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12 Pranks That Rank Hard to believe and hard to beat, the top ten Rice pranks testify to the creative powers and the mechanical know- how of Rice students. —By David D. Medina

18 Making Their Marks Established in 1916,the Rice Thresher is among the oldest and boldest of Rice traditions. —By Greg Kahn

24 A Hand of Hope Robots and robotic prostheses developed by Rice engineers may significantly extend the reach of the physically handicapped. —By Philip Montgomery

30 Striking Out With distinguished pitching records at Rice and with the Cincinnati Reds, ex-Nasty Boy Norm Charlton is Seattle's first choice to pilot the Mariners to the top ofthe AL West. —By Francis Loewenheim

April / May '93 1 4 Letters IL 11.‘111 I 6 Through the Sallyport Campanile. Mysterious machete found in wall of blishe<

cutivc 7 News chael Jimmy Carter keynotes Rice commencement; George Rupp appointed to ing head Columbia University; Ronald Stebbings resigns as vice president for Dire( Student Affairs. norial liP Mc unholk

9 Academia Sign S htistinc Stellar discoveries in the Orion Nebula, page 9. Rice astronomer Robert O'Dell's discovery of the "missing link" in planet cbonal, formation paces research for space physics and astronomy department.

Rict scree,. Abcra 10 Books, Etc. Evans David Thomas' exercise guide makes aerobics safer and more effective; Murtr Nicer Marguerite Johnston looks at Houstonians who helped create and shape bbr, the Bayou City; and Joseph Manca reevaluates the forgotten art of Italian painter Ercole de Roberti.

34 Students College theater offers entertaining escape from the rigors of academic life. Pikr:

35 Sports Coach Wayne Graham wants Rice baseball to conquer the SWC in 1993.

High fives highlight Rice 36 Alumni Gazette baseball, page 35. Georganna Barnes will chair Homecoming 1993; reunion committees named for Homecoming 1993; Area Group activities keep alums con- nected; and programs help alumni stay involved in Rice.

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38 Gifts and Giving Jones Graduate School students launch student-managed investment fund; Harris and Kay Forbes cochair Founder's Society; and Founder's Society recognizes donors for annual unrestricted gifts.

1:1)14411'4til'. tiIsS hniut:i1'1'31'11.'1'1 40 Sally Forth ARA sponsors luxury cruisc through ports of the Suez.

42 Classnotes

56 Yesteryear A Passage to Suez, page 40.

57 Calendar

2 Sallyport FOREWORD

"We believed in each other" and one by your peers. They were completely different grading systems." During the '60s a group of Rice Some of the courses that most in- • %1 k) 11, Thresher writers and editors would fluenced the three history majors were • • ...... gather at an all-night coffee shop taught by Rice history professor lished by the Office of External Affairs called the Towers across from the Francis Loewenheim, a prolific con- • ...... Shamrock Hotel and talk and talk tributor to newspapers and and talk. During these sessions, re- ransacker of government ar- 'Wive Director of News & Publications, diacl Ilcro hill calls Greg Curtis, he came to under- chives. stand that "ideas were not just in "One of the "8 Managing Editor, Winston Derden Director, Jeff Cox books but in the world, that they things influence people and events." Besides Loewenheim °Hal Staff: David I). Medina M.A.'83, Curtis, who graduated in 1966, the said," IlP Montgomery, staff writers; C.S . (inholland M.A.'89, copy editor talkers included a slightly older Burka ex- SPIXIAL 20111 ANNTWAWLY 15lq,111 group of history majors: Bill Broyles, plained,"was in Staff: Tommy LaVergne, photographer, %tine Minuto,graphic Griffin Smith and Paul Burka. In that when you O designer Carrie kinald '91, interim designer. 1973, they became the founding look at docu- • ...... writers and editors of one of the ments, don't look Itice University Board of Governors great recent successes in American at what they say, rees: Charles W. Duncan Jr., chair, Josephine journalism, Texas Monthly magazine. look at what they EA—rcrombie, vice chair, 1). Kent Anderson, t'4'ls &meth John L. Cox, Burton J. After editing Texas Monthly for don't say. I think we B4W13T, Jack T. Trotter; Term Members: lames nearly 10 years, Broyles (see brought the same view- aker, Ill, E. William Barnett, William P. Sallyport, August 1991) left to edit point to politics and Al. Jensen, George R. Miner, Paula M. le, James I.. Pate, Selby W. Sullivan. Alumni Newsweek, then turned to writing Texas institutions." fwentaears of Texas :Mors: T. Robert "Bob" Jones, Albert N. Hos:curr mid hal ibangui • G. books and working in television. Griffin Smith recalled Walter McRernolds, Steven J. Shaper. Smith left the magazine for a news- being required to sub- tittistrative Officers paper career and was recently named scribe to the New York 'dent, George Rupp; Provost, Neal Lane; editor of the Arkansas Democrat- Times for one of Loewenheim's upper- President for External Affairs, Frank B. Ryan; President for Finance and Administration, Gazette. Burka, who serves on the level classes. W. Currie; Vice President for Student Af- Sallyport advisory board, is now "I don't want to get in the posi- konald F. Stebbings; Vice President for luate Studies, Research, and Information Texas Monthly's executive editor and tion of denigrating professional jour- 'Ths) G. Anthony Crony, Treasurer, expert 1W. wise. a formidable on Texas politics nalism programs," Smith said,"but and institutions. one ofthe things I noticed at Texas 14'rt Editorial Board Curtis succeeded Broyles at the Monthly was that as we worked on sto- Asker '74, Rim Bowers '64, Paul Burka editor's desk, where one of his most ries in the early months and years, we Sidney Burrus '57, Lynda Grist '67, Mary ntire Ph.D.'75, Bill Merriman '67, Ronny recent pleasures was to celebrate found that many of the daily newspa- Is 62. F..v officio: Frank B. Ryan '58, Vice Texas Monthly's 20th anniversary in per people didn't write as well as ident for External Affairs; Lydia Asselin the February 1993 issue. people who came from other kinds of President-elect, Association of Rice ;I'll; Joseph Elias, President, Graduate Curtis can't help but attribute writing. And that was reflected in that lent Association; John Shields '93, Presi- some of the magazine's success to none of us from Rice were profes- C Rice Student Association. those coffee shop discussions and to sional journalists before we came to OPart(USPS 412950) is published bi- friendships formed at Rice. Maga- Texas Monthly. We had spent our time l“ly by the Office of External Affairs of zines work most successfully with at Rice studying people like Bismarck university and is sent to all university parcnis of students and friends. Edito- collaboration, and that means editors instead of newswriting." „ ces: News & Publications, Allen Center 5U and writers have to talk frankly and Recalling their Thresher days, it siness Activities, Rice University, 6100 S. St., Houston, Mailing ad critically about stories. Such open- Curtis emphasized the nurturing ef- 8: p TX 77005. - , Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251. ness was required at the coffee shop. fects of working on a campus newspa- university is an Equal Opportunity/Affir- The topics were typical undergradu- per that was not overseen by a journal- 'er Action Institution. • ate stuff, Curtis recalled. ism department. It meant a faculty subscriptions to Sallyport are "We couldn't fake each other member wasn't going to make deci- 'thle for a $15 suggested contribution. out," Curtis said,"You had to say sions for the students. It meant mak- what you thought and be what you ing choices and taking responsibility were, because everybody knew when seriously. It led to the most important you weren't." ingredient for any successful enter- Rice was a meritocracy, Burka prise: "We believed in each other." said, and what mattered was respect from fellow students for one's mind. —Michael Berryhill "There were two ways to be Executive Director graded," he said. "One by the faculty News and Publications

April! May '93 3 Sorte Soars spoke diverse languages, which un sometimes led to a degree of confu- \1,1,110R1 te; dti I thoroughly enjoyed your article on sion or less than optimal teamwork John Sorte and his roles at Drexel on the field. Despite our differences, we th and New Street Capital in the Octo- to ber/November(1992; pp. 24-28) played hard, and often well, with 11( issue. Having worked with some notable successes and the oc- on several transactions, casional "experience of a lifetime" to P( John it I can attest to the fact that remember. I'm glad to know that Rice men's soccer is alive, well and "r he's a class act and a plea- gr sure to work with. getting at least some support from the official levels. Hopefully, the Pr I would like to correct d one factual inaccuracy in the women's club is getting a bit ofsup- port, too. I look forward to seeing tl article relating to Drexel's 01 involvement with Mesa and more coverage of both clubs' efforts in the pages offuture issues of producing scholars of outstanding Boone Pickens during the di Gulf Oil deal. Boone Sallyport. quality, both undergraduate and PI Pickens did not "greenmail" One additional comment: graduate. throughout the existence of orga- Professor Boles adds,"Given thc 0 Gulf Oil. The Pickens-led ti Gulf Investors Group in- nized soccer at Rice, Albert Van precarious state of many of Rice's Heiden has been a champion and an peer institutions, now is the time to vested $960 million buying rr approximately 13 percent of intercessor with the "powers that surge ahead." Does he mean that ulai ti Gulf Oil. After the Gulf In- be" on behalf of the sport and de- Rice should "surge ahead" by em serves recognition and high praise ing those precarious peer institutions, eq vestors Group made an offer to pur- ir chase an additional 8 percent of the for all of his efforts during the past i.e., by concentrating on research an° company at $65 per share, Chevron 20-plus years. leaving the teaching to graduate sal" On the lighter side, you should dents and teaching assistants who ; ti stepped in and purchased the entire 13 company at $80 per share. Pickens' ask him about some of the road trips may or may not be qualified teachers' reasons group made about $700 million on he participated in—for example, These are some of the very the sale ofits stock to Chevron; the Wichita Falls (where he had to play for the precarious state of these instr other 400,000 Gulf shareholders against Midwestern in goal under tutions and their academic disarray. made $6.5 billion. distressed physical conditions) or the Boles pays lip service to teaching 8 South Texas double-header trip (on but speaks of the quantum leap made a Chris Kreidler '85 the fire-engine red Baker College by Stanford; yet Stanford is now in Dallas, Texas bus, replete with a gaggle of wives, the control of its graduate school girlfriends and our stellar female with its undergraduate studies a drivers). quagmire of"political correctness, Stout Lads with oversized classes taught by Jim Vance '74 teaching assistants, and the entire , I was quite pleased to see the Rice Austin, Texas school in disgrace and financial strans "Lads"(men's soccer club)finally get because ofits criminal misuse oflun y some recognition in the December/ dreds of millions of dollars in govern" January (1992-93; p. 32) Sallyport. To Aspire Higher ment research grants. (Its tuition , For many years, this club sport has far charges are among the highest, also') exceeded the successes of the better- I have read Professor John B. Boles' Many of the other peer institutions funded and more "newsworthy" var- article "Will Rice Aspire to Great- Boles must have in mind, notably sity sports. However, I would differ a ness?" as the foreword to your De- those in the Ivy League, are ridden bit with Coach Henshaw's opinion cember-January (1992-93; p. 3) with political correctness, trendy that Rice didn't have a winning squad issue. The title to this article seems "deconstruc-tionist" theories and ar- before 1981 simply because ofsome to assume that Rice has not aspired rogant tenured professors who do "lack of unity." It takes time to build to greatness in the past and that it little or no teaching and consider un- a soccer program that yields success. has not already achieved that status. dergraduates merely peons to work In my experiences as a club mem- Moreover, this article raised some for research projects. That dubious ber from 1969 to 1974, we did not questions in my mind as to what paragon of research, the University lack in squad unity as reflected in our Professor Boles really envisions for California at Berkeley, has recently team spirit or the level ofimportance Rice. He speaks of"movement into been completely shut down because each of us placed in our participation. the really top tier of national re- the teaching assistants went on strike I will certainly admit we represented a search universities"—but Rice's to promote their demand to be made group ofindependent thinkers, exhib- glory has always been its enviable employees with comparable pay and or ited a wide variety in skill levels and reputation as a teaching university, benefits. No professors, tenured untenured, have come forward to across the bow of anyone whose ship Revising Revisionism teach the many classes abandoned has successfully sailed through the during the strike. rocks and shoals guarding the exit In the October/November (1992; These are some ofthe examples channel through the Sallyport. pp. 18-23) Sallyport appears an ar- that Rice must consider in its look Frankly, I do not know how one ticle entitled "Rediscovering Co- to the future. Certainly Rice must measures "greatness" in a university: lumbus." I did not see in it anything not stagnate; certainly it must sup- is it by endowment, by tenured fac- that is really new about Columbus' port justifiable research; but should ulty-to-pupil ratio, by value of re- life and his explorations. it seek to become another search grants or some actuarial for- Columbus could not possibly "magniversity," dominated by its mula of which I am not aware? Is have anticipated what he would graduate schools and by tenured "uniqueness" a part of the equation find. One thing he did not find were professors who scorn teaching un- for greatness? Or is greatness really a content and happy people. Indeed, dergraduates? I submit that this is subjective perception of the contribu- the Aztecs, Mayans and Incas had not what our founder saw as the tion that a university has made to built interesting and important cul- objective of our great school. society? Personally, I, and the people tures, but huge temple pyramids Additional endowment funds are who I think matter, already sense that were stained with the blood of doubtless desirable, but not for the Rice is an almost mystical and majes- countless sacrificial victims. Diaz, Purpose of merely competing with tic institution for which a certain def- escorted by Montezuma himself, the other universities. Rice should con- erence is commanded. It may be that noted "some smoking braziers of tinue to follow its own star. Dr. our own emotional attachment, in- their incense,...in which they were to Lovett created a university that is in herent reserved attitude and fear of burning the hearts of three Indians many ways suigeneris in its dedica- self-aggrandizement prevent us from they had sacrificed that day."(Refer IWO tion to teaching and to offering recognizing "greatness" in our own to "Compass," Otto Scott, Vol. 3, .00$ educational opportunities to deserv- university. Issue 29, P.O. Box 1769, Murphys, and ing young people on a generous Finally, I respectfully submit that Calif. [1993], from which I have basis. This is a fact and a just cause our attitudes toward Rice have been directly drawn much of this material; for pride, not of"self-satisfaction" as dictated by our experiences while , he cites other original sources.) len5. Boles implies. there. For example, I vividly recall a Otto Scott has pointed out once IS Boles wants Rice to achieve "the senior course in financial institutions again that historians can, by selective 'so goal its first president set forth: uni- that I thoroughly enjoyed and in reporting, readily condemn or praise y. versity standing ofthe highest which I excelled. When our professor the works ("civilization") of any ing grade." This goal was achieved long returned our term papers he stated, group or nation. Everyone knows lade ago. The administration and trustees in front ofthe entire class, that I had about the cruel and thoughtless acts ri need only take the necessary steps to prepared the best paper he had seen of Europeans throughout their his- Preserve this standing and not fall in this course—I was elated! Finally, tory—and the same may be said of Prey to a competitive urge to outdo after nearly four years of 3s and the all other parts of the world. To set our "peers" in policies and practices occasional 2 or 4, I would receive the up one ethnic or racial group as in- that have proved fallacious. coveted 1. My grade was 2+. When I herently better or worse than an- queried the professor on this disap- other, in terms of their respective .ajt! William Paul Blair '36 pointment, his response was simple behavior, would simply justify the UP Pasadena, California and straightforward: he had never notion of racism. seen a "1" paper. One would almost conclude Perhaps the same holds true for from reading some of our current ;0.) When I opened the December/ many Rice alumni: we feel that we revisionist history that Columbus January (1992-93; p. 3) edition of have never seen a "great" university knew full well that he would find Sallyport, my attention was immedi- even though we attended one of the Indians, that they would be particu- ately drawn to the headline of the best on the planet. larly susceptible to European dis- foreword, whereupon the automatic eases, that he and those who would ar- internal "general quarters" alarm of J.S.E. Jiannas '62 come after him were cruel, but that this retired naval officer sounded Virginia Beach, Virginia the natives were not, etc. The simple spontaneously. I knew instinctively truth is that he was an explorer, that danger (to my mental health) driven to sail westward, and he lay ahead words that in the fog of Correction: thereby discovered a new world. Of would rhetorical "fault," surely follow such a A photo of Wilfred Uecker was None of this was anybody's question. Now, inspire all of us to to mistakenly identified as Duane the problems that arose are not sur- 5C achieve a "greater state" of greatness Windsor in the Books, Etc. de- prising, and the fact that problems ice or aspire greatness is to a "better" partment of the February/March continue is to be expected. 1de an state acceptable challenge, but to issue. Our apologies to both men. Ld categorically that Rice is currently "a Emmett L. Hudspeth '37 good university..." is a warning shot Austin, Texas

April / '93 5 A Keen-Edged Mystery

Was it a murder weapon, a stolen that rested inside an embossed relic or a laborer's tool? leather sheath with a shoulder strap Carroll Lewis '49 doesn't know, "This is not a working ma- but he is certain the Mexican chete," Lewis says. "It's a decorativo machete his father-in-law or ceremonial machete." found in 1943 inside a wall Lewis, a former subdivision de- of the Rice Campanile was veloper, has an eye for lost treasures left behind intentionally. He is an avid treasure hunter and in "Whatever the the author of The Treasures of purpose, it was hidden Galveston Bay(Waco: Texian Press). tI to be retrieved," He has led expeditions to the island Lewis says. of Santa Catalina off the Colombian hi The sword- coast and to the island of Roatan in like instrument the Bay of Honduras in search of ti was too pre- pirates' loot. is cious to leave At first, Lewis thought the ma- behind acci- chete had been left behind by an dentally, absent-minded worker clearing Lewis be- weeds on the new campus when the lieves. Campanile was still under construc- Unlike tion. But why was it wrapped in fi the newspaper? Lewis asks. Lewis' father-in-law, Stewart Armstead, was working on plumb- ing in the Campanile when he found the machete between two studs im. side a wall. The Campanile was built in 1912 to disguise the smokestack for the powerhouse boiler in the fa- Mechanical Engineering Laboratoo' miliar complex. Collins- "Forgetting a fine tool like that type ma- is like a carpenter forgetting his eke" chete used tric saw," Lewis adds. Someone to cut weeds definitely stashed it there to be and small picked up later, Lewis says. branches, this "It could have been a mut- one has an el- *: der weapon or a stolen relic egant handle that someone was trying to shaped like an hide," he says. "It's a real eagle's head and is mystery." carved from black cow horn streaked with tones —David D. Medina of brown. Carroll Lewis '49 examines the mysterious The steel blade is en- machete his father-in-law found cached in graved with ornamental a wall of the Campanile. designs and inscribed with a pair of maxims. On one side of the blade are the words Nuestros Placeres Relampagos(our pleasures [are] lightning). The other side reads Nuetro [sic] Dolores Son Siglos(our sufferings are centuries). The word Guerrero, which means warrior and is the name of a southwestern state in Mexico, also appears on the two-foot-long blade

6 Sallyport President Carter to Deliver versal Declaration of Human Rights, decision to leave the university was Commencement Address the foundation awards $100,000 to designed "to allow an immediate persons or organizations that have search for my successor," he said at James Earl Carter Jr., the 39th presi- advanced human rights principles. the time. dent of the United States, will ad- In 1991, Carter established The In response to Columbia's an- dress Rice University's 80th gradu- Atlanta Project, a community-wide nouncement, Charles Duncan, ating class during commencement effort to attack the social problems chairman of Rice's board of gover- ceremonies on May 8, 1993. associated with poverty. nors, issued a statement saying: Since leaving the White House Carter has served on the board "President Rupp's administra- in 1981, Carter has championed of directors and is a regular volun- tion has left an indelible stamp on human rights around the world teer for Habitat for Humanity, a the university. The number and the through a number of organizations nonprofit organization that helps quality of faculty have increased. and worked to improve the plight of build homes for the needy in the The students, who are applying in homeless people. United States and in underdevel- increasing numbers, are better than "President Carter's sense of duty oped countries. ever. Rice has added two major to his country and the world at large This is the third year that a ma- buildings, one for music and one is best exhibited in his fight for hu- jor world leader has agreed to speak for bioscience and bioengineering, man rights that continues today," to Rice's graduating class. In 1992, and both have been nationally rec- said Charles Duncan, chairman of German president Richard von ognized for their excellence. These Rice's board of governors. Weizsacker delivered the com- improvements and many others Duncan served as energy secre- mencement address. Former Secre- were achieved during the adminis- tary in the Carter administration tary of State James A. Baker, III tration of President Rupp." from 1979 through 1981, a position spoke at the 1991 ceremonies. Duncan's statement continued, Carter created. "This momentum built is not go- "His life is an example not only ing to be lost. The board will con- for Rice graduates but for people tinue to work with all members of everywhere," said Rice president the university community during George Rupp."We are fortunate the the next several months while Rice president has found time to share his looks for a new president. The message with our students and their search to find a successor for families." George Rupp is proceeding The commencement address smoothly under the direction of marks Carter's second visit to Rice. [board of governors member] Kent In 1986, the 68-year-old Plains, Anderson and the search commit- Georgia, native gave a lecture at the tee comprised of members ofthe Rice Institute for Policy Analysis. It board of governors, alumni, stu- was the first visit to campus by a dents and faculty." President since John F. Kennedy Rice Provost Neal Lane praised Spoke at Rice Stadium in 1962. Rupp's tenure in office. As president, Carter champi- "George Rupp has, by any oned human rights around the measure, been a truly outstanding world. He continues fighting for president," Lane said. "By provid- that cause through The Carter Cen- ing strong intellectual leadership, ter, which was founded in 1982 in enhancing the quality of the faculty, Partnership with Emory University staff, students and programs, in Atlanta. Rupp to Become President of strengthening interdisciplinary edu- Center fellows and associates Columbia University cation and research, improving Join with Carter in efforts to resolve teaching and research facilities and conflict, promote democracy, pro- Rice University president George emphasizing outreach, he has made tect human rights, and prevent dis- Rupp has been selected to become this excellent university even better. ease and other afflictions around the president of Columbia University, "The faculty, staff and students world. replacing Michael I. Sovern, who greatly appreciate what President Houston philanthropist Domin- announced last summer he was re- Rupp has done for Rice, and, I ique de Menil and Carter formed signing the post for personal rea- know, wish him well in his new the Carter-Menil Human Rights sons. Rupp, 50, will be Columbia's challenge." Foundation in 1986 to promote the 18th president. Columbia's 238-year-old cam- protection of human rights. Each Rupp announced in November pus is located in New York City. Year on December 10, the anniver- he will leave Rice on June 30, the The school has 2,300 full-time fac- sary of the proclamation of the Uni- end of the current fiscal year. His ulty members and 19,900 students.

April / May '93 7 Stebbings Steps Down O'Dell Discovery Paces Space Physics Research Ronald Stebbings' contributions to research in atomic physics at Rice will endure long after the Englishman-turned-Texan steps down as vice president for Student Speaking to an audience gathered in Affairs in June—as will tales of his gator hunting and college party escapades. the lounge of the Cohen House, For 25 years, Stebbings served as chairman of the space physics and astronomy space physics and astronomy profes- department, professor, master of Jones College and university administrator. sor Bob O'Dell steps into the beam "Recruiting Stebbings was a coup for the university," says Rice provost Neal Lane, of the slide projector. In the dark- who helped bring Stebbings to Houston more than two decades ago. ened room, stars from the Orion Rice, however,wasn't Stebbings'first choice. The University ofCalifornia at San Nebula dance on his sweater and Diego, the University ofToronto, Kitt Peak Research Center in flicker on his cheeks. His hands Arizona and the University of Texas at Austin all vied to recruit sweep across the screen as he explains the atomic physicist from University College in London. the glittering images. At the height of the competition, UT told Stebbings they The first image, captured by a would beat any offer he received. ground-based telescope, shows the Stebbings passed up UT and accepted Kitt Peak's offer. Orion Nebula, which looks like a But before he could pack for Arizona, the National Science bird of prey with wings of fiery stellar Foundation cut the center's funding. gas and a belly of white flame. The photo Then, Stebbings says, he started receiving "strange mail next slide, an enlargement of a from Houston." taken through the Hubble Space "There was no explanation for why I was getting this Telescope, shows a nursery of young mail, and I was a bit bewildered about what was going on," white stars, each ringed by disks of Stebbings recalls. granules as tine as sand. It was a full court press by Rice officials to bring the scien- "These are proto-planetary tist to Houston. disks," says O'Dell. "Their discoverY Stebbings had been at Rice only a short time when an shows that the material to build plan- insurance salesman invited him to go fishing. When they ar- ets can be seen around a large frac- rived at the nearby lake, they were greeted by their guide, who tion of the stars." was carrying a shotgun over his shoulder. "I asked him why the gun," Stebbings The Hubble photos show rela- Nebula, says. "All he said was,'For the gators." tively new stars in the Orion Stebbings didn't give it much thought until, out on the lake, the guide picked a huge cloud of interstellar gas about light- up the gun and fired at an alligator swimming near the small skiff. 10 million years old and 1,500 "The gator started thrashing around, swinging his tail, barely missing the years from Earth. O'Dell says the boat," Stebbings recalls. "By this time I was less than comfortable." proto-planetary disks around stars ate The guide moved the boat away, but the creature followed. the "missing link" in the process of "Needless to say, my heart was beating rather rapidly, and it took quite awhile planet formation. Although disks for it to slow down," he says. have been sighted before, they have The gator story isn't the only entertaining tale from Stebbings' past. never been seen among such young In 1982 Brown College held a "doe" party to mark the end of their history as stars and in such great numbers. an all-woman residence. Rules for the evening stated that no "stags," except a When O'Dell announced his male dancer, were to attend. findings at NASA headquarters in Sarah Burnett,now dean ofstudents, was a Jones resident at the time and Washington, D.C., in December was invited to the party. She recalls looking up during the festivities and seeing 1992, he stirred up a celestial beehive over Stebbings and Brown College master Franz Brotzen standing on the stairs of speculation. Newspapers all "dressed in drag—wigs, high heels and dresses." the world reported the findings. "It was a shock," she says. "Ronald Stebbings is the quintessential English O'Dell's colleagues called from as fat. gentleman with impeccable manners. The students got a big kick out of the fact away as Australia and the Canary Is- coordinates of that someone as proper as Ronald would do something like that. It shows what a lands to get the exact great sense of humor he has and why he was so appreciated as a college master." the pictures. pro- Stebbings groans at the recollection of that evening. He was master of Jones "It's the most fun I've had that year and only agreed to participate in the stunt to support Brotzen. fessionally in a long time," says After he steps down as vice president, Stebbings will take a year-long sabbati- O'Dell with a slight smile. cal with his wife, Mona,then return to Rice's space physics and astronomy O'Dell waited a long time to department. reap the benefits of the Hubble "I feel very fortunate to have spent the bulk of my professional life at Rice," Space Telescope. He has been part and he says. "It has provided me with the opportunity to become engaged at one the Hubble project for 21 years correct time or another in virtually every aspect of the academic experience. Rice is in- is essential to the effort to deed a very special place." Hubble's optical troubles. Shortly after the Hubble's launch

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in 1990,scientists and engineers real- with O'Dell in Hubble research that "I figure out how stars form the ized the images were fuzzy and that probes the distant universe, and life-bearing elements by studying the transition from sunlight to dark- some are conducting experiments how the building blocks oflife—car- ness caused the orbiting telescope to closer to home in our solar system. bon, nitrogen and oxygen—are shake. During a shuttle mission sched- Reginald Dufour, a space physics added into stellar gas," Dufour says. uled for December 1993, NASA as- and astronomy professor, specializes Dufour has joined forces with tronauts will install a new camera on in imagery and in optical and ultra- O'Dell to determine the abundance the telescope, called the Wide Field violet spectroscopy of nebulae and of different chemicals in the Orion and Planetary Camera II, and also a galaxies. He investigates the forma- Nebula. Heavier elements are pro- set of corrective duced inside optics,called the new stars and Corrective Op- released as tics Space Tele- gases. The sci- scope Axial Re- entists specu- placement, or late that if the COSTAR Orion Nebula "I'm very is a region interested in see- where stars are ing ifwe can pull born, they off what we should find an think we can in abundance of terms ofthe cor- heavier ele- rection," O'Dell ments. says. "I have a "Stars spew vested interestin off that en- the project as a riched material whole.I feel like [heavy ele- I've been part of ments] as they the process of die and col- coming up with lapse, so that, these fixes." in general, the Jon VVeisheit, composition of chair of the the universe is space physics constantly and astronomy changing," department, says O'Dell's dis- says O'Dell. "Since Orion is a recovery attracted the world's at- gion ofstar formation, it is of great tention and showed that Rice is interest to us to compare the doing exciting science. abundance ofelements in that re- "That catches the eyes of stu- gion with stars like our sun that we dents and potential faculty mem- know were formed billions of years bers,because theywantto go where ago." scientists are making news," While other Rice researchers Weisheit says. focus on astronomical phenomena The Department of Space beyond our solar system, Patricia Physics and Astronomy consists Reiff, a professor of space physics of20 professors and two dozen Bob O'Dell's discovery ofprotoplanetary and astronomy, studies the electro- nonfaculty researchers. The de- disks in the Orion Nebula establishs magnetic fields of the Earth and partment offers an undergradu- evidence of a "missing link" in planet nearby planets. Rather than rely on ate program for physics majors in formation. telescopes and remote sensing, she addition to graduate degrees. gathers data on the solar system NASA provides about 75 percent of from satellites. the department's research funds, tion of early galaxies by studying "Nothing takes the place of Which exceed $2.5 million annually. their stars and their gases through going there," Reiff says. "You make Although O'Dell's work on the the Hubble telescope. By looking at predictions about how you think a Hubble is exciting, Weisheit points the color ofthe stars and the spec- planet's electromagnetic field might out that other researchers in the trum of the gas, he obtains vital in- be. Then you get there, and it sur- department are also doing impor- formation on the chemical evolution prises you." tant research. Some are involved of galaxies. —Philip Montgomery

April / May '93 9 yr

One...and Two...and Three...and...

