLOUT Dear Readers,
• ener.II College football mania returns to Hous- field was in 1979 when urteen ton on September 6 at Rice Stadium in the Owls hosted the As you may have read in my foreword, change is in the air. the form of Operation Sellout, the Oklahoma Sooners. Like living entities, magazines alter and grow as they develop ck out culmination of a yearlong crusade to But Operation Sell- pushing the limits ofexisting space and style. That is exactly ,and fill the stands for the Owls' season- out is about more than what is happening with Sallyport. s. He opening gridiron contest against the setting a record for the With the dramatic growth of "Classnotes"—more than ment U.S. Air Force Academy. most stadium seats filled doubled since 1993—and increasing interest in alumni news— going "We're going to have a pregame in nearly twenty years. tripled during the same time—Sallvort is feeling the limita- tailgate party in the stadium lot, with Rice officials hope to tions ofits current format. We have,over the past two years, every the Air Force band playing patriotic make a record-setting dealt with the changes by adjusting the format and increasin g.To music," says Mike Pede, Rice's direc- contribution to literacy the magazine's page count, but continued growth has tivate tor ofathletics marketing."We'll have programs in Houston. come even these adjustments. It has become Mere jets flying over and sky divers as well as Everyone attending the clear that the growth and vitality of all aspects of Sallyp iving a massive postgame fireworks display." game is being asked to demand a dramatic departure from what has gone on before e told Ifearly ticket sales are any indication, bring children's books Beginning with the next issue, the magazine you hay d his Rice could have its first sellout ofa non- from home with them known as Sallyport will become two distinct publications UT or Texas MEM game in decades. on game day. The book Sallyport and Sallyport Owlmanac. ng in Only about 19,000 seats,out of60,000 collection will be do- Sallyport—the magazine of Rice University—will con- ere!' available, remain unsold. About 7,000 nated to Houston Lit- tinue to bring you news of general interest about the t and tickets have been reserved for purchase erary Advance and the university and the programs and people that make Rice such by corporate sponsors to donate to Houston Read Com- a significant and exciting institution, and Sallyport Owlma giate Houston-area charities. More than half mission. Houston Read nac—the Rice alumni periodical—will allow us to highlight is the of these tickets for inner-city youths Commission officials news and events of special interest to alumni. Sallyport dous have already been purchased.Individu- confirmed that if Owlmanac will be, essentially, an expansion of the back . The als and corporations can purchase blocks 50,000 or more books section ofSallyport, now called "Alumni Gazette," presented had oftwenty-five tickets(minimum) at $7 are collected at the under its own cover. man per ticket. game, it will set a new In particular, Sallyport Owhnanac will provide a venue for record in The "Classnotes" that will allow for superior presentation of th was Guinness Book of personal news that is so important in a close-knit commum f the World Records. like Rice, with a larger type size that will be easier to read an ayer. Former First larger photographs, as well. And, of course, there will be t he S131013 Lady Barbara more stories and information of special interest to alumni. here OPOINIIION Bush, who has a Even better, you will receive eight publications a year from says, long-standing Rice instead of four. .We commitment to We think you'll like Sallyport Owlmanac's friendly, acces- exas "What we have left are seats in the helping improve the sible look so much you'll wonder why we didn't make the four corners of the upper level of the reading skills of the change earlier. best stadium," says Ron Sterlekar, manager nation's youth, will be the ofHome Town Sports Promotions,who honored at the event. —Christop yed is coordinating direct marketing efforts A major event such as of Operation Sellout. "Those seats are Operation Sellout cre- DINA going to be bought by people who want ates traffic and parking to be a part of a great experience, of an challenges for the uni- historic occasion on the Rice campus. versity. Rice officials are in negotia- create. The normal game-day parking They'll be tough to sell, but we're deter- tions with Houston's Metropolitan plan will also be used. mined to have a sellout." The last time Transit Authority(METRO) for use of For ticket information, call Opera- Rice Stadium had more than 40,000 park-and-ride facilities around the city tion Sellout headquarters at(713) 868- fans for a Saturday football game with- to alleviate traffic and parking conges- 5814. out the Longhorns or the Aggies on the tion that the record-setting crowd could —Michael Cinelli
SPRING '97 37 S. Rice Engineering Alumni ALUMNI COLLEGE 1997 Ri Alumni College embarked on its third year with a lively mix of lectures, dinner Annual Student Awards th parties, and special events. More than 160 alumni and friends were drawn to GI campus for the event, held April 25-27. A Friday luncheon led by Alumni College for 1997 ini 1997 cochairs Don'77 and Mary Julia Macune'78 set the weekend in motion. The RI REA HERBERT ALLEN guest speaker for the luncheon was Maryana Iskander '97, SA president for two thi OUTSTANDING JUNIOR AWARD years and Rhodes Scholar. he Meghan Palochak (civil engineering) Then it was offto class. This year's program consisted offive tracks: Great Minds an took a look at some of history's greatest thinkers, including Duchamp and Freud; an REA JUNIOR MERIT AWARDS Medicine provided an overview of key issues at the forefront of medical research; ca John C. Ashton (civil engineering) Dateline '97 included a series of classes addressing newsworthy items of current Alexander Hayes Penn (chemical engineering) interest; Science and Technology explored the latest discoveries and looked along Fc Jill Nelson (electrical engineering) the horizon ofscience and engineering teaching and research at Rice; and the Art tic Brent Runnels (mechanical engineering) and Science of Humanity was an introduction to the current theories and new Adam R. Hunter (computer science) understandings of the world's peoples and cultures. 78 Erin Kellam (computational and After the Friday afternoon classes, participants divided into small groups for dinner applied mathematics) in the homes oflocal alums. Faculty members who lectured were also invited to the Ri Christopher D. Belfi (statistics) parties. Despite the downpour of rain, all who could attend had a wonderful time. Saturday morning started early with kolaches and the Nobel Prize Lecture given OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD by Nobel laureate Dr. Robert Curl'54. As an added treat, Dr. Curl passed around his REA ni Hopp (chemical engineering) Nobel Prize medal. More classes followed,and afterward,participants were invited to Fravis bt a reception,dinner, and a special demonstration ofthe new Edythe Bates Old Grand III REA SENIOR MERIT AWARDS Organ that included a brief recital by Dr. Clyde Holloway, professor of organ. th Geoffrey A. Gannaway (chemical engineering) Three class sessions were offered on Sunday,and for brunch,participants joined Kimberly Anne Lawton (civil engineering) students at Baker and Hanszen Colleges. Alumni College 1997 ended with a tic Ron 0. Dror (electrical engineering) closing reception in Martel Hall. Mathew Harris Baslcind (mechanical engineering) Alumni College 1998 will be held March 27-29, 1998,so mark your calendar. A Scott Ruthfield (computer science) Dr. June Holly-Harrison '42 and Dr. William Harrison are the cochairs. in Benjamin Pritchett (statistics) ci —Pam Buenker te BUCKLEY—SARTWELLE SCHOLARSHIP David Hindman fa (mechanical engineering and economics) NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR ARA BOARD HARIANNA BUTLER AWARD AND ALUMNI GOVERNOR POSITIONS A Christin Schmidt Barney pi (chemical engineering) The Nominations Committee of the Association of Rice Alumni is accepting nominations for ARA board and alumni governor positions. The alumni board is ALAN CHAPMAN AWARD composed of six officers and eighteen directors. Six new directors are selected Christian Caballero each year to serve terms ofthree years. All alumni are eligible to serve on the ARA (mechanical engineering) board,and every effort is made to select a slate that closely reflects the demograph- ics ofthe entire association. Ofthe four alumni governors on the Rice University HERSHEL M. RICH AWARD Board of Governors, one is always a nonresident of the state of Texas and three An invention award that, this year, goes to four collabo- are residents from the Houston area. Each year, one alumni governor is selected rators for "Poly (Propylene Fumarate-Co-Ethylene Ox- to serve a four-year term and the alumni governor selected in 1998 must be from ide): A novel biodegradable copolymer system for use in the Houston area. Please contact Rose Sundin in the Office ofAlumni Affairs at vascular surgery applications": (713) 527-4678 or 1-800-RICEALU or by e-mail at
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STAYING INVOLVED At the Bottom of the World dinner Rice Engineering Alumni is a group wn to that supports alumni involvement in the Antarctica is a world apart—an unforgettable landscape ofice and snow inhabited by °liege George R. Brown School of Engineer- whales, penguins,sea lions, and seals. It has also been, until this year, terra incognita n. The mg, particularly the dean's programs. for the Association of Rice Alumni Travel/Study Program. Last February, however, )r two REA also supports engineering students when a group of alumni and friends embarked at Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, aboard through its student awards programs, the M.S. Hanseatic, Antarctica became the seventh and final continent to be Minds helps engineering faculty meet teaching "conquered" by the ARA.For nearly two weeks,the group sailed through the bays and 'Ireud; and research objectives,and encourages among the islands along the coast of this fascinating continent and made landfall at earch; and supports engineering-related edu- several locations. Scientists and naturalists who accompanied the travelers provided arrent cation in the information on the geography, biology, and along Houston schools. history of Antarctica and served as guides dur- he Art For more informa- ing landings and shore explorations. new tion, call David Archer at (713) Left, the Rice group gathered in an observation dinner 784-1880. lounge of the Hanseatic. Pictured, left to right, to the are Thomas McConnell '59, Marion Hargrove time. Rice University '43, Linda Wiley Oliver, Khosrow Zolfoghary, given Alumni Business Marjorie Arsht'33, nd his Network orga- Robert Potter'42, ted to nizes seminars on Ann Zolfoghary, 3rand business-related topics and publishes a Norma Potter, Marianne McConnell, James Hargrove networking directory for members of '43, Mary Lu Wiley, Curt Haygood '81,Scott Biddy '86, oined the Rice community. Call Ralph Courtney Hall '90, Elizabeth Layman, Sally Hall, Earl vith a Midkiff at (713) 654-7612 for addi- Vanzant '61, Arthur Cook '39, Michael Cooper '76, and tional information. Michael Koch!'61. .ndar. Annual Gifts:Alumni can get involved Right, the intrepid travelers on a shore exploration at an in the annual gifts drive by serving as Argentinean research station. enker class chairpersons or as telefund volun- teers. Contact Rene Caudillo in the Development Office at(713) 527-4091 for more information. Homecoming '97 WE'RE ON THE WEB: The Rice University Chinese Alumni Association is a new group formed to Check out the ARA Homepage, Just a reminder that Homecoming '97 will 'ring promote the mutual interests of Rice where you'll find information on take place November 7-8.Thisyear, Rice will ird University and the Asian is community. alumni programs, groups, and play Texas Christian University at 2 P.M. on :cted Call Cecil Fong at(713) 245-3070 for events, links to college and de- Saturday. Homecoming ARA additional information. partmental alumni pages, and 'aph- much more. chairs are Jeff Ross '75 Tsity and Doris Williams '75. hree You'll
The alumni office number is easy to remember. Feel free to call with any questions regarding alumni activities.
SPRING '97 39 ever took a drink or not, but we will miss him and He: all of the other classmates with whom we had so thir much fun. Soc WHOM Jack had a most distinguished career. After cm) receiving the Bronze Star under General Patton, he moved to Palo Alto and formed a successful of a hotel management company. He served in the has PTA, the YMCA,and thc Presbyterian Church. will Class Recorder: Class Recorder: In addition, he was president of the local school enj4 Lucille Davis Rulfs Marjorie Arsht board and president of the Rotary Club. 3304 Albans P.O. Box 818 1930 Houston, TX 77005 1933 Bellaire, TX 77402-0818 (713)660-9924 Class Recorder: Class recorder Lucille Davis Ruffs( BA. ) writes: (713)660-0172 (fax) Margaret Elkins Carl For many of us, the years have been kind. E-mail: mmarshteaol.com 833 Jaquct Dr. However, we're getting "up there" in agc so we 1935 Bellaire, TX 77401 do lose some of our classmates. Mildred Ogg Class recorder Marjorie Arsht(BA.) sends the (713)668-7487 Fisher (BA.), who wrote the column for the following: Cl Class of 1930 prior to me, died since the last I have just returned from a trip to Antarctica Class recorder Margaret Elkins Carl (B.A.; SCP write-up. She was proud of her degree from the with twenty Rice alumni and friends aboard the M.A., 1937) writes: Rice Institute, her family, and her teaching ca- Hanseatic. And a memorable adventure it was. Since this is our first report for 1997, grcct- H. reer of forty-five years. The penguins,seals, whales,and a few birds share ings to all of you who have survived one more Wa Sadly, I lost my husband, David Miller a continent one and one-half times larger than year and are looking forward to the next one. ma Rulfs Sr. '34 (B.S.), on Nov. 5, 1996. He the U.S. with only a few hundred human inhab- Jay R. McLure is one who finds plenty to fill yoi graduated from Rice in 1934 with a degree in itants, who arc research scientists. It is truly the his time. When I noted his unusual absence at 39 electrical engineering. He spent thirty-nine years last frontier. Homecoming '96,and mentioned that I needed 98 with IBM and upon retiring did a lot ofvolunteer In the photo, news, he graciously supplied me with some ac- work in West University and at the Sunshine Scott Biddy'86 (Sid count of his activities. After seventy-five years of toi Shop, part of the Christian Community Service Rich; B.A.) and I marriage, his wife, Fon Louise Neilsen '36, cla Center. We had over sixty years together. He was commemorate OUP died in 1993. Since then, volunteer activities, dc a wonderful husband, father, and companion. first landing on the church, family, and travel have filled his time. A en Our first nineteen years were spent in the coun- Antarctic continent. board member and volunteer with the Dare to de try on property from my parents. It was eleven While I was Dream Foundation, he was named Dreamer of and one-half miles from downtown,so now it is away,I received a let- the Year in Dallas in 1994. The organization CI part of the city of Houston. We enjoyed horses ter from Clair M. helps abused and neglected children to a better to and various animals. Hunt. way of life. Jay's two daughters, one of whom In 1955 we moved to West University. Our Clair writes:"...I lives in Denton and the other in Austin, have son, David Jr.'59 (B.A.), was starting to Rice. kept thinking about provided grandchildren,as well as offering much th We were blessed with three children: David,who the wonderful ac- support since Fon's death. Travel has also been a to became a medical doctor; Jane'63 (Jones; B.A.; knowledgment that welcome outlet. In Dec. '95 he took a Panama 15 Ph.D., 1974), who went to Rice and received a the creators of our Canal cruise with other Rice alumni. In June '96 re he visited the Holy Land and the Greek Islands, TI Ph.D.; and our daughter Carol, a champion Scott Biddy and Sallyport had just and in Aug. '96 hc took a Scandinavian cruise as swimmer. We lost David Jr. Jan. 18, 1988,from Marjorie Arsht given to the four a twenty-seven-year struggle with Hodgkin's. Kaplan brothers in with a side trip to St. Petersburg. Add to these an Wc have six grandchildren and one "great." the fall issue in the article 'A League of Their active role in Exxon Excs, and you can sec that in David Sr. and I belonged to six dance clubs, Own.'It made me proud to be an alumnus ofthis Jay has been busy! each having three formal dances a year. We had great university and to have shared, to some A Christmas card came from Polly Faye dropped down to two,one ofwhich is Midnitcrs, degree, their lives and similar experiences by Johnson Oliver( BA. ), writing from "a world of al which for years has had dinner dances at the being a fellow classmate ofHarry Kaplan( B A.) snow" in Fishersville, Va. For those of you who, ai Cohen House at Rice. in the Class of '33.... I'm almost eighty-seven like mc, don't know where that is, it's not near al I had a very nice telephone visit with Lillian and will be in March and my wife, Marjorie, and the water but is in the Shenandoah area near Horlock Illig (BA.). She and I were "prin- I arc retired in the wooded,wonderful country of Staunton. Polly and her husband, Victor, a re- as cesses" in the 1930 May Fete that Rice used to the state °Mash.I was a redheaded country boy, tired dentist, moved there to be near their son have. Carl (BA.) and Lillian have been very and Rice Institute was a great new world to mc and daughter. Polly has a master's in education ti helpful in our class. Lillian's interest now is in in 1929." from the U. of Houston and worked there for writing. She is taking a course from a teacher Susan Buckstaff, daughter ofLouise Walker fifteen years as an editor in the College of Edu- from Kinkaid on how to write up her family Adams (BA.), sent a note to inform mc of cation. She is interested in The Rice School/La history. Lillian is also well known for her beauti- Louisc's death on Dec. 24, 1996. Susan wrote Escucla Rice and wishes it had been there during ful flower arrangements. A friend—Doris ten that her mother loved Rice and was so proud of her Rice days. Brink Tessieri '48 (B.A.)—rccently married being an alum. A card also came from Carolyn Chi '97 s, and Lillian arranged her flowers. Also, she did a (Jones) expressing thanks to the Class of'35 for Valentine flower arrangement for the their scholarship fund's help in her education. l'anglewood Garden Club. Lillian and Carl were Class Recorder: She hopes to attend Washington U. School of blessed with a son, Dale Illig, who took pictures Elliott Flowers Medicine. ofour 1930 class for our sixty-fifth reunion, and 3330 Del Monte Edna Leah Jacobs Frosch(BA.) was at the two daughters, Elaine and Carol. I'll fill you in 19 Houston, TX 77019 Cleburne Cafeteria using a walker as a result ofa about their fine family another time. (713) 524-4404 stroke during the holiday season in 1996. We I would appreciate hearing from any of our wish her a complete recovery. 1930 class, especially those who do not live in Class recorder Elliott Flowers( B.A. ) sends the If you haven't read Karen Hess Rogers's Houston. following: '68 (Jones; BA.)article "Early Days of the Rice I've just received notice that a dear friend of Library" featured in The Flyleaf(Fall '96), the Felide O'Brien Robertson's (BA.) children, all of ours passed away recently in Palo Alto, publication ofthe Fondrcn Library, try to do so. Charles Robertson,Stephen Robertson,and Anne Calif. Jack Power (BA.) was one of the most It brought back many memories of working Robertson Scllin, recently made a Christmas beloved members ofour class merely because he there until the curfew drove mc out at 5:00 P.m. donation to the School ofHumanities in memory was fun to be around. In my 1934 Cam/senile, he Karen is the daughter of Lcota Meyer Hess'33 of their mother. Fclide passed away Dec. 6, wrote this message next to my name: "Drunk (BA.) and Jake Hess '31 and the niece of 1995. again." To this day, I do not know whcthcr he Rebecca Meyer Brown and Catherine Crain
40 SALLYPORT him and Hess'38, so she has many tics to the Rice of thc r. had so thirties. She helped organize the Rice Historical Society and has been active in many other lead T. After crship roles at Rice. Patton, In 1997 will more of cccssful you follow the example of a few of your classmates and let us know what 1 in the has happened to you through these -,hurch. all years? Ii will help make this column something we will I school enjoy reading four times a year.
