EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Houston, TX

Founding Date:
1891

Team:
Owls

Enrollment:
4800

Official Website:
http://www.rice.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
D. Kent Anderson	Business	c. 1940		Beacon Management Corporation
David L. Anderson	Historian	1946		Trapped by Success
Bill Archer	Politician	22-Mar-1928		Congressman from Texas, 1971-2001
Mitch Bainwol	Lobbyist	c. 1959		CEO of RIAA, 2003-11
E. William Barnett	Attorney	c. 1934		Managing Partner, Baker Botts, 1984-98
John F. Bookout III	Business	c. 1953		Former Partner, McKinsey & Co.
Rhonda L. Brooks	Business	c. 1952		R. Brooks Advisors, Inc.
Candace Bushnell	Journalist	1-Dec-1958		Columnist, Sex and the City
James Craig	Actor	4-Feb-1912	28-Jun-1985	Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
James W. Crownover	Business	c. 1943		Retired Partner, McKinsey
Robert F. Curl, Jr.	Chemist	23-Aug-1933		Co-Discovered fullerines
T. Kevin DeNicola	Business	c. 1954		CFO of Lyondell Chemical, 2002-08
John Doerr	Business	29-Jun-1951		Silicon Valley venture capitalist
E. Linn Draper, Jr.	Business	6-Feb-1942		CEO, American Electric Power, 1993-2003
Charles W. Duncan, Jr.	Government	9-Sep-1926		US Secretary of Energy, 1979-81
Lynn Laverty Elsenhans	Business	6-May-1956		President and CEO of Sunoco
J. Michael Fitzpatrick	Business	c. 1946		President of Rohm and Haas, 1999-2005
Douglas L. Foshee	Business	c. 1959		CEO of El Paso
Asim Ghafoor	Government	11-Dec-1969		Controversial Muslim attorney
Alberto Gonzales	Government	4-Aug-1955		US Attorney General, 2005-07
L. Patrick Gray	Government	18-Jul-1916	6-Jul-2005	Acting FBI Director, 1972-73
Patricia A. Hammick	Business	c. 1947		Former VP at Columbia Energy Group
Robert L. Howard	Business	c. 1937		Retired VP at Shell Oil
John R. Huff	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Oceaneering International, 1986-2006
Howard Hughes	Business	24-Sep-1905	5-Apr-1976	Insane billionaire
Steve Jackson	Business	c. 1952		Game publisher raided by the Secret Service
Miriam E. John	Scientist	c. 1948		VP at Sandia, 1999-2006
Anita K. Jones	Educator	c. 1942		Professor at University of Virginia
John Kline	Politician	6-Sep-1947		Congressman, Minnesota 2nd
Fred C. Koch	Business	23-Sep-1900	Nov-1967	Founder, Koch Industries
Nolan Lehmann	Business	c. 1944		Equus Capital Management
Frank J. Low	Astronomer	23-Nov-1933	11-Jun-2009	Infrared astronomy
Dave Marr	Golf	27-Dec-1933	5-Oct-1997	Winner, 1965 PGA Championship
Justin Martin	Author	12-Nov-1964		Greenspan: The Man Behind Money
John Mauldin	Author	c. 1950		Bull's Eye Investing
Don Maynard	Football	25-Jan-1935		NFL Hall of Famer
Larry McMurtry	Novelist	3-Jun-1936		Lonesome Dove
Elizabeth Moon	Novelist	7-Mar-1945		The Speed of Dark
Arun Netravali	Business	26-May-1946		Chief Scientist at Lucent, 2002-03
Michael Noer	Journalist	21-Mar-1969		Forbes editor
Pete Olson	Politician	9-Dec-1962		Congressman, Texas 22nd
M. Kenneth Oshman	Business	9-Jul-1940	6-Aug-2011	CEO of Echelon, 1988-2009
Annise Parker	Politician	17-May-1956		Mayor of Houston
William Pierce	Author	11-Sep-1933	23-Jul-2002	The Turner Diaries
David M. Potter	Historian	6-Dec-1910	18-Feb-1971	The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861
Warren Robinett	Computer Programmer	c. 1951		Atari 2600 game Adventure
Hector Ruiz	Business	25-Dec-1945		CEO of Advanced Micro Devices
Edmund P. Segner III	Business	c. 1954		President of EOG Resources
Herbert D. Simons	Attorney	1935		Former Partner, Butler & Binion
Leslie H. Southwick	Judge	10-Feb-1950		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Gary H. Stern	Economist	3-Nov-1944		President and CEO, Minneapolis Fed
Wylie Vale, Jr.	Doctor	3-Jul-1941	3-Jan-2012	Endocrinologist at Salk Institute
Robert L. Waltrip	Business	10-Jan-1931		Founder, Service Corporation International
James M. Whitehurst	Business	c. 1967		CEO of Red Hat
Robert Woodrow Wilson	Astronomer	10-Jan-1936		Detected primordial radiation
John Young	Architect	c. 1936		Cryptome

