The Flyleaf Friends of Fondren Libraiy Vol. 54, No. 1 Winter 2005 Malcolm and Elizabeth Gillis Honored at Friends of Fondren Gala XXIV A Letter to Friends Fondren Library Founded under the charter of the university dated May 18, 1891, the library was established Dear Friends, in 1913. Its present building was dedicated November 4, 1949, and rededicated in 1969 after a Thank you for the opportunity to serve on the Friends of substantial addition, both made Fondren Board and as President. It is a privilege to attempt to possible by gifts of Ella F. Fon- communicate the needs and developments at the Fondren Library dren, her children, and the Fon- dren Foundation and Trust as a to this community which uses and supports the library in all its tribute to Walter William Fon- 21st Century attributes. The past year has seen the opening of the dren. The library celebrated its Library Service Center, which is Fondren's remotely located, state half-millionth volume in 1965 and its one-millionth volume on of the art storage and retrieval system for materials amenable April 22, 1979. to slightly delayed access. It improves Fondren's overall function as an archive by rationalizing the use of our necessarily limited The Friends The Friends of Fondren Li- on-campus space. The current year will see the beginning of the brary was founded in 1950 as renovation plan for the Fondren Library's on-campus structure, an association of library sup- creating in some sense a central atrium for encounters among porters interested in increasing and making better known the the diverse elements of oiu" campus. The next year, and years, will resources of Fondren Librar\' continue the Fondren Library's function as an atelier for ideas at Rice University. The Friends, on the Rice campus. Every member of the Rice commimity, past, through members' contributions and sponsorship of a program of present, and futvue, is in relationship with the Fondren Library, memorials and honor gifts, se- whether needed, nurturing, or neglected. The Friends of Fondren, cure gifts and bequests, and pro- through its membership and the opportunities it creates for mem- vide funds for the purchase of rare books, manuscripts, and bers and non-members alike, works every year to improve those other materials that are need- relationships for everyone. ed to support teaching and re- I would particularly like to recognize our 2003-04 departing search at the university. board members John Brice, Preston Frazier, and Bob Patten for The Flyleaf their service and contributions over the years, and our new board Founded October, 1950, TheFly- members Cathy Matusow, Ed Whalen, and Amy Taylor for their leaf'is published by the Friends of Fondren Librarv, MS - 245, Rice energetic plunge into the opportunities of 2004-05. I would also University, RO. Box 1892, Hous- like to thank our library leadership, Charles Henry and Sara ton, Texas 77251-1892. The Fly- Lowman, for their generosity of time and insight which continu- leaf is a record of the activities of the Friends, the Fondren Li- ally fuels and informs the enthusiasm of both the faculty and brary, and the generosity of the non-faculty Board members, and of the membership generally, of librarv's supporters. The Flyleaf is the Friends of Fondren. published three times in each ac- ademic calendar year and is also available online at the Friends of Fondren web site a www.rke.edu/ Sincerely, fondren/friends Robins Brice The Flyleaf 2 Contents Editors: Friends Honor Rice Authors Page 4 Alan Harris Bath, Ph.D. Distinguished Guest Lecture Page 7 Vice President, Publications Mary Bixb\ Friends of Fondren Gala Page 8 Executive Director Homecoming Page 16 Layout: University Publications Bookmark Page 18 Membership Page 20 Gifts Page 22 Looking Ahead Page 28 Board of Directors 2004-2005 Officers Directors Ex Officio Robins Brice Edward B. "Teddy" Adams, Jr. Eugene H. Levy, Ph.D. President Iris Lytle Ballew Provost Elisa Macia Donovan Pamela Smith Devine Charles Henry, Ph.D. Vice President, Membership Lee Duggan, Jr. Vice Provost and University Alan Harris Bath, Ph.D. Lucas T. Elliot Librarian Vice President, Publications Kyle Allen Frazier John B. Boles, Ph.D. Harriet Calvin Latimer Elizabeth Gillis Chairman. University Committee Charles D. Maynard, Jr. Mrs. Pamela S. Giraud on the Libraiy Cathryn Rodd Selman Frances Heyne Mary D. Bixby Vice Presidents, Special Events Michelle E. Hicks Executive Director Shirley R. Redwine Elsa Daniels Horlock Secretary Mrs. Thomas W. Houghton Frank G. Jones Margaret Jordan, Ph.D. Treasurer Catherine Matusow Karen Hess Rogers Bonnie Bryan Mayor Immediate Past President David L. Minter, Ph.D. John C. Ribble, M.D. Lee Chatham Seureau Amy Dunn Taylor Edward L. Whalen, Ph.D. Mary Ellen Wilson John E. Wolf, Jr., M.D. Winter 2005 3 M Friends Honor 2004 Rice Authors with Program and Reception BV Michelle E. Hicks On February 6, 2005, the attendees and served as modera- tion of the personalities involved Friends of Fondren celebrated