Class Recorder: Beulah Axclrad Yellen 9406 Cliffwood Dr. 13 Houston, TX 77096 (713) 723-7318
Class recorder Beulah Azelrad Yellen (11.A.) (B.A.; sends the following: I was happy to receive a letter from Nathaniel , greet- H. Prade (B.A.). He is living in Bremerton, 2. more Wash. Nat suffered a stroke, but he one. seems to be making good progress. We all wish him well. y to fill If you would like to contact Nat, his address :ncc at is 3946 Country Ln. NW, Bremerton, Wash. seeded 98312. me ac- Muriel Dowc has been so nice to keep in 5. ears of touch since the passing of her husband, our n '36, classmate, V. Benner Dowe( B.S.). Before his ivi ties, death, Benner was pleased to know that his imc. A engineering instruments are on display in the )arc to I. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ofner and Kemp dean's office at Rice. Muriel also sent the original mcr of Lewis 2. Mr. and Mrs. Red Bale 3. Dr. and invitation and commencement program for the zation Mrs. Albert Braden Jr. 4. Mary Kent and Class of 1936. I have passed the invitation along better Mortimer Stewart .5. Dudley OTiel '34 to Nancy Boothe 52( B.A.; M.A., 1979) in the whom Woodson Research Center. , have Sal Kobb'37) BA.) sent me a clipping from much the Wall Street Journal that appeared in Letters been a Class recorder Mary Jane Hale Rommel(B.A.) Point, Texas 78010;(210) 634-7250. to the Editor, Texas Journal section, on July mama 3, writes: Homecoming 1997 is Nov. 7-8,and we will 1996. The letters that appeared were written in nc '96 Each year, I am asked to present the Ross celebrate our sixtieth anniversary reunion. response to an article that ran on June 12, 1996. Rommel lands, Award to the outstanding citizen ofthe Cornelius "Connie" Ryan (B.A.), our loyal The original article did not rate Rice academics cruise year at the West Kerr County Chamber of Com- classmate, will once again chair the event. The as being as good as Harvard,Yale, etc. The letters csc an merce annual meeting in Hunt or Ingram, near function will be a luncheon held on Fri., Nov. 7. were in rebuttal to the article. If anyone is c that Kerrville. The plaque is presented in memory of The time and place will be announced soon. interested in seeing the letters, contact me for a my husband, Ross, founder of the chamber. We hope to put together interesting pro- copy. an Faye It was a distinct pleasure to be able to present gram for the affair, but we need your support. I was sorry to have missed the Houston-area •rld of this year's award to Jack Clarke III, the son of Please call Connie and offer to serve on one of alumni reception held on Jan. 30, 1997,at Anne our classmate Jack Clarke Jr.) B.S.). The younger the various committees—invitations, deco- who, and table Charles Duncan Hall. I was in Seattle, Wash., Jack III, like his mother, Virginia Ruth, and his rations,finance, registration, program,telephone, : near at the time visiting my daughter,son-in-law, and dad, has contributed greatly to our community and transportation. Please send me any interest- near two grandsons. We celebrated the bar mitzvah of affairs. ..he most recent contributions being his ing news about yourself a !T- or your family that you my thirteen-year-old grandson, David Milton putting the chamber on the Internet and serving wish with former r son to share your classmates. Kohn. It was a wonderful occasion, and luckily as ation chamber president. The Clarkes live in a If you are unable to drive, we will try to the weather cooperated during my stay. .c for beautiful ranch home between Kerrville and June- arrange transportation to get you there. Our As I mentioned in the winter Sallyport, John tion,Texas. Their Ed u - address: P.O. Box 742,Ingram, alumni contact is Jennifer Harding, who coordi- Glenn Yeager (B.S.) was honored at a benefit Texas d/La 78025; phone (210) 367-5344. nates alumni reunions. She can be reached for dinner dance by Stages, a repertory theater. The I have found another Rice alumna living in details at Rice at(713) 527-6094 or I -800-742- iring dance was held at the Bayou Club with music by the Kerrville area. At our writers' meetings, I 3258. Please remember the date and plan to Grady Gaines. John was honored for his loyal have '97 had the pleasure of getting to know Mary come to this most special event. support to the theater. We are very proud of you, Pattic Sigler Butters'55 ( B.A. ),who also writes It makes me sad to report the recent death of 5 for John. a column,"Center Point News,"for the Kerrville our good friend and classmate Alfred Barriston tion. I recently learned that our classmate Ray Daily Times, where my column appears. (B.A.). He lived in San Francisco, where he was al of Watkin Hoagland (B.A.; M.A., 1944) was mar- Mary Pattie is a licensed professional counse- Vice president of Sutro and Co. He was always ried. How exciting! Congratulations and best t the lor with a master's degree in counseling. She such a charming and generous host when Ross wishes to Ray and her new husband. ofa offices in Kerrville, where she sees her clients. and I visited San Francisco. We enjoyed Rotary As I also promised in the previous issue, lam After traveling extensively with her air force meetings We Club and having dinner at his lovely including more pictures from our sixtieth class husband—Ireland, NATO,etc.—they settled in home on Nob Hill overlooking the harbor,where reunion held last Nov. Please keep the letters Dallas. There, she taught at the Ursuline Acad- large, luxurious cruise ships were anchored. !CS'S His rolling and keep me informed. emy the Rice and in Richardson Independent School many friends will miss him at our reunion. District. Later, the she taught in the Rio Grande Valley. The couple have $o. three children, two girls I 37 Class Recorder: and (ing a boy. 1fl(fl CmiladsspeRedecnorderace Mary Jane Hale Rommel In addition to her busy professional life, 504 Fairway Dr.—River Hill Mary Pattie '33 has her pilot's license to fly their 2709 Essex Kerrville, TX 78028 personal Cessna 210. Her husband is a "failure J 1J Houston, TX 77027-5211 of (210) 896-4310 analyst" with offices in Houston. Their address (713)623-6465 and phone: HC I, P.O. Box 923-34, Center
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11•.- grad Class recorder Phil Peden ( B.A.) sends the Sibley of Waco. He had six grandchildren. Wanda Hoencke Spaw worl following: Had a note sometime ago from Jimmie 5614 Inwood Dr. burs Our own Mary Beth Peterson (BA.) and Shepherd Waters (B.A.). Jimmie said they had Houston, TX 77056 ofjc W. Sears McGee,retired Texas Supreme Court been busy. Philip, her husband, loves his boat (713)622-9845 Los justice, were awakened early on the icy morning and had been doing some remodeling. Jimmie the of Jan. 12, 1997, to find part of their home has a lovely garden that keeps her busy. They Class recorder Wanda Hocncke Spaw (B.A earl smoldering. Their attached garage (and both have had some great trips on that boat, as well. reports: Vet cars) plus other parts of their house were dam- Heard from Herb Jackson (B.S.). Herb is We received two newsy letters during th yea! aged as well and are now in the process of being the only one who has filled out the questionnaire holidays from classmates relating their 1996 San Fortunately, Mary Beth that I handed out at Homecoming. Please sit activities. Here are a few excerpts. repaired and replaced. mo and Sears were not hurt, but it may be some time down and write when you read this column. It Dean E. Richardson (B.S.) and his wife, in tl before they can move back in at 3717 takes only a couple of minutes, and we want to Joyce Wade '46 (B.A.), tell about their mission Williamsburg Circle, Austin, Texas 38731. hear from you. experiences in Ghana, West Africa. "We arrived Oil Herb's hobbies are genealogy, cooking, in Ghana in mid-Aug. 1995, and by, 194 handgunning,woodworking, and driving. I asked Christmastime we were ready for a few days' bca Recorder Coordinator: about good books that all of us might like to vacation. Our friends, Dr. and Mrs. George Class '39 Dorothy Zapp Forristall-Brown read. Herb just started reading The Crucible by Failc, left us the key to their house and guest '41 Cir. Arthur Miller. At Homecoming, Herb told me bedroom in Nalcrigu at the Baptist Medic; 1250 Oakcrest Ma 1139 Beaumont, TX 77706 that they really enjoyed going to Gulf Shores. Centre. They were visiting in Sweden,so we had Hal (409) 892-1048 There is a stretch of coast that includes Gulf the run of the place. It was nice to goof off for a Shores and Orange Beach, Ala., and another few days and enjoy fellowship with our fellow Air thirteen miles to Pensacola, Fla. The water is 'mishcs'(missionaries, to the uninitiated). Class Recorders: sec Junket- Purcell always clear and the beaches are clean, white "School resumed at the Baptist Training Bob and Evelyn Mil sand, and there are many good restaurants. One Centre in Tamale early in Jan., and we resumed 5102 Valerie eas 77401 of the restaurants features good,old-time piano our duties teaching English as a foreign language Bellaire, TX oui music and there is a great library in Gulf Shores. to young men training to be pastors and church dui He made it sound so interesting that I thought leaders. Since they represent at least five different Sam and Frances Flanagan Bethea cot Dr. that maybe a group of us might get together one dialects, they must learn English so that it can he 309 Burnet hol Baytown, TX 77520 year and have a trip down that way. the common denominator for the rest of their Herb wrote that he had his left hip replaced instruction. They were a choice group to work ti01 on Jan. 8. In another sixty days, he hopes to have with, highly motivated and hardworking, and Floy King Rogdc CO) #337 the other hip replaced. He said this year he had many ofthem had their wives and small children 7480 Beechnut Ch 77074 completed over 1,000 hours and five years as a with them. We worked right on through the end Houston, TX aW volunteer in the hospital. So everyone knows of the semester in mid-May, at which time the frit Class recorder coordinator Dorothy Zapp him there. He said he missed being at Gulf students returned to their farms and our assign- Forristall-Brown (B.A.) writes: Shores this year. The whole gulf shore from ment was completed. Miss. to Fla. is really opening up as a resort area. "After a few days in the capital city of Accra, On Jan. 15, 1997, I received a letter from tht Sounds like fun. we headed for the U.S. via Amsterdam and Royal Christopher Dow, manager of editorial services Al Had a card from Earl (B.A.) and Artelle Dutch Airlines. We were greatly surprised when and editor of Sallyport, regarding changes and be Johnson Wallace (B.A.). Artelle said they were friends and relatives met us at Houston Inter- additions to Sallyport. I will explain to you what Ca growth of Classnotes, sorry that they could not make Homecoming continental with banners, horns,signs, balloon: is happening. With the tri and that they would be thinking of us. Artelle and a rousing welcome home. Will we return t more than doubled since 1993, and increasing Pa said,"The sketch on the front of the card is our Ghana? Not likely because of health consider- interest in alumni news, tripled during the same 19 time, Sallyport is reaching space, style, and for- home now since April 1995. A guaranteed life- ations and other factors." Since their return, it care facility. Meals and housekeeping arc pro- has been a "merry-go-round" getting back into mat limits that can only inhibit its vitality and Es A recent 'plus' we experienced: Earl had the routine of daily living. Our congratulations evolution. Beginning with the summer issue, the vided. Ice magazine you have known as Sallyport will be- knee replacement surgery and, after one week in to them for their active work in retirement as Stanford Hospital,he returned here to the 'skilled' literacy consultants. Their address is 2120 come two distinct publications, Sallyport and di Owlmanac. Sallyport will continue to bring you nursing facility for another week until he could Oaklawn, La Marque, Texas 77568. news ofgeneral interest about the university, the get around on his own. He had a quick recovery! The second letter came from Joyce Kimbell Jl programs, and the people. Owlmanac, the Rice "Palo Alto is an interesting place to live. We '43( B.A.) and Ted C. Brannon '43(B.A.) and alumni periodical, will highlight news and events can see Hoover Tower on the Stanford campus included some news about Ted's brother, Rich- ,f special interest to alumni, and Owlmanac will from our tenth-floor balcony, and some beauti- ard B. Brannon (B.A.). Joyce and Ted took the provide a venue for Classnotes. ful sunsets and exciting cloudy skies. Carnival ship Inspiration on her first trip from also Oj The fall issue of Sallyport was delayed so that "In addition, we had a fun family reunion on Miami. They went through the Panama Can: Oreg. coast in July. All sixteen of our fam- with stops at Cartagena, Colombia, Balboa, and news of the Nobel Prize could be included. As a the al result, the entire issue was late. With the addition ily—four children, their spouses, and the grand- Costa Rica. They enjoyed several Mexican ports of Owlmanac, production schedules will no children—were there." of call before docking at San Pedro, Calif., and longer be hindered by late-breaking news, and I talked to Sam (KS.; M.S., 1941) and returning home to Conroe. Classnotes will appear in a more timely manner. Frances Flanagan Bethea (B.A.). They said In Aug.'96, they visited with Ted's brothel It will be produced in a tabloid format and you John (B.S.) and Laura Stone McCulley '41 Dick, and his wife, Mary, returning home t will receive alternating issues of each publica- (BA.)just left on a cruise to South America. Sam Seattle from attending the Olympics in Atlanta. tion—a total of eight issues a year. said he talked to Bob Watt( B.A.; M.A., 1940; After five days, the four went to Olctha, Texas, I always hate to read the following, and I Ph.D., 1946). Bob is retired and is enjoying for a two-day reunion with the rest of their know you do too, but I think you want to know. working with computers and is interested in siblings. 1 Bill Bush (B.S.), who lives in Waco, sent me a genealogy. In Dec., Ted and Joyce made a quick trip to clipping out of the paper. Jack Patterson (B.S.) That's all for now. Please write. El Paso, Texas, for the Sun Bowl football game. died Dec. 17, 1996. He was former Baylor U. They met Dick and Mary there. We're sure those athletic director and track coach. I don't need to two "old pros" had a great time together. And tell you that he was a Southwest Conference Class Recorders: thanks to Joyce and Ted for keeping in touch champion in track. He won the title of South- Julia Taylor Dill each year with their family picture and activities. west Conference Coach of the Year. In 1971 he 7715 Hornwood Here are their addresses: Mr. and Mrs. Ted began a nine-year tenure as athletic director of Houston, TX 77036 Brannon, 19 Robinhood,Conroe, Texas 77301 - Baylor. Three years later, Baylor won its first (713) 774-5208 1665 and Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Brannon,642 SWC football title. In 1980 he was elected to the Maulsby I.n., Everett, Wash. 98201-1001. l'exas Sports Hall of Fame. He was married to We were so glad to receive this Jan. letter the former Lois Whiteley and had two children, from George A. Shoultz(BA.). "This is my first Dr. Jack Patterson of Austin and Mrs. David letter to Sal/von—only fifty-seven years since
42 BALLYPORT graduation in 1940. Some Rice background: I Brown Equipment and Service Tools. He was Richard Stephens '56 ( B.A.), president of the worked my way through Rice with the help of also a real estate broker and operations manager ARA; and Dr. Michael Carroll, dean of the bursar John T. McCants, who fbund me plenty of Wainsco Oil and Gas Co. In addition, he was George R. Brown School of Engineering. Dr. ofjobs. My claim to glory at Rice—I mopped Dr. vice president of Imperial American Mortgage Malcolm Gillis's remarks were both entertaining Lovett's library, and we talked some, and I was Co. and informative. He described a great future fur v (BA.) the first student manager of football, which Before suffering a stroke in 1977, Campbell Rice. earned me an `R.' I roomed with Mike Sealy and enjoyed golf, hunting,and fishing. He has recov- Classmates seen there were Frank Zumwalt ring the Vernon Baird '42 (B.A.) and then my last two ered sufficiently to travel the U.S. Campbell and ( B.A.; M.A., 1967)and his wife, Pat'43 (B.A.), ir 1996 years with Eugene Hanszcn (B.S.) and Paul Betty are members of St. Luke's United Meth- Jim Roseborough (B.A.) and his wife, Elsa, Sanders (B.S.) in East Hall. I was with the P.E.s odist Church in Houston. They have four chil- Laura Stone McCulley (B.A.), Edith Mary us wifc, most of the time but did find some time to play dren, Bonnie Afficrigo, Shelley Baker, Cathy Keating James, and your class recorder. mission in the band. Agnew, and Campbell M. Carothers Jr., and : arrived "After graduation, I went to work for Shell seven grandchildren. One granddaughter, :nd by Oil Co.(Dutch McKinnon helped) and in Sept. Kristen Baker Loden '90 (Will Rice; B.Mus.), Class Recorder: w days' 1940 married Christine Martin, U. of Houston graduated from Rice. Oscar N. Hibler Jr. George beauty and sister of Maurine Martin Sullender After the re- 10306 Sugar Hill Dr. d guest 39 (B.A.), who is married to Sully Sullender union, I received a 104 Houston, TX 77042-1546 Medical 41 (B.S.). On Jan. 18, 1997, we celebrated Big note and picture (713) 782-4499 we had Mama Martin's one hundredth birthday at Holly from classmate E-mail: [email protected] off fig a Hall in Houston. Charles Stamey r fellow "In Feb. 1942, I enlisted in the U.S. Army (BA.). The picture Class recorder Oscar N. Hibler Jr.