April 8, 2021

Flower Garden Banks:
Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore (Rice News)

The Arnolds:
Houston billionaires commit to donating 5 percent of their wealth annually (Houston Chronicle)

Elizabeth 'Libble" Rice Winston (1942-2021):
On March 21, Elizabeth “Libbie” Rice Winston, passed away.  She was the Founder and Director of The Peaceable Kingdom School “following the tradition of pioneering education in her family”.  Her father, James O Winston, Jr, was the founding Chairman of the Board of St John’s School, her mother, Ella Botts Rice Winston, was a founding Director of The Jung Center and her great-great uncle, William Marsh Rice, founded Rice.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.

April 3, 2021

New Presidents:
New SA and GSA members elected (Rice News)

Art Gottschalk: 
Houston composer judges inaugural Astor Piazzolla music contest (Chronicle)

Stan Silvus (1934-2020):
On March 8, Stan Silvus passed away.  A native Houstonian, he earned a BA from Rice in 1956 where he was The Westinghouse Scholar of the Senior Class.  Also, he earned a BS in 1957 and a MS in 1963 in Electrical Engineering from Rice.  He enjoyed a forty-seven year career with the Southwest Research Institute as an Electrical Engineer.  And, he collected stamps and N-Scale model railroad components and was active in his church.  He is predeceased by, among others, his wife of fifty-five years, Carol.  He is survived by, among others, their son Greg ’89.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.

April 2, 2021

Beatrice Riviere:
Rice mathematician selected as fellow of professional mathematics society (Rice News)

New Undergraduate Degree Program:
Rice adds operations research major (RIce Owls)

Arthur Charles Jackson (1941-2021):
On March 25, Dr Arthur Charles Jackson passed away.  A native Houstonian, he earned a BA in Biology from Rice in 1964 where he met his future wife Fitzhugh Lee Jones ’65.  In 1969, he earned a MD from UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.  After a twenty-two year career in the Navy, he was a urological surgeon until he retired in 1991.  Also, he was “a passionate supporter of the arts” and he was active in his church.  He is survived by, among others, Fitzhugh Lee (they were married for 55 years).  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.