Is Your Aerobics Class Killing You? asks the title of David those who have been thinking about initiating an exer- Q. Thomas' new tome on dance exercise. cise program. This section tells how to get the most for For the 23.3 million Americans over the age ofseven your money from an aerobics program and how to pre- who do aerobics, the obvious retort may be, Is this a rhe- pare for it. The authors emphasize the importance of torical question, or what? consulting with a physician before starting a program. Thomas' handy how-to, subtitled How to Make Part I also contains a valuable section on purchasing Dance Exercise Safe and Effective, is a valuable guide to proper aerobics shoes—a more complicated matter than some might imagine. This section is especially important for individuals with foot and ankle problems. Part II,"How Do I Avoid In- jury?" begins with a chapter on warm- up exercises, a crucial component of any aerobics program. Subsequent chapters explain how to avoid overuse syndrome and how to perform neck, shoulder, back, hip, knee, lower leg, ankle and foot exercises properly. There is also a chapter devoted to cardiovascular exercises. Among other things, this chapter explains why exer- cisers should avoid raising their arms above their heads for extended periods of time. Anyone who has done aerobics long enough knows that this activity makes the heart and head pound. Thomas and Rippee explain exactly what happens when the arms are elevated for an extended time, why not to keep the arms raised and what to substitute for this activity. The final section, "Finishing Touches," discusses cool-down activities and how to continue participating in fun, injury-free aerobics programs. The book includes a useful glossary that defines exercise positions as well as anatomi- cal, medical and aerobics terms. Also included are a list of addresses for national exercise and aerobics organizations and a bibliography of other works on aerobics. The most useful feature of the book for anyone actively involved in aerobics is the abundance of pictures scattered throughout the text. Photos show how to position the body correctly for specific exercises, especially those involving the neck, shoulders, back, hip and knees. The pictures are accompanied by do for David Thomas monitors student during stretching exercise. clear explanations of what the exercises the targeted body areas, the dangers of performing the exercises improperly and why taking the dread and danger out of aerobics. It is pub- certain positions and activities should be avoided en- lished by a cappella books of Pennington, N.J.(1992). tirely. Thomas, an assistant professor in the Department of The book concludes with a short chapter entitled Human Performance and Health Sciences, coauthored "Now That I Know It All, What Should I Do?" The an- the work with Nicki E. Rippee, a fellow expert on exer- swer? Put on those exercise togs, get out there on the cise and fitness programs from the University of Nevada. aerobics floor and get going! Part I,"Getting Started," is an excellent primer for C.S. Monholland

10 Sallyport The Unknown City

"Houston was lucky," the noted arts patron Ima Hogg observed. "The first people who got rich here...were nice people. They gave their money to schools, hospitals, charities, parks, the arts. They set the pattern. This is what Houstonians do once they get a little money." Marguerite Johnston's Houston: The Unknown City, 1836-1946 (College Station: Texas A&M Uni- The Artful Mannerist versity Press, 1991) is the story of these people, the people whose legacy of philanthropy and government In The Art ofErcole de Roberti(Cambridge University service put the Bayou City on the national map long Press, 1992), Rice art historian Joseph Mama reevalu- before NASA and the oil boom. The book, writes ates the critical and scholarly judgments that have accu- Johnston, is not "a definitive history" but rather "a mulated around the 15th-century Italian painter. spotlight on those Houstonians who have shaped this Roberti was highly esteemed during his own lifetime city, and who have helped shape the modern world." (1456?-1496) and in the two centuries that followed. Houston "was born on the audacity of three He was considered the equal of Tura and Cossa, two of young New Yorkers," Augustus Allen, his wife Char- his contemporaries from Ferrara. The Renaissance histo- lotte and brother John,"who believed that anything nan Vasari wrote of Roberti in his famous series oflives was possible and imparted that belief to the city they of artists. founded." That spirit, according to Johnston, flowed But during the last two centuries Roberti's reputa- through William Marsh tion has been uncertain, and scholarly attention has been Rice, George Es scant. Hermann, Jesse Jones, "It is almost inevitable," writes Manca,"that with an the Hogg family, James artist whose major works are lost, whose life was rela- A. Baker, Edgar Odell tively short, whose surviving works are scattered, and Lovett, William P. Whose native city ceased to be a political or artistic center Hobby, Harry Wiess, a century after his death, critical opinion of his works Will Clayton and the would become less enthusiastic." many other business, In undertaking the first major study of Roberti since social and political vi- 1960, Manca points out that Roberti was less mannered sionaries who molded than his contemporaries in Ferrara and was influenced the city. by the art of the Venetian painter Giovanni Bellini. Success for some Roberti's borrowings from northern European art give was not easy to predict. some of his works a "strong religious intensity, emo- The aunt of a Dallas tional power, and narrative strength not usually found in debutante thought so the Ferrarese tradi- little of the prospects of one of her niece's suitors (he tion," Manca writes. always arrived in a construction truck) that she sent Besides survey- her ward to Europe, hoping the time away would cool ing Roberti's biogra- her romance. Undaunted, Alice Pratt married George phy and critical for- R. Brown. The company(Brown & Root) he ran with tunes, Manca has his brother Herman flourished, and within six years created a catalog of the young couple purchased a home in a new subdivi- rejected attributions sion just outside of town known as River Oaks. as well as a catalog of The Browns, like many of Houston's other leading accepted works. citizens, took special interest in the institution Edgar For those who Odell Lovett was shaping south of the city. So does want to see firsthand Johnston, mother of two Rice alumni, who devotes what the excitement one chapter to William Marsh Rice's murder and trust is about, the Kimbell and another to the founding and development of The Art Museum of Fort Rice Institute. Worth has acquired a Johnston, best known as a longtime columnist for dramatic picture by the Houston Post, has used column-like vignettes and Roberti, Brutus and beautiful photographs to construct a loving portrait of Portia, which Mama Houston's past, a portrait that all with an interest in Roberti's The Wife of Hasdrubal describes. the Bayou City will certainly enjoy. and Her Children. —Michael Berryhill —Kenneth H. Williams

April / May '93 11 The high-octane brains of Rice students havefueled a tradition ofhigh jinks that cuts through boredom, pomposity and eggheaded nerdiness. Some silly, some subliminal,some sublime, these are the pranks that rank.

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Ill mind is a terrible thing to waste. Rice students know that better than most. They hit the books, cram for exams, pull all-nighters and I camp out in the library. They are too serious to waste time on mindless activities. Maybe that's why when it comes time to throw over the traces, those high-powered brains can create some awesome mischief. Like pigs in mud, Rice students wallow in pranks, stunts and anything that goes against the grain. They love getting back at their roommates, poking fun at authority and playing outrageous jokes on wieners. These intelligent and creative minds use pranks for a good laugh and as a therapeutic tool. As one serious student puts it, "Mass lunacy is the only way to relieve the competitive pressures at Rice." Putting over a good one has long been a tradition at Rice. This venerable place of higher learning was only in its second year in 1913, when hazing caught on. The first sophomore class met the second freshman class at regis- tration and made them paint their faces and push mothballs across a gravel walk with their noses. By the 1920s, Rice had earned a reputation for being the heaviest hazing school in the state, after Texas A&M,with oddball entertainments that included such diversions as watching underwear-clad freshmen march down Main Street in the Slime Parade. While hazing has seen its heyday, a penchant for zany fun resides in the ever irreverent MOB,the shaving cream-clad streakers of Club 13, the gut-wrenching Beer-Bike, Wiess College's erotic Night of Decadence, the off-the-wall Misclassifieds of the Rice Thresher, dorm roof water fights and, of course, in countless pranks. Here are some ofthe most memorable from Rice's long tradition: The Most Lam Linda Day '62 had it in for her friend, Betsy Miller Winslow '62, a creative Prankster with a bent for the bizarre. Miller was a student employee in a biology lab that was conducting experiments on femurs using mouse legs. "There were a lot ofthem in the lab, and they assumed interesting Positions," she says, only partially explaining why she took a dozen or so of the rodents' feet and surreptitiously distributed them in Day's room. As Day was getting ready for bed that night, she discovered two mouse feet clutching the edge of the bed cover, as if a little creature was trying to crawl out. Under the cover, she found two hands (or feet) hold- hist mg each other, and on the lip of the nightstand drawer two more "hands" were trying to come out. In the restroom before she brushed her teeth, Bob Moyer '65 developed a loud she detected two tiny pink claws clutching her toothbrush. voice by yelling at high school foot- "It was the fimniest thing I'd ever seen," says Day. "It was an invasion ball games. At Rice, he once bad- of the body snatchers." But she didn't laugh two months after the prank gered the Aggies so aggressively he When she slipped on her winter boots and crushed a pair of varmint feet. left the football game 15 minutes 6 I thought it was a big roach!" she says with a cringe. early for fear they would attack him. In retaliation, Day, a chemistry major, made a hydrogen sulfide gen- Like a gunslinger,"The erator, which she placed on the roof of Jones College with a tube that ran Mouth" was often challenged to through a window into Winslow's room. Day didn't know it at the time, prove himself. Around midnight but hydrogen sulfide, in addition to producing a rotten egg smell, is also a during finals week, students would flammable, poisonous gas. line up outside Will Rice Tower, She also didn't realize the generator had pumped enough gas where Moyer resided, and scream as through the window to force the evacuation of the whole dorm! Day got loudly as they could,"Eat it, written up by the dean of women and lost her 2 a.m. privileges.(Back Moyer!" then women had a 2 a.m. curfew on Saturdays.) Moyer would wait until the Worst of all, the prank didn't even work. Winslow had a cold that day night recovered its silence and then ttS and couldn't smell a thing! shout,"Shut up, you guys, I'm trying to study!" His voice would boom across campus,leaving his opponents awestruck. Students used all kinds of strate- gies to outshout him. They ganged up six at a time, they used mega- phones, yodels, choirs, a cappella fugues. Each time "The Mouth" won. Then one night, a group ofen- gineering students rigged an ampli- fier with speakers once used in a small dance hall. Informed sources say that when "Eat it, Moyer" blasted from this system, windows shattered, books fell from their shelves and the ground shook. Not even an owl was stirring when Moyer erupted like a volcano. His yell may not have outdone the amplified shout, but no other human mouth on campus could have done better. Today,"The Mouth" has toned down some."I don't even yell at the kids," he says softly.

Illustrations by Aletha Reppel and Keith Graves

April / May '93 13 The firticst At 2 a.m. the day his art project was due, Barry Nicholson '86 was struck with a flash ofinspiration. He grabbed three of his buddies, armed them with wrenches and led them t( a classroom in Sewall Hall, where he met for a course titled "Art and the Mind." The four proceeded to un- bolt the elongated desks that stretchl some 30 feet across the room and weigh 300 to 400 pounds apiece and turn them around to face the back wall. In the morning, when the professor walked in ready to give a slide presentation The 'Host as part of the final exam, he did a Vernon Baird '42 knew he had to run a mammoth campaign to beat well- double take before known engineering student Robert Wommack '42 for Rally Club presi- realizing he was dent. Wommack had brought a Brahma bull to campus to play up the looking at the backs of his 30 stu- western theme he was emphasizing. dents. Not to be outdone, Baird went to the Houston Zoo and talked the Nicholson wound up getting a zookeeper, an old friend of his, into borrowing an elephant. Early the next "B" for his project after explaining morning, as students gathered at the Sallyport, Baird stood next to a male to the visiting professor that his pachyderm carrying a large sign that read,"This is no bull: Vote for work was inspired by a piece of art Baird." called "Chinese Contemplating A The elephant trick apparently worked. Baird won. Wall." The[mat In 1966, another poor soul was out one night when a group of students broke into his Wiess dorm room and rigged his radio to allow them to pipe their own signal in from a nearby "control room." Around 2 a.m., the students woke their victim up and told him that the United States had just "dropped the big one" on Vietnam. "Let's turn on the radio," they suggested, to hear the latest news. Mimicking the president's voice and those of several prominent senators, the pranksters speculated convincingly about the chances of Russian retaliation. Music came on as the station resumed its regularly scheduled programming, only to be interrupted with frequent news updates. Then it happened. "Russia has just launched a series of missiles, and seven U.S. cities have been identified as prime targets," the broad- caster warned."One of those cities is Houston, and we advise everyone to seek cover." The student, frightened out of his wits, ran with his pillow and bed sheets, desperately looking for the Wiess basement, bewildered that no one else had heard the news.

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wa Bill Merriman '67 swore he would get even with his roommate, Steve ruC Frakes '68, who had bombarded him with pillows during a late-night raid. Merriman, a former cartoonist, dreamed up a "win-a-date-with- Tied Frakes" contest and printed 600 flyers caricaturing his roomie as mtC "Wiess College's own Rudy Valintino" (sic). Merriman only distrib- e he uted his dirty work on campus, but other pranksters took it a bit fur- the ther and sent 2,000 flyers around the country. in- About 80 entries came back, some from as far away as Berkeley, ttch California. The winner was a Rice coed who confided that she had an Ld uncontrollable desire to corrupt innocent boys. ROTC members honored the winner with a sword salute as she walked out of Jones College and into a limousine that drove the lucky couple to a Rice dance. Many years later, while Frakes was traveling across Europe on a train, he was telling a friend about the prank. To his surprise, a Chi- nese man sharing the compartment with them put down his newspaper and exclaimed,"So you're the famous Steve Frakes we heard about at Harvard!" The Most Disqustillq EAT 'f o uR HEARTS OUT GIRLS ,ONLY ONE CFW If you were a freshman or a sophomore in 1964, chances are you WIN ADàZ g a stood outside the student health center with a container filled with your own urine. After all, that's La what you were instructed to do. Gregory Curtis '66 and two friends purloined some stationery from center and the student health picture of used it to mimeograph a letter to all Steve 1".1 freshmen and sophomores, request- 911 hi5rei4h.avir ing that they appear at the center at CQ Ut of 1 p.m. Thursday. The letter said to bring a urine sample no less that 14 cubic centimeters in volume. Some students brought theirs in 111 Coke or beer bottles; others wanted rolLighltly"""" to be more precise and brought them in laboratory beakers. A few embarrassed women hid their WITH IN samples inside their purses. 1.55 COLLt. E'S owN RUN VPLIWriNO, Shortly after one o'clock, the LC head nurse returned from lunch and saw a long line waiting outside her TEVE I. door. All hell broke loose when she rEars* -ro ENTv2,.. CALL .3A-3 -2006 OR HMI-. ONE PENNY WITH A.)(-1s BOX TOP OF angrily announced that the letter Al.TYTtniG AND EXPLAIN IN 25 WORDS OR, LESS'. WHY I WOULD C.g#,Vg A WIEss cou_EGE was a fake. The students, feeling ri- DATE WITH STEVE. FRAKES.- InALL To ''oor4TEsr ?Dom 1.;EgEs 'WHAT OTHER GIRLS HE sAsID Agovr DASHING 0El3014ALR HuNletog 140,10, diculous, began pouring their S'rENIE FKAICE5 -.• samples on each other, and in the UHrl... 17 O-r TH&T HE'S... WIN .. • WELL , 1...UHH... WELL,INDE4cg'15.LBLE . pandemonium that ensued, stam- "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE yyyyyfr....)-L H.L.L HHHHHNH HH14..." -s 'WELL ()AIL LING ,5NO0K.14,15 GNI L-0-46 srEve )IS 90.11,2.-Y THE ruzzIEST j.C.L . peded every which way to escape HE's cuo L.:f." • LM - HE'S CU1E7-sU. Tug.145 HE.ON GREAT - being splattered.

April May '93 IS The bust In the early '50s, there was a student who liked to carry his dorm room keys attached to his belt. A group of Rice students considered this a nerdy thing to do. So they broke into his room,took his bed out and hung it from a nearby tree with a rope tied to the doorknob. Then they took the hinges off the door. When the unsuspecting student turned his key in the lock, the weight of the bed yanked the door from its frame and dragged him across the room by his keychain. Ru- mor has it the poor student clawed the door full of scratches frantically trying to free himself. The Smelliest A week before the 1947 Texas A&M game,the Aggies invaded campus and splattered Willy's statue with red paint. Carroll "Curley" Lewis '49, a former World War II pilot, didn't take kindly to the insult. "Back then," he says, "feelings between the two schools were pretty strong." To make the Aggies pay for their arrogance, Lewis got his chemical engineering buddies to develop a stink bomb made from "butyric acid and lots of other stuff" Then he bought a 100-pound bag of rice. Lewis and his bombardier, graduate student John H. Miller, loaded the cargo into a PT-19 open-cockpit, two-seat airplane rented from the now defunct South Main Airport. Miller gingerly cradled the bomb, rest- ing inside a cake tin for safekeeping (one teaspoon of this stuff could smell up a whole block), and, dressed in aviator jackets and parachutes like two war heroes, they winged the 90 miles to College Station. The two were confident they would hit their target. For a whole afternoon they had practiced with water balloons, bombing the gazebo at a Missouri City race track. Coconspirators hid under the gazebo and communicated the results to Lewis through walkie-talkies. Swooping into Aggieland, they dropped the bomb while students were coming out of the mess hall compound to start the Friday night pep rally. They circled the campus once, tossing out the rice, and then zoomed back to Houston. Miller says he wanted to stick around for the reaction, but he saw a plane taking offfrom a nearby airfield. "It's against the law to drop something from a plane, so I thought it was best to leave," he says. The crew landed safely, but there was one hitch. The plan sort of backfired when bombardier Miller got deadly airsick from catching whiffs of the bomb fumes.

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The Best In 1988, a group of students pulled off the biggest Lookouts and decoys positioned themselves prank at Rice. They rotated the 2,000-pound statue of around the Quad and communicated to each other William Marsh Rice 180 degrees, making Willy face through walkie-talkies using code names from the X- Fondren Library for the first time in 58 years. Men comic book series. The light on Anderson Hall "We were sitting in the pub drinking beer, and we had been turned off every night for the two previous decided something had to be done," says John Q. weeks. Each morning the pranksters reconnected the Smith '86, who helped mastermind the operation. After light so that physical plant people would not replace two futile attempts, it. the pranksters de- In the early cided the third morning hours of time had to be the Tuesday, April 12, charm. 1988, before the sun Three electri- came up, Willy sat cal engineers, two facing the library. mechanical engi- Only one student neers, a civil engi- was caught, Patrick neer, a mathemati- Dyson '88, and was cal scientist, a made to pay the cost biochemist, a of turning the statue chemist, a physicist to its rightful posi- and an English mation. jor put their brains Students ral- and brawn to- lied behind Dyson gether to carry out and sold T-shirts that the elaborate read,"Where There's scheme. A Willy, There's a Using plans of Way." More than the statue taken enough money was from Fondren Li- collected to pay the brary, they simu- cost of restoring lated the transfer Willy to his familiar load through a perspective. computer model. What took the They built two 24- pranksters one hour foot A-frames, and cost $400 to do Which they painted took professional black to blend with movers three hours the night, and put and a rumored a beam on top that $1,500-$2,000 to supported a three- remedy. The students ton hoist in the were blamed for middle and two breaking a guide pin one-ton hoists on underneath the the sides. statue, but they claim The A-frames were tested at an off-campus garage the professional movers did that. by lifting a 2,250-pound Toyota that was swung back Reports of the prank quickly spread across the and forth to simulate rotation. A pair of Houston police country with the help of the media. officers looked on after being told the car hoisting was "People are going to have a hard time beating 'a senior research project." this one," comments a contented Smith. These same police officers stopped the students as Well, maybe. But Rice students don't have ex- they were hauling the A-frames back to campus. Con- cellent minds for nothing—and they know quite well vinced it was only a school project, the officers gave the that a masterminded prank is a terrible thing to students a police escort to Entrance 8. waste.

April / May '93 17 MAKING

SINCE 1916, THE RICE THRESHER

HAS SEPARATED THE GRAIN FROM

THE CHAFF. BUT THE QUESTION

HAS ALWAYS BEEN 'WHICH

ONE SHOULD APPEAR IN THE

NEWSPAPER'?

BY GREG KAHN '90

At two in the morning near the end ofAugust 1989,1 was sitting in the Rice Thresher office on the second floor ofthe Ley Student Center in the RMC, contemplating how to rewrite the lead story on the ban against alcohol during Orientation Week. Empty pizza boxes littered the floor and desks. Two copy editors were asleep, sprawled on the grue- some Threshersofa. Three ofmy colleagues were yelling at the computer printer that was failing to emit our copy. Which was just as well,I thought,because this issue ofthe Thresher, my first as coeditor, was going to be terrible. Our layout was sloppy, the type fonts offended the eye and the bizarre headlines barely fit their allotted space. We were four hours from our final deadline, 33 hours from distributing a copy of our folly to every person on campus. Editing the Thresher was going to be a lot tougher than I thought.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOMMY LAVERGNE

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For $180 a week and the opportunity to record the rough draft of Rice history, I was committed to for- going sleep every Wednesday night and to letting my studies suffer the consequences. For an extra $15 a week, I also helped deliver the paper. It seemed worth it at the time. When I dropped the last bundle in front of Valhalla on Fri- day, I was soaked with sweat and WHEN I DROPPED THE LAST BUND smeared with newsprint. I walked back into Sid Richardson Com- IN FRONT OF VALHALLA ON FRIDA mons to see hundreds of my classmates quietly eating lunch and flip- I WAS SOAKED WITH SWEA ping through the paper. Most of them were ignoring the front page AND SMEARED WITH NEWSPRIN ' and reading Misclass—risque prose and off-colorjokes submitted anony- mously from all over campus—on I WALKED BACK INTO SID RICHAF the back page. "Looks good," Sid president SON COMMONS TO SEE HUNDRE Todd Peiffer said to me as he put his food tray on the conveyer belt. With OF MY CLASSMATES QUIETLY EATIr•F that, he stuffed the paper under his arm and headed toward the elevators. LUNCH AND FLIPPING THROUGH -1-1- During the next year our staff produced 28 issues, for a total of448 PAPER. MOST OF THEM WE pages and 924 stories. We covered a sexual harassment charge and the ar- A rest ofa student for shooting a gun in IGNORING THE FRONT PAGE Nc the air to celebrate "Go Texan Day." When we announced that the 1990 READING MISCLASS. Economic Summit would be held at Rice, I wrote an editorial saying that to — GREG KAHN 90 TR get a true sense ofour university, Mar- garet Thatcher should lead a Club 13 run. I also recommended that Dan Quayle receive resume assistance from Bob Sanborn at the Career Services Center. We fumed about the food service. We protested a threatened ban on college nights, the biggest parties on campus. We stirred up the faculty about times got the Rice's "good-ole- boy network" and facts wrong. And occasionally we whether Rice should drop Division I ruffled feathers. That's part of the Thresher tradition. athletics. And we published obscene contributions to Misclass. C. Harcourt Wooten '16 is credited with naming We had a good time with it, and from what I can see the Thresher and helping define its mission in the after reviewing the bound volumes for the last 77 years, process. In a letter to President Edgar Odell Lovett, we didn't do much worse or better than anybody else. We Wooten wrote, "a thresher...separates the good from misplaced modifiers and misspelled words and some- the bad just as a publication should do." I letters complaining about the restrictions placed on activities on the militarized campus during World War I. In 1926, Thresher editor T.R. (Theodore) Stubbs '26, who became a Galveston attorney, was removed from office by the administration. Stubbs' offense was running a humorous three-part story about a couple of students named Geraldine and Horace.The story was set in Geraldine's off-campus apartment and focused on her cold feet, both figurative and literal. Two Thresher staffers were removed along with Stubbs, and the freshman who JNO had overseen the editing ofone ofthe issues was prohibited from holding any student RID office for the remainder of his Rice career. The only mention ofthe "Cold Feet" story NE in the next Thresher was a front-page apol- ogy from the author of the third install- mentto a prominentstudent whose name had been used in the piece.

Questions of taste will always arise, and part of the fun of working on the IRE Thresher is to see what the limits are. After all, the real purpose of student All journalism, as a professor ofjournalism once told a group of college H editors, can be boiled down to three words: To raise hell. N That's not always as easy as it SOMETIMES IT SEEMED LIKE sounds. Gardner Soule '33, who

Ar4° went on to a successful career NOBODY WAS REALLY PAYING as a freelance writer, edited the Thresher in 1931-32. ATTENTION TO WHAT WE WERE "Sometimes it seemed like nobody was really paying atten- .90 TRYING TO DO.' tion to what we were trying to do," said Soule. "Our big story was going to be about the student - GARDNER SOULE 33 that year graders. No one knew who was grading the papers back The argu- then,and we at the paper thought that the situation was ment that has waxed undemocratic. So we worked long and hard and com- and waned through- piled a list of the graders, and we published it, and we out the history ofthe waited for the outraged response. We waited for any Thresher has been response. We waited for the roof to fall in, and I'm still whether the good or waiting for it to fall. Nobody said a thing about it, and we the bad—the positive or were pretty disappointed." the provocative—should Nonetheless,other Thresher editors have fulfilled the appear in the paper. More basic hell-raising mission from time to time. often than not, the After he editorialized against the suspension ofsome Thresher has leaned toward the provocative—and some- football players found guilty of honor code violations in times suffered the consequences. the fall of 1932, Tom Gready '33, now a Houston In the Thresher's first year ofpublication, its staff was physician, was asked to rethink his viewpoint. criticized by the university administration for publishing "After the article came out, I was talked to by an

April / May '93 21 administrator, and I agreed to write another editorial," in 1964. Kelly and his staff published articles about the Gready said. "More than anything, I think we were civil rights movement in the South and wrote editorials surprised by how important everyone thought what we criticizing "the Rice system" and "the grind-regurge- wrote was, or else they wouldn't have called us in to grade process that masquerades as education at Rice." complain." The paper also featured essays on the nature of history Robert Illes '37, the editor in 1936-37, wrote a by Rice professor Francis Loewenheim. In many re- tongue-in-cheek editorial arguing that because cars were spects Kelly produced one ofthe most literate series of being reduced to scrap by the potholes on campus roads, newspapers ever published on campus. the Japanese would be able to buy the metal and shoot it Kelly never finished his term as editor, back at the United States if a war started. however. In 1965 he was placed on "I was called into Dean Weiser's office—three hours disciplinary probation by Dean of after I'd sent the editorial to be set in type—and there sat Students S.W. Higginbotham the Japanese Consul of Houston," Tiles said. "He was for allegedly defying the i WE - trying to get me to change the editorial. I told him I'd university's authority by think about it, and then I called the publishing company not answering a sum- and told them not to let anyone touch the editorial. But mons to appear in sometime during the night the presses were stopped,and Higginbotham's office. the editorial was changed,deleting all references to Japan Students marched and substituting some bland pap." through the academic Tiles never discovered who changed the editorial. The quadrangle to protest incident, he said, helped raise him "out of the halcyon Higginbotham's action,which mist we were all then living in." also made Kelly ineligible to serve out his term on the Thresher. In 1950, Ruey Boone-Carville '52 irritated the ad- Kelly himself protested to Presi- ministration when she editorialized against the small dent Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer,saying number offootball tickets allocated to students after the in a Thresher interview that "Rice Uni- new Rice Stadium was completed. versity clearly flouted principles offree- "I was called into the president's office,and one ofthe dom of the press, justice and fair play." people there really laid into me," she said. "My father, Now a prominent Houston attorney, Walter Boone,had been a great athlete at Rice,and after Kelly prefers not to go into specifics of the I argued my case and left, someone in the room suppos- incident. "What happened in 1965 happened edly said, 'I can't believe that girl is Dusty Boone's because we were a little ahead of our time at daughter!' But we stuck to our guns because we thought Rice," Kelly said. "We were mirroring what was it was an important issue." happening at a lot ofother college campuses, but not In 1948-49, Brady Tyson '49 put Rice on the pages at Rice. If we had written the kinds ofthings we wrote of the New York Times with his editorials urging the then four years later, I don't think they would have t '0A desegregation of Rice. One alum wrote asking,"Would caused a stir. It was a very disappointing time for me and you want to room with a black? Would you want your many of us on campus." c'FR girlfriend to date one?" Tyson wrote some spirited re- plies. In the late 1960s the Thresher butted heads with the "It would be fun to go back to that period," said board ofgovernors with its coverage of"The Masterson Tyson, now an ordained minister who teaches at the Affair." American University's School ofInternational Service in Following Pitzer's resignation, the board had ap- Washington,D.C. "I set up a very deliberate and moder- pointed a former Rice history professor, William ate course of integration at Rice. Suddenly, the Houston Masterson, as the new university president without Chronicle was caning, and President Houston was very consulting either faculty members or students. The issue upset. He felt that we should be avoiding those issues that galvanized the campus. The faculty met daily to protest, dealt with the 'negative.'Some people who were upset by and 97 percent ofthe students signed a petition oppos- what we wrote thought they were defending the purity ing the appointment. and virginity of southern white women. But the faculty Thresher editor Dennis Bahler'69 ,now a professor was with us, and I didn't sense any real organized ofcomputer science at North Carolina State University, opposition on campus." provided daily coverage ofdevelopments from February The tradition of spirited independence continued 24 through 26 with the Rice Daily Thresher. Bahler and under Hugh Rice Kelly'65 ,who became editor-in-chief an ad hoc staff spent a sleepless week producing the

22 Sallyport Having assessed the mood of the faculty and students, Masterson resigned. As a result, the board created a much more consultative process for choosing a new presi- 1 WAS CALLED INTO THE PRESIDENT'S dent. , AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE THERE In recent years the Mis- EALLY LAID INTO ME. BUT WE STUCK TO OUR GUNS BECAUSE class section on the WE THOUGHT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE." back page has generated

- RUEY BOONE-CARRVILLE '52 the most contro- versy for the Thresher. Misclass is open to submissions from anyone on campus. Entries range from a professor's misstatement during a lecture to a Goethe quote, from political musings to (more often)jokes about the sexual idiosyncrasies of usually unnamed Rice community members. Critics accuse Misclass of being sexist, misogynist and obscene. Defenders claim it is harm- less fun and protected by freedom of speech. In 1985, editor Scott Snyder announced that he would tone down Misclass. Letters to A ‘0,qtt, the editor seemed split on Snyder's decision. A year later, Spencer Greene and Lisa Gray were elected editors on a CURING "THE MASTERSON AFFAIR." DENNIS platform that promised to return Misclass to its previous ways. 13AHLER'69 AND STAFF SPENT A SLEEPLESS WEEK Like many Thresher editors,I thought I would parlay PRODUCING THE RICE DAILY THRESHER. my communications skills into a law career. But I kept feeling an urge to write daily journalism.So I took a leave of absence from Columbia University law school and joined the Baytown Sun as a reporter. For the last 18 months I have been working under conditions that mimeographed newspaper with a handwritten resemble those at the Thresher: low pay, long hours, masthead. frantic bouts of activity and the opportunity to cover a "We'd hear about a meeting taking place over at small community that watches our every move. The Brown," Bahler said, "and then one at Will Rice and stakes are high, whether we're covering a murder trial or Wiess. We were saying,'People need to know about this, a high school football game in Nederland. and this and this.' We started working at night in the That is the allure of newspaper work,and that's why secretary's office at the bottom ofthe old Hanszen tower, generation after generation of Rice students provides a and we copied the paper on an old mimeograph machine few committed souls to feed the fires ofjournalism. The and distributed it in the morning. When we'd bring it risk in newspaper work is that while sometimes you are over to Brown,the guard would get on the old intercom given the chance to embarrass someone else, you are and say, The Daily Thresher is here,' and people would guaranteed the opportunity to embarrass yourself. What literally roar downstairs to pick it up." better form ofeducation could there be?

