Trivia Answer:
After earning a BA degree with honors in Physics from Rice in May, 1957 and before starting graduate school at Caltech, Bob Wilson obtained his first patent doing a summer job with Exxon.  He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics with Arno Penzias “for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation”.  Read more.

Trivia Question:
Name the Nobel Prize winner who obtained his first patent doing a summer job immediately after earning a BA degree from Rice.  Email your answer here.

Trivia Answer:
First, Steve Lukingbeal also correctly answered Tuesday’s trivia question.

Dr JP Bramhall, who was a four-year baseball letterman for Texas A&M, is the father of Bobby Bramhall, who was an All-American pitcher for Rice (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

On Sunday, the Aggies host the Owls on the soccer pitch in College Station.

Trivia Question:
Name the four-year baseball letterman for Texas A&M whose son was an All-American pitcher for Rice.  Email your answer here.

Trivia Question:
1974 Rice Volleyball teammate Liz Howard Crowell ‘76 became an attorney and is married to Rice Emeriti Faculty member Steven Crowell.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Trivia Question:
Name the member of the 1974 Rice Volleyball team who became an attorney and is married to a Rice Emeriti Faculty member.  For a bonus point, name him.  Email your answer(s) here.

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Walt Greenberg for the guest trivia question!

Two-time Joyce Pounds Hardy Award winner Debbie Turner Kochevar, who played volleyball and basketball and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rice in 1978, was Dean of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts from 2006 until 2018. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Guest Trivia Question:
Name the member of the 1974 Rice Volleyball team who twice won the Joyce Pounds Hardy Award and became Dean of a School of Veterinary Medicine.  For a bonus point, name the School.  Email your answer(s) here. 

Trivia Answer:
Upcoming Distinguished Owl Club Award honoree Jen Rigg Kneale ‘02 played basketball for Rice and currently serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of the Jones Graduate School of Business.  On October 11, she will be one of six individuals to receive the Award at the 19th “Evening For Rice’s Honour” at the River Oaks Country Club.  Read more.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Trivia Question:
Name the upcoming (on October 11) Distinguished Owl Club Award honoree who played basketball for Rice and currently serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of the Jones Graduate School of Business.  Email your answer here. 

Trivia Answer:
The one and only Melissa Kean holds a BA from Iowa State, a Master’s Degree from Creighton, another Master’s degree from Rice, a PhD from Rice and a JD from Iowa.  On Sunday, Rice Volleyball hosts Creighton at Tudor Fieldhouse. 

Trivia Question:
Who holds a BA from Iowa State, a Master’s Degree from Creighton, another Master’s degree from Rice, a PhD from Rice and a JD from Iowa? Email your answer here.