Doerr Institute:
Institute blasts leadership development in higher education (Rice News)
AR Ginn (1939-2021):
On January 7, AR Ginn Jr passed away. A native Houstonian, he attended Rice on a football scholarship after graduating from Sam Houston High School in January 1958. He left Rice in 1959 to join Metallic Building Company. In 1976, he co-founded MBCI which became a leading manufacturer of metal building components and later merged with NCI. In 2007, he retired from NCI as Chairman and CEO. Also, he was inducted into the Field Hall of Fame at the National Bird Dog Museum in 2018. He is survived by, among others, his wife of forty-one years, Ollie. Click here for the obituary.
Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean's latest blog entry entitled "Glee Club, 1954".