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Rice University GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS for the Academic Year 1968-1969 September, 1968 William Marsh Rice University GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS for the Academic Year 1968-69 FOUNDED BY WILLIAM MARSH RICE OPENED FOR THE RECEPTION OF STUDENTS IN THE AUTUMN OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF LETTERS, SCIENCE, AND ART Houston, Texas 1968 Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive in 2010 witii funding from Lyrasis members and Sloan Foundation funding http://www.archive.org/details/riceuniversityge196869hous Contents Academic Calendar v Part One. Administration and Staff Officers of Administration 3 Board of Governors 4 The Rice University Associates 5 The Rice University Research Sponsors 8 The College Masters 9 The Instructional and Research Staff 10 University Standing Committees 38 Part Two. General Information Historical Sketch of the University 43 The University Campus and Facilities 45 Chairs and Lectureships 47 Part Three. Information for Undergraduates Curricula and Degrees 53 Reserve Officers' Training Corps Programs 63 Academic Regulations 66 Admission of New Students 71 Tuition, Fees, and Expenses 77 Scholarships and Financial Aid 80 Academic Honors and Awards 88 Student Life 91 Part Four. Information for Graduate Students General Information 99 Areas of Study and Degrees 99 Requirements for Professional Degrees 100 Requirements for Research Degrees 100 Admission to Graduate Study 102 Tuition, Fees, and Expenses 104 Fellowships, Scholarships, and Prizes 105 Graduate Student Life 108 Part Five. Courses of INvStruction hi Index 245 iii 1968 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 1968-69 First Semester Monday, August 26 Last Day for Payment of First Semester Fees, Except for New Students Saturday, August 31 Arrival of Freshmen Thursday, September 5 Opening of Courses, 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 27 Beginning of Thanksgiving Recess, 6:00 P.M Monday, December 2 Resumption of Courses, 8:00 a.m. Friday, December 13 Last Day of Classes Saturday, December 14 Last Day for Filing Course Registration for Second Semester Monday, December 16 Beginning of Examinations Second Semester Wednesday, January 2 Last Day for Payment of Second Semester Fees Monday, January 6 Opening of Courses, 8:00 a.m. Saturday, March 8 Beginning of Spring Recess, 12:00 noon Monday, March 17 Resumption of Courses, 8:00 a.m. Thursday, April 3 Beginning of Easter Recess, 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 8 Resumption of Courses, 8:00 a.m. Saturday, April 26 Last Day of Classes Tuesday, April 29 Beginning of Examinations Wednesday, May 14 Last Day for Current Students to File Course Registrations for 1969-70 Friday, May 16 Baccalaureate Exercises Saturday, May 17 Fifty-Sixth Commencement Summ,er, 1969 June-July Teaching Apprentice Session Part One Administration and Staff Officers o£ Administration Board o£ Governors The Rice University Associates The Rice University Research Sponsors The College Masters The Instructional and Research Staff University Standing Committees Officers of Administration Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer, Ph.D., D.Sc, LL.D. President C^AREY Croneis, Ph.D., LL.D., D.Sc, D.Eng., L.H.D. Chancellor William Vermillion Houston, Ph.D., D.Sc, LL.D. Honorary Chancellor George Holmes Richter, Ph.D. Dean of Graduate Studies William Edwin Gordon, Ph.D. Dean of Engineering and Science Virgil William Topazio, Ph.D. Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences Michael Vincent McEnany^ M.A. Dean of Undergraduate Affairs William Wayne Caudill, M.Arch., LL.D. Director of School of Architecture Paul Edwin Pfeiffer, Ph.D. Dean of Students Hallie Beth Poindexter, Ed.D. Associate Dean of Students James Bernard Giles, M.A. Director of Admissions James Caddall Morehead, Jr., B.Arch Registrar Leo Sam Shamblin Treasurer James Redding Sims, Ph.D. Campus Business Manager Richard Francis Dini, B.S. Assistant to the President for Development Lucian Minor Wilkens, B.A. Financial Aid Officer Robert Howard Bunger, B.A. Assistant to the President Board of Governors Trustees H. Malcolm Lovett, Chairman Herbert Allen, Vice Chairman Mrs. William P. Hobby J. Hugh Liedtke Jack C. Pollard H. Gardiner Symonds James U. Teague Trustees Emeriti George R. Brown Daniel R. Bullard John S. Ivy William A. Kirkland J. Newton Rayzor Gus S. Wortham Term Members E. D. Butcher Charles W. Duncan, Jr. J. W. McLean Ralph S. O'Connor Haylett O'Neill, Jr. Harry K. Smith Governor Advisors Francis T. Fendley James W. Hargrove Howard B. Keck Wendel D. Ley Mason G. Lockwood John W. Mecom John D. Simpson, Jr. John R. Suman Milton R. Underwood James O. Winston, Jr. Benjamin N, Woodson 4 The Rice University Associates Mr. and Mrs. James S. Abercrombie Mr. and Mrs. John H. Crooker Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Adams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Crooker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Allbritton Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Crosswell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Allen Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd K, Davis Mr. and Mrs. W. Leland Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Harold Decker Mrs. Forrest L. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. John M. de Menil Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Arnold Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duncan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Evans Attwell Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Dupree Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Austin Mr. and Mrs. James A. Elkins Mr. and Mrs. William S. Bailey Mr. and Mrs. James A. Elkins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Baird Mrs. Joseph W. Evans Mr. and Mrs. James A. Baker, Jr. Mrs. W. S. Farish Mr. and Mrs. W. Browne Baker Mrs. William G. Farrington Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Barnhart Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Fay Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Barrow Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Fendley Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bartle Mrs. Walter W. Fondren Mrs. Joe D. Beasley Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Francis Mr. and Mrs. Beissner Henry M. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Frankel Mr. and Mrs. Albert P. Beutel Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Franzheim, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Blaffer II Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Bond Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Frensley Mr. and Mrs. James C. Boone Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. L. Britton James Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Gonzalez Mr. and Mrs. Issaac S. Brochstein Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Broun Mrs. George L. Gudenrath Mr. and Mrs. George R. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Cecil R. Haden Mr. and Mrs. Hart Brown Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Haden, II Mr. D. R. Bullard Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Harold Burrow Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Butcher Mr. and Mrs. David Hannah, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Butler Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hargrove Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bybee Mr, and Mrs. James H. Hargrove Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bybee Mr. and Mrs. Karl F. Hasselmann Mr. and Mrs. Curtis K. Canter Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Heinen Mr. and Mrs. Allen H. Carruth Mr. and Mrs, Wilbur E. Hess Mr. and Mrs. H. Merlyn Christie Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S. Cohen Mrs. William P. Hobby Mr. and Mrs. Stewart P. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. William P. Hobby, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Cook Mr. Roy Hofheinz Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Miss Ima Hogg 5 WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY Mr. and Mrs. Oscar F. Holcombe Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson, III Mr. and Mrs. John G. Holland Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mecom Reverend and Mrs. Harry N. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Mellinger Holmes Mr. Leopold L. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Claude E. Hooton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Michaux Mr. and Mrs. George F. Horton Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Montrose Mr. and Mrs. Lynn G. Howell Mr. and Mrs. Dan M. Moody Mr. Edward J. Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Harvin C. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Huffington Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Moore Mr. and Mrs. John S. Ivy Mr. and Mrs. William T. Moran Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Johnson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Naylor Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Johnson Mrs. Wheeler Nazro Mr. and Mrs. John M. Johnson Mr. Fred M. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Willard M. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. ATillard K. Neptune Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Keck Mr. and Mrs. Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr. Mrs. Edward W. Kelley Mrs. Mary Moody Northen Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. O'Connor Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kirkland Mr. and Mrs. Gustav M. O'Keiff Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Knapp Mr. and Mrs. Haylett O'Neill, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore N. Law Mr. and Mrs. George A. Peterkin Mr. and Mrs. J. Griffith Lawhon Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Pollard Mrs. J. Sayles Leach Mr. and Mrs. Ed^vard Randall, III Mr. and Mrs. Louis Letzerich Mr. and Mrs. J. Newton Rayzor Mr. and Mrs. Wendel D. Ley Mr. Jess Newton Rayzor Mr. and Mrs. Max Levine Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Reckling, III Mr. and Mrs. J. Hugh Liedtke Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Reed Mr. and Mrs. G. Burton Liese Mr. and Mrs. Fisher Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. John W. Link, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lloyd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Riddell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mason G. Lockwood Mrs. Edward S. Rothrock Mr. and Mrs. Otto J. Lottman Mr. and Mrs. Clive Runnells, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. H. Malcolm Lovett Mr. and Mrs. Patrick R. Ruther- Mr. and Mrs. James M. Lyres, Jr. ford Mr. and Mrs. John F. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Fayez Sarofim Mr. and Mrs. S. Maurice McAshan, Dr. and Mrs. Irving Schweppe, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eddy C. Scurlock Mr. and Mrs. O. J. McCullough Mr.