April/May '93 23 FOR AMPUTEES AND PARAPLEGICS FACING

A WORLD BEYOND THEIR REACH, ADVANCES IN

PROSTHETIC DEVICES AND ROBOTIC LIMBS

BY RICE ENGINEERS MAY OFFER

BY PHILIP MONTGOMERY

24 Sallypori he yellow and black warning sign on the lab door reads,"Caution, Robot Operating Area." John T Cheatham, a professor of mechanical engineering and materials science,opens the door into a robot romper room. Snaking wires, loose cables and metal casings clutter the floor. An industrial robot,its manipulator arm bent like the neck ofa sandhill crane,dominates the center ofthe room. On a nearby table,an array ofrobotic hands stands motion- less, mimicking the frustrated gropes ofscientists grasping for the future. But for the disabled and physically impaired, these devices reach out like hands of hope. The prototype robotic hands on this laboratory table represent the combined efforts of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,the Depart- ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Computer and Information Technology Institute. Their joint research is directed at designing a prosthetic device thatfunctions as closely as possible to a normal human hand. The research will benefit anyone who has lost the use of a limb or limbs. "In the larger perspective, we're looking for robotics to give assistance to amputees and quadriplegics through prosthetic devices or robotic workstations or mobile robots with ma- nipulators,"says Cheatham. The objective of the current research, he explains, is to develop a robotic device that can do some of the things a para- lyzed person or 4 //40 / an amputee AY a, I cannot do,such fi as pick up an object. Researchers from electrical and computer engineering and from mechanical engineering became interested in robotic prostheses when an organization called the Limbs of Love Founda- tion held a two-day meeting for amputees, engineers, doctors, prosthesis manufacturers and insurance representatives at NASA in 1991. Houston-based Limbs ofLove was founded by John and Jodie Combs, whose child was born with only one arm.

PHOTOGRAPPHY BY TOMMY LAVERGNE At the meeting, representatives of Limbs of Love function as an assis- pointed out the inferior quality and high cost ofprosthetic tant for people." devices. They called for the engineers and doctors to Ian Walker says develop better quality prostheses. The call for help from the he envisions robots nonprofit organization appealed to the Rice roboticists at functioning in a hu- the meeting for two reasons. man environment, First, they foresaw a growing demand for medical such as his office, robots in two areas: surgery and prosthetics, says Ian where they could Walker, an assistant professor in the Department ofElectri- use his blackboard, cal and Computer Engineering. He says Rice researchers file papers, walk focused on prosthetics because of the complicated legal around his desk and issues associated with surgery. The second do everything a hu- IAN WAIKI 12 reason, while not as pragmatic, is just as man could do. important. "What gets me excited is making robots that are more "Everyone wants to do good for the like people," Walker says, adding that other roboticists world," explains Walker. believe robots should not be designed on a human model at all. he leaders of the robotic hand project "There are two schools of thought," Walker explains. are John Cheatham, Ian Walker and "One says robots ought to have the abilities ofpeople, and T Don Johnson, the executive director a second says there is no reason that robots should have of the Computer and Information Tech- anything to do with anthropomorphic design." nology Institute and a professor in the Roboticists do not even agree on the definition of a Department of Electrical and Computer robot. Engineering. "It's very hard [to define robots]," Walker says."What Their research investigates the tough the Japanese call a robot is different from what we in the problems of building mechanical hands, United States call a robot. In Japan,they include things like among which are how to make them positioner conveyor belts [automatic devices that move lightweight and useful; how to build elec- parts from one place to another on a factory floor]. tronic and computersystems small enough "To the Japanese, everything that moves something is yet powerful enough to drive their mechanisms;and how to a robot," Walker says. "It's a fair definition; it's just not the write computer programs to send commands to the hand. one we use." Once they decided to proceed, the researchers drew In the United States,typically, a robot is a sophisticated, upon existing NASA funds, National Science Foundation intelligent device that is either mobile or resembles some- fellowships and other grant resources to finance the project. thing like an anthropomorphic manipulator arm and can They quickly learned that developing sophisticated perform a variety of tasks. robots requires cooperation between universities and their Although many roboticists avoid comparing their re- departments and governmental agencies, says Cheatham. search to the robots ofscience fiction, Walker readily draws To develop the robotic hand,outside organizations such as his own comparison. The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Baylor Col- "The state of the art [in robotic research] is very lege of Medicine and NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space primitive compared to the robots in science fiction movies," Center (JSC) are working closely with the university. says Walker. "I really like those two robots—C3P0 and At Rice, Cheatham and his undergraduate students in R2D2. If you watch the Star Wars movies—R2D2 is the the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials trash-can robot that moves around—he's a lot smarter than Science are developing the mechanics to operate the hands. the humans. We can make a trash-can robot, but we're Johnson, researchers with CITI, J.D. Wise, a researcher in nowhere near giving it a brain and letting it think. the Department ofElectrical and Computational Engineer- "We can build the maneuverability of robots much ing, and electrical and computer engineering students are better than C3P0,the gold, clanking robot, in the sense developing software to operate the complicated robotic that we can give arms to a robot that can do much more. But hand. Walker focuses on the mathematical problems of again, we're not in sight of giving a robot the brain that it controlling robotic grasps. has." "We were trying to do some simple things with robots and found out that simple things for people are not that cientists and researchers agree that robotics is still in simple for machines," Cheatham says. "It's a real challenge its infancy. Rice's first classes in robotics did not begin to try to make robotics systems do the sorts of things that 5until 1985. Since that time, interest in robotics has we see in movies and on TV.We see [fictional robots]doing spread, attracting both funding and students. things that only humans have the capability ofdoing now. Part of the attraction of robots lies in solving the "What we're trying to do, really, is to make machines intriguing problems they pose. Nonetheless, Johnson says more intelligent. We're trying to do some mechanical robotics research can be frustrating. The root problem is design as well as computer control and have the machine that robots are designed to do tasks that humans do not

26 Sallyport want to do. This means that robots have to act and react in fix," says Johnson. Engineers eventually found that a glitch real time. Without real-time intelligence,a robot could take in the control program caused the robot's erratic behavior. all afternoon to compute the distance from itselfto a chair, Computer programming is just one only to discover that someone moved the furniture while it of the difficult challenges robotics re- was crunching numbers. searchers face. Many of those challenges "Things have to be computed in real time," says are concentrated in the effort to develop Johnson."If you want a robot that can really be used,it has mechanical hands capable of mimicking to be able to compute in a timely fashion." To illustrate his some of the functions of human hands. point,he picks up and sets down a brown coffee cup."That The two most common prostheses is a real-time movement. We may be operating over long designed to replace the hand cannot mimic distances, but we still have to compute things in real time." its functions accurately. Instead, they rely Johnson and his graduate students are developing on a simple hook-like design that dupli- telerobotic systems that allow robots in space to be con- cates the pinching motion of the index trolled from earth. They are pooling their research in a finger and the thumb. consortium of organizations including the University of The more widely used of the two Texas at Arlington, UT at Austin, Texas A&M University prostheses fits on the stump of the arm and the JSC. with wires that wrap around the shoulder. In a consortium experiment in 1991, Larry Ciscon, a By shrugging the shoulder, a person can graduate student working under Johnson, successfully make the hook open or close. controlled a robot at The second device also DO N OIINSON JSC from a site in fits over the stump. But in- southern Japan. stead ofwires wrapping over Ciscon manipulated the shoulder, the device relies on metal elec- the robot's activities "WE WERE TRYING TO DO trodes that sense flexing muscles. As flexed through a software sys- muscles bulge and push against the electrodes, tem called TeIRIP or an electrical signal is stimulated that forces the SOME SIMPLE THINGS WITH Telerobotics Intercon- hook to open. The cost of this electronic nections Protocol. prosthesis is about $20,000. TelRIP software pro- ROBOTS AND FOUND OUT THAT "To me that's an incredibly primitive vides a universal oper- device," says Walker. "It's still the best thing ating system for the they have out there. People who use these computerized control SIMPLE THINGS FOR PEOPLE hooks are amazingly dexterous. They can pick of robots. up and manipulate all kinds ofthings. It is not In the past, ro- ARE NOT THAT SIMPLE FOR as good as a human hand, but it is good." boticists have had to Several sophisticated, almost humanlike create a software sys- robotic hands exist today. The problem with tem from scratch to MACHINES," CHEATHAM SAYS. these robotic hands is that they are larger than control each new ro- human hands and can only operate when wired bot.TeIRIP is a modu- "IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE TO TRY to computers. An amputee using one of these lar software that can devices would require a large backpack just to be used by computers carry the computer operating the mechanical with different operat- TO MAKE ROBOTICS SYSTEMS DO hand. In addition, robotic hands are not rug- ing systems to control ged enough, and they are too sophisticated to a variety of robots. be prostheses. THE SORTS OF THINGS THAT TeIRIP's versatility "Robot hands can be built," says Walker. may eliminate some of "But can they be built strong enough and light the angst of robotic WE SEE IN MOVIES AND ON TV." enough and repairable enough to be prosthetic control programming. hands? Those are the mechanical questions Working the bugs being asked. The electrical engineering ques- out ofa robotics com- tion being asked is,'Can we do a better job of puter system can be maddening. Johnson says one robotic picking up the signals from the muscles?" arm had his engineers baffled for days. The arm would For an electronic robotic hand to function, sensors perform flawlessly until the operator gave too many com- must be able to pick up subtle signals from muscles in the mands.The robot,unable to process the commands quickly wearer's arm. There are two methods for picking up enough,began to have spasms ofactivity that the engineers electrical signals from the muscles—planting sensors di- could not control. It would start, stop, move in one rectly in the muscle or using electrodes on the skin. direction and then move in the other without apparent Surgically implanting an electrode would provide a better cause. signal, but the procedure raises the risk ofinfection. Metal- "The frustration ofthe problem was that it took days to lic electrodes that touch the skin's surface are a safer method

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. • / tor • ""*.i. • of detecting muscle signals, but the signal at the skin's a robot could crush or drop an object. He explains how surface is relatively weak. seniors studied that problem by building a hand with three As their devices to detect muscle signals became more fingers, each ending in sensors protected by lemon-drop sophisticated, Walker says,his students discovered a need to yellow thumbs. learn more about the anatomy of the human arm. Two of Cheatham points to another hand that appeals to him his graduate students swallowed hard and enrolled in a because it is agile,lightweight and unique in design. He calls course on human anatomy at Baylor College of Medicine, it Goldfinger after the hand's four gold-colored digits. He where they dissected the arm of a cadaver to learn which grabs two opposing digits and pulls them together,causing muscles pull which fingers. gears to whir. He is obviously intrigued by his students' "That's not the kind ofthing you know you're going to creations. like or not," admits Walker, who saw the results of the "We got into the hands because ofIan Walker's interest dissection. "It's just a direction your interests lead you." in grasping,"says Cheatham."So we decided to make hands . That probing that could be used in Interest is rapidly the lab to prove some being translated ofthe theories he was into a usable pros- working on in his re- thetic device. search on grasp me- Walker says that by chanics." April 1995, the Walker specializes roboticists at Rice in the problem ofro- may be able to pro- bots grasping in co- vide Baylor Col- operation. He sum- lege of Medicine marizes the problem with a robotic hand by explaining how •••, that could be clini- two robots working cally tested by am- together must pick putees. up something like a "If we can de- file folder without velop a prototype," having the robots rip, says Walker, "the twist or drop the doctors at Baylor folder. Acquaintan- would like to test ces who know noth- our prosthetic de- ing more about ro- vice and do clinical botics than what trials on some of Hollywood can pro- the subjects they vide react with dis- are working with." belief when Walker If the robotic says robots working hand proves suc- in cooperation is a cessful, clinically topicfor research and tested robotic de- far from a reality. vices may be available to the public in about five years. But "People watch the movies,and they think robots can do researchers like Johnson,Walker and Cheatham emphasize all kinds offantastic things," says Walker. "People's expec- they still have many problems to overcome before a robotic tations for robots are a long way ahead ofreality. We're still hand is ready for use by those who need them. trying to make robots do automatically what very small children are doing quite naturally." ohn Cheatham walks through the robotics lab with a Walker reaches across his desk and picks up a fuzzy slight stoop, stepping over the guts and tendrils of brown teddy bear about the size ofa tennis ball. He places jdisassembled robots to a table full of robotic hands the teddy bear on the edge of the desk. designed by mechanical engineering students. "I enjoy thinking about howl would like a robot to do The difficult task of designing and building these that particular task," Walker says. "I was trying to under- robotic hands was assigned to his undergraduates,and he is stand how you can make robots do something that your pleased with the results from his mechanical engineering two-year-old child can do at home. seniors. "Very small children have wonderful devices to work . . Their research has demonstrated that sensory feedback with," says Walker as he holds up his right hand and wiggles is important, says Cheatham, because robotic hands must his fingers."They also have the most wonderful device, the be able grasp objects with the appropriate force. Otherwise, mind, which lets them learn."

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SENIORS(INSET LEFT TO RIGHT): BRAD MEADOR, BRAD DOOLEY, MIMI HU AND P. J. ALEXANDER DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF SENSORY FEEDBACKTO ROBOTIC HANDS WITH THEIR RESEARCH ON GRASPING TECHNIQUES. April / May '93 29 STRIKII

At mid-season in 1991, during the Derek Hoelscher, who pitched came his catcher in their sopho- middle innings of a middling game with Charlton at Rice, remembers more and junior years. between two middling teams, the seeing that game as well. As Fox, who introduced Cincinnati Reds and the Los An- "That's Norm," he echoes. Charlton at his 1990 induction geles Dodgers, Reds relief pitcher "When he was a freshman and a into the Rice Athletics Hall of Norm Charlton coasted into sec- sophomore, he had an aggressive Fame,remembers, dropping jocks ond base. A pinch runner, he had attitude toward his pitching. When into the Hanszen milieu was not been inserted at first base by man- he became recognized as a promi- the smoothest of mixes. ager Lou Piniella in a somewhat nent pitcher in the Southwest "Culture clash? Yeah, I guess unusual move that would none- Conference in his junior year, it that's a diplomatic way to put it," theless leave him in the game to carried on to the next level, where Fox recalls with a laugh. "We pitch the late innings. A walk it turned into intimidation. I've roomed together all three years moved Charlton to second base. never seen him afraid of anyone in Norm was here, but only the first With the Reds ahead, it was a game situation." year was on campus. time to minimize risks, finish out Dave Hall can also remember "I don't think we made a real the inning and sit on the lead with the steamy June day in 1981 when good impression at Hanszen. We the hard-throwing left-hander on he first saw Charlton pitch. Hall found it a really different environ- the mound. had traveled to San Antonio to re- ment, but then, they couldn't fig- Gingerly leading off second cruit players for his Rice team and ure us out either." base, Charlton looked in at the wound up at an amateur league Part of that may have had to batter. The pitch sailed toward game. Most of the players on the do with a running prank perpe- home plate, and with two out, field that day had some minor trated in the college's community Charlton sprinted toward third at league experience or a college ca- bathroom. the crack of the bat. The line drive reer behind them. Charlton was a Since they were registered in went deep into left center field. As lightly recruited 18-year-old just many of the same courses, most Charlton approached third, the out of high school in Fort Polk, freshmen were up,showering and base coach emphatically signaled Louisiana. off to class at about the same time the stop sign. "He was one of the few 18- in the morning. With everyone's It had no effect. year-olds out there," Hall remem- clothes and towels on pegs outside On a dead run, Charlton ac- bers,"but he was not intimidated the shower stalls, it was easy celerated toward home plate, by the older, more experienced enough for the first one out of the launched into a horizontal dive guys. He was a fierce competitor, shower to grab an arm load of and pancaked All-Star catcher and that's what attracted me to other people's clothes and head off Mike Scioscia six feet behind him as a recruit." down the hall. home,carefully dragging his left Rice's admission standards One morning as a crowning toe across the plate to score. were considerably stiffer than touch, Fox not only snitched Dave Hall, Charlton's coach those of the NCAA at that time, Charlton's change of clothes but for three years at Rice, laughs at but Charlton had no trouble ma- surreptitiously assembled a group that recitation. triculating here. He got his first of Hanszen coeds to witness his "That's the way he plays the taste of residential college life at mad streak from the shower to his game," Hall says. "That's a classic Hanszen in the fall of 1981 where dorm room. example of the style of play he is he roomed with fellow freshmen As a payback, Charlton set up accustomed to." Hoelscher and Mike Fox, who be- the same scenario for Fox the fol-

30 Sallyport Fireballing left-hander lowing day. But Fox saw it coming "It's a gift to be able to throw and stashed an extra set of clothes llorm Charlton as hard as he does," Hall says,"but in the showers. he also polished his mechanics." "He was laughing and laugh- left his mark on the Working with Rice pitching coach ing as I came down the hall," Fox Lance Brown, a former major remembers with a chuckle of his league hurler and now the head own,"but when I walked in and Southwest Conference and coach at TCU, Charlton honed his had all my clothes on, he was pitching techniques and developed pretty miffed! the Cincinnati Reds. a slider and a change-up to "Norm's a fun-loving guy," complement his fastball. Fox adds. "He'll give you hell if And he grew. Adding two you let him, but he won't get too How with a HEN team inches to his height, he also built mad if you put one over on him." 40 pounds of muscle onto his But then he would have to and in a 11P111 league, frame. take that attitude. As a freshman, At the end of his junior year, Charlton packed only 155 pounds Charlton was named to the All- on his six-foot frame. His rail-thin he is timing to help Southwest Conference team and physique and pasty complexion elected co-MW of the Owls with were topped with an unruly mop Lou Piniella prg fellow pitcher Tim England. He ofcottony tufts that Charlton tried was invited to try out for the 1984 to control with a permanent. U.S. Olympic team, and in June "Yeah, the permanent," the Seattle Mariners became the first, and so far the Hoelscher recalls. "The first time only, Rice athlete to be drafted in he showed up with that, we started from the mire the first round. calling him Q-Tip." "We knew from the start that On the field, Dave Hall's faith at the bottom of the Norman would probably not play in Charlton's competitiveness was out his eligibility," Hall says,"and rewarded in the freshman's first we planned for it." Although he outing as an Owl. Charlton took a American League West. left school before graduating, no-hit shutout into the ninth in- Charlton returned to classes in the ning against Stephen F. Austin fall of 1984 and completed a triple State University, only to give up a major in physical education, politi- game-winning home run. cal science and religious studies be- It was a disappointment that fore returning to baseball. became a challenge. Charlton's rise to fame and In a three-year career at Rice fortune in the major leagues was from 1982 to 1984, Charlton's not sudden and not entirely fastball accelerated from about 80 smooth. The Montreal Expos, mph as a freshman to 93 mph in who made him their first-round his junior year. Pitching as a starter pick, kept him in their farm system and a spot reliever, he beat every for two seasons before shipping team in the Southwest Conference him off to Cincinnati in a long for- at least once, Hall recalls. By Francis L. Loewenhefin gotten trade in March 1986.

April / May '93 31 "On the mound, when he's wearing his game face, he is a menacing ailhri

The Reds, in turn, didn't im- place in the National League West in starting once more, Charlton mediately recognize Charlton's tal- with Rose in big legal trouble for had replied, "I'll do anything they ents, and he didn't exactly distin- gambling on professional sporting ask. If they promise me a World guish himself during his first trial events—the stage was set for one Series ring, I'll carry the water with the parent club. He had poor of the more dramatic turnabouts jugs." spring training seasons in 1987 in recent major league history. Charlton's opponents that and 1988 and found himself back In late 1989, the Reds hired Sunday afternoon were the New at Nashville, the Reds' AAA farm Lou Piniella, recently manager of York Mets, and he put on an ex- team, until Reds' manager Pete the New York Yankees, to replace traordinary performance for the Rose, short of pitching, sent for Rose. No sooner had the 1990 large, expectant crowd. For the him in mid-August 1988. season commenced than his re- first four innings, he was absolutely Charlton—"the quiet, markable managerial talents began perfect, not allowing a hit or a thoughtful type," as the Cincin- to show. The Reds won their first walk. By the time he began to tire nati Post described him the day of nine games and were in first place somewhat in the sixth inning, the his first start—made no secret of in their division from the first day Reds were ahead 2-0, and Piniella his nervous state as he approached to the last. In the National League brought in Dibble and Myers, who his major league debut. play-offs, they bested the powerful proceeded to finish up in style, "I always get butterflies," he Pittsburgh Pirates, and in the striking out the Mets in the top of said. "I think everybody gets but- World Series, they dramatically the ninth inning. terflies until they go out and throw swept the overwhelmingly favored In the locker room after the their first or second pitch." Oaldand Athletics in four straight game, Charlton said, "Attack ev- As it turned out, Charlton's games. erything, everyone, that was my debut was hardly a success. His The 1990 Reds were no copy plan." lack of control got him in trouble of the matchless Big Red Machine Lou Piniella's response to early, and by the third inning, he of the mid-1970s that won succes- Charlton's performance was was headed for the shower. sive world championships under ecstatic. But Rose stuck with him. On the renowned Sparky Anderson. "Today," the Reds' manager August 31, Charlton pitched one- Long gone were Hall of Famers said,"Norm did an outstanding hit ball over eight innings, defeat- like Johnny Bench and Joe Mor- job. I mean outstanding. You can't ing Pittsburgh 4-1, though in gan, but the Reds' 1990 pitching expect anything better. That's as trouble much of the game. None- was superior to the talent Ander- good as it can get." theless, "Pete Rose," the Cincin- son had on his teams, and no Reds The Mets, who were in sec- nati Enquirer reported the next pitcher contributed more signifi- ond place in the National League morning,"believes Norm cantly than Charlton, who pitched East, hadn't lost a series in the last Charlton will be a very good a career-high 154 innings, winning 10, but they dropped this one pitcher in the major leagues." 12 and losing nine, with 117 three games to two. The following In 1989, Charlton made the strikeouts and an ERA of2.74. day, the New York Times, hardly big club from opening day, and his Perhaps Charlton's biggest known for its uncritical admiration statistics that season told their own moment that summer was on Sun- of out-of-town teams and players, impressive story. Pitching 95 in- day, July 15, 1990, shortly after paid tribute to Piniella and com- nings as a reliever, he won eight the All-Star break. Interest in the pany. Describing the Nasty Boys as games and lost three, with 98 game was high, since Charlton was "all but full-blown heroes" in Cin- strikeouts and an ERA of2.93. making his first start after 108 con- cinnati, the Times reporter quoted Along with Rob Dibble and Randy secutive relief appearances. But Charlton's description of his game Myers, Charlton made up the Charlton had been a starter in the strategy as "100 percent fastballs. I "Nasty Boys," baseball's hardest minors, and Piniella had long don't know about the other guys." throwing bullpen. And if the 1989 toyed with the idea of returning Added the Times account,"Nei- season ended disastrously for the him to the starting rotation. Asked ther did the Mets, who boarded Reds—they wound up in fifth 10 days earlier if he was interested their charter flight to Houston still

32 Sallyport 3J1 rOcious competitor. . a llrorld-class intimidator."

trying to figure things out." low as you will meet in a long No club, even the most suc- day's march. On the mound, cessful and well-balanced ones, can when he's wearing his game stand pat, and by the close ofthe face, he is a menacing and 1992 season it was clear that the ferocious competitor...a Reds were in need of major recon- world-class intimidator." structive surgery. Jim Bowden, 31, For his part, the Reds' energetic new general Charlton seemed dis- manager, decided he had no tinctly pleased about choice but to trade Charlton to rejoining his former Seattle, where Piniella had gone manager in Seattle. as manager. "I think the For whatever reason, the world of Lou," he Mariners deserved their ranking as said at the time of the least successful of recent ex- the trade. "I'd pansion teams, and their pitching love to pitch for had been a special weakness during him again." the 1992 season. Knowing what Seattle is a he had to do to turn Seattle team with new around, Piniella traded Kevin ownership, a new Mitchell, the club's starting left manager and a fielder and a prolific power hitter, long, hard climb for Charlton. ahead ofit to dig out As Lou Piniella summed up of the American League the trade,"You want to get on the West basement. And Lou right track. Pitching puts you on Piniella is not the only one the right track. My first priority who knows that Norm here is to improve the pitching, Charlton is as likely a ticket and in Charlton, we have a darned to success as he will find. good closer." Says Charlton's former With five seasons in a Reds catcher Mike Fox,"When uniform, Charlton's national he's got to do it, no one will reputation was firmly established. get more intense than Norm." Almost everyone seemed to understand that he was that rarity among successful professional athletes—an intelligent person Francis L. Loewenheim, a Cincinnatian, is of more than narrowly limited a professor of history at Rice, where he has interests. taught since 1959. His areas of interest extend His Reds teammates elected from Bismarck to Beethoven to baseball. He has him their team representative and written on baseball history and personalities for the nicknamed him "The Genius." Cincinnati Enquirer, the Cincinnati Post, the Houston Cincinnati fans and writers liked Chronicle, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Harper's and respected Charlton as a person Bazaar and The Economist. as well as a top-flight pitcher. And Jerome Holtzman, the Chicago Tribune's veteran baseball Illustration by Jackie Newcomer writer, summed Charlton up,"Off the field,[he] is as pleasant a fel-