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Baker	Government	28-Apr-1930		US Secretary of State, 1989-92
Robert F. Curl, Jr.	Chemist	23-Aug-1933		Co-Discovered fullerines
T. Kevin DeNicola	Business	c. 1954		CFO of Lyondell Chemical, 2002-08
S. Malcolm Gillis	Educator	28-Dec-1940	4-Oct-2015	President of Rice University, 1993-2004
Bill Gordon	Astronomer	8-Jan-1918	16-Feb-2010	Designed Arecibo radio telescope
Julian Huxley	Biologist	22-Jun-1887	14-Feb-1975	Evolutionary biologist
Robert C. Krueger	Politician	19-Sep-1935		Congressman from Texas, 1975-79
Frank J. Low	Astronomer	23-Nov-1933	11-Jun-2009	Infrared astronomy
Hermann J. Muller	Scientist	21-Dec-1890	5-Apr-1967	Genetic effects of radiation
Douglass C. North	Economist	5-Nov-1920	23-Nov-2015	Cliometrics
Richard E. Smalley	Chemist	6-Jun-1943	28-Oct-2005	Co-Discovered fullerines
Kathryn J. Whitmire	Politician	15-Aug-1946		Mayor of Houston, 1982-91

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
D. Kent Anderson	Business	c. 1940		Beacon Management Corporation
E. William Barnett	Attorney	c. 1934		Managing Partner, Baker Botts, 1984-98
Kirbyjon H. Caldwell	Religion	c. 1954		Windsor Village United Methodist Church
John A. Carrig	Business	14-Jan-1952		CFO of Conoco-Phillips
James W. Crownover	Business	c. 1943		Retired Partner, McKinsey
Edward Djerejian	Diplomat	6-Mar-1939		US Ambassador to Israel, 1994
Charles W. Duncan, Jr.	Government	9-Sep-1926		US Secretary of Energy, 1979-81
Lynn Laverty Elsenhans	Business	6-May-1956		President and CEO of Sunoco
William S. Farish	Business	17-Mar-1939		W.S. Farish & Co.
Douglas L. Foshee	Business	c. 1959		CEO of El Paso
S. Malcolm Gillis	Educator	28-Dec-1940	4-Oct-2015	President of Rice University, 1993-2004
Bill Gordon	Astronomer	8-Jan-1918	16-Feb-2010	Designed Arecibo radio telescope
Joseph A. Hafner, Jr.	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Riviana Foods, 1984-2005
David W. Leebron	Educator	1956		President, Rice University
Steven L. Miller	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Shell Oil Company, 1999-2002
Edward N. Ney	Business	26-May-1925	8-Jan-2014	CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1970-86
Kenneth S. Pitzer	Chemist	6-Jan-1914	26-Dec-1997	President of Rice University, 1961-68
John F. W. Rogers	Business	15-Apr-1956		Chief of Staff, Goldman Sachs
David W. Ross III	Business	c. 1940		Sterling Consulting Group
Hector Ruiz	Business	25-Dec-1945		CEO of Advanced Micro Devices
Peter Secchia	Diplomat	15-Apr-1937		US Ambassador to Italy, 1989-93
Marc J. Shapiro	Business	c. 1948		Vice Chairman of JP Morgan Chase, 1997-2003
Richard E. Smalley	Chemist	6-Jun-1943	28-Oct-2005	Co-Discovered fullerines

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Heisman	Football	23-Oct-1869	3-Oct-1936	Namesake of the Heisman Trophy
Mike Nolan	Football	7-Mar-1959		Head Coach, San Francisco 49ers
Bobby Ross	Football	23-Dec-1936		Retired college, NFL football coach
Tyrone Willingham	Football	30-Dec-1953		Head Football Coach, Washington Huskies

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