(B.A.) sends .1). Air Corps, a cadet for nine months, got my shows brother Rod the tiillowing: 'raining second lieutenant bar at Yale U., while Glenn Stamey (B.A.) and I have just learned that our classmate Dr. csumed Miller was bandleader for the cadets. He went Charles at the dixir- Wirt W. Smith (B.A.) died at his home in nguage cast, I went west into the B-29 heavy bomber way ofRixf's home. Durham, N.C., on May 6, 1996, after having a church outfit as an engineering officer. Released from Charles falowed up stroke in late March. Wirt graduated with our itlerent duty March 19, 1946, I went back to Shell, but with the following class with a B.A. degree in chemistry, worked t can be could not get with it again. I moved back to my quiz: "That's Rod two years at Dow Chemical Co. in Freeport, and tf their hometown, Bay City, and became a CPA. on the left and then,after service in the navy,returned to Rice as o work "I was district governor of Rotary Interna- Charles on the a premed completing Rod and Charles Stamey . student, his medical school- ig, and tional District 0589 in 1967-68. The district nght. Rod is thir- ing at UT Galveston. Joining the faculty at Duke hildren covers Harris and other counties. In Oct. 1984, teen months older than Charles. Neither ever failed U. in Durham, he conducted research in the :hc end Christine died with cancer. I stumbled around a grade. Rod has a Ph.D. and Charles has a B.S. chemistry of blood, presenting medical seminars me the awhile and in 1984 married Christine's best How was this possible? Think about it!" on this subject at locations as far away as Japan. assign- friend, Rubella Keen, who had lost her husband. The answer is easy. Charles entered public He was particularly interested in the effects We had all been friends for years. school in Ha. in the second grade. He had a first on blood chemistry of deep diving and was Accra, "I retired in 1985 but still do some work for grade certificate from a private kindergarten and instrumental in updating the navy dive tables. I Royal the Port of Bay City Economic Development. his schoolteacher mom pushed him ahead. He was justifiably proud to have designed and 1 when About the time this makes it to the press, we will Charles tells most folks that Rod and he were supervised construction of the first hyperbaric be Inter- cruising the lower Caribbean Sea on the Royal simply slow twins! decompression chamber system in the U.S., in- loons, Caribbean's SplendoroftheSeas. Made two alumni Charles married Mary Elizabeth Fenn and cluding the instrumentation necessary to moni- urn to trips, first to Austria in 1987(Art '42 [ B.A.land lives in Arcola, Texas, and has four children, two tor and introduce the proper proportions of isider- Pat Goforth were with us) and to Alaska in boys and two girls. Rod's wife is Margaret and oxygen and other gases needed to control the urn, it 1995. David '39 and Claudine Grant and my they have seven children, two boys and five girls. patient's blood chemistry during hyperbaric de- :k into Wife and I were the only early diners in the group. They live in Williamsburg, Va. Charles says he'll compression. ations Everyone else took second seating. Rose Sundin see "you guys" at the sixtieth reunion. Our class sends its sincere sympathy to Wirt's ent as keeps us informed." Grace Ellen McIntyre Prichard (B.A.) was wife, Chloe, and his sons, Paddock and Andy. 2120 Great to hear from George. Here's his ad- accompanied by her son, James, at the fifty-fifth We held our quarterly Class of 1942 dress: 2928 Ave. J, Bay City, Texas 77414. reunion. She has been a world traveler. Last year, minireunion in Feb. at the Brass Parrot Restau- m bell We were sorry to hear that Fred T. Maudlin she traveled to Vancouver, B.C., and to Seattle, rant in Kcmah with a large turnout of twenty - Jr. died Aug. 29, 1996. He lived with his wife, Wash. In March 1997, she will travel with son, one persons. In attendance were Tommy '43 Rich- Ruth,at #1 Maudlin Circle,Kemah, Texas 77565. Jim, and daughter, Marilyn Harvey, to Ixtapa, ( B.A.)and Marty Stovall, Earl( BA. ) and Joyce )1( the He is survived by his family oftwo boys and three Mexico. Grace is the widow of Verlan Prichard. Wylie)BA.). Val'39) B.A. ) and Tom Weir'40 from girls and eleven grandchildren. He owned and They have four children: Steve Prichard '69 (B.S.; M.A., 1942; Ph.D., 1943), Clint( B.A. ) Canal Operated Maudlin 8c Son Manufacturing Co., (Lovett; B.A.), who lives in San Antonio, Texas; and Mary Frances Morse ( B.A.), Oscar and I, and The Gulf Coast Sailboat Business, and Dry Stor- Marilyn Harvey of Brighton, Sussex, England; Margo Hibler'43 ( B.A. ), Bob( B.A. (and Mary ports age at Remah. He was an active member of the Jim Prichard, who lives in Houston; and Mark, Kegg,Neal ( B .S. (and Billye Heaps,Art Goforth , and Texas Sailing Assoc., for which a memorial fund who also lives in Houston. They also have four (B.S.), Phil and Jimmie Shepherd Waters '39 has been sct up at 300 Rush Creek Dr., No. A6, grandchildren: Annie and Kate Prichard, who (BA.), Bill and June Holly-Harrison (BA. ), ither, Remah, Texas 75087-8851. live in San Antonio,Texas; and Lindsay and Ross and John '40 (B.S.) and Margaret Bickley ic to Harvey, who live in England. Smith (BA.). Pat Goforth was unable to attend, lanta. Classmate Robert E. Zagst ( B.S.) passed as she was recovering from cataract surgery. Our 'exas, Class Recorder: away on Feb. 5, 1997, in Houston. He was born best wishes to Pat for a speedy recovery. their Mary Aline Earhart Austin Jan. 27, 1919, in Shreveport, La., and came to Here are the early tentative plans for our 7230 Ridge Oak Dr. Houston in 1929. After graduation, he spent fifty-fifth anniversary reunion. We will meet on tp to 1941 Houston, TX 77088-5303 four years in the army then a thirty-six-year campus this fall during Homecoming on Fri., had ame. (713)937-9040 career as a petroleum engineer with Aramco. He Nov. 7, at a noon luncheon in Farnsworth Pavil- hose crossed the Atlantic over one hundred times, ion and again at a get-together on Sat., Nov. 8, And Class recorder Mary Aline Earhart Austin usually to Saudi Arabia. He lived in Houston also at Farnsworth Pavilion. The time for this is tuch writes: with his wife, Louise B. Zagst. Louise preceded still indefinite and will depend on whether the ities. Classmate Campbell M. Carothers (B.S.) him in death. Robert is survived by son Robert Rice fixitball game is an afternoon or a night Ted and his wife, Betty, were among those attending Zagst Jr.'79 (Lovett) and daughters Stephanie game. I'll keep you posted as this develops. June 301- our fifty-fifth reunion on Nov. 1,1996. Campbell A. Zagst and Christina Zagst. Holly-Harrison has agreed to be in charge of the 642 has advanced degrees from Penn State U.and the The Assoc. of Rice Alumni reception on Jan. reunion, and I am sure that everyone will give Brookings Institution. Campl11 had aLI:stin- 30, I 997,was a gala affair. The Anne and Charles June all of the help she needs to make this ttter guishcd career as a petroleum engineer. He was Duncan Hall was a sight to behold. Thc food and reunion a real tine one. first the assistant to the president of Exxon. He was a drink were superb. Speakers were: Ann Greene Margo and I just returned from New Or- incc founder and president of Metal Specialists and of '71 (Brown; B.A.), director of alumni atiairs; leans, where we attended the Super Bowl. Our
SPRING '97 43 accommodations were aboard the American the lectures. There arc so many interesting places sor Emeritus of Architecture, and his wife, Iris Queen, a riverboat, rather that at a hotel, and it and situations and studies going on along the Brandeau Gracey Todd'49 (BA., B.S., 1959), was a fine experience. We got under way for a trip coastline of Calif. that it is a fine place to spend were seen among the crowd. down the river past the city and then returned to retirement years,though I do,on occasion, have "Greg Marshall '86 (Baker; B.A.) also at- our dock. Also, we got under way for a race with wild dreams of returning to Houston and tended touting Baker Shakespeare's spring pro- the riverboat Natchez. We lost by a sizable mar- "home." Send stuff! duction of The Winter', Tale. The JULIETs gin, but it was still a lot offun. I heard at our Feb. A letter from Jim Harrell(B.S.) arrived after attended opening night of the production and meeting that a number of classmates are taking I had finished my spring submission. He sent mc hosted a reception." spring tours both in the U.S. and abroad. Drop news ofthe death ofVirgil E. Lelsmberg( B.S.), me a line and let me know what you are doing. who passed away on Jan. 12, 1997. Virgil was I talked to Ruth Moore Willbern (BA.) employed by Shell Oil Co.for thirty years and by Class Recorders: recently. She is still living in San Marcos and the City of Houston Health Dept. for ten years. Larry Hermes sends her regards. She said that she had not done He was a registered professional engineer and a 2028 Albans Rd. anything adventurous but enjoys her bridge play- member of the Campanile Society at Rice. 141 Houston, TX 77005 ing. Jim writes:"We seem to be the disappearing (713) 529-2009 Our classmate retired U.S. Marine Col. Floyd group of the '43 group of graduates, since we M."Mick" Johnson (B.S.) died at his home in lost Regie Dugat( B.S.) in the last year. Virgil Joyce Winning Nagle New Braunfels, Texas, on Jan. 15, 1997. He and I were close all during Rice days. Since 6200 Doliver spent twenty-eight years in the Pacific in WW II graduation, he had attended our get-togethers Houston, TX 77057-1814 as well as performing various duties around the at the school and our private dinners for our (713) 782-0703 world with the corps after the war. He is survived small group of `chcm-c's." by his wife, Alice Estill Johnson, and their son, Joyce Winning Nagle (B.A.) has joined Lanl Gentry. Mick will be missed by all of his many Hermes(BA.) as a class recorder for the Class of friends. 1944. Classmates can send their news to either June Holly-Harrison writes:"In the early fall Joyce or Larry. 1996, Bill and I had an interesting and enjoyable and educational trip to Asia with a group of friends from San Miguel de Allende,Mexico, our Class Recorder: 'other home.' We traveled through Malaysia, Jack Joplin Thailand, Nepal, and India for twenty-eight 150 Gessner Rd., PHI days. Quite a journey and, except for Air India, 1945 Houston, TX 77024-6137 a lot offun—and even that was an adventure. We (713)960-1582 (home) wh were disturbed about the contrasts of extreme (713)498-6331 (office) poverty and the palatial places where we stayed in Ed India. tee "We'll be heading back to San Miguel after Class Recorder: the mid-Feb. for a couple of months. Still want to Doris Ehlingcr Anderson as have a Class of'42 minireunion there, and are 5556 Cranbrook Sc( willing to do all we can to help it happen. Perhaps Carolyn Tomek Dessain, Allan James '46, 1046 Houston, TX 77056 bc! at our meeting in May,we can set a time,if some and Ann Tuck Williams (713) 871-8099 (m of you are interested. There's lots to do and lots to see (plus the blessed siesta every day!) in that Carolyn Tomek Dessain writes: "The JULIET Camille Dockery Simpson (B.A.) writes: "Af- hi we lovely city in colonial Mexico." luncheon at Homecoming was such a huge suc- ter an event-packed morning during which nai Our next minireunion is scheduled for noon, cess that the Shakespeare Heads decided to have presented our class scholarship check (which, for Tues.,Aug. 5,1997,at the Brass Parrot in Kemah. a JULIET Valentine party with ROMEOs per- incidentally, is helping four young ladies on their This is only tentative, so be sure to make a last- mitted. The party benefited Fondren Library. education road at Rice), we happily watched M( minute check to confirm the date and place. Ann Tuck Williams (BA.) and I headed the Rice win the football game. Then, in a sort of 19 home event at 1400 Herman Dr. Hearts were the déjà vu, we walked across the street to the 30 theme with pink and red balloons, cyclamen, of Louise Loose Levy (B.A.) for an after-game Class Recorder: Valentine's chocolates, and flowers. There were get-together. Elizabeth Land Kadcrli raves over the gourmet food prepared by the "Yes, it's the same house Louise lived in Bc 4693 Adra Way JULIETs.Carmalee DeGeorge'47 ( B.A.) added when she went to Rice, and many of us had fond a y 1943 Oceanside, CA 92056-5143 cherry and lemon tarts to the desserts, and memories of spending many happy times there. I B Maydelle Exley Burkhalter '53, Dado Following is a brief report of the fun (there'll be ofi Class recorder Elizabeth Land Kaderli (B.A.) Burnham Coffman (B.A.), Elsa Holland more later). The class reunion book is full of La writes: Daniels Horlock '55 (BA.), and Helen Otte, great stuff, and we'll be quoting lots of those— Guess what? This time the tank came up from the Rice Historical Society, graced the particularly what we've learned. empty! I've had such excellent response from table with yummy delicacies. "Travelers to the reunion from coast to coast ch you folks out there, I thought it would go on "In attendance were: Charles Henry, Rice included: Bruce( B .S.) and Mark Bradbeer from forever. But it didn't. So what I've got to say is, vice provost and librarian, Mary Bixby, Friends San Diego; Jim Coates from Tampa, Fla. (be mi send mc "stuff" or we're out of business. ofFondren,and Ann Patton Greene'71 ( Brown; sure to stop at Alex's Southern Style Barbecue if an All I've got this time is my agenda. Since you B.A.) and Jennifer Harding from alumni affairs. you're in the area); Lell Barnes(B.S.) from N.J.; are totally familiar with my knee replacement,I'll Classmates from the Class of 1943 were Grace and Dr. Lida Kittrell Barrett(BA.) from West re just tell you about taking a course in marine Picton Wise (BA.), Evelyn Smith Murphy Point, N.Y.,where she is professor of mathemat- Ja biology this spring at a nearby college, during (B.A.), Nancy Blakemore Renaud (BA.) and ics at the U.S. Military Academy. Muriel which time I'll kick back and listen and not take her hubby, Frcd, Katharine Cameron "Some statistics: Most children: Ja any notes or tests or write any papers or in any Corscaden, ROMEO Curtis Johnson (B.S.) Wicks Escobar (BA.)(Javier helped a bit) has PI way exert myself beyond enjoying what I'm with his wife, Molly, and ROMEO Meredith seven children, two(at least) were Rice students; learning. James (BA.). Other ROMEOs and their wives Louise Loose Levy had one (Ellen); Marfy CI Beyond that there's a Sat, class on herbs, present were Ray'44 (B.A.; C.Eng., 1947) and Headrick Clements also had one (Susan). I had 1.4 natural medicines, etc., and there's bridge a Camille Dockery Simpson '46 (B.A.), Al '52 three,two and one- halfthat attended Rice—Ray couple oftimes a week and trips to San Diego on (B.A.; B.S., 1953)and Bridget Rote Jensen'53 Simpson III '73 (Sid Rich; BA.), Kathryn Si occasion. (BA.), Allan James '46(BA.; B.S., 1947) and Simpson Vidal '73( Brown; BA.; MA., 1979; I did do a really neat Elderhostel in San his wife, Betty, and Barry'50 (B.A.) and Betty Ph.D., 1983), and Carol Simpson Mohrman Diego in Jan. about dolphins. I now know more Blount Wood '49 (B.A.). Richard '52( B.A.; '77 (Baker), who left after two years to pursue than I care to about them and whales. The gray B.S., 1956) and Mary Ellen Kinzbach Wilson her Mrs.—got it, too. I also have a granddaugh- whales we see here from the shore arc blowing '54,Karen Hess Rogers'68 (Jones; B.A.), Lee ter at Rice this year. Doris Ehlingcr Anderson and going these days and they tied right in with Seureau,and Andy Todd,G. S. Wortham Profes- (BA.)also has a son,Wiley '78 (Sid Rich; B.A.),
44 SALLYPORT ifc, Iris neering firm of Yandcll & Hiller in Fort Worth, ,I959), from which I basically retired in 1991. I still do a little consulting, though not on a regular basis. )also at- "Married Adele Austin ofDallas in 1948 and ring pro- I. The fiftieth class reunion of went on to receive my master's in mechanical JLI ETs the Class of 1946 2. Carolyn engineering from SMU in 1953. We have three tion and Tomek Dessain '43. Allan James. children, son Jim Klein '74 (Wiess; B.S. and and Julianne Gearhart '96 at the M.M.E.)and daughters Janis and Lynn. Jim lives JllLlETValentineparty 3. Mem- in the Houston area and is active in the Bear bers of the Class of 1946 at the Creek United Methodist Church and has his home of Louise Loose Lery own computer service company. Janis lives in Santa Fe, N.Mex., where she is a schoolteacher and her husband is a massage therapist. Lynn lives at home and dots a small catering business. Wc have three grandchildren, two in collcgc and one in high school. "I have been a member of the First Presby- terian Church in Fort Worth since 1948 and have served as a deacon, ruling elder, church school superintendent, youth sponsor, church school teacher for adults and youth, and assisted in I Larry. summer mission work projects for the youth. I ;.:lass (it have also been a member of the Chanccl Choir either for seven years. Other Rice members of the church include Scott Adams '39 (B.S.) and Darrah Smith '76 (Sid Rich; B.Comm.). "This year marks my thirty-ninth year in the scouting program. I earned the Eagle Award as a boy and have served as assistant scoutmaster, district chairman, district commissioner, and council vice president for training. In addition, I have served as lodge adviser for the Fort Worth who attcndcd Rice. L. R. Klein Jr.(B.S.) writes: "I was chapter of the Order of the Arrow and served "Those with the most grandchildrcn: C. originally Class of'45 and was also in three times as course director for adult Wood Edwin Murphey (B.S.) and Evelyn have seven- the original class of NROTC at the Badge training. My awards include Vigil Honor, teen. After right ycars in the navy, Ed attended 11147 Rice Institute. The class was com- Order of the Arrow, Silver Beaver, and District the Nazarene Theological Seminary and was a missioned in Feb. 1944 and sent to Award of Merit. pastor for thirty-five years. Runners-up: Margie active duty with the fleet. Most of 1944 was "My professional qualifications include reg- Scott Keeland ( B.A.) with nine girls and one spent in various amphibious warfare training istration as a professional engineer for the state of boy; Ann Martin Phcnicic (B.A.) with nine units on the East Coast. I was finally assigned to Texas, life member of the American Society of (mixed). USS Barber APD 57. The Barber was a de- Mechanical Engineers,and president ofthe Fort s: "Af- "We all seem to have talented and interesting stroyer-escort type that had been converted to a Worth chapter ofthe American Society for Heat- ich we children, but the daughter who traded a nice troop carrier for use with underwater demolition ing, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engi- name which, like Vondy (even if her dad was an Aggie) units. I joined the ship in Jan. 1945 and pro- neers (ASHRAE) from 1983-84. I earned the n their for Lawrynovicz (Amy Vondy Lawrynovicz cceded to Pearl Harbor via the Panama Canal ASHRAE Golden Gavel Award for chapter effi- 73 itched [Brown; B.A)) deserves special mention. and the West Coast. Eddie Lang '49(B.S.) also ciency in 1984. Mom ort of Elizabeth Krause Vondy (B.A.; M.A., served on the ship as a member of the engine "My hobbies include golf, fishing, volunteer 1948) home is rumored to have taken her Shakespeare room crew. work at the Fort Worth Zoo and the planetarium book to -game study for her final—on her honeymoon! "I was involved mostly in convoy duty and at the Fort Worth Museum ofScience and Indus- "World travelers include: Bob and Mary eventually arrived at Okinawa during the final try, and working with the Presbyterian Night red in Mims Hindman (B.A.) were everywhere when stages of that campaign. I was also involved in Shelter in Fort Worth. I sing with the Fort Worth Bob fond was an Exxonitc and since then have not let the Philippine liberation operations and the Japa - •Cowtown Chorus'of the Barbershop Organiza- a year there, go by without going someplace. Bob '47 nesc occupation. I stayed in the naval reserve for tion and also with the two-hundred-voice Ora- ell be (B.S.) and Kay Thompson Zelsman (B.A.) twenty-six years and retired in 1960 with the torio Chorus at Fort Worth's Baptist Seminary. often cull of trade the golf bags fbr the plane tickets. rank ofcommander. I saw Eddie Lang again last I also write the monthly newsletter for the Bar- ose— Latest stop, Indonesia. summer (1996) when our ship had a reunion in bershop Chorus. "Retirement—who us? Cele Sass Keeper Cleveland, Ohio. "As I told my acquaintances,I was glad to say coast (B.A.) has switched from clinical practice (psy- "I returned to Rice in the fall '46 in time to lived to see Rice beat Texas in football after • from chotherapy) to teaching, speaking, and writing. see Rice beat Texas and graduated in 1947. I twenty-nine years. I also greatly enjoyed the (be Geane Brognicz Jeffrey (B.A.) keeps swim- then went to work for Lone Star Gas Company Owls' victory over Texas in the final SWC base- ming cue if away at Camp Waldemar in the summers in Fort Worth as an air-conditioning/industrial ball tournament and the Owls' 7 and 4 football and N.J.; is a science teacher in Comfort. engineer. Left the gas company in 1951 and season in the WAC." West "This doesn't begin to tell about all of our went to work in the plant engineering depart- :mat- reunion fun. We have Bob '47(B.S.) and Mary ment of Bell Helicopter in Hurst, Texas, and in Jane Ellis Goff(B.A.) to really applaud for the 1956 joined the Southwestern Territory Con- Class Recorder: uric' whole shebang. Contributing the goodies were struction division of Sears Roebuck as staff me- Doris ten Brink Tcssieri r) has Joy Joyce Kitrell (B.A.), Sara Nan Snoddy chanical engineer with headquarters in Dallas. I 5506 Holly Springs Dr. lents, Peterson (B.A.), Rosalie Meek King (B.A.), covered eleven states, some in part. In 1968, I Houston, TX 77056-2024 Pat West Houck (B.A.), Marfy Headrick returned to Fort Worth as a mechanical design I had Clements, Ann Landrum Joplin (B.A.), and engineer with the architectural firm of Lawrcnce Class recorder Doris ten Brink Tessieri (BA.) -Ray Louise Loose Levy. D. White & Assoc. In 1977, 1 began my own sends the following: hryn "Quotable quote: William Milstead (B.S.) consulting engineering office in design of build- Hilda Atlas Rich (B.A.) and her husband, 979, says,'The Golden Rule works! Do what you say ing systems, including heating and air-condi- Hershel '45 (B.S.; B.S., 1947), returned from -man you'll do. Never sign a note jointly and severally. tioning, plumbing,fire protection,and electrical their second trip around the world in time to Never IrSUC have to cross the street to keep from systems. During that time, I did scveral projects hear Madeleine Albright speak at Rice. Hilda was ugh meeting someone! Don't take yourself too seri- with Ed Jackson '55 (B.A.; B.S., 1956) and thrilled to hear our new secretary of state and rson ously.'" Michael Sherry'74 (Wicss; B.A.; B.Arch., 1977). pleased that Mrs. Albright chose Rice as one of After eleven years, I joined the consulting cngi- her very first public appearances.