April / May '93 33 The Play's the Thing

When the academic lash cracks, when midterm exams seem "It's like intramural softball," says Havens. "Every- like halfway to the point of no return, when scholastic body has a team. There is a friendly rivalry, but it's a pressures cook the gray matter, college theatrics provide false rivalry. There is a lot of cooperation between the Rice students an escape where imagination becomes more colleges and Rice Players." real than the classroom. Sandra Salas, a Wiess sophomore, is producing Kristen Evans, a Brown sophomore and producer of Grease for her college. She faces the standard problems The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, of a student producer: finding a play; paying for the says theater gives students a sense of accomplishment that script; holding auditions; choosing a musical director, grades cannot. costume designer, set designer, lighting designer, band "You get into classes, and you get an abstract grade, leader, stage manager, publicity manager and set con- not a product," structors; and staying within budget. Evans says. "With "With producing I don't have as much creative im- a play you get a pact. It's all business," Salas says. "There is not much product, and you creativity other than finding the musical itself" get to see what all Finding the right musical has its own special set of your work is go- problems. Salas, a triple major in art, art history and ing toward. Spanish, says she is responsible for the play, so she wants "Other peo- to make sure the scripts are obtained in accordance with ple can share it copyright laws. also," she adds. "We get the script legally," Salas says. "Basically it "I see theater as requires a lot of phone calls to New York. Some of the a way to bring musicals we wanted to perform were not available to us people in the col- because the rights aren't open to amateur theater. This lege together. This one [Grease] is costing in the neighborhood of $700. is like the real We tried to find musicals we would enjoy doing. Grease world, which is was the first pick, and we were lucky we got it." project oriented." Salas has also acted, worked backstage and managed Sitting on the plays, including last fall's production of Hello Hamlet, stage in the Brown written by George Greanias '70. College commons, "That was an interesting production," Salas says. "It a cast member of had a cast of more than 40 people. I definitely had my Gamma Raysex- share of loud arguments with the director and the musi- Clockwise from lower right: Michelle Marchand, Amy Mellor, plains why Rice cal director. The directors were really creative. It is such Josh Hepola, Jessica O'Connell, and Sandra Solis compare students, even with a unique piece. It is a takeoff on Hamlet with music notes on their colleges'productions of The Effect of Gamma their heavy work taken from all kinds of musicals." Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and Grease. loads, are attracted Greanias, now the city controller of Houston, has to theater. fond memories of Hello Hamlet. The idea for the play "It's so angst-ridden," says Mica Tucker, a Brown jun- came to him in 1967 while he was sitting in a Rice class- ior. "It's maddening, but there is something nice about it. room on a beautiful spring day. He wanted to be out- There are other people depending on you. It's like forced side enjoying the mild weather. While the professor recreation." droned on about the many levels of Hamlet, Greanias' Neil (Sandy) Havens, director of Rice Players and a mind began to wander. professor of drama, says college theatrics are one ofthe "The idle brain being fertile ground for all kinds of finest contributions to undergraduate life at Rice. mischief, I thought,'What if some schlock director "The level of activity in college theater is great," says made a musical of Hamlet?" says Greanias. Havens. "The level of work is generally very high. The That summer, Greanias wrote the play, and in the amount of activity is exceptional. I don't know of a univer- fall Wiess College agreed to back the play and commit- sity in the country that has this level of theater activity." ted the college's entire fall theatrical budget to the pro- Havens explains that extracurricular theater at Rice duction. The show was a big hit. It made money, and dates back to the 1920s, when the Rice Drama Club was audiences loved it. It has since been revived, or as formed. In the 1950s, the club became the Rice Players. Greanias says "resuscitated," many times. Havens says college theatrics began at Rice about "It's a funny, silly piece," says Greanias. "About the 1965, when a student named Roger Glade persuaded the time Hello Hamlet came out, musicals lost their wide- cabinet of Wiess College to fund a production of the spread popularity. Hello Hamlet has retained a kind of Greek tragedy Antigone in their dining hall. The produc- freshness because the music is the popular music of 20 tion was successful, and other colleges soon followed the or 30 years ago. I think it shows my deep affection for example of Wiess. Baker was next with a Shakespeare pro- all those shows. I stole liberally from everyone." duction. Soon every college began to produce plays. —Philip Montgomery

34 Sallyport Swinging for the Fences

The Rice baseball team had just suffered its worst season in 20 years when Wayne Graham was hired to inject some positive thinking into more ambitious goal is to win more the program. than 40 games, a feat that Rice has The result: a winning season in achieved only once, in 1984. 1992 with a 29-26 record. stop; high school blue-chip out- "Basically, I want to break fielder Jose Cruz Jr., son of the through areas where Rice has never former Houston Astros star; Jon been," he says, referring to the fact Hillis, a top junior college prospect that Rice has never competed in an who can pitch and play backup NCAA tournament. catcher; Dana Davis, who can pitch, Graham is not being overly opti- Jo. play third base and hit; and strong mistic. According to some baseball Longtime Rice sports left-handed pitcher Mark Taylor. experts, he has a good information director With 13 returning lettermen, the Bill Whitmore is at Owls are poised to make his- home and recovering tory. "We are a much nicely after a hospital stay. Friends and well- "Some more solid team than last wishers can contact negative thought year," Graham says. "We Bill at 218 Bylane. had been allowed to have a little bit of depth, llouston, TX 7702 I creep in," Graham says. and we have no shortage of or by phone at I 71:t "The main thing we did talent in any of the positions." 782-7928. was change that attitude. Among the returning players are A lot of people here are very chance of accomplishing all-SWC candidate outfielder Donald self-disciplined and motivated. his goals this year. The Aslaksen, all-SWC candidate catcher All we had to do was tap into that Owls were ranked 11th by John Rodgers and speedy outfielder desire to win." USA Today and ninth by Collegiate Bert Emanuel, the football team's Graham knows about winning. At Baseball. Baseball America picked starting quarterback. Graham con- San Jacinto Junior College, where he Rice to finish third in the Southwest siders Emanuel the fastest player in coached for 11 years, he took his Conference, behind the University the SWC and thinks he has a chance team to a record-setting five junior of Texas and to be a two-sport star. college championships Texas A&M. The big question for the between 1985 and 1990. Part of team is whether junior Jim Although Graham is not com- the reason for Miller, one of the leading pletely satisfied with last year's this elevated assessment is pitchers in the league last year, can performance, the Owls won some the outstanding 1992 recruiting throw this season. Miller missed fall impressive victories. They twice beat class, which was ranked 16th in the practice because of a shoulder injury the University of Texas, Texas A&M country by Collegiate Baseball. and is expected to pitch by mid-sea- University and the University of Okla- "In terms of the top five re- son. homa, all teams that played in the cruits, we match up with anyone in The Owls will rely heavily on College World Series. the United States," Graham says. all-American candidate Darrell For the 1993 season, Graham says This year, the team needed a short- Richardson to pick up the slack. In his goals are to win the Southwest Con- stop, a catcher and a power-hitting just two seasons, the junior has ference or at least to outfielder. struck out 214 batters, making him get a berth in the The Owls fourth best in the strikeout category postseason South- got exactly at Rice. Last year, he finished second west Conference what they in the SWC with 127 strikeouts, the Tournament. Only needed in most by an Owl since Allan Ramirez the top four teams David Brooks, struck out 134 in 1976. of the seven in the one of the best With a 22-2 start and a top-10 league will compete junior college berth, the Owls show strong signs of in the tournament. shortstops in reaching Graham's goals. This The winner will au- the country season's toughest tests will come tomatically get an in- and a .340 hit- against SWC opponents Texas, vitation to the ter; Matt A&M,Texas Tech and Baylor, which NCAA regional Williamson, all started the year ranked among the tournament. another out- nation's top 25 teams. His second and standing short- —David D. Medina

April / May '93 35 Georganna Barnes Named Homecoming Chair

Georganna Allen Barnes '65 is serv- VVhile a student at ing as chairperson ofthe 1993 Rice, Barnes was vice Homecoming Committee. In prepa- president of her senior ration for next fall's festivities, she class, an officer in OWLS has contacted people who chaired and editor of the Rice the committee in the past; examined Directory. After graduat- Rice archives for information on ing, she taught high previous homecomings; and studied school briefly in Houston how Harvard, Vanderbilt, Amherst before moving to New and Princeton handle their home- Orleans with her hus- coming events. band. Since returning to Barnes hopes to make next Houston, she has served year's homecoming an occasion for on the boards of the Har- enriching interaction between stu- ris County Medical Soci- dents and alums and a true family ety Auxiliary, Junior League, Cov- volved with her alma mater over the event. She has tentative plans to enant House and Bayou Bend past four years. She participated in provide day-care services through Museum. planning Rice's homecoming in the Montessori School and to offer a "The first contact I ever had with 1989, and last year she served as series of museum tours using the Bayou Bend was at a talk Ima Hogg chairperson of her 25th class re- new Rice shuttle buses. A student- gave in the living room of Jones Col- union. alumni barbecue and all-day sports lege," Barnes recalls. Bayou Bend has Barnes says Homecoming 1993 events are also planned. As always, since become one of her strongest will be "more energetic and vibrant the focus of the weekend will be volunteer commitments. than ever." Above all, she hopes it reunions. Barnes has become more in- will be fun.

Area Group Roundup

Atlanta: Rice alums attended a reception for George west Conference campuses to celebrate Texas Independeneg Rupp at the Center City Club on February 25. President Day on February 27 at the Stampede Mesquite Grill. The Rupp spoke to the group on the distinctive strengths of afternoon's festivities included country and western dancia Rice, especially its small class sizes, residential college sys- and a fajita buffet. tem and outstanding faculty. Fort Worth: Rice sociology professor William Martin Austin: English professor Dennis Huston addressed spoke on the religious right in America at the River Crest Austin alums at the Four Seasons Hotel on March 10. His Country Club on February 18. The talk was part ofthe lecture, "Going to the Movies—And Not Just Watching ARA's "Rice Today" program. Following a buffet receptiol' Them," was part ofthe Association ofRice Alumni's vice president for external affairs Frank Ryan '58 spoW "Rice Today" program. "Rice Today" sends one or on current issues in the university community, and two representatives ofthe Rice community to spend Martin discussed student life at Rice. Dessert and col an evening with an area alumni group. Activities fee concluded the evening's events. typically include a talk by a Rice professor on a current New York: On January 21, approximately 60 alunls research topic, a short video commemorating the gathered at the Japanese Gardens of the Urasenke 100th anniversary of the Rice charter and a buffet Chanoyu Society to watch a Japanese tea master per- reception. form Chado—literally, the Way of Tea. The Chado cer. Chicago: George Rupp addressed more than 70 emony is the ritual presentation of tea to guests. After the alumni at a reception held at the Mid-America Club on demonstration, the alumni group enjoyed a traditional Japa the 90th floor of the Amoco Building on January 21. nese dinner at Shabu Shabu restaurant. The evening closed Alumni heard the latest news on Rice, enjoyed good food with a lecture on Asian history from Rice history professor and socialized with fellow alums. Richard Smith. Dallas: Rice athletic director Bobby May visited with San Francisco: Sixty members of the Bay Area alumni alumni before the Rice vs. SMU basketball game on Feb- group took an architectural walking tour of downtown Sail ruary 6. The pregame "warm-up" was held at Francisco on February 20. The popular tour was fully Humperdink's on Greenville Avenue. booked within a week, and a second tour is planned to ac- Denver: Rice alumni joined alums from other South- commodate those put on the waiting list for the first ouna

36 Sallyport 1993 Homecoming Reunion Committees Staying Involved With Rice

Class of1933 60th Reunion Class of1958 35th Reunion Rice alumni can stay involved with the uni- Mr. Harry Chavanne, Cochair Mr. Jim Greenwood, Cochair versity through a number ofAKA programs Dr. Robert Blair, Cochair Mrs. Cody Greenwood, Cochair and campus organizations. A few ofthese Mrs. Willie Mae (Chapman) Cole, Cochair Mrs. Luann Rice Briscoe opportunities are highlighted below. For a Ms. Joan Feild Fox ways to stay involved, call the Class of1938 55th Reunion Mr. L. Henry Gissel Jr. complete list of Mrs. Helen (Saba) Worden, Chair Dr. Ben F. Orman Alumni Office at (713) 527-4057. Mr. Woodrow Alexander Dr. Donald C. Ruthven Jr. Mrs. Mary (Greenwood) Anderson Dr. Frank B. Ryan Friends of Rice Players provides ongo- Mrs. Kathryn (Tsanoff) Brown Mrs. Annette Fite Schwartz ing financial support for Rice theater facili- Mrs. Martha (Bartles) Greenwood Mr. Steve Shaper ties and activities. The group's member- Mr. George Hughes the Rice Players, Mrs. Dorothy (Williams) Jenett Class of1963 30th Reunion ship includes alumni of Mrs. Grace (Griffith) Jones Mr. Frank Jones, Chair faculty and staff. In the past, the Friends Mrs. Margaret (Strozier) Lewis Mr. Bob Clarke have underwritten residential college pro- Mrs. Ortrud (Lefevre) Much Mrs. Margo Frederking ductions and invited noncollegiate acting Mr. James K. Nance Mr. Dale Friend troupes to campus. Call Joe Lockett at he Mrs. Kathryn (Clarke) Norbeck Mr. Jim Jennings (713) 527-4027 for additional informa- Mr. Phil Peden Mr. Frank Kelly Mrs. Linda Kelly tion. Class of1943 50th Reunion Mr. Rick Lilliott Mr. William S. Mackey Jr., Chair Mrs. Mary Fae McKay Black Alumni Association sponsors pro- Mr. Jim Hargrove Mrs. Diane Wilson grams and events for black alumni and Mrs. Mary Marshall (Foulks) Poe Mr. Tom Wilson students. Call the Alumni Office at(713) )3 Mrs. Ann (Tuck) Williams 527-4057 for additional information. It Mr. Ralph Young Class of1968 25th Reunion Mrs. Karen (Hess) Rogers, Cochair Class of1948 45th Reunion Mrs. Carloyn (Heafer) Woodruff, Rice Business Networking organizes Mr. Joe Reilly, Chair Cochair seminars on business-related topics and Mr. Edwin J. Jennings Mrs. Victoria (Bartlett) Chamberlain publishes a networking directory for mem- Mr. C.A. "Curley" Lewis Mrs. Mari-Ned (Shotwell) Johnson bers of the Rice community. Call the Mrs. Martha A. Lewis Mr. Rocky McAshan Alumni Office at(713) 527-4057 for ad- Mr. J. Rodney Quinby Mr. Joe Nelson Mr. Tom G. Roach Mr. Doug Nicholson ditional information. Mr. Frank Sheldon Mr. Stephen Wallace Mrs. Doris Sue ten Brink Rice Gay and Lesbian Association spon- ler0 Mrs. Elleanor Tyng Class of1973 20th Reunion sors programs and social activities for gay, Mrs. Marilyn Weatherford Ms. Ellen Horr, Chair he lesbian and bisexual Rice alumni and their families and provides support to the Rice Reunion Class of1953 40th Reunion Class of1978 15th student group, GALOR. Mrs. Julia (Picton) Wallace, Chair Ms. Fabene (Welch) Talbot, Chair gay and lesbian Mrs. Therese (Arnold) Cain Mrs. Debbie (Caldwell) Pecheux The association's goals are to increase issues and to :st Mrs. Erminie (Chambers) Chapman Treasurer awareness of sexual-oriented Mrs. Beverly (Kemp) Craft Mrs. Lynn (Laverty) Elsenhans improve life on campus for gay and lesbian Mrs. Sarah (Faulkner) Jackson Mrs. Lori (Taylor) Herlin students by establishing scholarships and Mr. Bob Stravvn Mr. Don Macune funding student participation in national poltc Mrs. Martha (Hodge)Strawn Mrs. Mary Julia (Arnette) Macune Mrs. Laura (Wise) Matthews gay and lesbian events. Call Anderson Brandao at(713) 797-1732 or Don Baker :Of Class of1983 10th Reunion at(713) 285-5491 for additional informa- Mrs. Julia (Mann) Garcia, Chair tion. Mrs. Rachel (Hill) Deskin Mr. Brent Nyquist Rice Design Alliance stimulates public :r- Mr. Guillermo Trevino cer" awareness and discussion of the urban en- he Class of1988 5th Reunion vironment through seminars, a lecture se- JaPa' Ms. Edie Feldman, Chair ries, design exhibitions and an annual ar- )seci chitectural tour. Membership includes two ;or issues of Cite, a magazine that spotlights important issues of city life and provides a Linda Eli forum for architectural critique. Call Saii Sylvan at (713) 524-6297 for additional information. ac- ring'

April / May '93 37 Jones School Students Manage "Real-World"Investment Fund

The recently launched Educational of governors last December. program, but ultimately the fund Investment Fund at Rice will give "We did a lot of preparation and may become a two-semester course. students at the Jesse H. Jones had help from lots of good people," Students will decide how money Graduate School of Administration a Tawney says. "One of our professors should be invested and will report chance to test their business acumen helped with the legal issues, and the on their activities to a board of over- using real dollars. The fund will be university treasurer and the dean of seers made up of the dean of the the Jones School were Jones School, a faculty member, a very receptive to the idea." representative from the Rice Jones School stu- Treasurer's Office and a businessper- dents have also re- son from the Houston investment sponded enthusiastically. community. "Some second-years Students will make presentations who realized they would to the treasurer and to the board of graduate before the fund governors and present an annual was up and running were report to fund contributors and to disappointed, but the the university. Like annual reports first-year students are put out by professional money man- very excited about it. We agers, the report will show how the get asked daily how it's year's investments have performed. going," Tawney says. Though the fund should be In addition to pro- ready to roll this spring, it will be viding real-world experi- too late for Tawney, Russo and ence in managing money, Jacobs to take part in investment the fund will give stu- selections since all three will gradu- dents a forum for net- ate in May. Still, the founding trio working with members of feels content about what it has ac- the business and invest- complished. ment communities in "The fund is an outstanding op- Houston. Both factors portunity for students to apply the will enhance the students' theoretical knowledge they gain education and employ- from professors to practical experiment prospects. ence," Russo says. "Being held ac- More than 20 uni- countable for the money creates real versities in the United business experience that you just The Jones School's Steven Russo, Mark Tawney and John Jacobs. States currently sponsor can't get in school otherwise." student-managed invest- "It was fun to do, and, hope- made up of contributions from cor- ment funds, including Texas Chris- fully, it will be a great benefit to the porations and individuals. Students tian University and Southern Meth- Jones School," Jacobs adds. will decide how, where and when to odist University. Both Stanford and After graduating, Russo plans to invest the money and will be respon- the University of Southern Califor- go into financial management, an sible for the fund's performance. nia have established similar pro- area he worked in before coming to The Jones School hopes to raise grams in recent years. the Jones School. Tawney, who did $250,000 to start the fund. Scholar- That the gains and losses will be loan sales for a Japanese bank in To- ships and other uses for the income real is critical to the students' profes- kyo for four and a half years, plans will be considered when the fund sional development, says Benjamin to go into financial management or reaches $500,000. The students will Bailar, dean ofthe Jones School. to return to banking. Jacobs is look- invest conservatively, but investing "Some businesspeople ask me ing at venture capital firms or small does entail risk, and the value could how the fund is a better learning investment banks. Before coming to fluctuate. tool than being given half a million Rice, Jacobs worked in project man- The idea for the fund came from on paper," Bailar relates. "I ask agement and operations in the con- Mark Tawney, a Jones School stu- them if they've ever been to a Las struction industry. dent who knew of a student-man- Vegas Night party where they give "These students felt the Jones aged fund at Texas Christian Uni- you fake money at the door. When Graduate School would benefit versity. Tawney and fellow business it's real money it's different. There's from a program like this, and they students Steven Russo and John a sense of responsibility that you cared enough and worked hard Jacobs developed a plan for creating don't have with a paper portfolio." enough to get it approved," ob- a similar program at Rice, which was Initially, students will participate serves Dean Bailar. "They did a approved by the university's board in the fund as an independent study great service to the school."

38 Sallyport The Founder's Society, a new Society Members lead annual gift society, recognizes $2,500 level donors for annual unrestricted gifts (July 1992 through January 1993) at the $1,000-$2,499 level or at the $2,500-$4,999 level. Contributions Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Alexander to the university through the Mr. Charles R. Allison Founder's Society provide vital Mr. Daren Ray Appelt Dr. Eileen Doyle Brewer funding for scholarships, financial Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Brochstein aid, library acquisitions and labora- Mr. and Mrs. Roy Campbell tory equipment. Dr. Robert J. Card and Those listed below have made Ms. Karol Ann Kraymer Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Cathcart unrestricted gifts to Rice at the Mr. and Mrs. W. Blewett Chenatilt $2,500-plus level of the Founder's Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Chilukuri Society as of January 31, 1993. Mr. McGinnis Clark Membership in the society is for the Mr. and Mrs. Bill T. Closs FOUNDER'S SOCIETY Dr. James E. Cogan and 1992-93 fiscal year (July 1, 1992- Dr. Leslie Williamson Aey' 7 w/79 June 30, 1993). Mr. William H. Collier Mr. David A. Collins Dr. Dana Derward Copeland Mr. Howell H. Cunyus Founder's Society in Strong Economic Hands Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence John Dahm Mr. James Roy Dobbins Mr. Gary Andrew Eagleson and Harris and Kay Preston Forbes serve as cochairs ofthe Founder's Society, one Ms. Narandja Milanovich of the lead annual gift societies recently established at Rice. The society honors Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Eggert donors for annual unrestricted gifts of $1,000 to $4,999 to the university. Dr. Shirley Emerson Harris (Will Rice) received a B.A. in economics in 1973, and Kay(Brown) Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Fizer Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Foster received a B.A. in political science and economics in 1975. Kay went on to earn Mr. Robert Fri a master's in accounting from the Jones School in 1976—the same year Harris' Ms. Valerie Dessler Greider grandmother, Pauline Applebaum, received her M.A. from Rice. Harris' aunt Mr. James L. Hackney and Kay's two sisters are also Rice graduates. Mr. Timothy Robert Haney Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hargrove Kay has been at Arthur Andersen and Company since receiving her master's Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Hawkins and has been a partner in the tax department since 1984. She is president of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hildebrandt Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, the largest provider of pro bono Mrs. J. P. Houstoun legal and accounting services in the country. Kay coauthored TALA's hand- Mr. and Mrs. Allan K. James Mr. Alex Johnson book, Financial Management and Nonprofit Arts Organizations. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Johnson Harris is a real estate broker and owner of Harris Forbes Realty Company. Mr. John W. Kennedy He serves as parliamentarian on the board of Roberts Elementary School PTO Dr. and Mrs. David W. Kisker and is a member of the school's building and grounds committee. Previously, Mr. Ronald Craver Kline Harris the early childhood education committee and the fund-raising Mr. and Mrs. Neal F. Lane served on Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Lay committee for the new education wing at Temple Emanu El. Mrs. Marjorie Audrey McKean Harris and Kay say their strong attachment to their alma mater makes them Dr. and Mrs. William W. McKinney feel as if they never really left. "Rice was an Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller important part of our personal and profes- Mr. Jack A. Minton Mr. Burton L. Mobley sional development, and we will always be Mr. and Mrs. Jack Newport grateful for the opportunities our education Mr. Michael E. Novelli afforded us," Kay explains. Mrs. Virginia W. Offutt Kay has been a member of the Rice Ac- Mr. Lyman R. Paden Mr. and Mrs. Gary Philpy counting Council since 1986, serving as chair Mr. Lewis V. Roos from 1988-90. She lectured in the Jones Ms. Virginia B. Sall School in 1980 and 1981 and in 1988 served Mr. Harvey Senturia on the search committee for the dean of the Dr. Alan C. Shapiro Dr. Mary Shaw and Jones School. Kay acts as a spokesperson to Mr. Roy Weil prospective Rice students and coordinates the Mr. C. H. Siebenhausen university's matching gift program at Arthur Kay and Harris Forbes. Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Simpson Andersen. Mr. Robert C. Smythe student, Harris managed the Mr. John Valcik While a Mr. James T. Wagoner football team, and he remains a great Owls fan. He is a member of the Owl Mr. Leslie D. Wareham Club and the "R" Association. Harris is also a regular at Rice golf tournaments Mr. Jimmy Williamson and maintains his membership at the Rice gym, where he helps to keep the ex- Mrs. Elizabeth Witt ercise classes coeducational. Before becoming cochair of the Founder's Society, Dr. Charles Tilman Wolverton Dr. Paul Kenneth Wunsch Harris contributed to Rice's fund-raising efforts as a Telefund volunteer. Mr. Earl D. York

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A Passage to Suez Witt This fall the Association of Rice Alumni will sponsor a voyage through the eastern Mediterranean as part of its travel-study program. The 15- Eph day journey will begin in Istanbul on September 7 and take travelers Eph along the Turkish coast, to two Greek Islands, through the Holy Lands hinc and to the fabled pyramids of Egypt. Dr. David Soren, a noted professor site of classical archaeology from the University of Arizona, will provide Pau. background on cities and sites and lead tours during the trip. tern Istanbul is the perfect port from which to embark on a tour of Wor these lands of antiquity. Three nights in this historic city will provide ample opportunity to explore its complex history as the crossroads Kos between Europe and Asia. Once called Byzantium, then Con- On i stantinople during the Roman Empire, Istanbul is known for the sail( giant domes and slender minarets that form its world-famous Ino5 skyline. Monuments to the city's religious history include the mec Byzantine masterpiece Santa Sophia, rivaled only by the mosque of Sultan Suleymaniye, the immense Topkapi Palace and the Blue (on Mosque. On the nearby shores ofthe Bosporus rises the marble and Beylerbeyi Palace. Lim \ The group will stay at the Conrad Istanbul Hotel overlooking the •• Sea of Marmara. There will be plenty oftime to shop for bargains ••• in the covered bazaar—a maze of4,000 tiny shops and narrow Pr alleys offering treasures in gold, silver and copper; hookahs; Pr and perfumes; Turkish porcelains and carpets; leather coats and 411' meerschaum pipes. In Istanbul, travelers will board the Renaissance for a IU seven-night cruise through the Bosporus, the Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea, then sail on to Israel and Egypt. The 1. Renaissance is a sleek luxury yacht with 57 spacious suites.

