Rice Engineering Alumni:
The application portal for the REA Board of Directors is now open here. REA board members serve three-year terms directing Rice’s oldest and largest alumni interest group. Graduates of any department of Rice’s School of Engineering (regardless of class year, location, or current profession) are eligible to apply. The deadline is March 1, 2022.
Fontaine Carrington Weems II (1928-2022):
On February 2, Fontaine Carrington Weems II passed away. A third-generation Houstonian, he attended Rice (class of 1951) and graduated from the University of Colorado – Boulder in 1952. He enjoyed “a very long and successful career as a commercial real estate broker in greater Houston”, starting Weems & Co in 1957. Also, he “loved the water and anything maritime related” and was very active in the community. He is predeceased by, among others, his wife Mary Ann. Click here for the obituary.
Interestingly, his uncle Fontaine Carrington (“Canny”) Weems served as secretary to President Edgar Odell Lovett and Mrs. Lovett on their 1908 world tour “seeking out the best aspects of the leading colleges and universities” as well as tour photographer. Read more here and here.
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