Rice Centennial Celebration


 Sidney Burrus, Rice professor of electrical engineering  Esther Dyson, Harvard '74 - angel investor, entrepreneur, and Russian cosmonaut  Esther Dyson, Harvard '74 - angel investor, entrepreneur, and Russian cosmonaut  Esther Dyson, Harvard '74 - angel investor, entrepreneur, and Russian cosmonaut  Rice Centennial Pin  Microphone at Centennial Lecture Series, Tudor Fieldhouse  Centennial Lecture Series speaker line-up  Former guest lecturer at Rice, actor Ronald Reagan  Former guest lecturer at Rice, National Review editor William F Buckley  Former guest lecturer at Rice, President John F Kennedy  Former guest lecturer at Rice, President Lyndon B Johnson  Former guest lecturer at Rice, Carnegie Mellon President Richard M Cyert  Sign beneath microphone at Centennial Lecture Series, Tudor Fieldhouse  Rice Theoretical Physicist, former director of National Science Foundation, and former director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy  Shirley Ann Jackson, MIT '68/'73, theoretical physicist, President of Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute  Shirley Ann Jackson, MIT '68/'73, theoretical physicist, President of Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute  Shirley Ann Jackson, MIT '68/'73, theoretical physicist, President of Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute (photo of JFK's moon speech at Rice)  Shirley Ann Jackson, MIT '68/'73, theoretical physicist, President of Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute  Shirley Ann Jackson, MIT '68/'73, theoretical physicist, President of Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute  Shirley Ann Jackson, MIT '68/'73, theoretical physicist, President of Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute  Rice Blvd near Greenbriar  Rice Stadium  Rice Stadium  McNair Hall  Rice Memorial Center  Rice Memorial Center  Fondren Library  Lovett Hall  Centennial Tent, Founder's Court  Lovett Hall, north side  Lovett Hall, north side  Centennial Tent, Founder's Court  Centennial Tent, Founder's Court  Academic quad  Lovett Hall, Academic Quad  Lovett Hall, Academic Quad  Academic Quad  William Marsh Rice's tomb  Fondren Library  Lovett Hall  Academic Quad  Anderson Hall  Academic Procession and Centennial Address Program  List of Rice Residential Colleges, Academic Procession and Centennial Address Program  Harris County Rice University Centennial Day, Academic Procession and Centennial Address Program, signed by Harris County Judge Ed Emmett (Rice '71)  City of Houston Rice University Centennial Proclamation, Academic Procession and Centennial Address Program, signed by Houston Mayer Annise Parker (Rice '78)  United States Senate resolution recognizing Rice Centennial, Academic Procession and Centennial Address Program  Text of John F Kennedy's Moon Speech at Rice Stadium in 1962, Academic Procession and Centennial Address Program  List of Rice faculty members on opening day in 1912, Academic Procession and Centennial Address Program  Academic Procession and Centennial Address Programs  Herztein Hall  Academic Quad  Laying of wreath at William Marsh's tomb  Laying of wreath at William Marsh's tomb   Academic Processional  Color Guard, Academic Processional  Rice electrical engineering professor Bart Sinclair (Rice '73)  From left to right: Rice University President David Leebron, US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Rice Board Chairman Jim Crownover  From left to right: Rice University President David Leebron, US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Rice Board Chairman Jim Crownover  From left to right: Universita di Bologna Rector Ivano Dionigi, former Rice president George Rupp, and former Rice president Malcolm Gillis  Academic Processional  Academic Processional  Academic Processional  Academic Processional  Former Continental Airlines CEO Larry Kellner  Tudor & Pickering CEO Bobby Tudor (Rice '82)  Center: Rice Chemistry Professor & Dean of Undergraduates John Hutchinson  Academic Processional  Center: VP of Administration Kevin Kirby  Academic Processional  Academic Processional  Sidney Burrus, professor of electrical engineering  Academic Processional  Academic Quad   Chairman of Rice Board of Trustees Jim Crownover  Chairman of Rice Board of Trustees Jim Crownover  US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison    Ivano Dionigi, rector of Universita of Bologna, the oldest continuously running university in the world   Robert L Clarke, Rice Association of Alumni President  Photographer atop Lovett Hall  Centennial Address - Rice University President David Leebron  Centennial Address - Rice University President David Leebron  Centennial Address - Rice University President David Leebron  Centennial Address  Former Continental Airlines CEO Larry Kellner  Professor of particle physics F Barry Dunning  Professor of computational & applied mathematics and National Medal of Science recipient Richard Tapia (Center),  followed by Jacobs University Bremen President Joachim Treusch  Rice University professor emeritus of theoretical physics Stephen Baker  Robert Flatt (Rice '69/'70), Jones School of Business professor  Tomb of William Marsh Rice  Tomb of William Marsh Rice  Centennial Picnic  Rice-colored rice krispies treat  Bowl of chicken gumbo, Brochstein Pavilion  Bowl of seafood gumbo  Food trucks at Centennial Picnic  Turrell Skyspace  Turrell Skyspace  Turrell Skyspace  Turrell Skyspace, Alice Pratt Brown Hall  Computer Science Instructor John Greiner (Rice '89, Carnegie Mellon '92/'97)  Centennial Picnic  Prince's Hamburgers, Centennial Picnic  Ticket to John Roberts event  James Coney Island hotdogs, Centennial Picnic  James Coney Island hotdog, Centennial Picnic  Sign advertising talk by Robert Curl (Rice '54), Nobel prize winner in chemistry  Tudor Fieldhouse  Rice bottled water  Rice first lady Ping Sun greets representatives from Nanjing University  Rice University president David Leebron  Left to Right: University of Bologna rector Ivano Dionigi, Princeton University president Shirley M. Tilghman, Tianjin University president Li Jiajun, and Rice University president David Leebron  Left to Right: University of Bologna rector Ivano Dionigi, Princeton University president Shirley M. Tilghman, Tianjin University president Li Jiajun, and Rice University president David Leebron  Tianjin University representative  Presidential Panel  Left to Right: University of Bologna rector Ivano Dionigi, Princeton University president Shirley M. Tilghman, Tianjin University president Li Jiajun,  Rice University president David Leebron, Koc University president (Turkey) Umran Inan, and Jacobs University presdient (Germany) Joachim Treusch  Left to Right: Princeton University president Shirley M. Tilghman, Tianjin University president Li Jiajun,  Rice University president David Leebron, and Koc University president (Turkey) Umran Inan  Left to Right: Princeton University president Shirley M. Tilghman, Tianjin University president Li Jiajun, and Rice University president David Leebron  Presidential Panel participants  Representatives of Nanjing University present Rice first lady Ping Sun with a commemorative scroll  Former Rice president George Rupp   Rice professor of history Gale Stokes  Three Decades of Executive Leadership at Rice University Panel Discussion  Left to Right: William Barnett (Rice '55), Jim Crownover (Rice '65/'66), Charles Duncan (Rice '47), Allen Matusow, Malcolm Gillis, David Leebron, and George Rupp  Left to Right: William Barnett (Rice '55), Jim Crownover (Rice '65/'66), Charles Duncan (Rice '47), Allen Matusow, and Malcolm Gillis  Left to Right: Allen Matusow, Malcolm Gillis, David Leebron, and George Rupp  George Rupp speaks  Left to Right: William Barnett (Rice '55), Jim Crownover (Rice '65/'66), Charles Duncan (Rice '47), and Allen Matusow  Left to Right: Jim Crownover (Rice '65/'66), Charles Duncan (Rice '47), Allen Matusow, Malcolm Gillis, and David Leebron  Three Decades of Executive Leadership at Rice University Panel Discussion  Left to Right: Jim Crownover (Rice '65/'66), Charles Duncan (Rice '47), Allen Matusow, and Malcolm Gillis  Bryan Hassin (Rice '01/'02) poses a question to the university leadership panel  Newly unveiled statue by artist Bruce Wolfe of Edgar Odell Lovett, Rice's first president (1912-1946)  Newly unveiled statue by artist Bruce Wolfe of Edgar Odell Lovett, Rice's first president (1912-1946)  Newly unveiled statue by artist Bruce Wolfe of Edgar Odell Lovett, Rice's first president (1912-1946)  Tailgate Owley at Rice Stadium  Rice Centennial Beetle  Rice Centennial Beetle  Rice Centennial Beetle  Rice Centennial Beetle  Rice Centennial Beetle  Rice MOB (Marching Owl Band)  Tailgate Owley at Rice Stadium  Rice president David Leebron greets supporters  Rice MOB   Rice Stadium  Rice Stadium  Centennial Football Program, Rice Stadium  Rice Stadium  Kona Ice with tiger's blood, grape, and cherry flavorings  MOB spelling  MOB spelling  MOB honoring US service branches, pre-game  MOB playing Star Spangled Banner, pre-game  MOB playing Star Spangled Banner, pre-game  Past Rice letter winners emerge from tunnel  Representatives from residential colleges and Graduate Student Association    UTSA fans  Rice football team emerges from smoke-filled owl tunnel  Rice football team entrance  Rice football team entrance  Coin toss       Chris Boswell field goal      Chris Boswell extra point  Texas Medical Center & Rice BioScience Research Collaborative  Rice football team leaves field at halftime  Rice reunion classes present checks at halftime  Rice MOB performs at halftime  Rice MOB spells  Rice MOB spells  Rice MOB spells  Rice MOB spells  Rice MOB forms Egyptian hieroglyph, halftime  Rice MOB forms Egyptian hieroglyph, halftime  Rice MOB spells cursive   Rice touchdown  Rice touchdown  Owl Club member    Rice touchdown  Gray clouds over the stadium... stadium lights come alive  Team handshakes, postgame  Rice wins (0:01 remaining), 34-14  South endzone  Rice Centennial commemorated on the field  Rice Stadium panorama   Rice Stadium panorama  Rice Stadium concourse  Nobel Prize banners, Rice Stadium concourse  Trailer, Rice football truck  Lobster Tacos at Black Walnut Cafe, Rice Village  Vanilla bean and fleur de sel cupcakes at Celebrity Cupcakes, Rice Village  Rice Stadium, sunset  Turrell Skyspace  Turrell Skyspace  Turrell Skyspace  Turrell Skyspace  Turrell Skyspace  Turrell Skyspace  Turrell Skyspace  Turrell Skyspace  Turrell Skyspace  Turrell Skyspace  Brochstein Pavilion  Newly unveiled statue by artist Bruce Wolfe of Edgar Odell Lovett, Rice's first president (1912-1946)  Newly unveiled statue by artist Bruce Wolfe of Edgar Odell Lovett, Rice's first president (1912-1946)  Cypress Trees, Academic Quad  Lovett Hall, Centennial Finale  Lovett Hall, Centennial Finale  Lovett Hall and Founder's Court Tent, Centennial Finale  Academic Quad  Academic Quad  William Marsh Rice's tomb  Academic Quad  Academic Quad  Academic Quad  Academic Quad  Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad  Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad  Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad  Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad  Rice residential life depicted - Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad  Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad  Moon landing depicted - Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad  Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad  Former Rice president George Rupp and Nobel Prize winning chemist Robert Curl depicted - Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad  Nelson Mandela, George HW Bush, and James Baker depicted - Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad  1990 G7 Summit depicted, Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad  Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad  Owl, Sound and light Spectacle, Academic Quad