••• The ship's first stop will be the Turkish port of Kusadasi The yacht will dock at the port of Ashdod for an excur- with its intriguing blend of Muslim and Western culture. sion to Jerusalem and Bethlehem. In Jerusalem, a holy city for This area is known for the ruins of the ancient Greek city Jews, Christians and Moslems, the expedition will visit the Ephesus, which stands 10 miles inland from Kusadasi. Mount of Olives, the Wailing Wall (one of the most sacred Ephesus flourished for more than 3,000 years, leaving be- sites in Israel) and the Stations of the Cross along the Via hind one of the richest archaeological sites in the world. The Dolorosa. In Bethlehem, travelers will see Manger Square and site is highlighted by the Great Theater where the Apostle the Church of the Nativity. Paul is said to have addressed the Ephesians, and by the The group will disembark from the Renaissance in Port temple of Artemis, one of the original Seven Wonders of the Said, Egypt, gateway to the Suez Canal. It will then make its World. way to Cairo for a three-night stay, visiting the alabaster Two Greek islands are included in the itinerary. The first, mosque and the tomb of Anwar Sadat en route. From Nile- Kos, retains traces of the various civilizations that prospered view rooms at the Cairo Ramses Hilton, guests will see white- on its soil—from the remains of Hellenistic and Byzantine sailed feluccas gliding along the legendary river. The group sanctuaries to castles of the Knights of Rhodes and Turkish will tour the renowned Egyptian Antiquities Museum, mosques. Kos is the birthplace of Hippocrates, the father of which houses the golden treasures of the boy king Medicine. Tutankhamen, and will visit the pyramids of The second island, Rhodes, represents a fascinating Giza, where the mysterious Sphinx stands confluence of contemporary city, 15th-century fortress and guard. The Passage to Suez will conclude ancient monument. A highlight of Rhodes is the village of in Cairo on September 21. Lindos, with its great acropolis overlooking a striking blue bay and a beautiful stretch of beach. For information on the Passage to Suez, contact: The group will explore the Holy Lands from two Israeli Rose Sundin Port cities. The terraced city of Haifa is Israel's principal Office of Alumni Affairs Port. From here, the group will make excursions to Tiberias Rice University and to Nazareth, where Jesus is said to have grown up, and P.O. Box 1892 will stop at a kibbutz on the shores of the Sea of Galilee for Houston, TX 77251 lunch. (713) 527-4633

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4111.:4;,- • Sanders also graduated ate work at the U. of loss:a Farnsworth Pavilion of the moved to Houston when I 1924 from Southwestern Baptist and was chosen as a Rhodes Rice Memorial Center. Park- was 11 years old. Theological Seminary in Scholar from Iowa. He was ing will be available. We hope "We used to come to George Minor Tidwell'36 1936. Upon entering mili- the first Rice graduate and you will come. Houston to see football writes: "1 regret to inform tary service in Sept. 1940, he the first Houstonian to win a A committee composed. games. J.D. played football you of the death of my was assigned to Ft.Sam Hous- Rhodes Scholarship. As a of Harry Chavanne, Bob and did love Rice so yen: brother,Wilmer Thurmond ton medical division. He was member of St. Edmund Hall Blair and Willie Cole has much. He kept hoping they Tidwell'24, on June 6,1992, sent to the Indian war the- at Oxford U.(1935 to 1938), started the planning. We need would again have a good at the Home for Aged Ma- ater, where he spent much he obtained his bachelor of your help. Please let us know team. Last time he was there sons in Arlington, Texas. time with malaria and vene- literature degree in 1938 and if you can contact some ofthe was in Oct. 1983. "I am under the impres- real-diseased people. Visiting his Ph.D. in 1939. members ofou r class,so mark "Alvin Moody called sion you were earlier advised with missionaries, he ob- He joined the U.of Iowa your calendars. him to come dbwn for their of the death of my brother, served a number of Oriental faculty in 1938 as an instruc- Let us hear from you. 50th reunion. Were about Wyatt Rodney Tidwell'22, religions firsthand. Although tor in the English department The following letter from eight or 10 men from the in March 1990 in Kerrville, he later received his doctor of and served until he was com- Albert Collier was sent in by Class of'33. Met for lunch at Texas." theology degree, upon ad- missioned a lieutenant in the Willie Cole: River Oaks and attended a vice from his professor he U.S. Naval Reserve during "My copy of Sallyport football game in the after went to UT, receiving G.I. World War II. He rose to arrived today, and as usual noon. It was a stag affair, so I Bill support thr cholera re- lieutenant commander in one of the things I look for- visited my sister in Beaumont. 1925 search. He later returned to 1945. At war's end, he re- ward to is the 1933 entry in J.D. knew that Alvin Moody TCU,receiving money from joined the English depart- Classnotes. This time I found passed away. Nell H. Harris has been in- the National Institute for Al- ment at the U. of Iowa, be- Frank Halpin, whom I do "We have only one cluded in the 47th edition lergy and Infectious Diseases. coming a full professor in not remember,but neverthe- daughter, who was born in (1992-93) of Who's Who in His textbook, Biology of Mi- 1953. less I was glad to know about 1938. Have seven grandchil America. A retired public re- croorganisms, was published Besides writing articles him. dren who helped me so vers lations executive, real estate in 1969. for periodicals,Samuel wrote "I was thinking at the much during La's illness. broker and writer, Harris was Sanders and his wife of Ed. Poems of Thomas Carew, same time host nice it would Would never have made it for many years engaged in 46 years have three married published by Clarendon Press be to see more of our class- without my daughter, son rehabilitating handicapped daughters and one son. He in 1949, and coauthored mates appearing in the notes. in-law and grandchildren. children. She wrote her auto- and his wife are both deeply Studiesin English Renaissance I wonder why that is? Could "We both attended Old biography, The Castlemaker, involved in international stu- Drama,published by Colum- it be because blokes such as San Jacinto in Houston." in 1986. Among her many dent work. He works at bia U. Press in 1959. me don't write in? activities, which include ac- WARM place (What About Dunlap was best known "Without further tive participation in a num- Remembering Me?) in con- at the U.of Iowa for his lead- thought I am giving it a try. ber of medical and charitable nection with Cook Children's ership in directing the "After leaving Rice, I organizations, Harris has also Hospital in Fort Worth,lend- university's honors program. went tor work as a marine been a member of the Rice ing support to teenagers who The warden ofRhodes House biologist,and that profession Class Recorder: U. Women's Assn. She re- have lost one or both parents. at Oxford U. once praised took me to many interesting Elliott Flowers sides at 2501 Westerland Dr., Here are some more miss- him as "the finest amateur places. In 1976 I retired as 3330 Del Monte No. 116E, Houston,TX 77063. ing classmates: Wendell pianist" he had ever heard. In emeritus professor ofbiology Houston, TX 77019 Percy Cummings, Herbert 1981,he received the Marion from Fla. State U. (713) 524-4404 Marion Dawson, Marratt L. Huitt Award for "extraor- "I now live in retirement James Denison, Kathryn dinary service to the Univer- in Green Valley, Ariz., with Dobbins, Frances Egan, sity ofIowa." The Iowa chap- my second wife of 28 years. 1930 Elroy Irving Eigenberger, ter of Phi Eta Sigma, a na- By my first wife I had two 19:15 Class Recorder: Grace Louise Estes and St. tional honor society, has es- daughters, Judith and Jane. Lucille Davis Rulfs Clair Evans. tablished the Rhodes Dunlap The former lives in San Anto- Class Recorder: 3304 Albans Scholarship, which it awards nio and the latter in Austin. William Storey Houston, Texas 77005 each year to a promising jun- "My retirement has been, 8600 Skyline Drive ior student. and is, a busy one. For four No. 3215 Class recorder Lucille Davis 1931 years I served as visiting Dallas, TX 75243-4158 Rulfs writes: scholar at the U. of Ariz. in (214-503-1931) Thanks to Dr. Sanders Class Recorder: Tucson. Now I spend most T. Lyles for clearing up one Anne McCulloch 1932 of my time in my spacious William Storey is now class of our "missing" classmates. 2348 Shakespeare studio painting and studying recorder for the Class of'35. It seems Julius Porter Houston, Texas 77030 Class Recorder: musical composition with the He hopes members of the Anderson came to Rice but Chris Hoover Macintosh computer and class will write or call him upon being subjected to some Samuel Rhodes Dunlap,8 I, 5318 Meadow Lake Lane Yamaha electronic keyboard. with their news. He looks hazing went home and never died Wed., Dec. 16,1992,in Houston, TX 77056 "Some of my classmates forward to hearing from each returned to class. One thing his home in Iowa City, Iowa. may remember me as and every one of you. Sanders mentioned was hav- Survivors include a brother 'Walker,' my middle name. ing to push a mothball across and sister-in-law, Henry'38 "It would be great to see Glenn William Wilson Jr., the lbotball field with one's and Margaret Dunlap '38 1933 you and my classmates again. ofBaytown, Texas, died Nov. nose. of Wimbcrley, Texas; two Maybe someday 1 shall." 18, 1992. A retired chemical Sorry to report the de- nephews and two cousins. Class Recorder: Willie Mae sends the fol- engineer with Exxon, he was mise of a classmate, Dan He was born March 11, Willie Mae Chapman Cole lowing letter from Mrs. Laura active as a community service Mendell Jr., B.S. in engi- 1911, in Bryan, Texas, the 2414 Chimney Rock Reeder Thrasher: volunteer with the United neering. He spent 42 years son of Samuel H. and Edith Houston, TX 77056 "My husband, J.D. Way and several other local with Exxon. Rhodes Dunlap. He gradu- (713) 782-9509 Thrasher, or in an old sport agencies, including Trinity Sanders Lyles had a very ated from San Jacinto High world known as Jap Thrasher, Episcopal Church and the Bay interesting career. He is still School in Houston and at- Class recorder Willie Mae passed away on Mon., May Area Rehabilitation Center, busy square and round danc- tended The Rice Institute, Chapman Cole writes: 25, 1992. He had a brain where for the past 10 years he ing. He and his wife belong majoring in English. He was The Class of'33 will ob- tumor. He was sick about 10 had made weekly videotapes to dance clubs that meet one elected to Phi Beta Kappa serve its 60th reunion during months. Thankfully he never (tithe cerebral palsy children's or two nights a week in the and received both his B.A. Homecoming this year from was bedridden or in pain. We progress. He is survived by Fort Worth area, where they degree in 1931 and his Oct. 21-24. A date has been married in Aug. 1934,so my his wife Gwen and his two live. master's degree in 1932 from set—Oct. 21. A luncheon is life seems so strange now. I daughters, Mary Sue Rice. He continued his gradu- being planned for the am a native Texan also and Barnum '64 and Bets):

12 tiallyport Thompson, as well as six '37./ It was my first, yet for grandchildren,one ofwhom, the "reunion addicted" set, Jeff Barnum, is a senior at but one of many. From the 1938 Classnotes: Rice this year. Glenn "Did you enjoy it?" you ("G.W.") was a loving man may say. "Well, yes and no," who will be greatly missed by I might reply. Dr. George Piranian advises: "If possible, visit the his family, his many friends On the negative,/ It was vermilion and his colleagues. distressing to see the few I Galapagos Islands. Witness the male remembered, old, wrinkled, flycatcher's dive, referee a pushing match between /and used. Even worse,their memories had ceased to ex- two marine iguanas and recapture a sense of imma- 1T16 ist. / Why, some could not recall how handsome I was./ turity by swimming among young sea lions." Class Recorder: Or even my name, for sakes! Beulah Axe'rad Yellen Thank God for those 9406 Cliff-wood Drive tacky name tags that were Houston, TX 77096 stuck / on certain parts of (713) 723-7318 our clothing,/ diverting the reflection of myopic men as Class recorder Beulah they sought to remember — AxeInd Yellen writes: /just who in the world is that meet these interesting young building with the seminar Sag-wagon corps,choose sites By the time you read this, lady? / Once known, the di- students. If Rice is not being group,she missed a step and for water and fruit stops and we will be well into 1993, lemma was blown/ out ofall represented in your town or fell, breaking her leg near the portable relief huts,and warn and I want to take this oppor- proportion. city and you think you would hip. It was an unfortunate wayside vendors that during tunity to wish a wonderful On the positive,/ as time be interested in performing accident, but she is out ofthe such and such hours of a day New Year with everything went by, the wine did ply, this service,contact Ann Brice hospital and doing fine now." of the Great Week they may good. and luncheon did progress./ in the Admission Office,tele- Thanks for letting us know, expect a horde of two- We hope that many of We intersected, recalled phone(713) 527-4036. You Ortrud. Minnie's friends all wheeled locusts." Our best you will send copies of your events, and mostly did con- will find it a most rewarding join in wishing her a speedy wishes for 1993, George and holiday newsletters or even fess / to affairs of the past, experience. recovery. Louise! special letters briefing us on each other surpassed / the 1992 was a sad year for Your recorders grieve at A long-awaited letter your activities during 1992 others to impress. my family in that we lost two the loss of Henry's brother, from Anne Marie Smith and your plans for 1993. If At once, as if by magic, wonderful men who were Rhodes Dunlap '31, who Ewing brought us up to date you have had memorable events that had been tragic,/ Rice graduates—Harry died of pancreatic cancer at on her life in Whittier, Calif., holiday or vacation experi- evolved to something grand. Fouke'35 and Tommy Hale his home in Iowa City,Iowa, and visits with Houston ences,do share them with us. / The old became distin- '33. Harry was married to my on Dec. 16, 1992, at the age daughter Katie Ewing I am planning a trip to guished,the wrinkledwasfur- sister-in-law's twin, Harriet of 81 We appreciate the many DePitts '71, her husband Seattle to visit my children rowedand lo,/ the old turned Allen '36. He had a distin- messages ofcondolence. Rice James R. DePitts '69, and and to celebrate my grand- to wise. / As to memories I guished career as athletic di- friends knew him as a fine Greek daughter Anne Ewing son David's birthday( he will can state only my own,/ and rector of the U. of Houston English scholar, a gifted pia- Rassios '74, her husband be nine). My other grandson, it is faultless (if not over- for many years. Tommy was nist and the first Rice gradu- Adamos and their son Mikos: Eric, celebrated his birthday blown). / So, upon reflec- my older brother—lumber- ate to win a Rhodes Scholar- "Katie and Jim were out in Aug. He is seven. tion, and with much intro- man,rancher and great golfer. ship. His friends at the U. of in Jan., then came again in Don't forget to let us spection,/ the event unusual Harriet and I and our family Iowa knew him as a professor July. I spent the summer in know how you've been do- became norm,and I,the skep- members deeply appreciated of English and an organizer Greece with Annie and her ing lately. May 1993 be a tic, was "addicted." the visits and loving senti- and directorofthe university's husband and son. We spent wonderful year for us all. As the years carry for- ments from our friends, many Honors Program until his two weeks in Glyfa, a ferry- ward,and I hope that they do ofwhom shared our wonder- retirement in 1981. Rhodes boat port on the Aegean. The / and I don't change my ful years at Rice. will be deeply missed by all Aegean is very warm, and useless mind, / I hope the who knew him. there are small waves. The 1937 body will band and accord Dr. George Piranian, re- water passage is the one Achil- the feelings, which I now de- tired professor of mathemat- les followed on his trip from Class Recorder: light,/ so that I may attend 1938 ics at the U. of Mich., writes Lamia to Troy. Olive trees Mary Jane Hale Rommel again,/ name tag and all. that he and his wife, Louise there grow right down to the 504 Fairway Drive—Riverhill Class Recorders: Mills Piranian '43, in Jan. water. We had been on vaca- Kerrville, TX 78028 Margaret and Henry Dunlap 1992 joined an elderhostel tions there before,and I love (210) 896-4310 During my Christmas P. 0. Box 79 tour ofthe Galapagos Islands, it. visit with my daughter's fam- Wimberley, TX 78676 where they walked on lava "When we went to Class recorder Mary Jane ily in Carmel, Calif., we went beds;learned about hot spots, Grevena where Annie lives, Hale Rommel writes: to San Francisco to see the Ortrud Lefevre Much plate tectonics and volcan- we enjoyed local fairs. Many Remember my telling San Francisco Ballet present 9014 Memorial Drive ism; and learned about the Russians bring things—pots, you I found Travis Redman "The Nutcracker." Had Houston, TX 77024 mating habits of the local pans, bedding, jewelry, etc., in nearby Bandera, Texas? planned to meet up with Al (713)686-5983 fauna. George advises: "If from Russia. Each Fri. Well, he and his wife came to Barnston, but somehow it possible, visit the islands. Grevena has a Russian Fair our recent 55th reunion,and didn't work out once again. Class recorders Margaretand Witness the male vermilion with outdoor stands and re- it was great seeing them. Af- Sorry, Al. We'll try again. We Henry Dunlap and Ortrud flycatcher's dive, referee a ally interesting goods. I al- ter the reunion I received the missed you at the reunion Lefevre Much write: pushing match between two ways load up on Russian jew- following letter: and Homecoming but appre- We are indebted to Ortrud marine iguanas and recapture elry. Every few days, we went "Dear Mary Jane: At last ciated your letter. 1.elevre Much, class a sense of immaturity by up into the High Pindus on the 'reunion' poem. Hope it For several years the Ad- corecorder,for the following swimming among young sea roads that were cliffhanging meets with your approval, mission Office at Rice has item: lions." and very scary. This is one of Yours Friendly, Travis." And asked me to serve as a student "Minne Gillespie Wil- George continues: Annie's field areas—remem- here it is, dedicated to the interviewer here in Kerrville liams '37 was attending a "Barely back from the 1992 ber, she is a geologist, and Class of 1937... and to represent Rice at our seminar lecture of the Rice PALM (Pedal Across Lower everywhere we went there —The Reunion— Tivy High School College U. Women on Jan. I 1,1993. Michigan) ride, Louise be- were villagers who knew her. This one was, to me, un- Night. I feel this is a real Touring the George R. came a member ofthe comm. "Every road in northern usual! / The fifty-fifth since privilege and have enjoyed so Brown Institute of Bio- that prepares for 1993. Next Greece has its 'walking Alba- the graduating ofthe Class of much the opportunity to sciences and Bioengineering June, she'll coordinate the nians.' They scurry along,

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starving,hoping for help. The Floy King Rogde Williamses during all this Class recorders Julia Taylor ally did some diligent sewing. Greek police chase them 7480 Beechnut #337 time, even in my eight poor- Dill and Wanda Hoencke This group held its own re- north. Also, a lot of Roma- Houston, TX 77074 starving-graduate -student Spaw write: union at the Junior League, nians were in northern years at Columbia. Have We are sorry to report where the order of business Greece. I always enjoy three Class recorder coordinator taken them and my mother the death ofclassmate Irving was sharing ofexperiences and days going and coming home, Dorothy Zapp Forristall- and my friend Donald Gillett J. Shapley Jr., on Dec. 1, catching up on news that staying in Athens. I think this Brown writes: to dinner on the various birth- 1992. Irving and his wife made it just like old times. was my 34th trip through Dear Classmates: On Jan. days for years. Dorothy had two sons,James The group greatly missed Athens. 14, I received a letter from "Saw Martha Green- Dudley and Robert Gary,and Frances Bishop Fowler'41, "Katie and Jim will prob- the new Classnotes editor of wood '38 at several of the lived at 10402 Willowisp, who died several years ago. ably be out this next year,and Sallyport, Cathy S. committee meetings; Jerry Houston, Texas 77035. Irv- Margo and I recently re- Annie and Mikos hope to Monholland M.A.'89, giv- Segal '37 and I worked out ing had been semiretired with turned from Europe, where spend a month in the sum- ing me the due dates for our the requirements for the prize some activity in insurance and we attended our son's wed- mer. Adamos is too busy with Classnote entries. The dates with George. Reminisced investments. Since 1951, he ding in Erbach, Germany. his factory ever to get away are Feb. 1( for the April/May with David Westheimer'37 had participated in all phases The wedding was a big suc- for a long vacation. So this is issue), April 1 (for the June/ at the reception and saw many of insurance, primarily with cess. It started with an after- a briefof my year:swimming, July issue), June 1 (for the folks I hadn't seen in years. Fidelity Union Life, serving noon church service,followed walking, reading, traveling, Aug./Sept.issue ),Aug. 2 (for "Have been making good as general agent,branch man- by a reception, which in turn writing—if I get the urge." the Oct./Nov. issue) and use of Fondren Library and ager and division vice presi- was followed by a party that Anne says she still owns Oct. 1 (for the Dec./Jan. is- the Clayton Genealogical Li- dent. He was awarded life included a buffet,music, skits, property in the Big Thicket sue). I will have to receive brary; am quite happily sup- membership in the Million speeches and dancing. This along with her sister, Martha information from you at least porting Fondren with my'old Dollar Round Table and Hall party lasted most ofthe night. Smith Die'41, who had knee a week in advance of these maid's mite.' One does not of Fame in his primary com- We had a very enjoyable surgery last fall but is other- due dates for it to be included get rich telling the'one -tenth pany. He and Dorothy trav- time. No rain or snow—only wise well. in that particular issue. Please ofone percent ofthe popula- eled in Europe, the Middle clear blue skies with tempera- A quick note from Doris don't let me down, for if I tion who care'about the four- East, the Holy Land and Af- tures ranging from 0 to 30 Schild of New York City don't hear from you I can't three suspension as used rica. They were active mem- degrees. Erbach is a fascinat- mentions that besides her pil- write a column. variantly by Josquin des Pres, bers of Grace Presbyterian ing town of about 11,000, grimage to Compostela, I know it is a little late, Palestrina and Bach. Am still Church, where he served as a with its own palace,ivory carv- Spain, last year, she also vis- but this is my wish for all of contemplating buying a com- ruling elder. ing museum and shops that ited the Santa Fe Opera,Lon- you for 1993—"May the puter for music printing and We sincerely appreciate could easily feel comfortable don and Paris. Now, after worst thing that happens to word processing but keep Lorena Steakley's help as a in the Galleria. Visited cataract surgery, she looks you in 1993 be no worse than putting it off." corecorder for the past two Heidelberg and toured the forward to visits in 1993 to the best thing that happened More from Lee Blocker: years. We regret she cannot old castle located there. Also Texas, Egypt and Italy. We to you in 1992." The Class of'39 was rep- continue because oftoo many visited the old walled town of hope she has our 55th class Received a Christmas resented by a majority oftwo commitments. We hope to Michelstadt, where we saw reunion on her itinerary. card from Alene Treadwell at a "hockey night" reunion hear from her in the future, highway markers made by the We were glad to learn stating that their son Don of the Rice ice hockey team and we want to hear from Romans and an old city hall that Dorothy Zylicz Bow- and his wife are presenting that flourished in the 1930s you, too! that has the date 1484 on its man and her daughter Anne them with a new grandchild and included the years from front. It's still in use! made a safe roundtrip to the in Jan. and that their son Gary 1934 to 1941 or so. Ross At the wedding recep- Holy Land in Jan. 1993.They is marrying in March. They McKee and Lee Blockerwere tion we met a German couple saw important biblical shrines have an exciting 1993 await- the two of about eight that 1042 from Furth, Germany, who not accessible to tourists on ing them. attended along with their were related to the bride's their previous visits. Received a card from wives. The party was hosted Class Recorder: family. In the course of our James Alan Shepherd Wa- by Louis'41 and Louise'88 Oscar N. Hibler, Jr. conversation we learned that ters, written while flying to Girard at their lovely home 10306 Sugar Hill Drive they were related to Marg- board a cruise liner headed to located on Tiel Way in River Houston, TX 77042-1546 aret Eifler, who is currently a 1939 some exotic destination. Oaks. Others in attendance (713) 782-4499 Rice professor ofGerman and Hope she follows up by giv- were Billy Eckhardt '37, Slavic studies. Talk about a Class Recorder ing us an evaluation so that Link Eckhardt, Malcolm Class recorder Oscar N. small world! Coordinator: some of us might consider McCants '37 and David Hibler Jr., writes: Dorothy Zapp Forristall- trying the same adventure. Westheimer'37. Having the Now that our reunion is Brown Class recorder Lee wives present made it an ex- past history and we have re- 1250 Oakcrest Circle Blocker sends the following tra pleasant occasion. Inci- turned to our usual everyday 1943 Beaumont, Texas 77706 letter from Dawn Crawford: dentally, three of the wives lives and happenings, please (409)892-1048 "I have been a great- are Rice exes: Jean Lilliott let me know what you have Class Recorder: grandauntsince May1,1989. Blocker '38, Flora Jackson been doing so lean pass it on Peggy Johnston Gibbons Class Recorders: "I quit teaching several McCants '41 and Louise to our classmates. 629 Sandy Mountain Dr. Lee Blocker years ago and spend my time Girard '88. Recollections Before leaving the sub- Sunrise Beach, TX 78643 125 Sailfish trying to write music, study- were vivid, and philosophy ject of our reunion, I under- (915) 388-6659 Austin, TX 78734 ing English literature and flowed deep throughout the stand from June Siegert criticism, reading biography, evening. Holly Harrison that another Class recorder Peggy Bob & Evelyn (Junker) and keeping a vegetable gar- reunion of great import was Johnston Gibbons writes: Purcell den and the yard on this old, held during the week of Betty Ruth Robbins 5102 Valerie almost-an-acre place of my Homecoming '92. Many Tomfohrde was honored at Bellaire, TX 77401 parents. 1940 years ago, a number of our the annual dinner concert "Enjoyed working on the classmates—Lib Potter held at the River Oaks Coun- Sam & Frances (Flanagan) committee that set up the Class Recorders: Roach Gardner, Lois Lee try Club by Friends ofthe U. Bethea George Guion Williams'23 Julia Taylor Dill Qualtrough Peden, Robyn ofHouston School of Music. 309 Burnet Dr. Prize in Creative Writing. His 7715 Hornwood Moncrief Oldham, Nell Three of the UH piano Baytown, TX 77520 wife, Marian, taught me art Houston, TX 77036 Poole Wood and June instructor's students,past and at Jackson Jr. High School. I (713) 774-5208 Siegert Holly Harrison— present, performed in the Marian Smedes Arthur didn't have any of his classes along with a number ofother concert. The program notes 5806 Glen Falls Lane while I was at Rice but went Wanda Hoencke Spaw Rice grads and good friends, recalled Betty Ruth's excit- Dallas, TX 75209 back four years later and took 5614 Inwood formed a Tuesday sewing ing debut with the Houston his creative writing class. I Houston, TX 77056 club, at which I understand Symphony at age 20and listed have kept up with the (713)622-9845 some of the members actu- her many subsequent achieve-

44 Sallyport ments and awards. Also re- and youngest son are sharing '45 at a fine performance in seph Tamasy, he said he had ceiving recognition were hus- an apartment in Paris. She's a the fabulous Alice Pratt played 33 holes of golf that band John,cited for his page- 1945 European product manager Brown Hall. Be sure to see day—and walked! Consider- turning skills, and daughter for Du Pont, and he's a this extraordinary building ing that he had bypass heart Anne. Among those sharing Class Recorder: teacher at the Paris School of when you visit Rice. surgery three years ago,that's Joplin in the elegant event were Jack Design. Our middle son, While calling for the Rice terrific! He lives in Cypress Meredith James,Ann Tuck 5001 Woodway Drive, Ph 1 daughter-in-law and grand- annual fund drive, I talked and is a full-time lawyer. He TX 77056-1707 Williams, Hortense Man- Houston, son live just outside London.' with cheerful Charles said he "lawyered" for his ning Dyer, Catherine (713)960-1582 (home) Doug says that theirs is the Deiches ofSan Antonio. He good friend George Bush Coburn Hannah and David (713) 498-6331 (office) finest B&B in England. The retired in 1962. He has been years ago and is looking for- Hannah'44. The group also house drink is an old fash- extremely ill but is now plan- ward to serving George and attended the performance of ioned, the music is Big Band ning a wonderful cruise, his Barbara now that they are cellist Darrett Adkins with the and the price is right. first trip since 1986. Charles back in Houston. Joseph Shepherd School Symphony 1947 "Send us your news that's asked about his Rice Navy comes to Rice often these Orchestra. The soloist is the fit to print. We have a lot of ROTC friend David Rainey. days as he serves on the Rice Recorder: recipient of the Ralph A. Class catching up to do between The two friends "berthed" Engineering Board. Anderson Jr., Memorial Emily Butler Osborn now and 1997." near one another on ships We are sorry to report Scholarship. 54 Lake Rd. 624 and 625. Happy cruis- that Herbert E. Mattefs of It isn't too early to make P. 0. Box 537 ing, Charles. Simonton died last year. Our plans to attend our 50th re- Lake Jackson, TX 77566 Called David Rainey in Doris ten Brink's husband, union Oct. 23. Word from 1948 Wimberly to give him Karl '37, died recently. Our writes: "In Bill Brown is that Thomas Sara Peterson Charles' number. David has heartfelt sympathy to their we Coor of Cambridge, Mass., case you haven't heard, Class Recorder: had heart surgery twice but is families. our scholar- will attend. have launched Elleanor Graham Tyng doing well and says he is still I received this wonderful ship drive, which will last five 3455 Overbrook as good looking as always and letter from W.D. Baird '49, John T. Patin° writes: "I years and culminate in a grand Houston, Texas 77027 will call Charles. David is an M.D., of Dallas: wish to report the death of gift of$325,000 to be given (713)622-5241 old family friend from el- "Many years ago,a regu- occasion of Rice alum George D. Neal, to Rice on the ementary school days. Our lar early summer sojourn was B.S.M.E.'43. In a letter dated our 50th reunion in 1997. Al Class recorder Elleanor Gra- families played bridge to- to the fishing grounds around 11 Dec. 1992, his widow Woelfel is chairman of this ham Tyng writes: gether. Bimini, in the Bahamas. The enterprise,and his corn. stated that George died 18 noble Borrowing a suggestion Talked with I.E. Reed of giant bluefin tuna makes its mittee is telephoning like Sept. 1992." from the Sallyport report of Houston. He has had more run through there the last mad. the Class of'43, we request serious health problems but two weeks in May and the "Our 45th reunion was such a pleasure. From far and 1944 wide came Anne Bray Berling, Mary Simpson Chmelik, Class Recorder: Smith,Mary Hay Klein, Bill Garrett, Larry Hermes Rush and 2028 Albans Road Anne Barnes Crosland From the 1948 Classnotes: Houston, TX 77005 John McKee,to name a few. had to hunt (713) 529-2009 John Phenicie pheasant in Kan.and couldn't "Walker's is a very small place; Rice is a very small Class recorder Larry Hermes be two places at once. Martha school; it was a very small reunion; and it's a very writes: Nunn Ulbricht sent greet- Lake,along Patricia Porter Braunig ingsfrom Canyon small world. Small ain't all bad." lives in Houston. She and her with a charming photo ofthe husband celebrated their 50th entire Ulbricht family. wedding anniversary with "Bill Kiescimick prom- — W.D. Baird their two daughters and their ises to be at the 50th reunion. grandchildren cruising on the He writes: 'I am active on a Nordic Enterprise. number ofindustrial boards, In addition to being an a biotech company start-up vice chair- engineering consultant, and transaction, Hugh Saye has an orchestra man of Caltech's board, and Keith Ann, and I in which he plays and directs. my wife, that each class member send is still cheerfully active and first two in June, as memory much of our time at His specialty is dance music spend us an essay entitled "How playing bridge—always look- recalls. our country home in Napa of the 1940s. I've Spent the Last 45 Years" ing for partners. "This particular year took Ray Simpson is cochair Valley, where I have a small for publication in this col- Talked with Sam H. us away from the tuna, for the celebration ofthe 50th vineyard.' umn and/or for the book we Phelps ofHouston and Mat- through the Great Bahama Jr., anniversary of the launching "Richard Henshaw hope to present to each '48er thew Reichlin of Houston. Flats, to the most northern Cocoa Beach, ofthe USS Burns(DD 588). writes from at our 45th reunion this year! They have been on the sick outpost of the Bahamas, retired as profes- The reunion will be held in Fla., that he Joe Reilly's committee is list, and we wish them both Walker's Cay. Walker's is a San Diego in April. sor emeritus at Mich. State planning Great Happenings well. very small island, just large We are saddened by the U.(his field was management for Oct. 22 and 23. Make Joanne Shanks Folger enough to accommodate a working on recent deaths of our class- science) and is plans to come! called from North Augusta, 600-foot runway for light sixth edition of his text- mates Jim Bill Glanville, the Rosalee Parks Bagby, S.C., inquiring about our planes and adventuresome book, The Executive Game. Leon Clark and Bob Neath. just back from London, may 45th reunion. She and her pilots. "Doug Dean (fondly be the first to send us an husband Robert, a nuclear "We were crew of a known as 'Squirrel' when he essay. Also,J. Frank Overton chemist with Du Pont (but friend's 34-foot sport fisher- was at Rice) and his wife Jean Jr., and his wife, Fairy, of now retired), plan to join our man in quest of billfish. The have retired in the idyllic Seabrook might write and tell reunion. Joanne "took up" plan was to spend a week at Cotswolds—Great us of a very special "out of art over 50 and now it's a Walker's and catch a plane Rissington, England, to be space" thrill they had recently. business. She is a portrait and back to West End, leaving precise. Their four children Enjoyed chatting with landscape artist working in the rest of the crew with the are far flung:'The oldest is in Bill Broyles, our editor of watercolor, pastels and oils boat to join the next group Africa doing research for the the Campanile, and his ever and is selling amazingly well. coming over. World Bank. Our daughter sweetly smiling Betty Broyles The night I called Jo- "We arose early and spent

