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Rice University

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Houston, TX

Founding Date:
1891

Team:
Owls

Enrollment:
4800

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

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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