SPRING '97 45 are Ed Langvvith (B.A.; B.S., 1949) tells us he As your new Class of'49 recorder, I'll briefly convince them that she is alive—for which we is completely rctircd as a practicing architect. He introduce myself. I came to Rice in July 1943 as all more than thankful. let- now is voluntccring as a docent at Bayou Bend a navy V-12 freshman from San Bernardino, Orville Gaither (B.S.) has forwarded a and has developed an architectural tour called Calif. Commissioned ensign from Rice NROTC ter from George Savage (B.S.) in response to a "The Best of Bayou Bend" for Miss Ima Hogg's in Oct. '45 and returned in Sept. '46. Finally plea for a donation (and pledge!)to our Golden Houston landmark. In addition, he has worked graduated with a B.S. in mechanical engineering Scholarship Fund. George, who joined the Kerr 1987 on the architectural part of the classics tour at in 1949. Married Patricia (Patsy)Peters in 1952. Magee Oil Co. after graduation, retired in Bayou Bend that is designed for high school She did not go to Rice, but her best friend, as president ofhis own company,Savage Drilling George, students studying Latin and the classics. Charlyn Garfield Weeke '50, did as well as a Co., which he operated from Houston. Ed also is working on between three and four raft of my wife's relatives: her sister, Marjorie V. a native of Okla., lives up in the far northeastern Hc hundred letters written by his great-grandfather Peters '40 (B.A.); first cousins Harvin Moore corner of that state in the town of Grove. and other ancestors who emigrated from En- Sr. '27 (B.A.; B.S., 1930), Dr. John Emmett writes that it is not too far from Branson, Mo.,if had gland to an English colony in Iowa in 1845. Last Peters '39, Lynn J. Peters '46, and Gene G. anyone wants to stop in on the way. George summer,Ed and his wife, Dianne,and an English Ott (B.A.); second cousins Harvin Moore Jr. a second home near Taos, N.Mex., which was of cousin returned to the community in Iowa and '59(B.A.) and Barry Moore '62(Wiess; B.A.); relinquished two years ago due to the health used information from the letters to assist the plus cousins' wivcs,Elizabeth Poorman Moore his wife, Geneva. He has three children,of whom historical society. '38 and Eleanor Sticelber Ott (B.A.); and a two live in Dallas. Son Scott and daughter Carol, Leila McConnell Gadbois (B.A.; B.S., cousin's husband, Frank Briggs '36. plus two grandchildren,are in Dallas and daugh- 1949) and her husband, Hcnri, are another After graduation, I joined the National Tube ter Susan lives in Houston. George reports con- couple who volunteer as docents at Bayou Bend Division of U.S. Steel Corp. as a sales engineer. tact with Kenneth A. Blenkarn'51 ( B.A.; M.S., and are responsible for some ofthe fabulous Yule Spent the next ten years in Corpus Christi, three 1954; Ph.D., 1960), who resides in the Tulsa decorations there at Christmas. Leila and Henri years in west Texas, and then back to Houston in area after retiring from Amoco Production Re- have returned from a weekend in London,where 1963. Retirement came in 1989 as president of search and who is assisting George with some they toured museums. my own company, Apex Pipe Inc. From 1964 complicated math in connection with a patent that in Carolyn Hodge Judson( B.A.) retired from through 1988,1 was engaged in the tubular steel that George has received. George advises teaching five years ago. She and her husband, business, which required extensive foreign travel Kenneth married Marilyn McCoy '52 (B.A.). Judson, are active at St. Paul's Presbyterian (fourteen trips to Japan in one ten-year stretch). Arthur Bleimeyer (B.S.; M.S., 1955) re- 19 Church in Houston. They are enjoying their One memorable three-and-one-half-week trip ports that nineteen recipients of the B.S.M.E. w seven grandchildren and soon will have another. had me going around the world in a westward degree from the '49 class reside in the Houston in ar Carolyn and Judson can be justly proud of three direction: Houston-San Francisco-Tokyo-Hong area. Of these, fifteen are regular participants sons, David '74 (Baker; B.A.), Richard '81 Kong-Bangkok-New Delhi-Beirut-Frankfurt- the ROMEO luncheon meetings. Besides Art (Lovett; B.A.),and Paul'85 (Lovett; B.S.), who Amsterdam-Montreal, then back to Houston. and myself,they are: Burlie Bowen( B.S.), Floyd are Rice graduates. Their son John graduated Almost no jet lag! Burroughs(B.S.), Dr. Bob Cunningham( B.S.; from Trinity U. in San Antonio and now is a Our four children were all born in Corpus M.S., 1955), Joe Firth (B.S.), Orville Gaithcr, Presbyterian minister. What a wonderful family! Christi, and we now count seven grandkids. Tom Hopkins III (B.S.), Guy Lyons (B.S.), Mary Sue Pox Grace (BA.) and her hus- 'Nuff said about yours truly. Woods Martin (B.S.), Harold Mercer (B.S.), band, Marvin, took a dream trip to Natchez, Dr. Herman J. Schultz, a member of our Edgar Sharp(B.S.), and three Charlics: Charlie and Miss., and Memphis and Knoxville, Tenn., and Golden Scholarship Fund Committee, has for- Sheppard (B.S.), Charlie Swartz( B.S.), up the Skyline Drive to the Vanderbilt Mansion warded a letter from Edith B. Davidson, the Charlie Vaclavik (B.S.). at Ashvillc, N.C., and over to Charleston, S.C., widow ofKay Leo Jorgeson,D.D.S. ( B.A.). She Our classmate Claude Mitchell(B.S.) went and Savannah, Ga. made a contribution to the '49 Golden Scholar- to work right out of Rice for the J. R. Woodruff Margaret Donaldson Deininger (B.A.) ship Fund as a memorial to her late husband. Co., a company specializing in electrical control called to say their younger daughter Elizabeth, a What is remarkable about the gift is that it was systems. He is still there some forty-seven years lawyer in Atlanta, will be married soon. Margaret unsolicited and came about because ofa newslet- later as a senior vice president for an area cover- and her husband, Bob '64 (Ph.D.), have re- ter that Herman sends out each holiday season, ing the eleven western states plus Mexico. Claudc turned from a trip to the Great Barrier Reef in wherein he only mentioned his service on the and his wife, Elaine,have one daughter, Michelle. Australia. Margaret and Bob also journey from Class of'49 Golden Scholarship Fund Commit- Claude is one of our ROMEO regulars. Joe E. Firth Jr. advises of his retirement in their home in Memphis to Pa. to babysit for their tee. ti daughter Mary Margaret. They are proud of Herman received his M.D. from UTMB Jan. 1996 as senior vice president and general those three grandchildren. Galveston then spent two years of internship manager of Graver Tank 8c Mfg. Co. in Bayport Damon Slator (B.S.) and his wife, Dot, are with the Philadelphia General Hospital (similar (near La Porte, Texas), which specializes in steel active at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Hous- to our Ben Taub). After three years in residency fabrication. Joe traveled over most of the USA ton. Dot is president of the Saintly Stitchcrs, a at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., he with overseas trips to Egypt as well as trips to needlework group at the church. Damon ushers became a specialist in dermatology; drafted as a Canada and Mexico in connection with the erec- there on Sun. and three days a wcck enjoys doctor by the army,he then spent two years at Ft. tion of large-volume tanks. Joe and his wife, painting classes. Damon feels his paintings are Benning, Ga., as an army dermatologist. Out of Betty, have two children, Joe III and Pamela, worth $5,000 each, but as yet has not sold one. the army, he opened a practice in the Herman and four grandchildren. Joe takes pleasure in his He plays tennis four days a week. Their daughter Professional Building(nice touch,what?) in 1959 first year of retirement by relaxing at home, Laney raises macaws on her exotic bird farm. and retired from practice on Dec. 31, 1988. although he is called upon for consulting from Helen, another daughter, is chief auditor for Herman and his wife, Rozellc, have threc time to time. 2 commerce of the state of Texas. Daughter Dor- children: Maxine'74 (Jones; B.A.), Janet, and a Shortly after Christmas, I had the pleasure of othy is senior geologist for the Gulf Coast with son, Ronald. Herman has been so busy in retire- visiting with Robert Nemir'46 for the first time Marathon Oil. ment that he has been unable to attend any ofthe in almost forty-nine years! Bob was a star half- Louise Lupin Ruisinger (B.A.) lost her ROMEO luncheons. Currently he and his son back on the '44 and '45 football teams and was husband,Paul, on Dec. 6. Paul was a graduate of are constructing a new building at 2226 Rich- honored by being selected for the All-SWC Ohio State. Louise continues to be one of the mond Ave. in Houston for the purpose of hous- team. Bob and I were roommates in East Hall for guiding lights at Galloway Florist. Her son Mark ing his son's locksmith and safe business, Rich- a semester or two in the NROTC part of V-12 is the artistic genius of Galloway's glorious floral mond Precision Lock Co. Besides a retired back in 1945. He was invited to play in the arrangements. physicians group, Herman is actively supporting annual East-West Shrine Game held on New Hillcl, a student division of B'Nai B'Rith with Years 1946, but his commanding officer of the chapters for Rice and the U. of Houston. Bay Area Naval Base, where he was stationed, Class Recorder: Our hardworking and indefatigable Golden refused to give him the necessary leave. Bob and Roger Bartclsmcycr Scholarship Fund chairman (no PC here!), his son operate a men's clothing store, N. Nemir, 9538 Mcadowcroft Carolyn Delhostune Jackson (BA.), has had a in Navasota,Texas, that had been established by 1949 Houston, TX 77063 long-running battle with the Social Security ad- his father many years before. Bob has been in the (713) 781-1517 ministration, which, in a ghastly error, declared same location since he joined his father full time her as being deceased. After much pleading, in 1946. He has only been back to the campus Class recorder Roger Bartelsmeycr( B.S.) writes: cajoling, and letter writing, she was able to once in the intervening years, and that was when
46 SALLYPORT ch we arc John Lee Cox '45 (B.S.), his former football member of the Friends of Fondren. Ann enjoys to Algeria, Russia, Norway, Alaska, Trinidad, teammate,invited him to come to the dcdication fly-fishing, western art, and traveling in the west- and many other areas throughout Europe and Ict- led a of the John L. Cox cnginccring building scvcral ern part of the U.S., especially to N.Mex. Since the U.S. onsc to a Years ago. graduating from Rice, Ann says,"What a gift to Bill and Katherine moved to San Clemente, Golden r I rcqucst all formcr classmates(and others— attend and graduate from Rice! To be exposed to Calif., after Bill retired in 1984. They live in a the Kerr after all, I could havc been a senior in '46, '47, such a faculty is a true privilege indeed." Thanks town house near the beach, and Bill, an avid in 1987 I and '48 as well as '49) to write or call mc at the for the info, Ann. golfer for thirty years, continues to play and win Drilling above address and telephone number with any Following our forty-fifth reunion,I received tournaments. In 1995 he was the seniors cham- Gcorgc, information about yourselves, families, Rice at- a letter from Bill Penn (B.S.). Bill writes: "Dear pion of Camp PendIcton Marine Base. He is hcastern tendees, or friends of Rice. Marty, This is to let you know how much I active in the Palisades Methodist Church and 'eve. He enjoyed the Class of 1950 activities during the with volunteer work and is a lifetime member of 1, Mo.,if forty-fifth reunion last Dec. The 'R' Room din- Rice Engineering Alumni, the Naval Reserve ,rge had Class Recorders: ner and other programs were all interesting and Assoc., the Retired Officers Assoc., and the lich was Lee Mary Parker Kobayashi enjoyable. I extend my thanks to you and the ARP. lealth of 348 Pincy Point Rd. others involved who worked hard to make every- I also received word from Jim Campisc whom if 1950 Houston, TX 77024-6506 thing go so well. One of my memorable experi- B.S.). Jim Connie have ( is married to and they Carol, :r (713) 781-1406 ences was the Homecoming luncheon in Alice two children, Maureen Campise Davidson '74 idaugh- Pratt Brown Hall on Sat., Dec. 2,whcn I had the ( Jones; B.A.) and Antoinette Broussard. After ins con- Mary Kay Stiles Jax opportunity to talk to John '30(B.S.) and Elsa graduating from Rice, Jim received his M.S. in M.S., 3 Valley Forge Schneider Holland '31( BA. )! I worked sum- industrial engineering. He was in the air force le Tulsa Houston, TX 77024-6318 mers and part time for Mr. Holland's construc- during WW II and worked for IBM from 1950- :ion RC- (713) 461-6876 tion company while attending Rice. He is still 55. In 1955 Jim went to work for Hughes Tool :h sonic active in alumni activities and one of the chair- Co. as the manager of operations research patcnt and Marty Gibson Rocssler( BA.)sends the follow- men of their sixty-fifth reunion, so the Class of later joined Computer Sciences Corp. He was a scs that ing; 1950 still has a lot to look forward to for Rice math science instructor at Rice and an indepen- (BA.). The picture of Eugcnia "Goonie" Harris reunions!... dent consultant before retiring in 1979. '55) re- Howard (BA.)and family was sent to me in their "Our daughter recently moved from Conn. In his retirement, Jim has been president of .S.M.E. 1996 Christmas greeting, and I wanted to share it to Santa Barbara, Calif., and our son lives near the library board for the Tyc Preston Memorial louston With all of you. Goonie and Bill live in Austin but Sacramento,Calif., so Katherine and I arc enjoy- Library and president ofthe Computer Club. He pants in are so good about keeping in touch. ing more visits with them,six grandchildren,and enjoys traveling, volunteer work,and computers des Art three great-grandchildren. I am looking forward and software. He owns Trio Research Services. 1, Floyd to our fiftieth reunion in 2000!" Jim says, "Since I left Rice, I've learned most of B.S.; n( Bill studied aeronautical engineering and svhat I know!" laithcr, civilian pilot training in a junior college until In the near futurc, I will be retiring/relocat- ( B.S.), WW II, when he joined the Naval Aviation Cadet ing out of the Houston area, so I think this (B.S.), program. He trained at the U. of Ga., N.A.S. would be a good time to relinquish my duties as 7.harlie Dallas, and N.A.S. Corpus Christi to earn his class recorder. I have truly enjoyed the experi- .), and officer's commission and naval aviator wings. He ence and know the next recorder will also. My instructed in advanced fighter tactics at Kingsville best to each of you. Godspeed! went .) and received operational fighter training in Fla., xxlruff and then he saw fighter squadron duty aboard 'Flunks to Marty for all of her help with the :ontrol aircraft carriers in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Classnotes for the Class of 1950. Lee Mary and years n Returning to civilian life in 1946, Bill continued Mary Kay have decided to share the responsibil- COVCr- flying in the navy reserve "weekend warrior" ity of class recorders for the Class of 1950. Claude program until 1959. He later retired with over Classmates can now send news to them. LchclIc. Connie Barris Howard and her family forty years of continuous navy service. Following Rice, he continued to work with in lent Our 1946 football team that played Tenn. in the John G. Holland Construction Co. as a Class Recorder: tcneral the Orange Bowl classic that same year was project engineer and asst. superintendent ofcon- Greg Davis ayport invited to participate in a fifty-year reunion cel- struction. In 1951 he joined the Houston Engi- 7815 Burgoyne steel n ebration in Miami. The team members and their neering Dept. of Tcnn. Gas Transmission Co. 1051 Houston, TX 77063 : USA wives stayed at the Don Shula Hotel and Golf and spent five years in the design and construc- (713) 781-1996 •ips to Club. Those from our class enjoying the week of tion of natural gas compressor stations from C MC- fun, food, festivities, the Orange Bowl parade, Texas to Maine. He later joined Convair Fort Class recorder Greg Davis (B.A.; B.S., 1952) . wife, and the game were: Neal Ballard, Van Ballard Worth (General Dynamics) in Fort Worth and writes: tmcla, (B.S.), Walter Coffer Jr. (B.S.), Charles Eas- enrolled in their in-plant postgraduate program. Mrs. Geraldine Smith Priest (BA.) has his in ter, Froggy Williams ( B.A.), and Woodrow He was involved with the engine nacelle and called the first status report meeting of the '51 some, Wilson (B.S.). powerplant systems design on the first Mach 2 Golden Anniversary Endowed Scholarship Com- ; from Sad news to report. Harmon "Loose" bomber,the B-58 Hustler. In 1960 Bill received mittee for March 13, 1997. We know we have Carswell'51 (B.S.) passed away Dec. 16, 1996, his M.S. in mechanical engineering from South- made excellent progress, which would be much of urc after a six-month battle with cancer. He was such ern Methodist U. and then went to work for an better if all of our "promises" and "maybes" ttime a nice person and our sincere condolences to aviation equipment manufacturer, Hadley Sys- were converted to pledges and/or checks! half- • Dolly and their family. tems. Pictured in photo number one are David N. was d Ron Conn( B.S.) and I want to again thank Bill became Hadlcy's director ofenginccring Miller (B.A.) and James D."Pudge" Harmon SWC the Golden Anniversary Committee and all sup- and testing in the development ofvalves, regula- (B.A.) at a recent ROMEO meeting. David still for all porters of the Class of 1950 Scholarship Fund. tors, and cryogenic system hardware for aircraft, is actively running his David N. Miller & Com- V-12 Our second-year efforts end June 30, 1997,and missiles, and spacecraft. A number ofthese items pany, Inc., which specializes in tax compliance 1 the we hope each and every one of you will be on the were part of the first American in space program and estate planning activities. He and Barbara, New list of contributors. Wc really do want to make and in the Saturn system that landed the first his wife of forty years, have three sons and three if the lots of dreams come true! men on the Moon. He then returned to Houston grandchildren. David has been an active sup- med, Ann Putney Bolton (B.A.) sent me her and went to work for Tenneco Inc. in their porter of Rice activities for many years. 'and completed survey that was passed out at our liquefied natural gas dept. Bill spent the duration Pudge Harmon is now self-employed in the cmir, forty-fifth reunion. Ann married Lloyd Bolton of his career with Tenneco directing liquefied booming Houston real estate market. He and his :d by 49(B.A.), and they have three children, Robert, natural gas research and test programs with the wife, Joyce, have enjoyed forty-five years of mar- n the Lloyd,and Georgiana Bolton Ladd'78 ( Brown; American Gas Assoc., coordinating rules and riage and have two children and five grandchil- time BA.). Ann has done volunteer work for the regulations with the National Fire Protection dren. Pudge went to work for Wesley West after npus Museum of Fine Arts and Ben Taub Hospital. Assoc., and studying the shipping and importa- his stint in the navy. VVhcn the Texas allowable vhcn She has served as the secretary and a board tion ofliqueficd natural gas. Bill's work took him dropped to five days per month and oil was $1.80/