April / May '93 45 the day dragging the ocean, which is only a matter ofyards II to its blue water depth off 1919 From the 1954 Classnotes: Walker's. After a hard day of Cl fishing, it was our custom to Jerry R. Jax writes that he has published his book en- gather at the large, half-de- 38 serted clubhouse. This place titled Sonnets on Life, a trea- Oh, I went to Rice with the best of intent sury of English sonnets. The H, was easily as large as a gymna- To make Phi Beta Kappa in any event; (7 sium. It had open beams over- sonnets cover themes oflife— head and a marvelous collec- experiences,observations and But a girl and a bottle began my decline, philosophies concerning Cl tion of mounted specimens 111 of all the game fish on the people, nature, dreams, fan- Under the limb of the loblolly pine. walls. tasies, God and a myriad of things and affairs that till one's re, "Normally, our small tit group were the only inhabit- — Old school song -Ft ants of the place, along with Publication date was Dec. 12, 1992, and the book will (submitted by Crayton Walker) lc one Bahamian attendant and D. a cook back in the kitchen be available at local book- stores, including Mary di somewhere. We would sit at te. one of the dozens of empty Regina's at 1617 Main St., Houston, and from the au- Sc tables and have a few drinks hers of the class will write or /lolly, lolly lob,/ lolly, lolly Anybody else remember 1) before dinner. One of the thor directly on and after that call her with their news. She lob. the other verses? date. It is a 5-1/2" by 8-1/ bi crew had a guitar, and usu- looks forward to hearing from "The memorable thing lit ally, we would get offon old 2", soft cover, perfect bind each and every one of you. about the episode to me is John R. Logan writes:"Am book with a laminated, 4- songs after the meal and soon that during that verse the now associate manager ofthe hz have the rafters ringing. color, nature scene photo audience in the bus became Arizona Farmers' Markets cover of "One night, we had been priced at $8.95. Orders completely quiet, waiting for and Producers Assn." for the book may be placed ar holding forth for an hour or 1954 what was to come. In a very tc with the so when a couple stole into author/publisher at unaccustomed limelight, we Joseph E. Price (M.S.; (713)468-2117. the barnlike structure and sat Class Recorder: sang all the verses we knew. Ph.D., 1956) writes: "I re- Jerry Jax is 65 years of down at the far end of the Mary Anne Collins They were attentively, even tired from full-time teaching age,grew up in Houston and room so unobtrusively that P.O. Box 271 respectfully, received. at Idaho State U. last June we did not notice their ar- graduated from Rice U. in Hunt,Texas 78024 "Wow! Here was a bus and was named professor 1949 with a B.S. degree in rival. After a rendition of`The full of people whose back- emeritus ofphysics. I am phas- la Night that Paddy Murphy chemical engineering. He was Class recorder Mary Anne grounds represented possibly ing into full retirement by employed for 34 years by in Died' or some such, the lady Collins writes: centuries of collegiate vocal teaching one class per semes- Superior Oil ti, walked over to our table. Co. and served Crayton Walker,retired tradition, paying close atten- ter. I now have more time to as a gas engineer and the last el "'Which one of you guys from the U. of Conn., writes tion to a song of local origin devote to walking,genealogy tt is from Rice?' she asked. 10 years in natural gas mar- from Allendale, Mich.,where sung by a bunch ofRice Insti- and woodworking. Most of keting as manager. Since "Taken somewhat aback, his he's been teaching manage- tute walk-on singers. Given my woodworking projects early retirement in 1983, he I admitted that I was. ment intbrmation in the that not one ofus had a voice revolve around building has been an independent con- h, "She introduced herself Grand Valley State U. busi- worth listening to, I take this things for my two grandchil- sultant in natural gas at as Eugenie Mut Bond. She market- ness school. Next year he reception of 'Under the dren." said her husband had invented ing and for the last several plans to go back to Conn. Limb...' as absolute proof of Price lives at 26 Davis years has been writing son- some sort of metal detecting when his big project will be the song's originality and Dr.,Pocatello, Idaho 83201 - nets. Currently he rt treasure hunting device, and has writ- figuring out what retirement quality. 3244; telephone (208) 232- ten over 350 sonnets, of they were there surveying the is supposed to be. "Aside from the nostal- 4462. surrounding waters on a which 41 have won 48 recog- What's really on gia of the incident, what nitions in 28 major 0 check-out run. She had rec- poetry Crayton's mind is the origin brings it to mind now is that contests across the rc ognized our songs and as- country and verses to "Under the while!can reproduce the tune and 69 have ft sumed, quite correctly, that been, or soon Limb of the Loblolly Pine." and the first verse, I cannot will be, published 123 times 1955 someone in the crowd was He writes: remember any other lyrics! in a total of 60 issues of 22 from Rice. "On a bus trip during an "Help! What happens in E. Brad Thompson writes: magazines,periodicals, chap- "Now I had the drop on NROTC summer 'cruise' in the rest ofthe song? Does our "On my Fulbright, I am books and anthologies. a: her.'Well, Eugenic,'! said, 'I the 1950s(probably 1952),a ballad's hero decline further, studying the mechanism of He is married to Mary ri am Bill Baird, and if! am not group of us from several col- as if classically fated? Or does action of glucocorticoid re- Kay Stiles lax,has three grown s, badly mistaken, we had a leges began singing school he, or she, instead turn away ceptors at the Institut fur children and three grandchil- couple ofdates when we were songs to pass the time. There from the temptations of the Molekularbiologie und dren and is a nature lover, at Rice.' were the usual schools and piney woods in time to gradu- Tumorforschung in Mar- moralist and somewhat a phi- tl "Walker's is a very small the usual songs:'The Sweet- ate, amass a fortune and par- burg, Germany. In my spare losopher. place; Rice is a very small heart of Sigma Chi,' The ticipate fully in the fabulous time, I sing in the local town 1 school; it was a very small WhiffenpoofSong,'etc. Then '60s (or '70s or '80s—your chorus and watch the fasci- reunion; and it's a very small it was the Rice contingent's choice) after all? How does it nating evolution of current world. Small ain't all bad. turn. As I recall, we started turn out?! German/European history. "Please accept my thanks 1950 with 'All for Rice's Honor.' "Does anyone know?" I'll be returning to my job as for providing the memory This provoked modest indif- Tigger Thomas, Al chairman of the Dept. Of Class Recorder: that your last endeavor in the ference in the bus, so We fol- Roberts and Jack Reynolds, Human Biol. Chem. and Marty Sallyport inspired. As editor Gibson Roessler lowed up with 'Under the architects from the Class of Genetics in Galveston next 9545 Ella Lee Lane of a newsletter of sorts my- For those of you '51, are the authors (poets?). April." Apartment self, always looking for copy, 30 who haven't heard it, the first I do remember one verse, this may give you some words Houston, TX 77063 verse goes like this: probably the first: "The (713) 782-4231 for your next undertaking." (home) "Oh,I went to Rice with month of September at last (713) Write or call with your 432-0505, ext. 142 the best ofintent / To make rolls around./ There's frost (work) news! Best of luck to each of Phi Beta Kappa in any event; on the meadow and frost on you. / But a girl and a bottle be- the ground, / But I live in Marty Gibson Roessler is gan my decline,/ Under the Houston where frost's hard now class recorder for the limb of the loblolly pine. to find / Under the limb of Class of'50. She hopes mem- "Chorus:'Lolly, lolly lob, the loblolly pine."

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Class recorder Dixie Leggett Roy Thompson traveled Wheeler Zelle came from Well, gremlins camped writes: from Pleasanton, Calif He Hixson, Tenn.—the Chatta- out in the Sal/sport last sum- 1!15 Ben Harvey traveled the told us that, following Rice, nooga area. During the past mer and ate up one of my farthest distance, from Tai- he spent several years in the six years, Mary earned a B.A. columns. Ifyou sent me some Class Recorder: wan, to attend our 35th re- U.S. Army,while competing in art and a BEA in painting. notice or letter that seemed Maurine Bybee union. He has lived there 31 internationally in track. He She says she paints as much as to be put in "file 13," please 3800 Chevy Chase years and finds Taiwan very then went through four possible and even sells a piece let me apologize and ask you Houston, TX 77019 interesting as it continues its graduate schools, picking up occasionally. In 1991, John to remind me of your news. I (7 13)622-3705 dynamic economic,social and two masters' degrees and a retired and has since been do remember that I had in- political development. Ben Ph.D. At present, as director doing some consulting. Both terviewed Frank Jones ex- Class recorder Maurine recently has begun spending of the International Center arc fifirly serious photogra- tensively concerning his sum- Bybee writes: part ofeach year in Washing- for Urban Training, Roy says phers. They hope to make mer '92 plans to teach high Donna Conley Pierce ton, D.C. that his years as a pastor, a some long trips West and school math teachers how to received her M.S. in educa- A number of other class- counselor and an educator all North next year, camping teach at a campus in the tional technology from East mates came to our reunion come into play. His work in along the way.They have four Northwest, but that is his- Texas State U. on Dec. 19, from out of state. the field of urban cross-cul- married daughters and greatly tory. I also remember that all 1992. Congratulations, Jan and Mac McDonnell tural issues has taken him to enjoy their six grandchildren. of Frank's exceptional teach- Donna!She is the planetarium traveled from Lake Oswego, over 30 countries to teach, Angela Jones Miller and ing awards at Rice were listed director and astronomy Ore. Pat and David Watkins speak, counsel and consult. Hugh Miller's home is (he has been greatly hon- teacher for Highland Park came from Madison, N.J. Ann and Barry Driggs Chadds Ford, Penn. Hugh ored), and I told of hearing School District in Dallas. Ellen and Ernest Paxson came from Vestal, N.Y. After retired in 1990 after direct- him teach a portion of the Donna claims that with the came from Albuquerque, Rice graduation, Barry ing ICI companies in Europe, Book of Revelation in his birth of her sixth grandchild, N.M. Patricia and Ernest 0. worked fir Bell Telephone in Japan and the U.S.Since then "packed out" Sunday School life is wonderful. Severin came from La Jolla, N.C., where he and Ann met they have traveled exten- class, but I don't remember Harriet Calvin Latimer Calif and married. They moved to sively—spent two months in anything else. Of course, I has been elected to the vestry Stephanie and Bill Sick the Washington, D.C., area, Europe for the 1992 Winter made no copy and just trusted of Christ Church Cathedral traveled from Winnetka, Ill., where he joined irr and later Olympics and skiing in France it would be printed. Never and has recently been elected where they live on Lake IBM. There they earned ad- and Switzerland—enjoyed a again. to the board of the Houston Michigan, having built their vanced degrees and were ac- summer golf tour in Scot- I received a Christmas Zoo. She is also busy with her burth, and hopefully last, tive in politics. An IBM trans- land. Angela serves on the card from Cody Caldwell many fund-raising activities. house. In 1988,Bill left Texas fer moved them to Vestal, in country club board, and and Jim Greenwood with Some sad news. Albert Instruments after 29 years to upstate N.Y. In 1991, Barry Hugh serves on the board of their pictures on it...looking L. Beerman died on Oct. 19, become CEO of American retired from IBM after 23 two companies. Special mile- like Ken and Barbie. They 1992. Al was a CPA in At- National Can,which was later years as a system engineer stones will occur this year: obviously have found the lanta, Ga., and was invols•ed sold to Pechiney, a French working in military aircraft Their fourth child will gradu- Fountain of Youth. in many community activi- aluminum company. Over the electronics and communica- ate from college, and they Ann Page Griffin and ties there. He was president- last two years he formed BR', tion systems.Their three chil- will become grandparents. her son moved her business elect ofthe Rice Alumni Assn., a venture capital company dren are all married. Daugh- into larger quarters this win- the first president ever elected specializing in early growth ter Suzanne is a nurse; sons ter, so reports husband Bob. out of the state of Texas. Al companies. He has become Dave and Stan are both engi- Now, how do you suppose was a host fur new students, actively involved in three neers. Currently, Barry con- 1050 he got to escape the dirty he was head of the Chicago companies: ShipNet, in the sults and teaches part-time in work? Good job, Bob, and and Atlanta Rice clubs, he Chicago area; ONMICASE, communications systems; Class Recorder: congratulations to Ann for was an alumnus interviewer, in Dallas;and Aware,in Cam- Ann works as a tax preparer Phyllis Walton being such a success in these he was active in the Develop- bridge. Bill currently serves and an instructor; they both 4233 Harpers Ferry Road economic times. ment Office at Rice, he was Rice on the executive com- enjoy volunteer work and Birmingham, AL 35213 Please drop me a note— on the editorial board of mittee ofthe Advisory Coun- traveling. (205)870-0332 it'll only take a minute, and Sal/sport, and he was master cil, the School of Engineer- Mac and Lynne Koehler we'll all benefit. Til next of ceremonies at our last class ing and the Alumni Board. DuBose traveled from Class recorder Phyllis time... reunion. Our class has lost a He's on the Chicago 1994 Kinston,N.C. Lynne says that Walton writes: friend, and his loss will be felt World Cup bid and organiz- she and Mac, who is a physi- Happy New Year! Here by the whole Rice commu- ,ing committees and is a cian, have been married for it is, 1993, the year of our nity. He is survived by his trustee of Shedd Aquarium. nine years. With her daugh- 35th reunion. Can you be- 1959 Wife Glena, two daughters Stephanie serves as a docent ters, Tracy, Charlotte and lieve it? Make your plans now- and grandchildren. A memo- at the Chicago Art Institute Katherine, and Mac's five for a wonderful fall weekend. Class Recorder: rial scholarship fund has been and on the women's boards sons, their family is almost (Start working out, dieting, Tommie Lu Maulsby set up in his honor,and ifyou ofthe School ofthe Art Insti- large enough to have to take etc.) 2256 Shakespeare would like to contribute, tute and Ravinia. Their turns sitting at their holiday Sharon Lyon Hanan, Houston, TX 77030 Please send your donation to daughter Jill works in the tables. Lynne and Mac enjoy ACSW, CSW-ACP, LPC, (713) 667-5384 the Office of Development, Chicago area, and their son training Labrador retrievers dropped a note enclosing a Rice University, P.O. Box David is a computer science and competing with them yearbook/program of the 1892, Houston, Texas major at Vanderbilt. throughout the U.S. Houston Group Psycho- 7 7251-1892. Ed Keasler came from Bill and Lannie Dawk- therapy Society. Sharon's full- 1960 Littleton, Cob. He told us ins came from Stillwater, time marital and family prac- that he had been at IBM since Okla. They have not retired tice should be enough, but Robert N.Byrne) Hanszen) 1963,Denver since 1971,and yet but have already realized she's also the current dean of writes that his daughter, 1157 a SWM since 1989. Ed also one oftheir dreams by build- the training program for Catherine Byrne, 22, from said that he participated in ing a retirement home on HGPS.WOW!Besides all that, Solon and the U. of Tenn., Class Recorder: IBM's middle management Lake Eufaula—they say it's she has bur children and two was named the 1992 NCAA Dixie Leggett reduction in 1990 and is now beautiful but muddy. Their grandchildren to enjoy. What Woman of the Year. The 13411 Kingsridc part of IBM's Consulting ties to Houston have strength- a full life! I remember seeing award equally weighs aca- Houston, TX 77019 Services organization,enjoy- ened since their daughter her at our 1988 reunion and demic achievement, athletic (713) 468-5929 ing his work as a project man- Laurie,her husband and their being so impressed with her accomplishment,community ager. He loves Denver, the two daughters have moved kind and gentle approach to service and leadership. mountains, the Cob. sym- here. Their son Bill is com- her work and the love she has phony, the Broncos, the op- pleting his Ph.D.in computer fur the families she serves so Glenn Jarvis(Hanszen) was era, traveling, cooking and engineering at Rice. enthusiastically,patiently and named Man of the Year for three grandchildren. John '56 and Mary effectively. 1992 by the McAllen,Texas,

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set- Chamber of Commerce. Af- Robertson Inc., consulting watch me take out my den- Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N 'h( ter graduating from Rice, actuaries. He is serving on ture than listen to a lecture. 10020;telephone (212 ) 408- tea Jarvis received his J.D. from 1001 the board of directors of the Classes are noisy and con- 2864 or fax(212)977-3150, tin UT in 1963. In 1991,he was Seattle Symphony. The fused. On the other hand, I Class Recorder: arc made a Life Fellow of the Colletts have a daughter, haven't seen any kids with Joseph N. Goodell (M.S.) Nancy Burch Th State Bar of Texas. In addi- Catherine April,who is a jun- weapons or drugs." writes: "Thirty years ago I 3311 Stoney Brook Pa tion to holding a myriad of ior at Brown U. Last Aug., Dick, Loretta was starting an M.S. program positions in community and Houston, TX 77063 Marjorie Trulan Clark and their cat Annie moved to and polishing up my notes ed regional organizations,Jarvis (713) 781-3634 (Jones), a teacher ofU.S. his- an apartment at 6120 Can- from the magnificent Rice vel is president and senior part- tory at Dulles High School in terbury Dr., #310, Culver 50th...28,22 and 4 years ago. Mary Kay Hawkes Bond ab ner in the law firm of Jarvis Sugar Land, was named to City, Calif. 90230-7180. respectively, I started careers (Jones)was ordained the first and Kittleman. Who's Who Among Ameri- in microelectronics,inventory woman priest in the Episco- PC can Teachersin the first two and distribution and manu- pal Diocese of western Kan. en The Southwest Region ofthe editions, 1991 and 1992.She facturing engineering...one on Dec. 19,1992. She is now co Anti-Defamation League pre- has two daughters: Carol year ago we cracked a bottle priest in charge ofthe Church 10114 Ca sented Harry M. Reasoner Clark Evans, who received of Ch. Brane-Cantenae of tiC (Baker), managing partner of the Incarnation in Salina, her DVM from Texas A&M Matt's Class Recorder: (Margaux) '67 for gr, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., and Kan. Her address is 3969 So. in 1991, I and Virginia Ellen Dale Gentry Miller 21st, and 3 months ago au Macey H. Reasoner, chair- Holmes Rd., Salina, Kan. Clark, Elizabeth who received her B.A. 20406 Chadbury Park Drive spirited Raegan tiv woman of the Texas Job 67401. from at Trinity U. in 1991. Katy, TX 77450 into bio. sci. at UC ke Training Coordinating Irvine...one week ago I noted 2t4 Council,with the 1992 Torch Edwin T. Burton (Wiess) that during my time at Rice of Liberty Award on Nov. writes: "My wife Trish and I our was but president-elect an 23, 1992, at a banquet at the 1962 live on a farm just outside halfway through high school, 1963 ot Hyatt Regency Hotel in Charlottesville with our two and 15 minutes ago realized Class Recorder: nu Houston, Texas. The couple Class Recorder: daughters,Elizabeth (10) and for the umpteenth time hose. Eleanor Powers Beebe received the award in recog- Kathleen Much Lindsay (9). I am president well my Rice degree paid oil 2908 Ella Lee Lane laj nition of their charitable and 128 Hillside Ave. of Rothschild Financial Ser- in more than one economic professional efforts to oppose Houston, TX 77019 Menlo Park,CA 94025-6538 vices Inc., which, inconve- downer. jai bigotry and to advance the (415) 854-8968(home) niently, has its offices in "There have been re Class recorder Eleanor Pow- 2( cause of human rights. In (415) 321-2052(work) Rockefeller Center in New wards,some disappointments ers Beebe writes: \\' addition to his responsibili- email:[email protected] York City. I am also a visiting and fine experiences over time Thanks to all of you who ties as managing partner, ford .edu professor ofeconomics at the (30 years ", you've got to sent in your reunion ques- Reasoner maintains an active U. of Virginia, which has a be kidding! But actually that's tionnaires. Bill Pannill (Will business litigation practice at Class recorder Kathleen more convenient location just hardly into the `third quar- Rice) is editing a class his- Vinson & Elkins. Much writes: eight miles south ofour farm. ter'!). tory. Fredericka Meiners "I have returned to the "??? months from now I PatYale Hogan(Jones), Is, Carl Scott (Baker) writes: (Jones) writes:"My husband tennis circuit with the usual may rent out this oversized currently in the private prac- 5( "Carl Scott, his wife Marcia Paul Conway and I have lackluster results. I am cur- house and in 15 years may tice ofpsychotherapy, is presi- and his seven-year-old daugh- moved Myriad Software, our rently ranked 27th in Va. in 'retire' to a part-time interest dent-elect of The Professional ter Erin just moved back to computer consulting firm,to the Men's 45 and Over ten- in, say, contract law." Group. She was also named Friendswood, Texas, from Minneapolis, Minn., from nis division. Woman of the Year in 1992 Paris, France, where Carl had Houston. I am having an in- "Last summer my daugh- Mimi Woodall Roland 1 by the Woman's Business been a visiting professor/re- teresting time getting used ter Elizabeth and I visited (Jones) reports that she went Support Network. searcher at the Universite to the climate and the clothes Rice U. for a few hours dur- to visit a girlfriend in Poland Michael J.G. (Mike) Paris Nord for 13 months. necessary to survive in the ing our stay in Houston to during Oct. She met Elaine Kramer (Will Rice) has been Carl was on a temporary duty Frozen North. Paul grew up attend the Republican Na- Hord Hutchinson (Jones) working since March 1992 as ai assignment from NASA/ in Pittsburgh,so he is used to tional Convention. While in in Prague, where they had a computer systems engineer ti Johnson Space Center. His winter, but I have absolutely Houston,I visited with Hugh wonderful time sight-seeing, for Production Development LL research in France was re- no experience with it. It hasn't Rice Kelly '65 (Wiess) and shopping and seeing "The Oman, in Muscat, the Sul- lated to diamond thin film been `really cold' yet, or so Rob Burchfield (Wiess), Magic Flute." Elaine is teach- tanate of Oman. On tempo- technology. He developed a I'm told, but I have already who were understandably ing English as a second lan- rary leave from Shell Oil Co., thermal and chemical [Dec.(seen more winter than shocked when they discov- guage in Czechoslovakia for he is working on automation nonequilibrium model of a Houston has for the entire ered the reason for my visit to six months through the of all oil and gas production hydrogen microwave plasma year. Houston. While in Houston, Armed Forces Language In- in Oman. He enjoys travel, to be used as a stepping stone "Everyone we've met has I also visited another famous stitute. Mimi is a practicing photography (35 mm and for modeling chemical vapor been very friendly,and ifthere alum, Lucile Vern Klopp psychiatrist in the Washing- video), personal computing deposition plasmas used for are any Rice people here, I '39, my mother. ton, D.C., area. (three Mac systems) and diamond film production. hope they will let me know. Here in Charlottesville woodworking. He and wife "Erin attended a bilin- The Twin Cities are very ac- there are lots of Rice alums. Re Cowart Kramer '64 gual Montessori school. tive culturally and politically, Among them are Anita Jones (Jones) have two children, While in France the family and we're looking forward to (Jones), Wake Epps '65 Katherine Anne Kramer, 26, was able to visit Germany, sampling the theaters and (Baker), John James '68 and Michael Kramer, 24. Austria, Belgium and many more of the museums." (Baker), Ed Olsen '68 The city of Boerne, areas of France. It was espe- Meiners' new address is (Ph.D.)and Barbara Beasley Texas, is lucky to cially nice living in Europe at have as its 4330 Minnetonka Blvd.,Apt. Olsen '65 (Jones). Ronnie mayor Patrick Heath the same time as their older 205, St. Louis Park, Minn. Kline '62 (Baker) came all (Hanszen), who has been daughter Jacquelyn and her in 55416. the way from Irvine,Calif., to that position since 1989. husband Tim, who are living Dick Heiser (Wiess) is visit us this past summer. Patrick and Carla in Germany. Tim is doing have two teaching math,science, com- Occasionally, I see Gene daughters—Jennifer,21, is at research in German archives puters and graphic design at Keilin '65 (Wiess) in New Texas A8cM; and Laura, 18, for his Ph.D. in history. Son Mid-City Alternative School, York City." is at Rice. Steve and son James (both a small public school in south Burton can be reached Robert Collett from Austin) also visited." (Will central Los Angeles. He says, through the Dept. of Eco- Elizabeth Lee Baird &lenge Rice) and Sue Healy Collett The Scotts are at home at "The other teachers are great, nomics, Rouss Hall, U. of (Jones) (above) writes: "In are now in Seattle, 1014 Lynn Circle, Friends- Wash., and the kids arc very friendly. Va., Charlottesville, Va. the past 10 years,I've had the where Robert is president and wood, Texas 77546. But I find it impossible to 22901, or at Rothschild Fi- unusual job of teaching eth- CEO of Milliman and teach a lesson. They'd rather nancial Services, One ics, full time, to elemental"'

