Monthly Archives: March 2015

I ran across this photo the other day of the man who worked as Rice’s glassblower, Hubert Lange: It’s not dated and the clothes don’t really give much away. I’m fairly sure we had glass blowers on staff for a … Continue reading →

This image is completely unremarkable–alumni arriving at the brand spanking new RMC to work on planning the 1959 Rice Day. I guess I can work up a little bit of interest in the driveway, which isn’t a driveway anymore, but … Continue reading →

It’s a candidate, anyway: The caption is even duller: “Brown College senior washes hands in renovated men’s room.” Wow.

I went to a party today that was given in celebration of FE&P employee Antonio Alejos, who has worked at Rice for fifty years. It was a great party in honor of a great man. I would have to say, … Continue reading →

I love this image of the sign outside Autry House. Even without enlarging it you can see that it says near the bottom “Refectory Cafeteria, Open for Lunch Monday – Friday.” It was taken in the fall of 1990 (by … Continue reading →

Another announcement turned up in my email the other day, this one for next week’s Bochner lecture, named for the first holder of the Edgar Odell Lovett Chair in Mathematics, Salomon Bochner: Bochner has always seemed a heroic figure to … Continue reading →

And with a bang. Here are some great pictures of the 1970 power plant expansion! The first three are pretty self-explanatory as well as scenic. Work began (as usual) in July and continued through February, 1971: But there’s a fourth … Continue reading →

They are very busy over there. (By the way, if you’re in another department and would like me to investigate the stories behind your lecture series, etc., just put me on your email list. No promises, but you never know.) … Continue reading →

The flyer for this year’s Kalb Lecture in History came in my email today. It looks, frankly, pretty interesting and I’m going to try to go: I always like to use this occasion to remember Frederick “Tiny” Kalb as he … Continue reading →