March 25, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Current freshman hurdler and sprinter Max Bacon is the great grandson of the legendary Eddie Dyer Sr., a three-sport athlete at Rice for baseball, football and track.  Click here for the Rice History Corner by Melissa Kean blog entry dated June 24, 2019 about him.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

March 23, 2026

Charlcy Black (1931-2026):
On March 18, Charlcy Black passed away.  A native Texan, she attended Rice (Brown College, class of 1952).  She enjoyed a career with LTV and Lockheed Martin.  Also, she “was an avid traveler, skier, golfer and bridge player”.  She is predeceased by her husband Donald (they were married for sixty-one years when he passed away in 2014).  Click here for The Dallas Morning News obituary.