II alIvjsrt Through the Sallyport, school children. Now my Ermers address is odist Church and located in tense Superior Service Medal, Michael discovered that his 'how-to' books for other DoDDS, PSC 2, Box 9543, Brevard, N.C., in the Blue 14 air medals,including three )8- and five friend Andrea Primdahl'74 teachers, Exploring Ethics APO AE 09012. Ridge Mtns. for individual action ;0. (Brown ) lived in Washington throughChildren'sLiterature, For the past 15 months Navy commendation medals. for a while, but he has not are out, published by Critical Douglas B. McNeal( Baker) Bertrand has been a fellow of been able to locate her. He Thinking Press & Software, writes: "The year 1992 was the National Peace Fdn. in 1 would appreciate any infor- Pacific Grove, Calif. This an eventful and fortunate one Washington, D.C., where he int mation from Rice alumni re- whole process of writing and for the McNeal household: assisted with elections in sev- 1969 ICS garding her whereabouts. He editing turned out to be a in Feb. 1 returned to the State eral newly independent na- 'cc Class Recorder: just wants to know how she is VerY demanding, very enjoy- Dept. to work; at the end of tions and studied the role of doing. able experience. March we sold our house in key universities in democratic Kathleen Callaway :rti Dr. Anchors' address is "And during this same Arlington and bought a new transformation in southern 8, rue Leon Blum to 16220 Frederick Rd., Suite period, both our sons have one here in McLean, about Africa, the Middle East and 33400 Talence 210, Gaithersburg, Md., entered and graduated from four and a half miles down the former Soviet Union. France tic 20877. college (Harvard and U. of the road; then in Sept., on Prior to that, from 1978 tic Calif. at Berkeley, respec- Labor Day, Shiaoling gave through 1991, he was secre- Susan J. Turner Speaker ,1C the open- Laurie Kurtz McAfee tively) and are embarked on birth to a second son for us, tary of Emory U. and assis- (Jones)announces I of (Jones) writes: "lain living in graduate studies ( medicine whom we have named Kevin tant to the president there for ing of the law offices 1 Daytona Beach with my hus- and Shakespeare, respec- Edward. As a result particu- 13 years. Speaker & Matthews, P.C., t11 band Fred and son Brian, 18, tively), while Bob and I just larly of Kevin's arrival, our at Fourth National Bank at a junior honor student at keep going, happily in our lives seem to have become Jim Denney (Will Rice) Bldg., 15W. Sixth St., Suite cd 74991; Stetson U. I recently pub- 28th year of marriage. twice as busy as before, and writes: "By the time I was 1801, Tulsa, Okla. cc lished a series ofarticles in the "I do still love New York, we have much for which to awarded my Ph.D. from U. telephone (918) 584-3539, sit Orlando Sentinel on Alz- and 1 continue to work hard be thankful. of Calif. at Davis in Sept., I FAX (918) 586-8383. heimer's disease, which has Ott the executive boards of "It is already time to think had already relocated to Ms.Speaker has practiced cd had my mother in its terrible nonprofits here,one creating of my next overseas assign- Washington, D.C., to par- law for more than seven years attorney grip for several years. I would affordable housing in our vil- ment with the Foreign Ser- ticipate in the Science and and was formerly an like to hear from others who lage and the other providing vice,which will start nextsum- Engineering Fellow program with Hall, Estill, Hardwick, tic Nelson, are personally or profession- a constructive alternative to mer or in the summer of1994. run by the American Assn. Gable, Golden & was a ally involved with the alba jail incarceration for 16- to I submitted my bid list at the for the Advancement of Sci- P.C. More recently,she to legalize THA (tacrine) or 20-year-old boys and girls in end of Aug.; a decision is ence." After interviewing with litigation and bankruptcy at- its other investigational Alz- Westchester Co. likely here within the next several offices on Congres- torney for the Resolution con- heimer's drugs. Contact me "Bob and I take full ad- month. Highest on my 'wish sional Hill, Jim has located in Trust Corp. at the Tulsa tO its clos- at 1211 Fernway Dr., vantage of New York City's list' are two science officer the personal office ofveteran solidated office until t's Rice in Ormond Beach,Fla., 32174; wonderful offerings. Come positions in Eastern Europe: congressman George Brown ing. She attended ir- Phi Beta or call (904)676-0390." visit!" Budapest and Prague. As all of Calif., chairman of the 1965-66 and was a bach- Saenger may be reached my overseas career to date House Comm. on Science, Kappa graduate with a .• I in English Ronald M. Sweighaft by telephone at (718) 543- has been in East Asia (Korea, Space and Technology and elor of arts degree cd a (Baker) writes: "1 have been 5000 or (914)698-7569. Japan and China),this year is ranking Democrat on the from the U. of Ark, and at Me- ay probably my best chance to House Agriculture Comm. Juris Doctorate from the U. elected chief of staff Center :st venture into another geo- Jim will be Brown's legisla- ofArk.School ofI .aw in 1985. morial City Medical 1993. I have graphical area." tive assistant for agriculture, Speaker graduated from law Hospitals for in McNeal's new address is the environment,energy and school with high honors, been practicing neurology id 1965 was se- ranking second in her class, the Memorial area in Hous- 1421 Audmar Dr., McLean, scientific affairs. Jim itt student writings ton for the last 12 years, and Trinka Taylor( Jones)writes: Va. 22101. lected Congressional Science and was a editor of the Arkansas Lan' this year I will also serve as "I took the two older kids to Fellow by the American Soc. ic member of vice president of the western Spain this summer. Toledo for Horticultural Science. Review and a is cur- branch of the Harris County and Segovia are 'must sees' "I'm both pleased and hon- Delta Theta Phi. She of the Tulsa Medical Society. At last count, for all architects. The Prado ored to have been selected by rently a member 1908 were 10 Rice alumni Assn., the Okla. Bar there wasn't bad either." Mr. Brown.Several other fel- Co. Bar American Bar Assn. practicing in the area (from Taylor resides at 1203 Class Recorder: lows also applied for the po- Assn.,the Assn. of Trial Law- the Class of'54 to the Class Country Club Dr., Midland, Judy Malo Ragland sition. However, my training and the rr 4'78)." Texas 79701. 209 Palm Aire in plant biology has prepared yers of America. Friendswood, TX 77546 me for only some of the re- Speaker concentrates her sponsibilities," he says. "I'll practice in the areas of com- definitely have to stretch. But plex commercial and general then,I've stretched pretty far civil litigation, bankruptcy 1972 1967 Spanish law,commercial transactions, already since I was a law, real estate law, Class Recorder: Jeffry Corbin (Baker) and major at Rice." Jim hooked contract estate planning Major Tim Thurston his vvite Sue attended the In- up with fellow Will Ricer Tom banking law, and media- 1944 Arlington Ave. auguration in Washington in Hylden '69, now an attor- and probate law Columbus,OH43212-1038 Jan. During the campaign, ney in Washington, to catch tion. (614)486-4846 (home) Hillary Clinton visited the up on each other since their elementary school where Sue days as '60s radicals. "Both Fred F. Murray (Wiess) serves as principal. The Na- we and the country have ma- writes: "In Jan. 1992 I re- tional Trust for Historic Pres- tured," he states. 10711 signed my positions as lec- ervation awarded its top (Wiess) turer in administrative science award for 1992 to the resto- Navy captain Ronald S. Michael Anchors went to Harvard U. to get a (law and government pro- ration of the Michigan State J.Thomas Bertrand(Wicss) Pearson(Wiess) has assumed biochemistry and cesses) in the Jones School Capitol building. Jeff's firm, has been appointed the ninth duties as commander, Me- Ph.D. in research for seven years at and as a partner/shareholder Corbin Design,designed the president of Brevard College dium Attack Wing-One, Na- did NIH.Finally, in the Houston law firm of signage for the project. by the Brevard College Board val Air Station Oceans in Vir- UCLA and the of Trustees. He will assume ginia Beach,Va. Pearson most faced with the necessity to Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, feed his wife White, Williams & Martin to Robert W.Ermel ( Hanszen) office on June 1, 1993. recently served as the strike earn a living to daughters, he went accept my position as special writes:"lam in my 12th year Brevard College is a coedu- warfare instructor at Tactical and three school and now counsel (legislation) in the of teaching social studies for cational, independent, two- Training Group, Atlantic, to medical Marcus Welby in a U.S. Dept. ofthe Treasury in the Dept.of Defense Depen- year liberal arts college affili- Dam Neck, Va. His personal imitates D.C. dents School in Germany." ated with the United Meth- decorations include the De- suburb of Washington,

April / May '93 Gilbert clan front Houston is Rural Rt. 1, Leduc,Alberta Scott Feuless (Hanszen) and honored guests from T9E 2X I Canada; telephone writes: "Still in Houston, ant Ohio and Fla. in addition to (403) 986-3162. Their new 1981 now working for a medium- our friends from Calif. Cur- business address is P.O. Box sized engineering company rently I am vice president and 367, Nisku, Alberta T06 Class Recorder: called CDI-Stubbs Overbeck. general counsel of Equity 2G0 Canada; telephone B. David Brent, M.D. My new title is corporate 4804 Exchange Corp.in Palo Alto, (403)955-7983. Toreador Drive manager of computer re- and Jeffis a software engineer Austin, TX 78746-2413 sources. I'm writing this on with UltranetworkTechnolo- Mike Gibbens(Wiess) writes Dec. 25th, so Merry Christ- gies in San Jose. We live in to say he has moved his law Andrew R. Barron (Wiess) mas, everyone!" Daly City and enjoy our pan- practice and become a direc- has been at the U. of Illinois oramic view of the San Fran- tor of the firm of Crowe 8c since 1985, where he is an cisco bay." Dunlevy,Oklahoma's largest asst. professor in the statistics Washington, D.C. In my po- Johnson's address is 242 law firm. The firm is located and electrical and computer sition counsel engineering departments and 1983 as legislative to Monte Vista Lane,Daly City, at 500 Kennedy Bldg., 321 a the Internal Revenue Service, Calif. 94015. So. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. research associate professor M. Christopher Boyer I am involved in a variety of 74103-3313. in the university's coordinated (Wiess) writes: "Connie and activities both within the Janice K. Hartrick (Jones) science laboratory. He earned I returned to Houston this Treasury and up on Capitol (below) has been promoted a master's and a Ph.D. in past May to join the A.D. Hill representing the IRS in to chief counsel, vice presi- electrical engineering from Players,America's largest pi', the legislative process." dent, environmental affairs Stanford in 1982 and 1985, frssional Christian theater. 1O79 respectively. and assistant secretary at Connie is volunteer coordi On Seagull Energy Corp. Class Recorder: Jan. 21, 1993, at the nator and development asso Thomas N. Pajewski, 1993 International Sympo- ciate, while I am administra sium Ph.D., M.1). on Inthrmation Theory tive director/assistant artis held 1974 3023 Watercrest Drive in San Antonio, Texas, tic director. Colleen Marie was Charlottesville, VA Barron named a cossinner was born on Aug.22, and her ofthe Andrew J. Blakeney (Wiess; 22901-7224 Browder J. Thompson big brother Kit (VViess '06! , Ph.D.,1977)writes: "In Sept. or U. of Virginia Memorial Prize Award for his dotes on her. We are franti paper, I went to an awards banquet Health Sciences Center coauthored Bertrand cally busy but quite happy." to coaccept an award given Dept. of Anesthesiology S. Clarke (an asst. professor by R&D Magazine for the Box 238 of statistics at Purdue U.), Paul D. Godec (Lovett) has "Infiirmation-Theo- inventions that the Charlottesville, VA 22908 entitled joined the law firm of Bruno, retie magazine's staff had chosen (804)974-7832 (home) Asymptotics of Bayes Bruno & Colin, P.C.,at One as the most important inven- (804)924-2283 (work) Methods," which was pub- Civic Center Plaza, 1560 lished tions of the year. The inven- (804)982-0019 (work fax) in IEEE Transactions Broadway,Suite 1099, Den- tion related to the on Information Theory, Vol. ver,Colo. 80202-5143; tele- codevelopment with AT&T Thomas N.Pajewski is now 36,(May 1990), pp.453-71. phone (303) 831-1099. He ofthe first commercially avail- class recorder fifr the Class of The award is made to authors was formerly with Hayes, able high resolution photore- '79. He hopes members of 30 years of age or younger. Phillips & Maloney, P.C. sist sensitive to deep UV irra- the class will contact him with William diation.(This material can be I 7D their news. He looks forward R.Eissler (M.A.R.) Max Laun (Lovers) writes: used for making smaller tran- to hearing front each and ev- was awarded the Francis "I have been practicing Isis sistors in computer chips.) Sandra Lynn Perkins ery one of you. Gassner Award for outstand- with Aluminum Company )t. To my surprise and delight, I (Jones), a shareholder in the ing contributions to the ad- America(Alcoa) in Pittsburgh found that the R&D 100 law firm of Stokes, Eitelbach David C. Eubanks (Baker) vancement of the profession for four plus years and spent Laboratory ofthe Year award & Lawrence, P.S., Seattle, writes:"Moved to small sheep of architecture by the Mem- much of last year commuting was phis chapter ofthe American going to George R. Wash., has been elected a farm in Vermont with wife to Budapest, where We rc Brown Hall! Fellow of the American Col- Laura. Doing research at U. Institute ofArchitects on Jan. cently completed the acquisi "The CAMP-6 product lege of Trust and Estate of Vermont." Eubanks' ad- 16, 1993. tion of a Hungarian alumi was also selected by Semicon- Counsel. Perkins writes: "I dress is Lower Valley Road, Eissler received the award num facility. My wife Flavia ductor International(a semi- recently had a wonderful visit Box 192, Cambridge, Vt. for his achievements in edu- (whom I remet in Romania conductor trade journal) as with former Rice classmates 05444. cation and public service. In on my Fulbright Scholarship one of the best products of Margaret Lothrop 1989, he became the first ar- following graduation from chitect 1992. Matchett( Jones) and Terry ever hired by the Rice) and I have two chil "My wife Deborah Dar- Trant Sagona (Jones) and Memphis City School Sys- drcn, Alexander, three and ling Blakeney '73 (Brown; their families in Austin,Texas. tem, and his role is to work one-half, and Anna, eight with M.S., 1974) and I are living Terry and her husband Tom independent architects months, who keep us very on school design and to happily in Seekonk, Mass., Sagona '78 (Sid Rich) have Class Recorder: cre- busy. I keep in touch with ate with our nine-year-old son delightful nine-year-old Richard Morris innovative school im- some Rice folks through my provements. Alex. We do miss, however, twins, Timmy and Jessie. P.O. Box 1830 Eissler devel- brother Peter Laun '85 the Texas environment and Margaret and her husband Bellaire, TX 77402-1830 oped "academic malls," (Wiess), who is also working which are storefront rooms our friends scattered through- Doug Matchett have a lovely (713)667-5944 in Alcoa's legal dept.,and 011 out the state." four-year-old daughter, designed to showcase student various trips through/to work in Lillian. It was wonderful to Richard Langstaff (Will fields ranging from places where we have friends. science to performing arts. Lee Ann Gilbert Johnson spend some time together Rice) lives in Darling Point, I was in Houston last fall for (Brown) writes: "On Nov. after all these years!" Australia. He is married to Jonny Morgan's (Lovett I 28, 1992, I was married to Virginia Bond. They have a wedding and stayed with my Jeff Johnson,a Georgia Tech son, Alexander Bond old roommate Tom Snook grad. from Atlanta, Ga. We Langstaff 1982 (Lovett) and his wife, Susan had a beautiful sunlit cer- 1978 Brown Snook( Brown; Jones emony at the Cliff House in Russ Coleman (Lovett) has School, 1985),and their new San Francisco attended by Brian Johnson (Will Rice) been elected a shareholder of daughter, and I also visited Dean Gilbert '76 (Baker) and Lenka Englert Johnson the Dallas-based law firm with John Berkley (Lovett) Locke and Lyn Wilcox'78 ( Ph.D.) '80 (Jones) write: "We've Purnell Rain Harrell. and Claire (Brown) and as well as by eight Johnsons moved to Canada!( It's cold.) Cathleen Dwyer Scholl from the Atlanta area, five We're still interviewers." additional members of the Their new home address

50 Sallyport (Brown; Jones School,1985). finished graduate school in tion Trust Corp.(RTC) for a ning to market. The topsy- Look us up if you get to ecology at Utah State U. in weekend prior to a two- turvy world ofchildren's toys Pittsburgh." 1992 and are now headed to month sentence with the ac- has taken up a lot of my time, 1986 Calif. Rob will be doing a quiring institution. Lost my but I am currently taking a postdoc. at Stanford study- job during a staff consolida- break to visit Greg Holies Class Recorder: ing plant responses to in- tion in March and joined a '84 (Sid Rich) in Salt Lake Cliff and Alice Dorman creased atmospheric CO, I'll one-branch bank on the brink City. He set me up with a 3315 Quiet Lake Drive be taking care of our first of ruin in April. Then, just terrific blind date on New Katy, TX 77450 Class Recorder: child, Robert Graves Jackson before Christmas,! went into Year's Eve (Dot and I were (713) 395-2168(home) Kathleen Robertson Stewart (born Nov. 3, 1992), and branch administration with divorced last year). Anybody (713) 527-4649 (work) (713)493-8484 (work) 15 Eden Drive our first dog,Major the Won- Citizens Bank of Virginia, passing through Alpine, Rome, GA 30165 der Dog. We are gradually where I hope to have a long Texas, please drop in." (706) 234-3207(home) adjusting to the joys and and enjoyable career. Too bad Mark Bunting (Sid Mary Burcham (706) 290-5211 (work) sleeplessness ofparenthood." W-2s don't come with cash Jan Remak (M.B.P.M.) has Rich) married The Jacksons' new ad- inside! joined Sola Optical in on Jan. 23,1993,in Norfolk, Va. Rice alumni in attendance Stefano Costantini (Wiess) dress is 2234 Louis Rd.,Palo Despite the tumult ofmy Petaluma, Calif., as product writes:"Subway dogs update Alto, Calif. 94303. professional life, I have man- manager. In this newly cre- included groomsman Larry (Sid Rich), Year zero plus eight (1992). aged to create a peaceful home ated position, he is respon- Wright '87 Melanie Ivie'84 ( Jones) and March 27, Daniel Reat Sheila Scott(Jones) recently life with my partner of three sible for strategic planning land Alice (Wiess; real estate attorney joined the staff of Reynolds and one-half years, Lee and management of Sola's Clifford(Sid Rich residing in Houston), Kane Metals Company's new Gum Tucker. We purchased a line ofSpectralite high-index (Will Rice) Dorman. Mark Nakahara (Wiess; business Springs, Ark., plant as envi- house in Aug. and have spent and polycarbonate products. left the Navy last Sept. and consultant residing in N.Y., ronmental engineer. The the last six months debating His background includes ex- has recently accepted a job firm in Ark. N.Y.), Max (Mark) Shinbu plant will begin operations in which print belongs on which perience with DowBrands with a steel (Wiess; Amoco process engi- April 1993. wall. I hope that anyone com- Inc., the Quaker Oats Co. neer and recent graduate of ing to Washington for busi- and Nike. He received the Darryl Dean James(Ph.D.) the U. of Chicago Business ness or pleasure any time, or Philip Morris National Mar- received an M.S. in library U.of North School residing in Chicago) particularly for April's March keting Competition Award science from the Texas in Dec. 1992. He was and Stefano Costantini(de- for Gay,Lesbian and Bisexual while completing his master's sign/building project man- Rights, will call on me. degree at Rice. recently promoted to director ofcataloging at the Hous- ager residing in Evanston,Ill.) Other notable accom- Medicine— meet in Chicago. Frisbee golf plishments for the past year Karen Safer(Lovett) writes: ton Academy of is in order as well as Guinness include recording an album "Recently,I met up with the Texas Medical Center Li- brary. Stout in Lincoln Park. Aug. with the Victory Choir ofthe Washington, D.C., contin- 8, Daniel, Max, InSue Kim Metropolitan Community gent of Rice alums at an el- R. Anand Kumar (M.S.; (Wiess; financial wizard re- Church of Washington, per- egant reception in Union Sta- siding everywhere the action forming in the National Ca- tion. It reminded me that I Ph.D., 1990) sends a new is)and Stefano( recent gradu- thedral for the National Ser- had not done a very good job address—Software Engineer, ate of the Kellogg School of vice of Remembrance on of keeping in touch with Motorola India Electronics Presidency," Business at Northwestern U.) Scott worked as a project AIDS in Oct. and making a people. So here is a synopsis: Pvt. Ltd.,"The No. 1 St. Marks Road, Ban- meet in Lincoln, Neb.Stefano engineer in CH2M Hill's in- solo voyage in my '85 Ply- I left the Southwest in late galore - 560 001, India. marries Elizabeth Ann dustrial wastewater group in mouth to Prince Edward Is- '87 to work under Mayor Hanigan." Montgomery, Ala., for four land and Moncton, New Koch. Two and a half years years prior to joining Brunswick, a historical area later, I left NYC to work for Larry Lesser (Hanszen) writes that "a year after re- Marina Wirfel Delaney Reynolds in 1991 as the envi- that I studied rigorously at Montgomery Co., Md. This ( Hanszcn) and John Delaney ronmental engineer at the Rice. During the coming year past Sept., I married Peter leasing a tape oforiginal mu- '86 (Hanszen ) write: "We company's manufacturing I hope to publish and record Matteson in Silver Spring, sic that received commercial are now living in Chatta- technology laboratory in more inspirational music as Md. On Dec. 1,1 took a new radio airplay and strong re- views, I am back at UT-Aus- nooga, where John accepted Muscle Shoals, Ala. part of my personal ministry. job with the state of Mary- tin for a Ph.D. in mathemat- a position as asst. dean of land. Peter and I own a house ics education. Last fall, I students at the U.ofTenn. at Matthew Harmon Brown in Silver Spring,and ifthere's Chattanooga after complet- (Hanszen)married Alicia Kay a Colossi reading this—please taught at Southwestern U., reminded me of Rice, ing his doctorate at Vanderbilt Dowdy on Nov. 21, 1992,at give Inc a ring." which U. After six years in banking, 19115 St. Paul's United Methodist with its small size,honor code Cullen, Marina has returned to school Church in Houston, Texas. Mark J. Steakley (Lovett) and buildings named to pursue an MBA from UTC, Class Recorder: sends a new address: Mark J. Sid Richardson, Fondren- Jones and Herman Brown!" which she should complete David M. Phillips Kelly Ruth Coleman Steakley,ES() Canberra, Box is 1925 in Aug. 1993.She is also busy 23 Fendall Ave. (M.E.E.) and Larry Fabiny 122, APO AP 96549. Lesser's address Creek Dr., Apt. 205, taking care of Conor Alexandria, VA 22304-6328 (M.S.E.E.) write: "Larry has Willow Morscheck, born April 16, (703) 370-6367(home) received his Ph.D, in physics Albert L. Throckmorton Austin, Texas 78741; tele- 440-7490. 1992. (703)908-7430 (work) from Georgia Tech and has (Lovett) writes: "Married phone (512) "We were recently vis- accepted a postdoctoral posi- Marinell White on Aug. 18, Swanger (Hanszen) ited by George Cheij Class recorder David M. tion at the Naval Research 1992, in Houston. Brides- Elyse ( Hanszen) and his wife and Phillips writes: Lab in Washington, D.C. maids included Julie Jeffreys writes:"Last spring,! became Michael Tillman, three children. George is I cannot imagine how Kelly is working as a consult- Gill'84 (Will Rice) and Van engaged to completing an opthalmology I've missed this error for so ant." Foote Richter." a McDonnell-Douglas engi- residency in Columbia, S.C. long, but an ancient address Their new address is 6103 neer and graduate of the U. "We would love to hear and telephone number for me Lecwood Dr.,Alexandria,Va. of Ill. at Urbana. We will be from any Rice alums passing have been published in previ- 22310. married this May. "I have a great new job through." ous issues. Please note the The Delaneys reside at correct address and telephone Eric O'Keefe (Sid Rich) since last Sept. with the 1994 4212 Melinda Dr., Chatta- numbers given above. writes: " 'Goodbye' to my U.S. Olympic Festival orga- nooga, Tenn. 37416; tele- 1992 was a year of con- old marketing job and 'hello' nizing committee. The festi- phone (615) 899-0967. stant change for me. In Jan. to the world of self-employ- val will be held in St. Louis my employer of three and ment. I've recently designed from July 1-10, 1994, and I to be part of Sally Graves Jackson one-half years went under in an innovative line of hand am very excited (Brown) and Rob Jackson the great banking crisis, and I puppets that lam now begin- the planning for this great event. '83 (Sid Rich) write: "We got to work for the Resolu-

April / May '93 51 were Rich Hooper '85 All those Hanszcn alumni (Lovett), Mark Anderson attendees included Rebecca '90 (Jones School), Doug Durrer '90, bridesmaid: Elliot '89 (Jones), Nestor Mark Pfingston '90, Esnaola '89(Jones School), Juliellen Thompson '90. Dr. Marsha Recknagel(Dept. Diane Bieber, Chris Buley, of English), Martin Renu Gupta'90, Britt Jung, Stebbings '83 (Sid Rich), Dianne South Maberry. Connie Slaughter '90 Ben Mathews, Bob (Jones), who graced us with a McGaughey, Mandy Gil- lovely harp at the reception, bert Nathan, Ken Soh (all Lauren Gass'91 ( Hanszen), '89), Kelly Miller'88, John Kelly Norton '91 (Wiess), Scott'86, Kelly Nolen '87, Peggy Dun '91 (Hanszen), Kristine Rogers '88, Tracy Virgil Haney '91 (Wiess), Sharp '88, Mary Cradock Ed Warren '91 (Hanszen), '87, maid of honor; Andre.: Pete Newton'92) Hanszen), Neighbours Kopplin '86. Merrit Reynolds( Hanszen), Nicole Ogier '87, Lynn Mary Bittle Teer '91 Solliday '87, Maria Sunk) (Hanszen), Julie Langen- '87,Katie Moses'84, Leslie bacher '91 (Hanszen) and Bush '92, bridesmaid, Mel- Piper McCalmon '89(Hanszen) and Chris II adland '87 ( I I anszen) married Tre Fischer '90( Hanszen). issa Dalton '93 and grooms at the Rice Chapel on June 27, 1992. The wedding parts. pictured above, included "Everybody had is blast. men James Hanse '92 and (left to right) Jennifer McCalmon, Dorothy Lippert '89( 1 I a ttszen), Kathy Debo The band, Loose Diamonds, Brad McGuire '92. was really rocking. (This is a The Jones School con- Feser '90(Hanszen), Suzanne Patton '89(Hanszen), Katherine McCalmon, Piper plug for Troy and the gang, tingent included Bill Ebanks McCalmon, Chris Madland, Katy Armstrong (flower girl), Craig Vanderborgh, but everyone should go see '91, Kevin Heineman '91, Steve Zabo '88(Hanszen), Bert Rothenbach '88(Hanszen) and Jack McKinney them if you like good roots Mark Hoffman '91, Brad '89(Hanszen). The reception was held in the Grand Hall ofthe RMC and was rock. They play here and in Holmes'91, Doreen James attended by too many Rice alums to list. Chris and Piper live in Houston, where Austin a lot.) Rob is now '91, Rich Ladewig '91, he is a musician and she works as editorial art directorfor Creneau Media Group. working at Coke Foods (the Lynn Lednicky '82( Baker: Minute Maid people), and Jones School '91), Tom '84 Kristi is still with Traveler's (Lovett; Jones School '911 "I've been keeping up the areas of estate planning, sions officer. Shame on you, Insurance." and Theresa Coronado with Bob Higley(Will Rice), estate and trust administra- Riff! We were able to see Shirocky '91, Kurt who finished his MBA at tion and estate and trust liti- Elizabeth Farley '88 Howard S. Goldman Goeringer '91 and Patricia Washington U. in St. Louis gation. We occasionally see (Lovett) as she was returning (Baker) sends in a new ad- New Goeringer'89. The rest and is working for Towers fellow Portlanders Thomas to South Bend for her second dress: Lt. Howard S. of Rice was represented by Perrin in Clayton, Mo. We Gonzales (Wiess) and Mary year of law school at Notre Goldman, PSC 810 Box 16, Brian Casey (Wiess), David make the happy hour circuit Ann Logan Tawney Dame." FPO AE 09619-3000. Maberry (Wiess), David every Friday,in the TG tradi- (Brown). We have also had a The Moses reside at 7326 Nathan (Wiess), Jon Chris- tion. number of visits with Mike Tulane Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Patrick Andrew Taylor(Sid tian (Will Rice), Scott "I've moved from the Haley(Wiess; Ph.D., 1991), 63130-2906. Rich)and Melinda Elizabeth Gilreath '91 (Baker), Blake suburbs of St. Louis to who is currently a postdoc- Sanders were married Nov. Johnson '91 (Will Rice). Godfrey, Ill., a small town on toral fellow at the U.of Calif Valerie Wallace Ross 14, 1992, at Highland Park Anna Eperson Kelley '88 the bluffs of the Missouri at Berkeley. The most signifi- (Lovett) writes: "Married United Methodist Church in (Jones), Andy Kopplin '88 River near Alton, Ill.; it's cant event of the year, how- Marcus (Marc) Lamar Ross Dallas. (Baker), and Brad '88 about 20 miles north of St. ever, was the birth ofour first III on Dec. 12 at a private (Lovett)and Kathy Higdon Louis. I'd love to catch up child,a son,George Stansfield home in Williamson Co., Lardon '88 (Baker). with people I've missed. My Moore, on Nov. 9, 1992." Texas. I'm joining him in From the faculty sidc new address is 4807 Sandy Waco, where he's complet- MOO came golf coach fini Court, Alton, Ill. 62002; John (Wiess) and Susan ing an M.A. in church-state Castatieda, intramural direc- telephone(618) 466-1928." Lenamon Moses (Lovett) studies at Baylor U." Class Recorder: tor Lisa Widner and former write that they "are now in The Rosses live at 1731- David H. Nathan Hanszen masters Rich and St. Louis. Susan is working D So.Fourth St.,Waco, Texas 3836 Arnold Lisa Smith. with Ccjka & Co., a physi- 76706. Houston, TX 77005 The giddy newlyweds 917 cian placement firm, as the (713) 668-1712 now reside at 3507 Kings advertising and direct mail FAX 713-668-1712 Mountain,Kingwood, Texas Ian C. Flint '88 (Will Rice) manager. John is in the sec- 77345,telephone ( 713) 361 - writes:"I will be getting mar- ond year ofhis pediatrics resi- 11100 Class recorder David H. 5135. ried (!) to Della Londacre dency at Cardinal Glennon Nathan writes: next summer.Della hails from Children's Hospital. Patrick Foye '90 (Jones) In a virtual reunion of Doris Garrido( Brown ) mar - Redondo Beach, Calif My "Passing through the writes: "1 recently had the Hanszen College alumni, ried Victor Octavio Mendiola new address is 52 Bennett Gateway to the West recently honor of being the best man Sarah Monarchi (Hanszen; on Jan. 16,1993,at St. Anne's Ave., Apt. 7, Long Beach, have been several Rice friends. at the wedding of my brother Jones School, 1991) and Catholic Church in Hous- Calif 90803; telephone St. Louis was but one ofmany Robert Foye (Jones; Jones Michael Longpre '90 ton. In May 1993, Doris will (310)439-2095." stops on the Mike Haley School, 1990) and (Hanszen(were wed in Hous- graduate from the UT Medi- (Wiess;Ph.D., 1991( Victory Kristianna SchmittFoye '91 ton on Nov. 7, 1992, at St. cal School. Read Moore (Wiess) and Tour, as Mike was in town (Hanszen).The wedding was Vincent DePaul. Sarah, now Colleen Anne Moore interviewing for an assistant right here in Houston at St. a bankruptcy consultant with Sten L. Gustafson (Lovett) (Brown)write: "1992 was an professorship at a local major Vincent's, and we had the Price Waterhouse,and Mike, writes: "On Sept. 19, 1992, eventful year for us. We research university. Turncoat reception at Cohen House. an assistant golf pro at Sofia Adrogue '88(Brown) moved from San Diego to Richard Floyd '90 (Wiess) Members of the wedding Deerwood Country Club, and I were married at the Portland, Ore., in Jan. Read was seeking to entice the city's party included Grace Chen headed off to Disney World Holy Rosary Cathedral in is currently working as an at- best and brightest to pursue a '91 (Hanszen), Carrie Foye following the ceremony and Houston, with the reception torney in the law firm of higher education not at our Hooper '85 (Jones), Mike even caught the Buffalo-Mi- being held at Cohen House• Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager alma mater but at Colgate, Alessi'90 ( Jones School)and ami Monday night football Rice alumni serving as brides- & Carlsen and practices in where he is now an admis- myself Also in attendance game while in town. maids were Caitlin Carter'

