January 17, 2021

Rice Scientists:
Rice flashes new '2D' materials (Rice News)

Charles B Wilson (1924-2021):
On January 2, Charles B Wilson passed away.  A native Texan, he was popular as the young boy soprano, “Charles Burton”, mascot and live radio featured singer of The Light Crust Doughboys in the late 1930s.  In 1941, he started Rice Architecture, left for military service in WWII and returned to graduate in 1949.  With two classmates, he founded the architectural firm Langwith, Wilson, and King in 1956 from which he retired in 1998.  Also, he was active in the community and in his church.  He is predeceased by, among others, his wife of sixty years Katheryne.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.

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