SPRING '97 47 (B.A.), Judge Hal DeMoss (B.A.), Judge Lee actii Duggan (BA.),Pat Moore(BA.; B.S., 1953), onl) Dick Wilson, the Photo de:a-rasa tttt in the Class of '51 Earl Stouflett(BA.; B.S., 1953), and me. Lee's court was late, so he missed the Che in
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Members of the Class of '.52 planning the HTahitt,IIAhe hthii ase:( forty-fifth reunion photo op. As you can see, I was the only one to "go Texan." Carolyn Douglas Devine's (B.A.) broken hip was acting up, so she called in with hewast Colo.,home, are clearly the her regrets. Ann Irving Cruikshank (B.A.) bbl. in 1958, Mr. West en- :St most loyal LSU baseball called in also, but without a traumatic excuse- couraged all his employees, He who could do so, to find an- fans in La. They have had The committee will be expanded before our next that season tickets for years and meeting and will include alumni in Dallas, San other job. Pudge decided Re becoming a CPA would bc a never miss a game. They Antonio,and Austin to help involve those of you the hope this year to see Rice in those cities. We're hoping to get a large group better career route than has oil business. He claims to be and LSU in the College from outside Houston to our reunion. our semiretired and enjoys church World Series. We're in for a treat being able to have volunteering and keeping up Robert G. Garvin party in the new Anne and Charles Duncan Hall, with his Class of '51 "ac- (BA.; B.S., 1952) writes formerly known as the computational engineering counting buddies." horn Aiken,S.C., that he has retired after thirty- building, just north of physics. Neal Lacey's Our congenial class treasurer, William D. four years with DuPont at their Savannah River (BA.; B.S., 1953) bold Building and Grounds 1! Hartwig (B.A.), and his classmate partner of Nuclear Facility. He and his wife, Carol, a Duke Committee vote for the London architect John thirty-four years, Carl H. SchuIse (BA.), have Blue Devil, have three children and one grand- Outram really paid off. The exterior design makes child. Bob fulfilled his NROTC obligation aboard this a good addition to the campus, but the recently completed the sale of their successful Cl Hartwig-Schulse accounting company. They a submarine and earned a M.S. in chemical interior is like something you've never seen be- 1956 with $1,500. The firm engineering at N.C. before joining DuPont. In fore. It truly is the product of a genius. I, as the started this firm in wi in Houston. After retirement, Bob is into genealogy and church building contractor, spent a couple of years ex- grew to the seventeenth largest H: was merged into Mann, work and is restoring a "quaint old house" near plaining my committee vote by characterizing it as the sale, their company ati Frankfort, Stein, & Lett, which is now the largest Lexington, Ky., which has been in his wife's a vote for someone else rather than a vote against' accounting firm in Houston. Bill has semiretired family for five generations. Mr. Outram. Fortunately, we emerged from this Harmon "Loose" Carswell (B.S.) died on building experience as close friends. to a golfing community in Katy but still keeps an fir Dcc. 16, 1996,after a six-month bout with cancer. I received word that J. Terry Young was interest in several ventures. He and his wife, Leah, lis have been married for forty-three years. They have Harmon attended high school in Lufkin, Texas, recently honored for twenty-five years ofservice as three children and four grandsons. Bill has already and was All-State in both fixftball and basketball in professor of theology at the New Orleans Baptist Yx '44 and '45. After two years in the army, he entered Theological Seminary. He continues to teach at been drafted as treasurer ofour fifty-fifth reunion 111 Rice in '47. He played football on fbur of Coach the seminary and is the first occupant of the in 2001. Carl married Doris Elaine Cassil '54 ar Jess Neely's great teams. He joined Houston Shell McFarland Chair of Theology. He has authored ( BA.). They have three children and nine grand- ar children. Carl continues to work for a former and Concrete in '52 and retired as president and three books and has contributed to six others. client and is active in mining activities in Ariz. CEO in 1992. He is survived by his wife, Dolly,and Prior to joining the faculty at the New Orleans we three children and nine grandchildren. seminary he was the editor of the California In photo number two, have George A. hi Laigle(B.A.; B.S., 1952) and his wife, Elisabeth Southern Baptist for eight years. He also served as the after-game party at a pastor in Texas and Calif and, while teaching at McGinty '53(B.A.), at st the home of Mary B. Attwell Worrell (BA.). Class Recorders: the seminary in New Orleans,has served as interim George retired for the second time in Jan. '97. Al Jensen pastor for twenty-three churches. 3030 Reba Dr. Please make an effort to attend our reunion Since 1992 he and his partner have manufac- ci tured metallic diaphragms for pressure transmit- 1E2 Houston, TX 77019 and, whether you attend or not, please respond to (713) 524-2328 (home) the questionnaire. We need to learn more about ters in a state-of-the-art plant in Brenham,Texas. is (713)975-8990 (work) what's been going on all these years. See you in They were soon bought out by Emerson Elec- V tric. George has more hobbies than space per- Nov.! mits to list. George writes, feel that we have Pat Moore been privileged to have been born into the 5251 Birdwood greatest age of mankind's history. But the infor- Houston, TX 77096-2503 Class Recorder: me by...." He wants (713)668-9044 Jackie Darden Rundstein mation age is about to pass 1 to go back to school and is "determined to climb E-mail: mooreecivil.ricc.cdu 10702 Willowisp Dr. aboard for the fabulous ride coming up." 1953 Houston, TX 77035-3522 Neel Emerson Garland (BA.; B.S., 1952) Class recorder Al Jensen (B.A.; B.S., 1953) (713) 723-5291 seen in photo number writes: and his wife, Frances, are 1 Joe's Restaurant at the By the time you read this, you will already Dr. Homer A.Smith (BA.) has been named the three waiting to dine at c Dreyfus Store in Livonia, La. This is an outstand- have received complete information about our 1996 III. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie ing "south-La.-style" restaurant near Baton Rouge forty-fifth class reunion activities on the week- Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. where the Garland's enjoy taking their VIP guests. end of Nov. 8. Dick Wilson (B.A.; B.S., 1956) Smith, a professor ofchemistry at Millikin U., has The Dreyfus Store dates back to the Civil War volunteered to be in charge ofthe events, but he dedicated his career to helping students who want 1 days. Ned retired from Ethyl Corp. a few years will be calling on several classmates(and spouses) to go to medical school attain that goal. He has 1 back. He and his son are actively operating Gar- for assistance. The first planning meeting was designed a project-based chemistry lab at Millikin land Properties, Inc., in Baton Rouge. The Gar- held in the alumni offices on Feb. 7 and was that registers each lab as a separate course, and lands, who spend their summers at their Boulder, attended by Carmen Baumbach Womack students can work at their own pace. Smith is 1
48 SALLYPORT ilk Lee active in professional organizations and is one of Class Recorder: , 1953), only two undergraduate professors involved with D13ix4i1e1Lextggesttride Wilson, the International Union of Pure and Applied Henry Hart, from the College of William ised the Chemistry. and Mary, has requested information 1,157 Houston, TX 77079-3430 (713)468-5929 about pod and novelist James Dickey. Class Recorder: Hart is writing Class recorder Dixie Leggett (BA.) sends the Mary Anne Mcwhinncy Collins a biography about the following: P.O. Box 271 former Rice English professor. Anyone As you are aware, the Class of'57 will hold its 1954 Hunt, TX 78024 tiwtieth reunion during Homecoming 1997. Please with information can contact him at the save the dates, Fri., Nov. 7, and Sat., Nov. 8, to Classnotes has learned that Thomas R. Reckling College of William and Mary, come to celebrate with classmates! As of this III(BA.) has been inducted into the St. Thomas English writing in early Feb., a planning committee has High School Hall of Honor. As a student at St. Dept.,P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, Va. not yet formed but surely will soon. If any of you Thomas, Reckling was an outstanding scholar, would like to help prepare for this special event, athlete, II the and student leader. He was a member of 23187-8795; (757) 221-3922; e-mail please telephone me, and I will put you in touch thc St. Thomas Club and was the only player in the with the planning committee. history ofthe school to start for the varsity baseball
SPRING '97 49 clam Class Recorder: rable coming up, be sure to let Classnotes know to-date information and photos of our last then' Galloway Hudson about it. (That goes double for you, Helen.) reunion are on our Web pages, so check 922 Autumn Oaks I could use a lot more news from you people out! If you forget the Web address,just enter ml finc 1960 Houston, TX 77079 out there. The Class of'60 will soon collectively name or Rice 62 on Yahoo search,and it will reminisci Thi (713)932-9088 (home) turn sixty. Surely something has happended to the pages for you. Come join us as we (713) 753-4295 (work) you in all those years. Let us know the good stuff. about the days when Sammy's was in the base Aft, E-mail: GALHHUDSONeaol.com See you next time. ment of the library, Marvin Zindlcr was know' fed as the owner of Lc Baron's in the Ric( only hui Class recorder Galloway Hudson (Wiess; BA.; Village, and half the students at Rice had th( B.S., 1961) writes: Class Recorder: same phone number—JA8-4141. dre with Hey, Class of 1960! Our ever-dependable Nancy Thornall Burch Although we haven't been to Scotland BB' Roger and 1 went on ( contributor from Ga. (by way of San Antonio 3311 Stoney Brook Dr. the rest of the world, the and points cast) Hal Gosnell (Hanszen; BA.) 151 Houston, TX 77063 pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Greece with ( Church writes,"I was passing through Greensboro, N.C., (713) 781-3634 group from St. John the Divinc Episcopal pac thc in Sept. and went by Barton Parks's(Hanszcn; E-mail: nburchOdttus.com I prepared for the trip by taking a course in tio "Archacol B.A.) office at Guilford College, where Barton is Rice continuing education program, Beink col professor of policy studies. There was a note on The publications ogy and the Bible" by Dr. Don Benjamin. anc his door that he and Evelyn had gone to office received the in the same places where Jesus, Peter, John, ret Guadalajara for the semester and would return attached picture Paul walked was an unbelievable experience. Of thc home around Christmas. One of Barton's col- ofSuc Zigenbcin all the places we visited, I think I was touched ca Shaper (Jones; most by those that had to do with water—thc leagues told me that Barton tries to pull a stint at mi the Centro dc Estudios para Extranjeros(CEPE) B.A.; Ph.D., Dead Sea, Hezckiah's Tunnel (a quarter-mil( Jor- at the U. of Guadalajara every time it comes up. 1974) and her waterway from Old Testament times), the wt Galilee Makes sense to me." (Note: We'll have more grandson, Lovett dan River, Jacob's Well, and the Sea of follow- sic about Barton in the next issue.) Hal continues, Shaper. IAwctt is Dick Wright (Wicss; B.A.) sent the and 1 it "While my son was looking at Clemson U., I the grandson of ing news: "Martha '64 (Jones; B.A.) Iasi called Mary Lacey Butler( Jones; BA.), whose Sue and Steve finally went on one of the Rice alum trips fin Athens husband, Chalmers, is a professor in the electri- Shaper '58 summer, the Mediterranean cruise from th Sue Shaper with grandson, ir cal engineering dept. at Clemson. We had a cup ( B.A.) and of to Barcelona. There were about ninety Owls Lovett Shaper fa; of coffee and discussed our class. Mary and Mary Nell and H. all, including the Gillises. Most fun was hookinP 1963 ; Chalmcrs's son, Hardy, graduated from Duke Malcolm Lovett Jr.'67 (Hanszcn; BA.)and the up with Ray Wilson (Wicss; BA.; B.S., th ir with an engineering degree and is now in Boul- great-great-grandson of Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett, and his wife, Lorraine; Ray was the best man so ir der, Colo. Our coffee break was short because founding president of Rice. His parents are Park our wedding in April 1965. They have lived is ch Mary and Chalmers had to fly to Paris (the one and Mary Eliza Lovett Shaper. The picture was Los Alamos, N.Mex., for several years; he thc in France) later in the day. Chalmers is now the taken at the Rice Historical Society reception in the doing legal work (intellectual property) for th ar president of Commission B of Union of Radio Founders' Room honoring the Lovett family at National Lab there.... We came back with so Science International, and they were off to the Homecoming, Nov. 1, 1996. enthusiastic recommendation for the alumn offer. Si international conference. I tried to see Les Grady travel program; Rose Sundin seems to be (Baker; B.S., 1961) while at Clemson, but his ing some tine options out there. We have other office is off the main campus. My son had to see Class Recorder: more modest plans for 1997, but we will cer- th another school, which didn't leave mc time to Eleanor Powers Beebe tainly do another Rice trip in the future." St find Les, who is a professor in the environmental 2908 Ella Lee Ln. engineering dept. at Clemson. Morris Farr 1912 Houston, TX 77019 (Baker; BA.) retired from his teaching post at (713) 526-5424 the U. of Ariz. and has taken on a new task--that E-mail: PZTF39A©prodigy.com of climbing the tallest peak in every state. I told Web page: http://pages.prodigy ti him to call me when he got to Georgia's Brasstown com/TX/Houston/rice62/ru here Bald, but he had already been there, done that. html But he still has several to go. So if your doorbell C, rings, and a slender guy with a big grin, a bigger Class recorder Eleanor Powers Beebe( Jones; a moustache, and a good-looking woman (Molly) B A.) writes: is there, it's probably just Morris, ready for a Having read in Sallyport and on our Web ii quick climb and some trail mix." pages of recent news of our classmates' visits to NA In other news, I'm sure you saw the feature Scotland, Thomas "Mike" O'Gorman article about our very own Helen Belton Orman (Hanszen; B.A.) sent the following by e-mail: (Jones) in the Classnotes section of the fall 1996 "My wife and I were in Edinburgh for the festival Judy Poinsett with President Clinton Sallyport. If not, dig out that issue and read it. this year, and watched the Tattoo in the rain The article was about her illustrious career in art (probably the same performance attended by and teaching and featured a picture ofone of her Quin McWhirter IHanszenj and John Fowler An exciting letter came from Judy Poinsen creations, the Trojan Horse. Helen has had a '61 Hanszen; BA.; B.S., 1962 I!). I practice (Jones; BA.) with the attached photo of Jud) thing about Dante since her sophomore year at urology in Texarkana with four other physicians. with President Clinton at the Army & Nav) Rice, and the article mentioned a showing of her My wife, Trudy (U. of Miss. '66), and I have Country Club in Va. Judy writes: "I am looking drawings from Dantc's Inferno through Jan. 8, three grown children and two grandchildren. out the window at our frozen lake—it is beautiful 1997, at the C. G. Jung Educational Center in Our youngest son is at A&M. Since my newest and serene. Next weekend, Sue and I will go tr Houston. (I had also mentioned the then up- partner arrived in Aug., I have started to reduce Rehoboth Beach, Del. We love to walk the coming exhibit in Classnotes about a year ago.) my practice and take more rime off. I play golfas beaches in winter when a few hardy folks are tr; Unfortunately for Helen, the fall issue of Sally- often as possible; my wife and two sons also play, there. We are in a wonderful area—access port was delayed because the editors quite prop- but my daughter does not. My wife and I are now beaches or mountains within two to three hours erly wanted to include news of the buckyball traveling a lot. We were in the U.K. in Aug. and "I had the most successful golf year of all. Nobel Prize, which was announced just before in London and Paris in Oct. We plan a golfing which amazed me considering the age factor. that issue was due to go to press. The resulting trip to Ireland with our twenty year old, Scan, in Thanks to an expert in myofacial/dcep tissue delay meant that it was delivered only a day or so May and a trip to Lisbon in Oct. I am now work, I regained some flexibility and energy. I before the end of Helen's exhibit. I did not sec planning to attend Homecoming, but it can't won the club championship for the fourth time it, but I did get a glowing report from Tracey possibly be our thirty-fifth!" and our women's team won the Va. state teary 1 Rhoades, the editor of Classnotes, who com- Yes, it is our thirty-fifth, and we expect a matches. The occasion ofthc enclosed photo was mented that Helen was incredibly talented. I super turnout this fall! By the time you read this, upon being introduced to the president as the hope you were able to see the exhibit. Anyone plans will be well under way, but we need you! club champion. He plays at Army & Navy Coun- out there in our class who has something compa- Call me if you can help with the festivities. Up- try Club.