52 Sallypori Guthrie(Brown (and Dawn cone,Wyo. He loves the com- were Karen Swartz '92 '91 (Sid Rich). Thanks to From Margaret Jelinek Johnson '88 (Jones). Rice mute, very scenic. (Wiess), Tiffani Cook '91 everyone who helped us cel- (Hanszen): groomsmen included Danny "Even though the skiing (Baker), Chcsamy White, ebrate this special occasion. "Greetings from Ohio graduation, I've ,O Johnson '88(Lovett), Matt is awful, we've been doing a George Gonzalez (Jones), "After a fantastic time on State! Since 10 Ahrens '87 (Wiess), Steve lot ofit,especially cross-coun- Brian Horton,Kevin Horton, a cruise in the Caribbean, we survived two football seasons with the Buckeyes. In a town ey. Ingram '88(Wiess) and Jeff try. We welcome any visitors Mark May '91 (Wiess), and returned to the new house thinks the game is sa- ag Wheelock '88 (Lovett). so unfortunate as to be trav- Sonny Ross '91 (Wiess). we recently purchased here that definitely a misfit. rv. Steve Goodrum'88 (Lovett) eling to Colo., and we even "We were married at Lov- in Houston( far enough away cred, I am master's b managed to stay awake long have a spare room. Our ad- ers Lane United Methodist from the wonderful crime and I'm working on my psychology at OSU, and il- enough to serve ably as an dress is 515 West Oak St., Church with the reception at violence of the downtown in all usher. Among the many Rice Fort Collins, Colo. 80521; Bent Tree Country Club. Ev- area!). despite my abundant skills in goal is hn alumni at the wedding and and our telephone is (303) eryone tells us that the recep- "We've both been busy procrastination, my (7. the reception were David 493-2285. P.S. We didn't tion was a great party. Corey on the professional front, as 'degree in '93.' "Although I can't hon- icy Dow '81 (Baker), Bob vote for Amendment 2." and I will be living and work- well. Kristen is doing well in ,ck Koudelka'86) Lovett), Nick ing in Austin, Texas. I am her job with McKinsey Con- estly say that I love Colum- sulting. I started my new job bus—it's a bit too conserva- 'ea Gardner'87 (Wiess), Gwen working for Advanced Micro tastes—the few (6. Johnson Samora '88 Devices, and Corey is work- with BSG Consulting in Jan. tive for my (Brown), Beth Vito '87 ing for Sterling Information 1993." other Rice alums who are also 1111 1991I here make it more bearable. 110 (Brown), Stephanie Mar- Group." Cours (Hanszen) and I lie quit '88 (Wiess(, Evelyn Class Recorder: Jeff regularly to try el- Terrell '88 ( Brown), Ed Jen Cooper Leigh Killian(Wiess) writes: get together Graham '88 (Baker(, Stacy 1616 Ridgewood "My newest hobby is singing 1991 out his latest in'home brew,' Gilstrap '88 (Jones), Houston, TX 77006 with the Rich-Times,a Sweet go camping, cook meals to- Lizzette Palmer ( Brown), (713) 523-6549(home) Adelines barbershop chorus. Class Recorder: gether—we have a regular Lee Bouchard '90(Brown ), (713) 880-4611 (work) Amy Stewart '89 (Wiess) Ross Goldberg Sunday dinner crowd—or to Stefnee Ashlock '90 has also joined, and we were 734 Edmunson Avenue, I B lament the lack oftheater ( and (Lovett) and Chap Atwell Patrick Foye (Jones) writes: in Baltimore in Oct. for the Catonsville, MD 21228 our lack of involvement '91 (Brown). "I left my position with Price Sweet Adelines convention 410-719-8567 therein) on the OSU cam- "After a honeymoon in Waterhouse in April 1992. Europe and Argentina, we The decision was long in the have settled in Washington, forming but the die was cast; D.C. (Chevy Chase, Md., hunkered down in a bar in From the 1989 Classnotes: technically I, and have finally Boston on St. Patrick's Day joined the working world. with Doug Elliot '89 After finishing her clerkship (Jones), Mark Anderson "I am working on my master's degree in mechanical with Judge Jerre Williams on (Jones) and Robert Dubose Fort the U.S. Court ofAppeals for (Jones). lam currently work- engineering (solar energy) at Cob. State U. in the Fifth Circuit, Sofia has ing with my oldest brother Collins. I love living in Cob. ...0ops, I mean, it's not joined the law firm ofShea & (the only Foye child who Gardner.I, on the other hand, didn't go to Rice) Jim's firm, as gorgeous here as everyone says, and the skiing have joined the law firm of which specializes in Windows Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & software development and ain't so hot either. It's freezing in the winter and Hamilton. We have plenty of voice recognition systems. room at our house, so we "Doug, who should be sweltering in the summer... REALLY." extend an open invitation to finishing up at Northeastern Our Rice friends to come ViSit law this year, is currently in- LIS in Washington, D.C. terning with a state judge in — Alison Rader Mason )However, a house visit in- R.I. and enjoying it very cludes walking Conan, our much. 185-lb. mastiff? )" "Robert will be graduat- and competition. The Rich- Class recorder Ross pus. He's finishing up his Sten and Sofia's address ing from Harvard law in May Tones came home to the Goldberg sends the follow- master's in engineering at is 5607 Montgomery St., ,and returning to Houston. Dallas-Fort Worth area as the ing items: OSU this spring. I'm living Chevy Chase, Md. 20815. Mark is graduating from UT 1992 international gold From Anderson in a roomy house with Gayle law in May and also should be medal chorus!" Brandao (Will Rice): Ayers'89 (Lovett), who is a Alison Rader Mason returning to Houston. Killian's address is 2422 "Along with several other linguistics Ph.D. student (Brown) writes: "I am work- "I saw Neal Ague '89 Jefferson Ct. Ln., Apt. 1530, alumni, I am organizing the here. Together,we're experi- ing on my master's degree in (Jones), Danny Isaac '91 Arlington, Texas 76006. Rice Gay and Lesbian Alumni encing the ups and downs of mechanical engineering (so- (Jones) and Brian Hill '93 Assn. as asocial and network- pseudo home ownership. If lar energy) at Colo. State U. (Jones) over Halloween. Jay Odell (Sid Rich) writes: ing vehicle for Rice alumni. we don't end up with Ph.D.s, in Fort Collins. I love living Danny is still in med school at "Much has happened in the The organization will also we could at least write a book in Colo. ...0ops, I mean, it's Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. last few months. I've been help support lesbian, bisexual on home appliance repair! She not as gorgeous here as ev- Brian is working in town and riding high with these three and gay students at Rice. One and I get along well and man- eryone says, and the skiing getting his acting thing to- major stress factors: On Nov. of our first projects, for ex- age to keep each other in and ain't so hot either. It's freez- gether. Neal,in Long Beach, 28, 1992, I was married to ample, is to send a group of out of trouble; between the ing in the winter and swelter- is scheduled to leave the Navy Kristen Skaar'91 (Sid Rich). GALOR members to the two of us, we've found some ing in the summer... in May and (in what appears Best man was Craig Patten 1993 March on Washington creative cures for the grad REALLY. to be a trend) will likely be (Sid Rich). Alumni grooms- for Gay, Lesbian and BiEqual school blues. We cook on a "This should be in print back in Houston. men and ushers included Rights and Liberation. We budget quite creatively, in- just about in time for our first "All roads lead to Rice." Stacey Brown (Sid Rich), also hosted a dinner during cluding the "strange veg- anniversary—Tony Mason George Georghakis (Sid Homecoming '92 that was etable of the week," "fun '88( Jones) and I were mar- Kelly McCord Horton '91 Rich),Mike Grubbs(Baker), attended by 23 gay and les- shapes and colors of pasta," ried May 13 in Breckenridge, (Wiess) writes to say that she Joe Martins (Wiess Sucks) bian alumni from across the and "adventures in bread bak- Colo. Ricesters present were and Corey Horton (Jones) and Tres Ward (Sid Rich). country. Several events are ing." Our house is always Ketti Eipers (Will Rice), were married in Dallas on Bridesmaids included Alisa being planned for 1993.1 am filled with music (often us Michael Doyle (Hanszen) June 27,1992. Maid ofhonor Acheson '91 (Sid Rich), assisting in coordinating the singing), long stories and and Thomas Burnham '88 was Marla Lazar'91 (Wiess) Abby Dawkins '91 (Sid organization's activities in the bottomless cups of tea. I'm (Jones). Tony is doing a fam- and best man was Steve Sain Rich), Cecilia Low '91 Houston area and can be still amazed that we never ily practice residence in Chey- ( Jones).The other attendants (Brown) and Myra Rucker reached at(713) 522-1274." knew each other while at Rice!

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"Working as a research took time out from a hectic class. Thank you for remind- U. in Evanston; Mark Eli; assistant on campus keeps me research schedule at Cornell ing me to write." Schoenhals (lAwett), who is joir busy, but I still find time to to come up to Maine for a From Peggy Dun working on a Ph.D. in sociol- is 3 play and entertain company— windsurfing regatta,and Felix (Hanszen): ogy at the U.of Chicago; and and I welcome the distrac- Erbring (Jones) was up in "I am working for Epis- Sean O'Connell (Lovett), tion.(Gayle thinks we have a NYC on business so swung copal High School in the de- who is working for Rice as '81 revolving door.) Mary Bittle through for a relaxing week- velopment office. My respon- asst. director of the Assn. of (de Teer (Hanszen) was one of end on the lake. sibilities are varied and keep Rice Alumni. Also in atten- bin the first of the Rice gang to "I even managed to make me busy. I work on special dance were Cohn Bown(Sid Ad, visit. She's working in Wash- it down to Houston for a bit. events, assist in our capital Rich) and Jennifer Benson Ad; ington, D.C., but true to I guess the cold air of north- campaign,write and edit pub- Bown '91 (Lovett), who ( lu form, doesn't stay still for ern Japan had frozen my brain lications, work with alumni were married on Aug. I, (0, very long. Suzanne this past winter...what else and much more. It is a lot of 1992,in Santa Fe,N.M. Colin Balchunas (Wiess) stopped would justify my voluntarily fun and a great school to work is working on a Ph.D.in phys- bet in while at her parents' in visiting Houston in the sum- for. I just got back from Dal- ics at the U. of Chicago, and trai Ohio. As part of her master's mer? Luckily, the tragically las, where I spent the week- Jennifer works for Arthur ant: program for sports manage- hip Diana Pulcriys (Jones) end with Mary Bittle Teer Andersen ass technical writer, ing ment,she has an internship at kept me in air conditioning (Hanszen ) and Lauren Gass Kim Loepp (Will Rice) Spa the U.of Mich. Lauren Gass while !caught upon my fill of (Hanszen). We all met Mary reports from Lake Bluff, Ill., En (Hanszen) visited last sum- Tex-Mex and margaritas. Ran Bittle's parents there. Mary that she is doing graduate New Arrivills chi mer on vacation from her job into the likes of Eric Bittle is living in Washing- work in theater at the U. of in medical sales in Houston, Heinemann '89 (Lovett), ton, D.C., and works for the Pittsburgh. Douglas B. McNeal '67 AC and Jay Isaacson (Sid Rich) Tom Bend (Lovett), Ev Center for Clean Air Policy. Karen Hong(Will Rice) ( Baker)and his wife Shiaoling came down from medical Chang '93 (Jones), Alicia She sees Angie Berry '90 is working at Baylor College announce the birth of a son, pn school in Toledo to join us. Bye (Jones), Reena Kawal (Hanszen), who is in law of Medicine in a molecular Kevin Edward, on Sept. 7, lii Well, let's sce...that's all my '92 (Hanszen), Mike school with one ofher room- physiology research lab. She 1992. Kevin joins his brother old roommates except for Trafton '93 and Eric Horne mates. Lauren is living in went to New York City over -fimothy,2-1/2, in a house- hO (hint! hint!) Peggy Dun (Lovett) while I was out and Houston and works in al- her winter vacation with Gina hold striving to be truly Win - (Hanszen ), who's working in about the town. lergy testing sales and sales of Han( Brown). Gina is work- gual—in English and Chi- An the development office at "Back in Japan,the snow a kidney stone prevention ing for Andersen Consulting nese. (W Episcopal High School in is piling up quicker than I'd program for a national medi- in Miami. Karen's roommate An Houston. While in New Jer- like to see. Luckily,I'm offto cal laboratory company.Mar- is Mai Anh Nguyen (Sid Alan Brooks'73 (Hanszen) the sey for the holidays, I had an India for my winter holiday. garet Jelinek( Hanszen) is at Rich), who is in medical and his wife Sheri are pleased SCri enjoyable visit from Andrew Other fellow JETs,Maureen Ohio State U. in Columbus, school at the UT Health Sci- to announce the arrival of St. John (Will Rice) and Scholes (Wiess) and Jeanne Ohio, and is working on a ence Center. their new daughter,Katie Viet Tonya Lowery St. John'92 Farrar '92 (Wiess), are also master's. As for Virgil Haney Nga Brooks, on Oct. 9 from Ka (Jones), who are based in vacating their towns for more (Wiess), he is working at Marine second lieutenant Vietnam. Katie was born on all' Connecticut.Tonya is study- exotic locations: Thailand and TeleDenken Resources Inc., Gabriel Calvetti (Wiess) re- July 10, 1990. Her brothers soi ing for a master's in public Houston, respectively. an industrial software com- cently graduated from the Alex, 6, and Christopher, 4, health and working at a "I'll see everyone on my pany'. He's a software de- Navy's Basic School. During are thrilled with their new women's shelter; Andrew is cross-country tour in the au- signer. In his spare time he the course at Marine Corps sister. Ed 'doing his time' for the U.S. tumn of 1993. Until then, plays a lot ofsoccer with Rice Combat Development Com- 11'1 Navy. Of course, the most take care." alums." mand in Quantico, Va., can- Scott Moss '75 (Will Rice) ani frequent visitor has been From Alison Davidow didates receive instruction on and 1,isa Moss welcome their sec David Lewis'92 (Will Rice), (Brown): Navy Ensign Stephanie K. land navigation, marksman- second daughter, Kristen on who is much too far away— "I am in my second year Green (Hanszen) has been ship,tactics, military law,per- Lane, born Aug. 3, 1992. no studying geology at the U.of at UT Southwestern Medical designated a naval flight offi- sonnel administration, Ma- She joins Katie, 3. Cousins at Ala. in the booming metropo- School in Dallas,along with a cer while serving with the rine Corps history and tradi- are Douglas'93 ( Jones) and Te lis of Tuscaloosa. He and I handful of other Rice alums. Naval Air Training Unit, tions, communications and Regina Thuax Moss '89 W( take turns visiting each other I still don't know what I want Mather Air Force Base, Sac- the techniques of military in- (Wiess). when our vacations and bud- to be when I grow up, but ramento, Calif Presentation struction. Upon completion 1/144; gets allow. Between visits, we I'm leaning toward a primary of the "Wings of Gold" ()fate school, newly commis- Heidi Stettner '75 (Jones) an, do more than our part in care practice. marked the culmination of sioned officers are prepared and John are pleased to an- H. keeping AT&T in business. "!keep in touch with (or 18 months of flight training. for assignment to the Fleet nounce the arrival of Max hii "If you're in Columbus, try to) some of my friends Green joined the Navy in Aug. Marine tiirce. Lewis Raskin, born Nov. 9, Dc please stop by. We have plenty from Rice. Lori Benner 1991. 1992, and weighing 9 lbs., I of extra bed space, and visi- Balkum (Brown) lives in Michael Eck Prud'hormne oz. He joins Sam,who turned tors are always welcome. My Austin, where she is doing (Will Rice) married Heather 7 On Dec. S."John and I are (1( address is 161 East Como graduate work in German at Christine Joy Weedon on exhausted but very happy." Jo, Ave., Columbus, Ohio UT. She and her husband 1992 Aug. IS, 1992, at St. John of 43202; email: mjelinck Stephen (Hanszen) are ex- the Baptist Church in Low Karen Gren Johnson '79 @magn us,acs,ohio- pecting their first child in Class Recorder: Bentham, North Yorkshire, ( Jones) and husband Mark a state.edu." May. Tony Williams Adam Goodman England. are delighted to announce the liti From Paula Perry (Brown) lives in Knoxville, 1607 East 50th Place birth of their son Nathaniel (Jones): Tenn., and works for IBM. Apt. 13-B Second lieutenant Matthew Franklin on Dec.4. Nate joins Cl "Greetings from the'Big Amber Johnson( Brown ) is Chicago, IL 60615 R. Stuckey( Jones), USMC, his brother Alexander, who an Apple'(Namioka, Japan, that living in Dallas as well, work- (312) 752-0919 writes: "On Sat., Sept. 5, turned 3 in Jan. is...largest producer ofapples ing on her Ph.D. in archaeol- 1992, I became engaged to of ofany town in Nihon). After ogy at SMU. Her flailed, Class recorder Adam Heather A. Hofmeister'94 Keith Meehan '81 (Wiess) or a year in inaka (that's the Trini Munoz'90 (Sid Rich), Goodman writes: (Brown) at Cohen House, and his wife Leslie announce. backcountry to you and me), is also in graduate school, On Jan. 21 Rice spon- where we met three years the birth on Sept.9,1992, of it was nice to return to the studying chemistry at the U. sored an alumni function in before (date set (lir summer Patrick Thomas Meehan, U.S. for a refresher this sum- of North Texas. Chicago. Members of our 1994!); on Dec. 8, 1992, I their first child and "a future mer before commencing my "Anyway,I hope you get class in attendance included graduated from the United Rally Club member." second year on the JET pro- lots of other news from our Ken Dean (Baker), who is States Marine Corps Basic gram. While home,1 ran into working on a Ph.D. in mate- School. I will be stationed at Jeanne Nelson '81 (Will a few familiar faces along the rials science at Northwestern Cherry Point, N.C., as an Rice)and her husband Patrick way. Andy Dunne (Wiess) adjutant." Ray had a daughter, Lena

51 Stall port Elizabeth, on Dec. 13. She Tucson, Ariz., in the spring, Carol Susan Overton '80 Joins her brother Caleb, who where Kim will start a post- on Dec. 23, 1992 is 3-1/2. doctoral fellowship in infant Sandeep Jain '89 in Dec. development in the Dept. of 1992 Karen Nerzband Schnitzer Pediatrics at the U. of Ariz. (Brown) and husband Medical School." Friends/ Glenn proudly announce the Former Faculty/Staff birth of their third child, Susie Earle Mauzy '85 Adam Ross(May 14, 1992 ). (Baker) and Derek Mauzy Rose Behar on Dec. 18,1992 Adam joins his brothers Kyle '86(Sid Rich) announce the Ruth Hightower Blaschke (June 5, 1987) and Derek birth ofIan Currie Mauzy on on Jan. 23 (Oct. 14, 1989). Nov. 13, 1992. David Vaughan Boone on Schnitzer writes: "I have Jan. 6 been traveling the `mommy Scott Wolf '85 (Sid Rich) Judge John Robert Brown track' since Kyle was born- and Leesa Heilig Wolf'85 on Jan. 23 and I am thoroughly enjoy- (Hanszen), the king and Rev. David N. Burns on ing my career at home! In my queen of lateness, were joy- George E.Pike '35 on Nov. Jan. 1 ?are time, I take care of the ously surprised to welcome 9, 1992 Marion J. Cage on Jan. 3 financial work for our Alexander James (7 lbs., 5 Ill lemoriam Edward C. Boyle '37 on Joseph Riley Crump on church's preschool program." oz.) into the world a month Dec. 1, 1992 Jan. 4 before his due date. While on Karl C. ten Brink '37 on Elliott A. Johnson on Mary Kay Zuravleff '81 maternity leave, Leesa was Rice Alumni Jan. 1 Jan. 15 J Baker) and Gary Zizka selected as a section lead fur Irving James Shapley Jr., Harry Kilian on Dec. 16, Proudly welcome their son NASA's Space Station Train- Wilmer Thurmond Tidwell '40 on Dec. 1, 1992 1992 Iheo Matthew Zizka (born ing Division. Scott is with '24 on June 6, 1992 Donald C. Soper '40 on Robert Dulaney Moreton Oct. 10, 1992, weighed NASA's Space Shuttle Cargo Dupuy Bateman Jr.,'26 on June 12, 1992 on Dec. 19, 1992 10 lbs.) to the New World. Engineering. Jan. 1 Elsie Barabash Ney '41 on George C. Nicklow on Hazel Goodwin Creekmore Dec. 17, 1992 Jan. 18 Amy Howell Alaniz '83 Kevin J. Coupe '86 (Will '27 on Dec. 20, 1992 George Houston Smart'42 Raymond Wilson Oeland (Will Rice) and her husband Rice) is currently in his 3rd Philip Wingate Reinhart on Jan. 16 Sr., on Jan. 20 Anibal announce the birth of year of orthopedic surgery '27 on Dec. 16, 1992 George D.Neal '43 on Sept. Immanuel Olshan on Dec. their first child, James Jo- residency at Herniann. He, Dan Mendell Jr., '30 on 18, 1992 23, 1992 seph, born Oct. 17, 1992,in his wife Susan and their son Jan. 10 Leon Wilson Clark '44 on Marjorie L. Platts on Jan. McAllen, Texas. Andrew, 2, announce Leslie Mamie Johnelle Ahrenback Dec. 22, 1992 11 Ellen, born July 29, 1992. '31 on Nov. 30, 1992 Robert A. Neath '44 on Leslie F. Rice on Jan. 23 Karen Strecker '83 (Jones) Andrew loves her. "Con- Samuel Rhodes Dunlap'31 Jan. 1 Dr. Jerome N.Sherman on announces the birth of her gratulations to Rice Owl foot- on Dec. 16, 1992 Glenn E. Baxter'46 on Jan. Dec. 16, 1992 son William Lawrence on ball-go Rice!" Thomas Herman Hale '33 17 Theodore Siaweleski on Dec. 16. on Dec. 28, 1992 Bobby Carroll Bowman'50 Dec. 24, 1992 Chris Lowrance'86 ( Baker) J.D. Thrasher '33 on May on Jan. 14 Dr. Jerome S. Stniser on Edward Casserly '84 and Michelle Persch 25, 1992 Joseph C. Lipper '53 on Dec. 29, 1992 ( Ph.D.) and his wife Ricci Lowrance '89 (Baker) an- Ernest("Dell") Butcher '34 Jan. 1 Polly Tigner on Dec. 28, announce the birth of their nounce the birth of Erin on Dec. 8, 1992 Patricia Moreland '58 on 1992 second son, Evan Marshall, Alexandra on Dec. 18,1992. Thomas E. Haner '34 in Nov. 21, 1992 Maude Minette Turner on on Jan. 3, 1993. Edward is Jan. Leah Raye Whitty '59 on Jan. 20 now a staff research chemist Hui Ping Ho Wong '87 Edwin Patrick Quinn '34 Dec. 16, 1992 Rudy R. Schwarzer on at Pennzoil Products Co. (Brown (writes: "My husband on Dec. 14, 1992 Richard Clough Bechtold Jan. 5 Technology Division in The Peter and I wish to announce Frank P. Youngblood Jr., '72 on Dec. 1,1992 Judy Schley Ward on Dec. Woodlands, Texas. the birth of our son Andrew '34 on Jan. 23 Roy E.Binz Jr.,'73 on Dec. 11, 1992 on Sept.4. After finishing my 21, 1992 Marina Wirfel Delaney '84 MBA at Columbia B and John Delaney'86 ( both .School, we moved to Bos- Hanszcnites) announce the ton, where I am a tax con- birth of Collor Morscheck sultant for Price Delaney, born April 16,1992. Waterhouse and Peter is a tet us hear from you pediatric oncology fellow Misha Roden Peterson '84 at Dana-Farber Cancer In- J Jones) and husband Scott stitute. We will continue Enjoy keeping up with friends and classmates in the Classnotes section? Why not return the Joyfully announce the birth our nomadic existence by -drop us a line and a (preferably) black-and-white photo at Sallyport, Office of News of Noah Marek, born April 8. moving to Washington, favor submissions Watch out world,here comes D.C.,in July I993,where I & Publications, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251. The deadline for Classnotes a winner! They are enjoying will continue with PW and is June 1 for the August/September issue. Classnotes received after those dates will appear in life in Arlington, Mass. Peter with the National the following issue. Sallyport reserves the right to edit dassnotes for length and style. Cancer Institute." Chris Rote '84 (Sid Rich) and Anne Pearson Rote'85 Melissa Snyder '91 0 Married? 0 New Job? 0 New Baby? Baker) announce the birth (Wiess) and Sarmad 0 Promoted? 0 Take a Trip? 0See a Classmate? of Margaret Elizabeth Rote Adnan '89 (M.S.; Ph.D., 0 Moved? 0 Back in School? 0 Other? on Nov. 19, 1992. Mech. E., 1992) announce the birth of Sara Katija Kimberly Andrews Espy'85 Ahmed on Nov. 30. She Send us details: ( Will Rice) and her husband joins big brother Taahir, 1- Paul Kaufmann announce the 1/2, near Talala, Okla. birth of their twins, Paul Hodge Espy Kaufmann and Dorsey Bromwell Kaufmann, in Nov.9,1992. "The Espy/ Kaufmann clan will move to Name College Class Address(0 New?) April April The Archi-Arts Ball ce- 1 Ric 'e osm ch eag pat se er ofic tehe fr a Alphater around and drink beer." To increas. mented its position as a Phi its accessibility, Lovett proposed 1923 permanent fixture in Rice nity held its fourth annual funding the construction of a rope tradition with the third annual gala "Ugly Man Contest" to raise money suspension bridge from the college held on April 6. Autry House was for worthy campus projects. Nine transformed into an underwater campus "beauties" were nominated paradise in keeping with the "Deep by various campus societies and Sea Ball" theme. The imaginative voted on by the student body. Stu- archies wowed the pirouetting pi- dents could vote for their favorite rates, mermaids and other deep sea ugly one at the price of one penny creatures dancing the night away for the first vote and five cents for with elaborate decorations that in- every vote thereafter. The lucky cluded a life-sized sunken ship in winner and his first runner-up were the center of the dance floor. awarded a total of $100 in prizes as well as appropriately engraved tro- April phies. fi33 In a never-ending effort to LI discover just exactly what May 1IJ the fair sex wants, Thresher In an effort to test the editors polled 50 campus coeds on campus mail service, Baker their tastes in men. Participants were 1963 freshman Ernest Hermann asked to pick the biggest tightwad, addressed several postcards to a ficti- drunkard, sissy, bore, pest and la- tious location in New Mexico. After dies' man; the most conceited (with writing his return address on the justification), the most conceited cards, Hermann dropped half in the -401, (without justification); the best Baker mailbox and half in a regular choice for a husband; and the best street mailbox to find out which choice for a gigolo. Among the 50 method produced the quickest re- respondents, 32 had a steady, 30 turn. On the back of the cards, he Tripping through the treetops. preferred a romantic over a cave- wrote a code indicating which had man, and 18 preferred dates who been sent by campus mail and which to the tree house. The imaginative did not drink. However, a few coeds by regular mail. As an afterthought, engineers' idea was scrapped when stated that if a date did tip a bottle, he added the words,"This is a the elevated structure was dis- she would gladly join him. On aver- gnome test." A few weeks later, a mantled during the summer break age, the ladies expected a man to bewildered Hermann received a re- and never resurrected. spend about $2 on a date, although ply from the Atomic Energy Com- seven ladies, apparently unaware of mission in Carlsbad, New Mexico. April the ongoing depression, stated they The letter, a puzzled response to The 1983 Beer-Bike was would not accept anything less than Hermann's postcard, was signed . plagued by accidents as two "all he's got." "Ernest Wynkoop, AEC Project Of- IE riders and one fan were in- ficer, Projects Gnome and Coach." jured as Will Rice College rode to a April sweep of all three races. During the At the height of World April women's race, a Baker freshwoman War II, Rice was giving its i sCioaunigsht t up inatthe .eceoxpan- suffered a broken collarbone after 1m3 all. In the fall of 1942, the fervor braking too hard and flipping her university implemented a faculty- Lovett College members bike. Then the final biker for the proposed plan to aid the war effort took it upon themselves to add to Will Rice men's team began cel- by offering accelerated programs for the campus infrastructure. The first ebrating his college's sweep of the senior engineers, archis and chemis- ever campus tree house, rising an races a bit too early; he crashed into try majors. Through the Wartime impressive 12 and one-half feet off an unsuspecting graduate student Accelerated Program, seniors in the ground, dominated the quad who had stepped onto the bike track these majors attended classes almost between Lovett College and Will directly in the rider's path. The nonstop during their final year, fore- Rice College. The tree house, a full biker suffered a broken collarbone, going much of their vacation time. eight feet wide and 13 feet long, and the grad student was knocked After graduating almost two months came complete with guard posts and unconscious. The accidents not only ahead of their peers, these students a rope guardrail. Its purpose was not dampened the Will Rice victory cel- began work in vital national indus- fully defined, although Lovetteers ebration but also led to increased tries and the armed forces. generally agreed it made "a great safety requirements for the race. place to meditate or merely sit

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