August 22, 2022

Harvey:
Essay: So little changed after Harvey by Lacy Johnson (Houston Chronicle)

Alberto Gomez-Rivas (1933-2022):
On July 5, Alberto Gomez-Rivas passed away.  After coming to the United States in 1959 on a Fulbright scholarship, he earned a PhD from UT in 1968, a MA in Economics from Rice in 1977 and a PhD in Philosophy from Rice in 1980.  He spent his last thirty years in Houston teaching engineering at UH-Downtown and also was a chair of the engineering department.  He is survived by, among others, his wife Julia.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s blog entry dated August 8 and entitled “A Window And Some Trees”.

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