1 50 BALLYPORT last class :ck them enter my Doing His Music Justice will find eminisce The verdict is in on John Blinn '65. band for Ed Gerlach's Houston dance gotten another taste of music, and I he base- After known twenty-five years in law,the former band. The Bedbugs produced a record couldn't stop," Blinn recalls. He left :he Rice federal judge and bankruptcy attorney and obtained a contract to play in San his eleven-year private practice soon had the hung up his robe to fulfill his lifelong Francisco in the summer of1965.Newly after and moved to Austin, where he dream of ind with being a musician. The result: married, Blinn opted out, and the band began auditioning with local bands. .nt on a Blinn's NotesFrom replaced him with After several offers, Blinn reevaluated c with a the Road, a com- Jerry Lawson, a his return to music and decided to go Church. pact disc compila- high school class- solo. ;c in the He built a house with a digital rchacol- tion of original mate of Tanner. recording studio,where Notes From the 1. Being compositions,was Blinn put his mu- Road was eventually produced, and and released last year. sical aspirations began composing and recording. ncc. Of hcd the Such a drastic aside—for For nearly three years, Blinn visited er—the career change awhile—to focus far-off places that he had envisioned as a •er-mile might seem like a hisenergies on ob- child, and he combined his composi- he Jor- Galilee. Whimsical deci- taining a law de- tions with his travel experiences to create follow sion, but for Blinn gree. a unique musical style."I build an image and 1 it was an ambition After graduat- with sound like a painter with paints," ips last Athens fifty-plus years in ing from the Uni- Blinn says. The musical genres on Notes Nvls in the making. His versity of Texas From the Road range from classical to ooking fascination with rock, and the 1963) the rhythms man in of twenty-four pieces ived in sounds began as a transport listeners ; he is child, when his fa- from bustling for the ther was a profes- ith an Bangkok streets to ilumni sor at the Univer- a serene wallcin the offer- sity of North Dublin rain. Blinn other, Dakota.To accommodate created many of II cer- the growing number of the sounds on students and faculty, the Notes From the university converted a Road electroni- Grand Forks train depot, cally in his studio. known as University Sta- Sounds recorded tion, into apartments. on a pocket re- Blinn and his family be- corder, induding came the first occupants, a train ride north and he had the opportu- of Austin, are also nity to see, hear,and feel trains passing School of Law in 1968, Blinn joined blended into the musical mix. within inches ofhis home.In his intro- Fulbright & Jaworski. In 1975 he was Notes From the Road is evidence that duction to Notes From the Road, Blinn appointed to the federal bankruptcy Blinn didn't miss a beat in his transfor- recalls sitting in the kitchen, watching court. At the time, he was the youngest mation from lawyer to musician."From the passing trains, and wishing that person ever to hold that position. Blinn conception to performance to produc- Isett winter would end so he "could again served as the U.S. bankruptcy judge for tion, Notes From the Road was always a Judy be outside with the sound and the feel the Southern District ofTexasfor seven labor oflove," Blinn says. His passions Navy .king of the trains." years. His prowess on the bench and for sound and creativity combine to ttiful Blinn began playing the drums when judicial knowledge earned the respect make his CD a listening adventure. p to he was seven, re-creating the beats and and admiration of the legal commu- Blinn's musical travels continue. He the arc rhythms reminiscent ofthe trains along nity. Blinn stepped down from the is on the road again, collecting sounds S to the northern railroad line. The family bench in 1982 to reenter private bank- and ideas for his second CD,due out moved to Houston in the mid fifties, ruptcy law practice in Fort Worth. this year. And, as for the verdict, it's 'all, and he tor. continued throughout high His memories and love of making unanimous. Blinn receives bravos for a ssuc school to play drums in small groups. music were not forgotten, however. At successful transition and musical debut Y. I While at Rice, Blinn joined Bob Tanner his oldest daughter's wedding,in 1990, well done! ;Inc '67,Harry '67,and :am Guffee Mike Groves Blinn organized a reunion concert with was '64 to form a band called The Bedbugs. the original members ofThe Bedbugs. —Tracey Rhoades the They played rhythm and blues and rock "The 'Bugs' concert was well received un- and roll and eventually became the break by all, including the bride, and I had
SPRING 197 51 Where Have All The Bedbugs Gone?
In the fall of on keyboard and rhythm guitar. "The gig I remember most was the The 1963,Harry Before theft knew \\ hat was halftime show at the Rice—Texas game ciso Guffee '67 happening,that were a band with in the fill of 1964," Guffee recalls. groi was asked the informal name Harry Guffee's Dressed in brightly colored nightshirts, ben to direct Band. As the group became more The Bed bui performed from the back as" the Senior popular,they changed their name of a flatbed truck for 70,000 football Follies for to The Bedbugs. They appeared fans. After playing a few songs on the of ft the Class of regularly at parties impromptu bandstand, the group ran wor 1964. To as- and played with off the field. Unfortunately, as we I sist in the musical Roy Head and The Bedbugs made their side- Wit review, Guffee in- the Traits and line retreat, Bevo, the UT hire vited Mike Groves '64 to Bo Diddley. longhorn mascot, became in 1 be musical director, and Groves re- Through their highly agitated by the col- fort cruited Bob Tanner '67 to play lead zany, creative orful costumes."He had to sun guitar and John Blinn'65 to play drums. stage antics, be restrained from charging ren Little did Guffee know that once this The Bedbugs all of us," otl- talented group of individuals began achieved local tha playing together,the follies would con- success and noto- pet tinue long after the production ended. riety. dui At the cast party "T following the Senior Wej Follies,the Will Rice sic foursome began a for spontaneousjam ses- sp; sion. They were Gr hired on the spot to Jet play at an upcoming pajama party, and bu their performance Gullet! be was a hit. Guffee pro- recalls. cis vided the vocals and The original four- set bass guitar, and some underwent a rei Groves accompanied change in 1965, PC when Blinn gradu- Co ated and left the at band and Jerry Gi Lawson replaced elc him. Through the ar insistence of W; Cordell Green '63, a fan and Stanford fe graduate student, ft
The Bedbugs leave the field after their halftime performance at the Rire—Texa! game. Photo by Geoff Winningham '6.5
The Bedbugs reunite in 1990. LB Mike Groves Tanner, John Blinn, and Harry Guffee
52 SALLYPORT "...With my daughter and her family living in Dcl., I fecl certain that I will stay here as long as I can find amusement in winter. I keep telling the myself that we only have two really cold months s The Bedbugs traveled to San Fran- the East Coast and is vice president and that by mid-March, I will be gardening and tame cisco that summer. Green became the marketing for Lapp Insulator Co golfing...." calls. group's manager, and the band mem- pany. Music remains a hobby, and Looking at the picture, Judy, I immediately thought, "Bill has the opportunity to shake the bers fondly refer to that time together still owns the Stratocaster guitar th hand of an ex-president—of Jones College!" back as "the Summer of'65." he brought to San Francisco. Tanne otball That San Francisco summer was a lot son, William, graduated from Rice the offun for The Bedbugs, but it was hard 1994, and he also plays guitar. ran work,too. "We thought we were great— Groves taught school after graduat- v, as we had a lot to learn," Tanner admits. ing from Rice in 1964. When the op- side- With Green's help, The Bedbugs were portunity arose for The Bedbugs to go UT hired by the Pierce Street Annex,a club to the West Coast in 1965, he left his ame in North Beach, to per- teaching position to "seek fame and col- form throughout the fortune as a rock and roll star." On id to summer. Groves returning to Houston, he reen- ging remembers an- tered Rice to pursue architec- other group tural studies but eventually that was ap- became a CPA. Now retired, Lloyd Erickson with his quartet. The pearing at a Groves continues to play pi- . Arrangement club next door. ano. In 1995, with Blinn). Lloyd Erickson (Baker; B.A., 1963) writes "They played help, Groves produced a tape that his daughter, April, a senior at the U. of weird new mu- of his solo piano playing for Houston majoring in chemical engineering, was sic friends just selected Homecoming queen. She was nomi- and their per- and family. nated by the Honors College. Lloyd's son, Brian, formances were Twenty-five years after Bli who graduated in May '96 with a degree in sparsely attended," left The Bedbugs, he asked the industrial engineering, was first runner-up to the Homecoming king a year ago. Since these are not Groves recalls. "They called themselves nal members to reunite for a p popularity contests, but rather based on service to Jefferson Airplane." mance at his daughter's wedding the university and scholastic achievement, Mom As September approached,The Bed- ception. Two days before the weddin and Dad arc extremely proud of both of them. Perhaps more important, April has two job offers! bugs had to make a decision. They had The Bedbugs met to rehearse at Blinn (Sounds of celebration by parents everywhere!) become fairly well known in San Fran- Waxahachie country getaway. "It Brian is currently in law school at the U. ofTexas the best we ever in Austin. Their oldest son, Clark, is in graduate cisco but were faced with the selective sounded," Guff school in music at the U. of North Texas in Ur- service draft. The band decided to says. "Groves is still a musi Denton. Mom, Lorraine, is still teaching high t a return to Houston and abandon the and Tanner a die-hard blues school math at La Porte High School, and Dad is still working at NASA. possibility of musical t:unc. "My profs pumped energy and determination in Lloyd's barbershop quartet, The Arrange- at- convinced me that I wouldn't gradu- all of us." ment, just won the southwestern district contest he ate if I didn't give up the band," The reception performance was (Texas,La., Ark., and Okla.)in New Orleans. This is Lloyd's fifth district quartet championship, at ry Guffee remembers.Soon after Guffee's success. Although the group hadn, least one in each ofthe last four decades('69, '79, ed departure, The Bedbugs disbanded, played together in many years, th '80, '91,and '96). Congratulations, Lloyd! he easily picked up where At the corner ofTravis and Congress in down- and the members went their separate they'd left o town Houston, across from Market Square, is a of ways. "There's a special communication t sixty-five-foot-high tower housing Houston's his- After heeding the advice of his pro- occurs between musicians," Groves re toric old city hall clock. The designer of the Louis and Annie Friedman Tower is Barry M. Moore rd fessors, Guffee graduated with two sons, "an ineffable bonding." (VVicss; BA.), who first became interested in the It, B.A.s in architecture, one in 1965 and Whether it was because oftheir Ri clock in the late sixties, when parts of it were the other in 1967. But that San Fran- performances, the San Francisco sum, discovered in the basement of the Sam Houston Coliseum. The tower is like a giant, weight-driven cisco summer left an impression, and mer,or just a passion for making music,. . grandfather clock, and the clock works exactly as it he now makes Southern California his The Bedbugs have remained connected:'t did when it was in a high tower ofthe 1905 city hall on Market Square. The design ofthe tower evokes home. Currently, he is teaching sixth for more than three decades. And per-i the Romanesque Revival style of the old city hall. grade math, shopping for a motor- haps we haven't seen or heard the last. The beautiful works ofthe clock are visible. It takes cycle, and occasionally playing guitar. of them yet. As Guffee happily re- the weights eight days to work themselves down hollow legs before the clock has to be rewound.On Tanner,the band's "voice ofreason" flected on his days as a'Bug, he offered, the hour,a hammer strikes a huge bell that the city during the 1965 summer, received a "If you need a band for Homecoming, acquired in 1876. Nice work! B.A. in 1967 and a B.S. in 1968, both I'm sure we could make a deal." Rim Barry has joined SIKB Architects as president and managing principal. He is a member of the in electrical engineering. He lives on Stadium—look out! College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. In addition to managing a full-time —Tracey Rhoades:. architectural practice, he has taught in the College of Architecture at the U. of Houston for the past
SPRING '97 53 ten years. His designs includc the John and Rebecca Engineers International. Russell,dean ofthe Col- (TCTA) 1996-97 Friend of Education in the Moores School ofMusic at thc U.of Houston, the lege of Engineering at the U.of Ala., was selected public official category. Hochberg received his historic preservation of Open Gates Conference because of his significant contributions to the field award at the TCTA convention Feb. 7-8 in Austin. Center at the U. of Texas Medical Branch at and for having actively practiced engineering for at Hochberg was selected for his outstanding leader- Galveston, and the clock tower. least ten years. He is a member of the American ship and activities that have benefited public educa- Society for Engineering Education, the National tion in Texas. He has represented portions of thc Classnotcs is sorry to report that Leo S. Shamblin, Society of Professional Engineers, Ala. Society of Houston area in the Texas legislature, is a member former Rice trcasurcr 1959-76 and father ofAnne Professional Engineers, International Solar En- of the House Public Education Committee, and Shamblin Baillio (Jones; BA.), passed away on ergy Society, and the Chattanooga Engineers has served on the Natural Resources and State Feb. 10, 1997. Anne is very active with the devel- Club. Affairs Committees. He has recently been named opment office at Rice and with alumni programs to the Appropriations Committee and the new and events. She is the current chair of the Rice Select Committee on Revenue and Public Educa- University Fund Council and president-elect of Class Recorder: tion Funding. In addition, Hochberg helped de- the Association of Rice Alumni. Patti Charter Walker sign the school facilities funding provisions in- 5425 Sugar Creek Dr. cluded in the new Texas Education Code and 157 Corpus Christi, TX 78413-3825 devised a system to continue the commissioner of Class Recorder: (512)991-4408 education's oversight oflocal governance disputes. Kathleen Much 128 Hillside Ave. 1963 Menlo Park, CA 94025-6538 Class Recorder: Class Recorder: (415) 854-8968 (home) Judy Mal() Ragland Connie Drcssncr Tuthill (415) 321-2052 (work) 11250 Briar Forest #160 2110 Pine Valley Drive E-mail: kathlecnikasbs.stanford.cdu 1968 Houston, TX 77042 1077 Houston, TX 77019 (713) 266-9688 (home) (713) 528-6178(home) Class rccorder Kathleen Much(Baker; BA.; M.A., (713)964-5663 (work) (713) 528-6657 (fax) 1971) writes: E-mail: tuthilleix.nctcom.com Send me some news. Thcsc tidbits come from Joanna Scott (Brown; B.A.) writes: "My hus- 1996 holiday greetings, so they will be pretty band, Jim Kates,and I are moving to the Boulder, Classnotcs has learned dated by the time you see them. Colo., area in Feb. I will continue to work part that Jabir Al-Hilali(Sid Dolly Teasley (Jones) writes: "I continue to time for my current employer, Eckcnfcldcr Inc., Rich; B.A.; B.Arch., do old-fashioned IBM mainframe systems con- an environmental consulting firm, until I find a 1979) has been named sulting. I've been on contract with Fidelity Invest- full-time job. Our younger daughter is now a Rice director of Tax ments in the World Trade Center (N.Y.) for a freshman (Wicss 2000) and is having a good Advantaged Design by couplc of years. My current project, trying to time." the international ac- detect and report on possible money launderers,is counting and consulting particularly interesting." firm of KPMG Peat Rick Lilliott(Wicss; BA.) traveled to Calif., Class Recorder: Marwick I,LP. Al-Hilali, Oreg., and Canada last summer and visited his Ann Olsen a registered interior de- wife Gwcn's parents in Wyo. Rick's son, David, 233 Lauderdale Rd. signer and architcct,will last summer,and his daughter,Marty, will Nashville, TN 37205 work in thc firm's Hous- married Jabir Al-Hilali be walking down the aisle before you read this. (615) 385-9416(home) ton office. Marty graduated from A8cM, but her groom's a E-mail: ann.olsenamcmail. Rice grad practicing law in Houston. Unfortu- vandcrbilt.cdu Greg Alexander (Wicss; B.S.) writes: "My wife, nately, I'll be in England,so I'll miss the wedding. Lisa Breier Alexander '78 (Brown; B.S.), and I Rick's daughter, Liz, is completing a master's in relocated at New Ycars from St. Louis, Mo., to anthropology at UT and heading for the Ph.D. Class Recorder: Minneapolis, Minn. I left Monsanto after twelve Rick continues to practice as a CPA in Houston, Tim Thurston years to join McWhortcr Technologies, a manu- specializing in litigation support. 