UNIVERSVT\ RICE. vz 1991 LIBRARY T IIE MAGAZINHAP E OF R ICE UNI V ER SI 11 • A IttUGUS T 9 I Rice Professor Larry McIntire Should the Owls stay in Division I athletics? For two opposing viewpoints, see page 12. On the corer: Professor Larry V. McIntire stands in front of a slide depicting calcium concentrations in human endothelial cells. McIntire and his research group document the changing levels of calcium in living cells as part of their work in the Institute for Biosciences and Bioengineering. Photo by Tommy LaVergne. SALLYPURT FEATURES 18 Mixing Metaphors He helped found Texas Monthly magazine, tackled the Big Apple as editor-in-chief of Newsweek, confronted his own memories of war-torn Vietnam for a successful book, and took on Hollywood with his critically acclaimed TV series "China Beach." Now, Wil- liam Broyles Jr. is looking for bigger mountains to climb. By Deborah Schmidt 22 Science's Brave New World Traditional lines between the biological sciences and engineering are nothing but a blur for Rice faculty members delving deep into the heart of biotechnology. As the Institute for Biosciences and Bioengineering matures and its new building nears completion, Rice explores the frontiers of medicine and science at their most basic levels. By Scott Andrews 28 Class Acts With a little help from rapper M.C. Hammer and an old home economics classroom, Rice educators are working with Houston teachers to keep urban middle-school students interested in science. For the students, the experi- ence is fun; for Rice, the Model Science Lab project is just one way in which the university is working to increase the options available to America's urban schoolchildren. By Kathie Krause 34 Time Out of Mind From clinical studies of stroke victims to the ways students learn classroom material, Rice psycholo- gists in the field of human memory discuss the work that has established the university as a center for memory studies. By Maggi Stewart AUGUST ' 91 9 1 DEPARTMENTS 4 Letters 40 Students The first women graduates; P.J. Abrams steps in as the first reflections on the Gulf War. woman president offormer "Ani- mal House" VViess College; sum- 5 Through the Sallyport mer news from all the residential colleges. KTRU's newfound power; a new page 12 Owls hotline; sallyport, sallyport. 42 Gifts and Giving 6 News A message from development's executive director; air condition- An environmental research center ing for the gymnasium; O. Ben is formed; $10 million gift is Hander's challenge to the awarded to the Jones School; Class of 1942. new buildings near completion; Rice athletics undergo evaluation; 44 Altunni Gazette and more. Homecoming 1991 plans; new 12 Viewpoints members for Alumni Board; volunteer profile of H. deForest Should Rice continue its partici- Ralph. pation in NCAA Division 1 ath- letics? Two faculty members ar- 46 Sally Forth gue the pros and cons. A cruise through historic Eastern page 40 14 Academia Europe; upcoming trips from the Rice Alumni Travel/Study Discoveries and honors in the Program. Wiess School of Natural Sciences; a new focus for the Center for 47 Classnotes the Study of Institutions and Values. Check near your class year for special 1991 reunion 16 Books, Etc. information. Alumna Le Anne Schreiber looks 64 Yesteryear at life and death in Midstream. Also, books from architecture Ten-year retrospectives from the dean Alan Balfour, alumnus Dave history of Rice. Nathan and the Carnegie Foundation. 65 Calendar 39 Sports Upcoming events on the Rice campus. Gabriel Luke brings in an NCAA victory; a solid year in Rice golf; a bright future in tennis. • \ I I 1 If I{ I FOREWORD A New Look for an Old Rice Friend SAttiPORT In the spring of 1945, former AUGUSTI991, VOL. 48, NO.1 students of the Institute got a surprise in their mailboxes when new Rice news- Director of News & Publications, the first issue of a To be named paper arrived. The fledgling Sallyport, eight pages long, Editor, Suzanne Johnson Art Director, Jeff Cox bulged with class reports, war Assistant Editor, Deborah Schmidt '89 news and entreaties to buy Editorial Staff: Scott Andrews, Kathie bonds. Krause and Maggi Stewart, contributing edi- While its looks have changed tors; Jay Fitzgerald '91, Ross Goldberg '91, Amy Keener '92 and Jim Low '91, considerably as the decades staff writers. passed, the Sallyport you hold in Design Staff: Michael Sawyers, seniorgraphic your hands today continues— designer; Tommy LaVergne, photographer; and, we hope, builds on—the Christine Minuto,graphic designer; Carrie McDonald '91 and Timothy Carroll '92, traditions begun 46 years ago. production assistants. Like that early edition and all a magazine that will keep you in- produced since, this issue of formed about Rice and about The Rice University Board of Governors Sallyport is published for all each other, that will bring the Trusteer. Charles W. Duncan Jr., chair, Insti- Rice of today into focus with the Josephine E. Abercrombie, vice chair, D. Kent former students of the Rice Anderson, J. Evans Attwell, John L. Cox, tute and Rice University, not just Rice of years past, and that will Burton J. McMurtry, Jack T. Trotter; Term those who make contributions keep in touch with you more of- Members: J.D. Bucks Allshouse, E. William Barnett, James W. Glanville, William P. (as appreciated as those contribu- ten. Vice President for External Hobby, George R. Miner, James L. Pate, tions are). Sallyport still arrives Affairs Frank B. Ryan '58, mem- Louisa Stude Sarofim, Thomas D. Smith, Selby W. Sullivan. Alumni Governors: Carolyn filled with class reports and cam- bers of the Rice Editorial Review Douglas Devine, T. Robert Jones, Albert N. pus news to help you keep up Committee (history professor Kidd, G. Walter McReynolds. with your classmates and your John Boles '65, sociology profes- Administrative Officers university. sor Bill Martin and Dean of President, George Rupp; Provost, Neal Lane; Vice President for External Affairs, Frank B. But as you, our readers, have Continuing Studies Mary Ryan; Vice President for Finance and grown in numbers, in interests McIntire, Ph.D.'75) and mem- Administration, Dean W. Currie; Vice of Rice President for Student Affairs, Ronald F. and in outlook, we felt Sallyport bers of the Association Stebbings; Vice President for Graduate Stud- needed to grow, too—to broaden Alumni Committee on Publica- ies, Research and Information Systems, TBA; (The Papers ofJefferson Treasurer, Scott W. Wise. its outlook; to reflect the growing tions diversity of our students, faculty Davis coeditor Lynda Crist '67, Sallyport Editorial Board convey Alumni Director Susan Baker '78, Jim Asker '74, John Boles '65, Ryn Bowers and alumni; in short, to 64, Paul Burka '63, Sidney Burrus '57, Linda more completely the sum and English professor Bob Patten, Crist '67, Mary McIntire Ph.D.'75, Bill substance of Rice University. mathematics professor Ronny Merriman '67, Ronny Wells '62. Ex officio: Frank B. 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Let us know what dedicated group of faculty you think. ©1991 Rice University members and alumni to plan —Suzanne Johnson, Editor AUGUST ' 91 LETTERS No Confusion Here I was sorry to see in the Winter 1991 issue that so many students and professors were confused as to how they should "feel and re- act" about the Persian Gulf War. I was called to active duty by the Army in November in sup- port of Operation Desert Shield. Since then, I have served with the Office of the Staff Judge Advo- The graduating class of 1916 cate for the 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Polk, La., Graduation Follow-Up ton. Others moved asfar away as and at Fort Hood, Texas. Cur- I'm curious about the 15 wo- Fresno, Calif, Seattle, Wash., and rently, I am a trial counsel pros- men that were in the first Brooklyn, N.Y. Elizabeth Kalb ecuting cases for court-martial.