a tor for the program. and the intricacies of editing the Super Sunday by honoring Rice Bala Dharan received his various articles in the book led faculty, staff, alumni and Friends Ph.D. in management from Carn- to a spirited question and answer of Fondren who published or ed- egie Mellon University in 1981 session on libel issues and poten- ited books or journals, exhibited and has been a professor in the tial involvement in the ongoing works of art in a one-person show Jones School of Management for Enron trials, as well as the cur- or composed musical works dur- over 20 years. He explained the rent status of accounting controls ing the preceding year. In the process of collaborating on Enron: and regulation. Kyle Morrow Room at Fondren Corporate Fiascos and Their InipUca- Joyce Pounds Hardy, Rice Library, the Friends recognized tions with Nancy Rapoport, Dean alumna, and University Photogra- those honorees in attendance of the University of Houston Law pher Tommy LaVergne collaborat- and enjoyed ed on Roads to presentations Forgotten Texas, by three au- a compilation thors: Bala of photogra- Dharan, Joyce ph}' and poetry Pounds Hardy representing and Tommy the feeling and LaVergne. hi ethos of small- keeping with town Texas. the theme The authors of collabora- presented a tion, each of number of the panelists beautiful pho- published a tographs and collaborative corresponding work and de- poems, ^\•hich scribed the evoked for creative pro- manv in the cess involved. room memo- The works Chrtstoplur Dinu,Jaiu Chaiui, /o)ii Founds Hanl\, Tommy La\'crgm' ries of grow- discussed ing up in such covered a range of interests from School and Rice alumna, then towns. The authors also shared poetry and photography to corpo- turned to the approach they took the process of creating the book, rate malfeasance and accounting on the book, preferring to write from concept through collabora- intrigue. Edward Whalen, the a scholarly work that could be tion, execution and publication. retired comptroller of the Uni- used for teaching, rather than the Following the individual pre- versity of Houston and a member more journalistic books that were sentations and a question and of the board of directors of the rushed into print following the answer period, the panelists and Friends of Fondren, welcomed the collapse of Enron. His descrip- audience adjourned to the Lovett M The Flyleaf 4 Lounge for refreshments and con- tinued conversation. That Rice is both a great teaching and research institution is evidenced by the scholarly out- put of its faculty, staff, friends and akimni showcased each year for the Friends of Fondren Library. The Friends will again honor Rice authors, artists and composers with a presentation and reception open to the entire Rice commu- nity in February 2006. Bald Dhanni, Joyce Founds Hardy, Tommy lji\'i'rgnr, Edioard W'haleu 2004 Rice Authors Michael Achard Language, Culture, and Mind, ed. Alexei E. Angelides Essays on the History of the Philosophy of Mathematics, ed. Yildiz Bayazitoglu InternationalJournal of Thermal Sciences, ed. Logan Browning SET, Studies in English Literature, ed. Jane Chance J.R.R. Tolkien and the Invention ofMyth: A Reader, ed. The Libra ty ofMedieval Women (fi\'e titles), general editor Guides to Historic Events in the Medieval World (seven titles), series editor Eileen Coppola Powering Up - Learning to Teach Well with Technolrjgy Justin Cronin The Summer Guest Bala Dharan Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications Christopher Dow Sallyport, ed. John Eliot Overachievement: The New Modelfor Exceptional Performance Jennifer George and G.R.Jones Essentials of Contemporary Management John Graves Myself and Strangers: A Memoir of Apprenticeship Joyce Pounds Hardy Roads to Forgotten Texas Eva Hoffman After Such Knowledge: Memory, Histo)y, and the Legacy of the Holocaust Dean James Decorated to Death Suzanne Kemmer Language, Culture, and Mind, ed. Fouad M. Khoury Midtistage Separation Processes Sydney M. Lamb Language and Reality Tommy LaVergne Roads to Forgotten Texas Winter 2005 5 M Michael Maas The West - Encounters and Transformations, Vol. C K Krueger McDonald SEL, Studies in English Literature, ed. Angelo Miele Advanced Design Problems in Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 1, ed. A. G. Mikos Tissue Engineering, ed. David Minter Faulkner's Questioning Narratives, pb edition Elizabeth Moon Marque and Reprisal Atieno Odhiambo and Risks ofKnowledge: Investigations into the Death of the David William Cohen Honorable MinisterJohn Robert Ouko in Kenya, 1990 Robert L. Patten SEL, Studies in English Literature, ed. Anthony Pinn Africayi American Humanist Principles Loving the Body: Black Religious Studies and the Erotic, ed. Nancy Rapoport Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications Patricia Reiff Mars Update (with Colin Law) Earth Update (with Colin Law) Space Update (with Colin Law) Rafael Salaberry Impresiones, Annotated Instructors' Edition David J.