Ruth Simmons:
Yesterday, Rice trustee
Ruth Simmons was inaugurated as president of Prairie View A&M
David Leebron represented Rice. Read
more.
Mikki Hebl:On Thursday night, the Houston Business Journal honored David Harvey Jr, chairman and CEO of DE Harvey Builders, with the 2018 Landmark Award for his lifetime achievement in real estate. He is married to Mikki Hebl, the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Chair of Psychology. Read more.
Elaine Swank (1933-2018):On April 17, Elaine Swank passed away. She was the wife, mother and grandmother, respectively, of three Rice Chemical Engineers, Jack ’55, John ’85 and Lisa ’15. Also, her daughter-in-law Linda Swank is a Rice alum (MBA ’89) as well as her late daughter, Susan Swank (’86). Lisa regularly competes for Will Rice as a cyclist in the Beer Bike race. Click here for the Chronicle obituary.
Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean's latest blog entry entitled "Friday Follies: Training Aid, mid-70s".