September 8, 2021

Best Colleges:
Rice among most acclaimed universities in Princeton Review history (Rice News)

Office of Research:
Rice announces new faculty funding opportunities (RIce News)

The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday.  You can check it out here.

Elisabeth McGinty Laigle (1931-2021):
As reported, Elisabeth McGinty Laigle ’53 passed away on August 28.  She was the daughter of Milton McGinty, Sr. ’27 who was a principal architect of Rice Stadium as well as the Methodist Hospital in the Medical Center.  He was honored with an ARA Meritorious Service Award in 1996.  Also, she was the sister of Jack McGinty ’57 who was honored with an ARA  Distinguished Alumni Award in 1986.  (Thanks, Bill Cousins!)

September 7, 2021

Rice Public Art:
New public art installations open (The RIce Thresher)

Elisabeth McGinty Laigle (1931-2021):
On August 28, Elisabeth McGinty Laigle passed away.  A native Houstonian, she graduated from Rice in 1953 with a BA in French where she was a member of the Pallas Athena Literary Society. The year before, she married George Laigle ’51.  She was a charter member of St Martin’s Episcopal Church.  Her “gift to the world was her capacity to love” and “for fifty years she hosted a Christmas Eve Open House for everyone she knew”.  She is survived by, among others, George (they were married for almost sixty-nine years) and four children.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.