1944 Arlington Ave. facturer of resins and other components for the Carol Childress Turner (Jones; BA.)is still 1971 Columbus, OH 43212-1038 paint and coatings industries. The company has a teaching at a Montessori school in Houston; she (614) 486-4846(home) total of about six hundred people, a significant commutes from Alvin with her son,Travis, who is shift from a Fortune 500 experience. It's going a student at the same school. Carol and her great,so far. We were not looking to leave, but the husband, Roy, who teaches biology at Alvin Col- Class Recorder: opportunity sounded great, and circumstances lege, are working on a log cabin in East Texas for Wes Dorman kept falling into place indicating God's will for us their future retirement. 218 Quinlan, Box 511 to make the jump. Dick Heiser (Baker; BA.) and his wife, 1073 Kerrville, TX 78028 "Lisa leaves her job as soprano section leader IAirctta, toured Holland by bicycle last summer. at the Second Presbyterian Church; she also dc- "chey've decided they like Eldcrhosteling. Dick parts midscason in her fourth year with the St. teachcs in L.A. and runs the computer lab at his Louis Chamber Chorus, an auditioned a cappella high school. He developed a teaching unit about Dr. J. Michael Fitzpatrick (Ph.D.) group of forty voices. Just before departing, she surfing thc Internet and is planning to have his has been elected to Carpenter Tech- gave a vocal recital including works of Faurc, students design Web pages this spring. nology Corporation's board of di- Rachmaninov,Purcell, and Dvorak. Although the Sam Hughes (VVicss; B.A.) had a "retrospec- 1074 rectors. Fitzpatrick is vice president, music scene in the Twin Cities area is wonderful, tive, or was it retroactive or perhaps introspec- chicftcchnology officer, and head of breaking into it in the dead of winter is not easy. tive?" show of his paintings at an art gallery in operations for Rohm and Haas Company. This is our current big challenge. N.Mex.last ycar. He paints in two quite distinctive "We experimented with home schooling Nick, styles, watercolor landscapes and fantasies that our fifth grader, during the fall of'96. Although would make great covers fig science fiction novels. the experiment was going very well, we decided to J. William Harmless, S.J., (Baker; put him in Minneapolis public school upon our B.A.) has bcen elected to the board arrival here, so he would be able to meet some Class Recorder: of trustees for Loyola U. in New other kids. Ben,our seventh grader, has expressed Jim Bearden 1975 Orleans, La. Harmless, an associate some interest in trying the home school route also, 1141 Nicklaus Ave. professor of theology at Spring Hill but for now he seems to be adjusting to the t( 19E Milpitas, CA 95035 College in Mobile,Ala.,will serve a three-year term. Minneapolis junior high scene well enough. 2 E-mail: jbcardcnesj-coop.net "Write or call or visit at 307 W. Minnchaha V4 Texas state representative L. Scott Hochberg Parkway,Minneapolis, Minn. 55419-1363, ( 612) Dr. Lynn D. Russell (Ph.D.) has been named a (Will Rice; B.A.; M.E.E., 1976) has been selected 827-2731, e-mail
54 SALLYPORT I in the Class Recorder: "We were pleased to host John Mosher Chris Wagner( Hanszen; BA.) writes: "After a ived his Frank Duca (Wiess; B.S.) and his family in our new home and seven-year ride on the Wells Fargo Stagecoach,! I Austin. 2795 Darlcy Ave. would love to see other Rice friends who find decided! had gone far enough. I am now work- ;Icader- ED Boulder, CO 80303-6305 themselves in our area." ing as a risk management consultant in the San c cduca- (303) 543-8684(home) Francisco office of Towers Perrin. is of the (303) 556-4314 (work) Robert M. Moore Jr. (Lovett; B.A.) writes: "During a visit to Houston at Christmastime, nembcr E-mail: laducagouray.cudcnvcr.cdu "Phil Stewart'82 (Lovett; B.S.) gave a seminar I attended an engagement party for Gayc Gil- tce, and on biofilms at the company I am employed at bert (Hanszcn; BA.). Also in attendance were id State (Albemarle)in Jan. 1997. He is now an associate Rice alums Steve Burns '80 (Hanszcn; BA.) named Class Recorder: professor ofchemical engineering at Mont,State and Geoff Haddad '82(Will Rice; BA.). It's a he new Dr. Thomas N. Pajcwski U. in Bozeman, Mont." See "New Arrivals" bit late for a first marriage, but we wish her well." Educa- 3023 Watcrcrcst Dr. Class of 1981 pcd de- Charlottesville, VA 22901-7224 ons in- (804)974-7832 (home) Class Recorder: dc and (804)924-2283 (work) Kathleen Robertson Stewart oncr of Nancy Rapoport (Jones; B.A.) 500 S. Gilpin St. isputcs. Classnotcs has learned that Dr. Ahmet Vefik writes: "Hi, there—wanted to give Denver, CO 80209 Alp (M.Arch. and D.Arch.) has been appointed you guys an update on what's been (303) 765-5706(home) as the country repre- going on with me. After several years sentative for Turkey for practicing bankruptcy law in San Class recorder Kathleen Robertson Stewart the American Institute Francisco, I left SF for Columbus,Ohio, in 1991 (Brown; B.A.) writcs: of Architects/Conti- to begin my teaching career at The Ohio State U. Ginny Hemelt (Wicss; B.A.) had another nental Europe. Alp is College of Law. A few years ago,! was promoted baby! She and her husband, Gordon Nixon, and currently a professor to associate professor(with tenure),and this year their daughter, Olivia, celebrated the arrival of and chairman of the I also became the associate dean for Student Emma Kathleen Nixon on Jan. 27, 1997, and School of Architecture Affairs. I was able to come back to Rice this fall everyone is now adjusting to life as part ofa larger at Gcbzc Institute for to talk with the Rice Prclaw Society (thanks to family. carncd Advanced Technology Patty Bass '88 [ MA.; Ph.D., 19891 for her ali(Sid in Istanbul. He leads hospitality) a few days before my wedding at the John Cunyus ( Baker; BA.) writes: "I'm still Arch., Alp Architects and Plan- Omni Hotel in Houston. I married Jeff Van Niel 'senior ministering' at First Christian Church in named ners Ltd. and heads up (also a lawyer; currently the master commis- Houston, right across the street from campus. Tax Vernet t .1Ip the Istanbul Centre of sioner reviewing utility law cases for the Ohio We have more Rice alums than I can remember ign by the International Acad- Supreme Court) in a lovely, small ceremony offhand, so I won't try to list them and risk al ac emy of Architecture, where he conducts the there on Oct. 13. Katherine Reeves Spradling leaving someone out. suiting international design workshops of the academy. '80 (Jones; BA.) and Ronald J. Mann (Sid "Life has taken some strange turns in the past Peat In addition, Alp presides over numerous associa- Rich; B.A.) were both there. Ronald did a read- year. My two daughters are doing well. Martha is Hila tions and socictics, participates in international ing of the Song of Songs as Jeff and I signed the five and Gracie is two. I finished my Ph.D. in or de- jurics, congresses, and symposia, and advises for kctubah. After the wedding, we honeymooned Dec. from Pacific Western. My dissertation was ct, will a number of companies. at Disney World. Now we're back in Columbus "A Spiritual Assessment Inventory: An Objective Hous- for the long winter. I'd love to hear from other Standard for an Elusive Reality." Nice to have Rice folks! My e-mail address is that done. Class Recorder:
SPRING '97 55 Class Recorder: B.A. and B.S.; M.S., 1994), Luigi Bai '89 (Sid rabbinical school, I was ordained as a rabbi on like Ni Greg Marshall Rich; B.A.), and Maya (see notes on baby boom, June 1 from Hebrew Union College—Jewish Mead 6320 Main #182 below);'Wild' Bill Aitken (Baker; B.S., 1987), Institute of Religion. This was truly one of the (Sid R 1080 Houston, TX 77005 still in the Seattle area at Microsoft;David Wiley most powerful and important days in my lift— Williss (713)666 -RICE (Hanszcn; B.S.); and Iry Cutter '87(Sid Rich; the memories are still palpable. A huge 'thank ingly, r E-mail: gmarshalitrice.edu B.A.). Theresa's last name is now Mandragona you' to the terrific Rice friends who made the seeing and she recently (Jan.'97) changed jobs, going journey to Cincinnati to share this special mo- forwar, Class recorder Greg Marshall (Bakcr; B.A.) from Price Waterhouse to KPMG Peat Marwick. ment with me: George Thompson '87 Colleg sends the following: "Another person we keep in reasonable touch (Hanszen; BA.; B.Arch., 1989), Bob Cradock with is Carol Drummond '88 (Brown; BA.), '87(Hanszcn; BA.), Ken (Hanszcn; B.A.) and whom I've actually seen in person as she gets Amy Freshwater Figueroa'88 ( Hanszen; B.A.), junkets from her employer, who is also K's Nikki Ogier '87 (Hanszcn; BA.), and Mary employer, Lotus/IBM, for training out here. Cradock '87(Hanszcn; B.A.). I've also been trading c-mail with other Rice "One week after ordination, Jill and I moved folks who arc participating in this latest alumni from Cincinnati to Atlanta, Ga., where I am baby boom,including: Kathi Fletcher and Luigi currently serving Temple Sinai as one of its two Bai with Maya; Ben Chase '84 (Baker; B.A.; rabbis. We feel fortunate to have landed in a M.S., 1990) and Sarah Breedin '88 (MA.; great city and a wonderful congregation. When Ph.D., 1992) with Elizabeth; Paul Havlak I am not working (I am beginning to wonder if (Baker; B.A.; M.S., 1990) and Lisa Gray '88 such times really exist), Jill and I have enjoyed time with '85 (Will (Brown; B.A.) with Mary Jo; and Kathryn spending Beth Reingold Karp, McKinley'85 (Baker; B.A.; M.S., 1990; Ph.D., Rice; BA.) and Tom Willett (Hanszen; BA.), 1992) with a babe whose name escapes me. I who were just married in Houston, as well as know there are more.(And the comp jock in me Hannah Baker (Hanszen; B.A.) and her fiance, keeps thinking, `Ifonly I install postofficc and a Mike Hitzhuscn. I am eager to connect with DNS, I could set up a list server—or I could other Rice alumni who are in the Atlanta area. install a Web-based discussion board.' But for "Ofcourse, ordination, a new city, and a new Marcos Frid with wife, Carol Rivera, and some funny reason, I haven't found the time.) job don't hold a candle to the birth of our son, son, Miguel Zecharia "Thanks to Becky Nelson(Baker; B.A.),Sue Adam Ross Segal,on Aug. 31. Adam is a delight. Krueger (Baker; B.A.), and Greg Marshall, we He is good natured, loves to laugh, and fills our Marcos Frid (Sid Rich; B.S.) writes: "I've had a good turnout for our tenth reunion at hearts with joy each minute ofevery day. Parent- Head been married to Carol Rivera since May 1994. Homecoming. My wife, Kathleen Bailey (Cornell hood is absolutely the greatest! As you will sec writcs We now have a beautiful baby boy, Miguel '85, Edinburgh '87), and our new kiddo, Peter from his Risky Business pose, he is turning out to U. in Zecharia, born Jan. 19,1996. I work at HP Labs Andrew Bailey-Wells,all went and saw many ofthe be quite the bruiser. But, you know the cliche, Japan. in Palo Alto, which is the central research labo- above folks, plus, in particular: Mary Lowery'88 that just means there is more to love! to the ratory ofHewlett Packard.I'm working on home (Baker; BA.); Janice Martin Carle '87 (Baker; "If you're ever in Atlanta, or simply want to intern networks and home information systems. l'ye BA),Alan Carle (Weingarten)'84 (Hanszcn; catch up with us, you can find us at 6812-C fcctur been with HP for nine and one-half years now. BA.; MS., 1989; Ph.D., 1992), and Andrew; Glenridge Dr. NE, Atlanta, Ga. 30328; home four n I'm still in touch with my best friends from Rice, Philip Chase( Baker; B.S. ) and Susan;Kim Keany (770)668-9775; work (404)252-3073. Wish- try is , namely Manuel Novoa (Sid Rich; B.S.), who's '85(Hanszen; B.A.); Scott Brooks(Baker; B.A.); ing you all a happy and healthy 1997." I lived living in Houston and working for Compaq Margi Wald(Baker; BA.); Rachel Fulton(Baker; learnii Computers, and Billy Bickford '87 (Baker; BA.), plus hubby and baby; Lovdy Krishen south, B.A. and B.S.), who's living in Guatemala but Fotedar(Brown; BA.), a complete surprise in the Class Recorder: Thaila traveling all over the world. I'd like to get in food queue;Joyce Ivy(Jones; B.A.)and Jennifer John Armstrong their touch with 'long lost' classmates. Please send e- Null(Jones; BA.), with whom I started going to 1112 Highland wcIcc mail to
56 SALLYPORT like Nick Slavik '88 (Sid Rich; B.S.), Susan Ettelson'87 (Hanszcn; B.A.), Marianne Lloyd "Other Rice grads Mead '87 (Wicss; BA.), Francis Cleland '86 '86 (Hanszen; B.A., 1987), Misha Laird attending were Lara (Sid Rich; B.A.; M.B.A., 1988), and Forrest (Hanszcn; B.A.; B.Arch., 1990),Sofia Adrogu - Weekes'90 (Will Rice; Williams '88 (Sid Rich; BA. and B.S.). Amaz- Gustafson( Brown; B.A. ), and many more. Please BA.), David Adding- ingly, many of them were drunk at the wedding contact me at 6248 Surfpoint Circle, Hunting- ton (Will Rice; BA), seeing as how therc was an open bar. Looking ton Beach, Calif. 92648. My phone number is Klee Klebcr(Will Rice; forward to seeing a lot of you at the Sid Rich (714) 536-1865, and my e-mail address is BA.), Mandy Nevin College twenty-fifth birthday party in April."
SPRING '97 57 JohnSt psychology and metaphysics. It finally (Hanszen; B.A.), Mike Matthews (Hanszen; considered myselfas a member ofthe 1993 class. Jungian 1990 national TV B.S.),former Hanszen president Miller Rhodes I just recently graduated from South Texas Col- )• paid off this year when I broke the love profiles and global '92(Hanszen; B.S.), Alisa Acheson (Sid Rich; lege of Law (Houston), magna cum laude. I will barrier doing astrological the r ei Financial Network. It's been B.S.), Patrick Good (Sid Rich; B.A., 1995), be taking the Texas bar exam in Feb. and plan on trends for CNN glas,Si great and a book is in the works, although I miss Paul Agosta (Wicss; B.S.), Mike Brisch (Wicss; practicing here in Houston. I have not made up Center days." B.A.), Drew DiNovo (Wicss; B.A. and B.S.), my mind regarding my place of employment." my Rice Media iRenabts o Steve Denney(Wicss; B.A.), Johanthan Briggs ni '94 (Will Rice; B.A.), Jimmy Grossman '89 Sean A. Mueller (Baker; BA.) has recently united (Will Rice; B.A.), Adam Petruszka '89 (Will returned from a six-month deployment to the Class Recorders: the Ross Goldberg Rice; B.S.), and Stan Gustas '90 (Will Rice; Mediterranean Sea with the 24th Marine Expe- Chui cl 410 5th St. NE,Apt. 6 B.S.). ditionary Unit. His unit—trained to evacuate Washington, DC 20002 "We are currently living in Houston with our civilians, rescue downed pilots, conduct recon- took S (202) 547-3382(home) dog(and only child), Harper. Tony is back from naissance, and serve as an initial landing force (ME. (410)712-7428 (work) a two-year stint in Washington, D.C. Our apart- ashore—trained with marines from Italy and ment is near the Gallcria, but outside the Loop! Romania and provided assistance to engineers E-mail: goldbergeclark.net : (I'm not kidding when I say that I cried when we building bridges in southeastern Bosnia- made that decision.) I am working as a legal Herzegovina. Mueller is stationed at Camp Shelley Overholt Torogrr 7900 Cambridge 10-1C assistant with American General Corp.,and Tony Lejcune in New River, N.C. manager of risk control and Houston, TX 77054-5524 is employed as a ani (713) 796-8078 analysis with TeleCheck Services. If anyone out Jason Wetta(Baker; BA.)writes: "Guess what? there is dying to get in touch with us, you can I'm a monk. On Dec. 30, 1996, I took simple E-mail: soverholethesisl.med. Cokctin t find us at 2412 Yorktown St. #290, Houston, vows at the Benedictine Monastery of St. Mary uth.tmc.cdu marl e Texas 77056, or you can e-mail us at and St. Louis. Hereafter, I am known as 'Br. pursu8i Class recorder Shelley Overholt (Jones; B.A.)
