June 5, 2021

Susie O'Gorman '76 (Thanks, Melinda Clark '77):
Yesterday, Susie O'Gorman '76 placed second on Jeopardy.  She and her husband Ron O'Gorman '75 ‘79 live in Mobile, Alabama.

George P Bush '98:
On Wednesday, George P Bush ’98 launched his campaign for attorney general in Texas against incumbent Ken Paxton.  Read more.

Mildred Jenkins (1928-2021):
On May 27, Mildred (Millie) Jenkins, the mother of Barbara Gibbs ’73, passed away.  She was a “force of nature”.  Together with her late husband Tom (whom she meet on a blind date), they raised seven children.  Also, she worked as the assistant to the Dickinson ISD Superintendent for fifteen years and she was active in the community as well as in her church.  Click here for the obituary.

June 1, 2021

Dr Yvette Pearson:
UT Dallas Selects New VP for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (UT Dallas News)

Mary Day Milbank Bodenstein (1940-2021)::
On February 9, Mary Day Milbank Bodenstein passed away.  Born in Illinois, she graduated from Rice in 1962 where she was a member of the Emily Bowen Literary Society.  She enjoyed a teaching career in Dallas and Hawaii and then worked for Great American Insurance and IBM in New York.  She and her former husband Bob raised two “amazing" daughters and she was active in the community.  Click here for the obituary.

May 31, 2021

Nancy Morrison (1936-2021):
On May 22, Nancy Morrison passed away.  A native Houstonian, she later in life graduated from the University of St Thomas magna cum laude.  Together with her late husband Lucian, they were among seventy-five Rice donors named members of the Legacy Society in 2013.  Also, the Brockman Hall for Opera houses the Lucian and Nancy Morrison Theatre, a 600-seat European-style theatre with an orchestra pit for 70 musicians.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.

May 30, 2021

Qimiao Si:
Pristine quantum criticality found (Rice News)

Mike Gibson (1943-2021):
On May 24, Mike Gibson passed away.  A native Texan, he earned three degrees in Chemical Engineering including a BS (1965) and a Master (1966) from Cornell and a PhD from Rice in 1973.  As a First Lieutenant in the Army assigned to NASA, he was a pivotal member of the Apollo XIII Mission Operations Team.  The entire team received a Presidential Medal of Freedom for their efforts in returning the astronauts to Earth.  In 1973, he joined Exxon where he helped to develop new patented processes for the gasification of shale.  In 1981, he cofounded Carbotek.  Also, he was active in the community.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.