The Ion:
Click here for a podcast with Ryan LeVasseur, managing director of direct real estate for Rice Management Company, who discusses the Ion.
Ben Breed (1936-2021):
On September 30, Ben Breed passed away. A native Texan, he started at Rice and received a BA in Physics from UT in 1957. After military service, he earned a MA (1964) and a PhD (1965) in Physics from Rice. After working for several entities, he co-founded Breed and Harvel Associates, his own consulting practice in 1975. He specialized in acoustics and magnetics. He retired in 2005 and, with his wife Janie, “spent many happy years in Austin and at their beautiful house on the ranch on Barton Creek”. He is survived by, among others, Janie (they were married for 57 years). Click here for the Austin American-Statesman obituary..