58 SALLYPORT ass. Johnson '82(Lovett; BA.; M.S., 1985; Ph.D., B.A.) in Atlanta with Mark Zondlo (Will Rice; Class Recorder: Col- 1990). We're moving back to Utah, and we'd BA.)and Kelley Tyner'96 (Jones; BA.)as our Erin Benson will love to hear from Rice friends if they're ever in honor attendants. Rounding out the grooms- 401 Boylston St. #1 on the neighborhood. Our address is 414 S. Dou- men were my brothers Tony '86 (Will Rice; Brookline, MA 02146 up glas, Salt Lake, Utah 84102;(801) 583-8410." B.A.), Carlos'88 (Sid Rich; BA.),and Roberto (617) 566-2815 t." '90 (Wiess; B.A.). Since then we have moved to E-mail: [email protected] Rebecca Anne Gittins (M.B.A.) writes: "Tho- San Diego, where I am flying helicopters and itly mas James Michal Jr. (M.B.A.) and I were Kim is making plans to attend culinary school. Class recorder Erin Benson( Lovett; BA.)writes: the united in marriage on Sat., Oct. 5, 1996,at 4:00 This summer we will move (again!) to Jackson- On Nov.6, 1996, Rice alumni in the Boston PC- in the afternoon at the First Congregational ville, Fla." area gathered for presentations by President ate Church in Whately, Mass. Malcolm Gillis and Nobel Prize winner Dr. )n- "Several ofour friends from the Jones School Richard Smalley. Some ofthe recent graduates in rce took part in the wedding as ushers—Art Barkley Class Recorder: attendance were: Eric Anderson '95 (Wiess; nd (M.B.A.) of Houston, Eric Lindskog(M.B.A.) Francisco Morales BA.), Rebecca Hindman Anderson '95 (Sid crs of Boston, and Shaun Revere (M.B.A.) also of 2306 Wickersham #1600 Rich; B.S.; M.E.E., 1996), Ann Bragg (Wiess; la- Houston. 1005 Austin, TX 78741 B.A.), David Barnes-Seeman'95) Lovett; BA.), mp "We have relocated to Atlanta, Ga., where (512) 389-3762 Scott Cahill(Will Rice; B.A.), Karl Haushalter Tom was recently named director of network E-mail: [email protected] (Wiess; BA.),Raymond Kan'95 (Lovett; B.S.), Operations for Preferred Plan, a managed care Cindy LaBelle '93 (Sid Rich; B.A.; B.Arch., at? organization. lam leaving my position at Compaq Classnotes has learned that Carol A. Shupack 1995), lestyn Lewis (Wiess; B.A.), Stephen plc Computer Corp., where I was manager of mar- (Hanszcn; B.S.) has recently departed on a six- Moss (Wiess; BA.), Chris Nixon '93 (Wiess; aly keting programs for the consumer relationship month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. B.A.; B.Arch., 1995), and Analisa Norris Br. marketing group, and am looking forward to Shupack is one of 350 sailors aboard thc de- (Lovett; B.S.). a Pursuing new opportunities in the Atlanta area." stroyer USS Hay/tr. The following alums have also been spotted cy, in the Boston area: Leviticus Chase'95 (Lovett; or B.A.) is pursuing an M.B.A. at Bentley College, Sam Cole'95 (Lovett; B.A.)is attending Harvard Law School, Matt Juros (M.Arch.) works for a Ids local architecture firm, Gene Paige '95( Brown; A.) B.A.) is a student at Harvard Business School, of- and Denny Tseng'95 (Wiess; B.S.)is reportedly 'or working as a consultant for Price Waterhouse in US Boston. nd Steven and Lasting Chen Eplett
Easting Chen Eplett (Hanszcn; B.S.) writes: "On June 15,1996,Steven Eplett'93 (Hanszen; B.S.) and I were married in Houston. Naoko Akiya '96 (Hanszcn; B.S.) was my maid of honor and Joyce Ou '96(Hanszen; B.A.) was a bridesmaid. My brother, Frank Chen '94 (Hanszen; B.A.), was one of the groomsmen. Mike and Susan Schoenberger White with Other Rice grads in attendance were Javier Rice friends Takimoto '94 (Hanszcn; B.A. and B.S.), An Seligmann '94 (Will Rice; BA.), Ed Kao '96 Susan Schoenberger White(Wiess; B.A.) writes: (Hanszen; B.S.),Leslie Loo'94 (Hanszcn; B.S.), "Mike White(Wiess; B.S.) and! were married at Jack Lee '94 (Will Rice; B.A. and B.S.), Tony the Rice Chapel on Aug. 11, 1996. We had the Ra listrcri '90 (M.E.E.), Joanne Jeter '94 reception at the Wyndham Warwick Hotel in the Hanszen;BA.), Kim Williams( Hanszcn; BA.), same room where Archi Arts was held in 1992— Annie Chang (Hanszcn; B.A.), Judy Wu our first date. Wc were glad that lots of Rice ( AWCG; BA.), Yim Szeto '97 (Hanszen), and friends were able to join us for the wedding. Rice Walter Kicinski '96 (Lovett; B.S.). bridesmaids included Jennifer Rawlings "We are now living in Houston. I am work- McDannell (Wicss), Marjorie Chcn (Wiess; ing for Exxon Computing Services Company, BA.), and Yve Thaller (Baker; B.A.); Robbie and Steve is working for Texas Instruments. Our Long (Wiess; B.S.) and Rob Harvey (Wien; address is 9701 Meyer Forest Dr. #3304,Hous- Sarah Swift arid L. Parker Perkins Ill B.S.) were ushers. Other Rice folks in the crowd ton, Texas 77096." were Mark Bloomfield (Wicss; B.S., 1995), Adam Smith (Wiess; B.S.), Nancy Chabot Joseph D. Peters (Brown; B.S.) has recently Sarah Swift Hollister Perkins (Jones; B.A.) B. (Wiess; B.A.), Bonnie Prichep (Jones; B.S.), returned from a six-month deployment to the writes: "This past June, just six weeks after Pat Huttenbach '92 (Baker; B.A.), and Dr. Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Red Seas. Peters graduation, I married the most wonderful man Stan Dodds. Thanks to all for being there! was aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Phil- in my life, L. Parker Perkins III. We have been "We both finished up our master's degrees ippine Sea. married now for several months and arc thor- over the summer (Mike's in mechanical engi- oughly enjoying it! After we married, we moved neering at UVA and mine in I/O psychology at James L. Murphy (Sid Rich; B.S. and M.E.E.) to southern Va., right on the N.C. border. Here U. of Md.), and we're now living outside of graduated from the submarine officer basic Parker started his new job as a stockbroker. We Baltimore, Md. Mike is working for Northrop course. The twelve-week course is taught at the also bought a wonderful one-hundred-year-old Grumman,and I'm still in grad school at the U. Naval Submarine School in Groton, Conn., and Victorian home that we are busy furnishing with of Md. Our new address is 9426 Granite Hill, trains students in theory, construction, and op- antiques. I started a new job as well, in the Columbia, Md. 21046; telephone (301) 498- eration of nuclear-powered submarines. education program at the Museum ofScience. It 3517;e-mail
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Penn Robert Wilkinson '68 Allen & Hamilton and Peter is 21, 1996. George, now 5, is 1997.Bob also teaches at (Hanszen; B.A.) and his wife, deputy director-general ofthe adjusting well. lam still a part- and is the acting executive di- Ellen, announce the birth of Confederation of British In- time DJ for WBLG-FM rector of the American Musi- their daughter, Jeanne Leslie, dustry. Daniel was born 5 107' in Bowling Green, Ky. I cological Society. "We really on Nov.6,1996. She weighed weeks early while I was on a quit my full-time job in adult enjoyed all the e-mails we re- in at 8 lbs. 5 oz. and joins her business trip to N.Y.,so he has education to spend more time ceived after Hannah's birth printed sister, Melissa Kate, 3 1/2, at triple citizenship: British, at home." when our address was are a new home in St. Louis. American, and New Yorker!" in Sallyport. Our addresses Robert's e-mail address is
Terri Henriott Dougherty '84(Hanszen; B.A.) and her husband, Michael,are pleased to announce the birth ofMaria Isaac Houston Goforth • 41 Cecilia, sister of Helen Therese."She was born Nov. Monte '82 (Sid Rich; B.S.; 19, 1996, after a 2 1/2-hour M.S., 1987) and Alyssa labor! The doctor told us to Jeff '84 n Tibiletti Goforth get to the hospital sooner r. K'8a Brown; B.S.) write: "Isaac MI En ( - rather than later with this Houston Goforth was born go as soon (lAbirtitive;) Justin Karl Bernard one—we really did July 14, 1996. He was a big 9 as I was in labor! Helen (now Sept.: lbs. 8 oz. and 22 1/2 in. Big Carolyn Giusti Bernard '83 3 years old) is excited to be a lbs. H brother Nathaniel is 3 now, in. Henry O'Neill "Hank" (Brown; B.A.) and her hus- big sister, and both are doing we're all doing fine. Monte Howard and band, Karl, are delighted to great. We're still in northwest is still at NASA Johnson Space announce the arrival of their Houston and both working at Center and Alyssa is at home the Adrianne and Alycia Neal Howard '81 (Will Rice; son, Justin Karl Bernard. Jus- Compaq. If anyone is in with the boys." at Adams B.S.) announces the birth of tin was bom on Sept. 16,1996, area, please give us a call his son, Henry O'Neill at 1:55 P.m. He weighed 7 lbs. (281) 251-3269; 12110 Jean-Francois Reat '82 Dan'77 (Wiess; B.S.; M.E.E., "Hank" Howard, on Feb. 7, 8 oz. and was 191/2 in. long. Glenway, Houston, Texas (Baker; B.S.; M.S., 1986)and 1978) and Carla Adams an- 1997. Justin is 3 1/2 months old in 77070." his wife, Donna,would like to nounce the birth of their this picture. announce the birth of their daughter, Alycia, on Oct. 22, (Lovett;BA.) and Robert'81 third child, Justine Susanne 1996. She joins big sister Jennifer Moore announce the Reat, on Aug. 29, 1996. She Adrianne who is 6. birth of Emma Isabel on Dec. joins sister Ellen, 5, and 1996. She joins her sister, 12, brother Matthew, 3. "I am Maria Alejandra, who is 3.See completing my residency in "Classnotes" Class of 1981 orthopedic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in June, after which we plan to move Al to Oak Ridge,Tenn., where I will join a private orthopedic practice. At this writing, we don't know our new address, so contact us at Bana°d II
60 SALLYPORT tOOKIN6 The Office of Admission is asking for your assistance in identifying promising students to recruit. If you know a high school student who might be a good future Owl, please share the information with us by completing this card and mailing it enn to Rice University, Office of Admission—MS 29,6100 Main c di- Matt Brown '86 (Hanszen; Christopher H. Hahn '90 Street, Houston, TX 77005. lusi- B.S.; M.C.S., 1991) and Ali- (Will Rice; B.A.) writes:"My cally cia Dowdy announce the birth wife, Sarah Jo, and I became c m- of their first child, Elizabeth proud parents of a little girl, Student Name: irth Stanton Brown, on Jan. 11, Reagan Jo Hahn, on Nov. 8, ited 1997, weighing 5 lbs. 13 oz. 1996. She was 6 lbs. 13 oz. are Mother,father, baby,and dog and 20 in. long. Fifteen days Address: and Paisley are all adjusting to their later, she was at Rice Stadium edu new roles in life. Mart recently to see Rice beat Tulsa and go joined Compaq in Houston 7 and 4 on the year. I was 28 and is very happy in his new years old before I saw my first position there. 7 and 4 season." HighSchool: Graduation Year: her sell aria City,State: _ len Evan Jasper Flack lour Recommended by: to Jeff '85 (Lovett; B.S.) and ner Dr. Karen Ashby Flack '86 Address: :his ( Lovett; B.S.) announce the )on birth of Evan Jasper Flack on low Sept. 25,1996. He wcighcd 7 [le a lbs. 14 oz. and measured 20 ing in. RiCc vest g at Daniel Chaim Cohen the May n. • I I c at Dr. Stephen Michael Cohen 10 Michael Scot: Beck '89 (M.A.; Ph.D., 1992) We arc al\‘ s !Lipp to hear tn- sas writes: "Daniel Chaim Cohen was born Aug. 16, 1996. He Robert '92 )M.Mus.) and Admission telephone number 1,• . weighed 7 lbs. Laura Cohen, Rosie Beck announce the birth may e-mail us at
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Virginia Atmell Fitch '22 on Jan. 27, 1997 Margaret Lee Cornelius '23 on Feb. 8, 1997 Geneva Beago Dintelman '25 On Jan. 21, 1997 William Scott Vaughn '25 Clara Julia Becker Johnson '26 on Feb. 25, 1997 Joe Barkley Alexander '27 on Jan. 2, 1997 Henry S. Hoffman '27 in Nov. 1996 Elizabeth Harris Neill '27 on Dec. 15, 1996 Charles Malcolm Harless '28 on Feb. 15, 1990 Enid Isabel Wildman MacRoberts '28 on April 1,1994 Arthur Roger Meyer '28 on Feb. 7, 1997 Cecil James Palmer '28 on Feb. 8, 1997 Anna Rebecca Lay Turner '28 on Feb 28, 1997 Louise Lenoir Carson '29 on Feb. 14, 1997 James Griffith Lawhon '29 on Jan. 5, 1997 Donald T. MacRoberts '29 on Oct. 9,1996 Raymond Hugh Moers '30 on Feb. 22, 1997 Anne Cornelius McCulloch '31 on Jan. 10, 1997 Almcron Earl Amerman Jr. '32 on Jan. 2, 1997 Louise Walker Adams '33 on Dec. 24, 1996 Eva Louise Newman Richardson '33 on Jan. 20, 1997 Jack Bennett Power '34 on Jan. 28, 1997 James F. Rittenberry '34 on Nov. 11, 1991 Friends/Faculty/Staff Earle C. Douglas Jr. '35 on Dec. 24, 1996 William Westwood Wallace Jr. '35 on Jan. 4, 1997 Warren Barker Austin on Dec. 20, 1996 Earl Marshall Weaver '35 on Feb. 10, 1997 May Lee Benke on Feb. 2, 1997 Isabelle Bock Willis '35 on Feb. 19, 1997 Jonell Rogers Brundrctt on Feb. 4, 1997 Horace W. Fairbrother Jr. '36 on Dcc. 6, 1996 Dawn Cahoon-Kniff on Jan. 16, 1997 Dolph Beadle Moore '36 on Feb. 24, 1997 Floyd Alvin Cailloux on Jan. 21, 1997 Alfred J. Barnston '37 on Dec. 9, 1996 Lewis Harold Carpenter Feb. 6, 1997 1 Richard S. Norris Jr. '39 on Jan. 21, 1997 Samuel M. Carrington Jr. (Ph.D.) in Dec. 1996 Flora Delfina Tritico '40 on Feb. 16, 1997 Charlotte Reid Carter on Jan. 28, 1997 Robert E. Zagst Sr.'41 on Feb. 5, 1997 Ray Cruse (M.D.) on Jan. 21, 1997 Floyd Myron Johnson Jr. '42 on Jan. 15, 1997 Vera Horlock Eckhardt on Jan. 28, 1997 Andrea De La Garza '43 in 1996 Jack Taylor Gossett on Feb. 24, 1997 Frances Musaette Yrahn '43 on Oct. 30, 1996 James E. Harrell on Feb. 22, 1997 Robert H. Kyle '43(M.D.) on Dec. 6, 1996 Ronald Stuart Hickman on Feb. 24, 1997 Virgil E. Lehmberg '43 on Jan. 12, 1997 Jewel N. Higginbotham on Feb. 25, 1997 Annie Ruth Metcalf Shartle '43 on Jan. 27, 1997 James Ferguson Hiriart on Jan. 10, 1997 Mildred Marie Cott Fraychinaud '44 on Jan. 14, 1997 Newton Kern Hoverstock on Jan. 23, 1997 Margaret Elizabeth Johnson '45 on Feb. 14, 1996 Joan Louise Jensen Johnston on Feb. 17, 1997 John W. Curley '46 on Aug. 12, 1996 Howard B. Keck Sr. on Dec. 14, 1996 Eugene Preston Twyman '46 on Jan. 5, 1997 Elliott McWright Kerl on Feb. 27, 1997 David Townsend Rainey '48 on Feb. 8, 1997 Ruth Black Kneebone on Feb. 9, 1997 I. Ely Reed '48 on Jan. 11, 1997 Robert Longo on Jan. 10, 1997 Robert L. King '49 on Feb. 27, 1997 Edith G. Lorber on Dec. 18, 1996 Donald Victor Lasof'49 on Feb. 18, 1997 Keith W. McCaffety Sr. on Jan. 2, 1997 George Atkins Buchanan '50 on Nov. 21, 1996 Basil H. Pickard on Jan. 19, 1997 Glenn 0. Burk '50 on Jan. 19,1997 Addle C. Pittman on Jan. 22, 1997 Pierre R. Carpenter '50 on Dec. 18, 1995 Arthur Otis Rcnfrow Jr. on Feb. 1, 1997 Robert Clark Mcllhenny '50 on Dec. 23, 1996 Peggie C. Sappington on Jan. 19, 1997 Jasper L. Snellings '50 on Feb. 20, 1997 Leo S. Shamblin on Feb. 10, 1997 Donald Albert Malooly '51 (M.D.) on April 22, 1996 Thomas Howes Shank on Jan. 11, 1997 William Bernard Flynn '63 on Feb. 10, 1997 Vera Irene Cuddeback Simons on Jan. 28, 1997 Jose Roberto Canal '67 on Feb. 14, 1997 Molly Ann Brennan Smith on Feb. 24, 1997 Frances Addison Corbusier Cromwell '70 on Jan. 31, 1997 Frank Tejeda on Jan. 30, 1997 Stephen Franklin Shannon '75 on Feb. 25, 1997 Louise Singleton Thorstenbcrg on Feb. 8, 1997 Richard Nathaniel Watts '79 (Ph.D.) on Nov. 16, 1996 Florence Sanger Weatherby on Feb. 11, 1997 David Michael Ellis '82 on July 4, 1993 Frances Carroll VVhitchurst on Feb. 23, 1997 Thomas Clair Maguire '84 (Ph.D.) on Dec. 10, 1996 David Rudolph Wintermann on Feb. 4, 1997 CCCCCCCCCC
Styles have changed since 1983, when plaid pants and short shorts were in, but the spirit of Beer Bike competition continues to thrive year after year. This time-honored Rice tradition reached a milestone this year by clocking in its for- tieth anniversary. See related story on page 25. Rice University Nonprofit Organization Sagyport U.S. Postage Publications Office—MS 95 PAID 6100 Main Street Permit #7549 Houston, Texas 77005-1892 Houston, Texas
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Join in Operation Sellout on Saturday, September 6, when Rice plays its first game of the season, against the U.S. Air Force Academy. We'll sell out Rice Stadium for the first time in decades, and it'll be an evening of family fun with pregame tailgate parties, entertainment, special events, an Air Force flyover, and a great postgame fireworks display. Special ticket offers are available from the Rice Athletics Office. See related story on page 37.
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SEPTEMBER 6 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY (WAC) RICE STADIUM 7 P.M. 13 TULANE UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS, LA. 7 P.M. 20 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY EVANSTON, ILL. 1 P.M. 27 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN RICE STADIUM 11 A.M. Rice Families Weekend
OCTOBER 4 UNIVERSITY OF TULSA (WAC) TULSA, OK LA. 6 P.M. 1 1 BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (WAC) RICE STADIUM 2 P.M. Rice Lettermen's Day 18 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO (WAC) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
NOVEMBER 1 SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (WAC) DALLAS, TEX. 1 P.M. TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (WAC) RICE STADIUM 2 P.M. 1997 Rice HomecomiTi 15 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH (WAC) SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 1 P.M. 22 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-EL PASO (WAC) RICE STADIUM 2 P.M.