Author Archives: Melissa Kean

One of the things I get a kick out of is when someone I’ve seen before pops up unexpectedly somewhere else, sometimes decades later. This happened the other day with this guy, R.T. Wilbanks, ’27 who I wrote about eleven … Continue reading →

Just before Christmas last year I ran across pictures of the first touchdown Rice ever scored against Texas, back in 1917. The file also held  a whole envelope full of photos taken during various games that season. I scanned most … Continue reading →

First, taken from the campanile in 1916 by Carl Knapp ’16: Next, taken from the antenna by Abercrombie in 1957 by David Davidson ’58: And finally, taken from the fifth floor deck of O’Connor by me ’96 ’00 in 2023: … Continue reading →

Not bragging but I can identify all those guys just by looking at the back of their heads. Left to right are Robert Ray ’25 , Newton Rayzor ’17, George Brown, and Malcolm Lovett Sr. ’21. It’s not dated but … Continue reading →

In one of the deeply weird developments that I’ve long since come to expect, some of the things that turned up in the box of materials that Grungy dug out of the stadium are papers related to the 50th anniversary … Continue reading →

First, let me apologize for the sorry quality of these images, which you can probably tell are just iphone pictures. This was the last thing I did before I left for Washington and I was rushing so fast I just … Continue reading →

I’m off on my annual trip up to Washington state where I have been playing a lot of golf with very mixed results. Even here, though, Rice is never far away and I was recently sent this neat time lapse … Continue reading →

The instant I first got to the top of O’Connor I knew I was going to post this. You might remember that a while ago I put up a batch of photos taken by David Davidson ’58 from atop a … Continue reading →

When I was poking around the new O’Connor Building, much to my happiness I discovered the benches I’d been worried about, one in memory of James Waters ’17 and the other dedicated to James Boyvey, placed back in their shady … Continue reading →

It was pointed out to me just recently that although the inside isn’t yet finished, the construction fence around the new O’Connor Building has come down and we can finally get a good look at it. While I don’t absolutely … Continue reading →