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Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg was the Rice commencement speaker in 2018.   Commencement ceremonies take place this weekend. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

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Name the New York City mayor who was a Rice commencement speaker.  For a bonus point, what was the year?  Email your answer here.

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Stan Williams ’74 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who teaches at Texas A&M.  The 2026 ARA Awards Dinner will take place next Thursday, May 7 at The Revaire (7122 Old Katy Road).  Click here for a list of the 2026 Laureates Awards Honorees.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)

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Name the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who teaches at Texas A&M.  Email your answer here. 

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Marc S Scheid ’67, ’72 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who taught at Texas Southern.  The 2026 ARA Awards Dinner will take place next Thursday, May 7 at The Revaire (7122 Old Katy Road).  Click here for a list of the 2026 Laureates Awards Honorees.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)

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Name the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who taught at Texas Southern. Email your answer here. 

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David M Eagleman ’93 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who teaches at Stanford.  The 2026 ARA Awards Dinner will take place on Thursday, May 7 at The Revaire (7122 Old Katy Road).  Click here for a list of the 2026 Laureates Awards Honorees. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!) 

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Name the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who teaches at Stanford.  Email your answer here.  

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Ed Biegert ’74, ’76, ‘77 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who spent more than forty years at Shell Oil.  The 2026 ARA Awards Dinner will take place on Thursday, May 7 at The Revaire (7122 Old Katy Road).  Click here for a list of the 2026 Laureates Awards Honorees. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!) 

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Name the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who spent more than forty years at Shell Oil.  Email your answer here.

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First, Melissa Kean added the following about Jackie Burke Jr:  “Rice has Jackie Burke’s papers in the Woodson. It's a beautiful collection of interesting stuff mostly about the history of Champions Golf Club. Ira Gruber of the history department had been a great collegiate golfer at Duke and was a member of Champions. He helped us acquire the collection and I got to spend some time with Burke, who helped fix my tendency to hit hooks!”

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Jackie Burke Jr, who entered Rice in 1941 at the insistence of his mother but left to join the Marine Corps during World War II, holds the record for the largest final-round comeback in Masters history, overcoming an eight-stroke deficit to win the 1956 Masters.  Watch here.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst, Mike Ross, Andy Williams and Susan Zimmerman!)