Past Laureates Honorees
2020-2021 Laureates Awards Ceremony
On June 3, 2021, the worldwide Rice community gathered virtually to honor Rice University’s 2020-2021 Laureates Awards recipients. The special evening included a presentation of awards from Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) past Presidents Michol Ecklund ’97 and Frank G. Jones ’63, remarks from President David W. Leebron and the Laureates honorees, recognition of our 2020-2021 Young Alumni Builders Award recipients, as well as a musical performance from the Shepherd School of Music.
Gold Medal l Distinguished Alumni l Meritorious Service
Gold Medal Honorees
NAME | YEAR RECEIVED |
John J. Casbarian '69 '72 | 2022 |
Janice G. Doty '60 | 2022 |
David W. Leebron and Y. Ping Sun | 2022 |
Gilbert M. Cuthbertson | 2020-2021 |
Robert B. Tudor III ’82 | 2020-2021 |
H. Russell “Russ” Pitman ’58 | 2019 |
Bruce Dunlevie '79 | 2018 |
Mary McIntire '75 | 2018 |
Lynn Laverty Elsenhans '78 | 2017 |
J. Dennis Huston | 2017 |
Karen Ostrum George '77, '78 | 2016 |
Gus A. Schill, Jr. '55 | 2016 |
Robert L. Clarke '63 | 2015 |
Susanne M. '62 & Melbern G. Glasscock '61 | 2014 |
James W. Crownover '65, '66 | 2013 |
Wayne L. Graham | 2013 |
John B. Boles '65 | 2012 |
Robert F. Curl '54 | 2011 |
Raymond D. Brochstein '55, '56 | 2011 |
Allen J. Matusow | 2010 |
Neal Lane | 2009 |
Edward P. Djerejian | 2009 |
James A. Baker III | 2008 |
Mary Lee Burrus & C. Sidney Burrus ’57, ’58, ’60 | 2007 |
Ronald L. Sass | 2006 |
J.D. Bucky Allshouse '71 | 2006 |
Gilbert R. Whitaker, Jr. '53 | 2005 |
E. William Barnett '55 | 2005 |
Elizabeth Gillis & S. Malcolm Gillis | 2004 |
G. King Walters '53 | 2003 |
Joyce P. Hardy-McDonald '45 | 2003 |
Hilda Rich '48 & Hershel Rich ’45, ’47 | 2002 |
Diana Hobby '81 & William P. Hobby ’53 | 2001 |
Mona and Ronald Stebbings | 2000 |
Alan J. Chapman '45 | 1999 |
D. Kent Anderson '62 | 1999 |
Paul E. Pfeiffer | 1998 |
Michael P. Hammond | 1998 |
J. Evans Attwell '53 | 1997 |
Bridget Jensen '53 & Al Jensen ’52 | 1996 |
George R. Miner '50 | 1995 |
Kenneth S. Pitzer | 1994 |
Katherine T. Brown '38 | 1994 |
Nancy F. Rupp & George E. Rupp | 1993 |
J. Thomas Eubank '51 | 1992 |
S. I. Morris '35 | 1991 |
Burton J. McMurtry '56 | 1990 |
Capt. James A. Baker | 1990 |
David E. Farnsworth '42 | 1989 |
Franz & Frances Brotzen | 1989 |
Catherine Coburn Hannah '43 | 1988 |
Harry J. Chavanne '33 | 1988 |
Ralph S. O'Connor | 1987 |
Theodore N. Law | 1987 |
C. M. "Hank" Hudspeth '40 | 1986 |
William E. Gordon | 1986 |
George H. Richter '26 | 1985 |
John L. Cox '45 | 1985 |
Gene Coulburn Hackerman & Norman Hackerman | 1984 |
Wendel D. Ley '32 | 1983 |
Josephine E. Abercrombie '46 | 1982 |
J. Street & Edythe King Fulton | 1982 |
Helen Saba Worden '38 | 1981 |
Robert R. Herring | 1981 |
Stanley C. Moore '37 | 1980 |
Arthur J. Hartsook | 1980 |
Charles W. Duncan '47 | 1979 |
E. Dell Butcher '34 | 1979 |
Carl Illig '30 | 1978 |
Oveta Culp Hobby | 1978 |
William A. Kirkland | 1977 |
James U. Teague '30 | 1976 |
Herbert C. Allen '29 | 1975 |
Gus S. Wortham | 1974 |
Jess C. Neely | 1974 |
H. Malcolm Lovett '21 | 1974 |
John S. Ivy | 1974 |
Blanche Harding Sewall '17 | 1973 |
Dominique de Menil | 1973 |
J. T. McCants | 1973 |
Samuel G. McCann '17 | 1973 |
W. Maurice Ewing '26 | 1972 |
Lewis B. Ryon | 1971 |
Hubert E. Bray '18 | 1971 |
Radoslav A. Tsanoff | 1970 |
J. Newton Rayzor '17 | 1969 |
George S. Cohen | 1969 |
William V. Houston | 1967 |
Carey Croneis | 1967 |
Alice Pratt Brown & George R. Brown '20 | 1966 |
Hallie Ward Hargrove | 1959 |
Mary Hamman | 1959 |
Mary Gibbs Jones | 1956 |
Sallie Shepherd Perkins | 1952 |
Allie Autry Kelley '25 | 1950 |
Harry C. Hanszen | 1950 |
Lillie Abercrombie & James S. Abercrombie | 1947 |
Olga K. Wiess | 1947 |
Ella Fondren | 1946 |
Edgar O. Lovett | 1941 |
William M. Rice, Jr. | 1937 |
Distinguished Alumni Honorees
NAME | YEAR RECEIVED | FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN |
Susan J. Barnes '70 | 2022 | Art history & humanitarianism |
Julian Duncan '99 '06 | 2022 | Sports marketing |
Barney S. Graham '75 and William C. Gruber '75 | 2022 | COVID-19 vaccine development |
Sunit S. Patel '85 | 2022 | Finance in telecommunications |
Benjamin J. Rhodes '00 | 2022 | Political speechwriting & strategy |
Finis E. Cowan Jr. ’51 | 2020-2021 | Highly distinguished attorney |
H. Ralph Hawkins ’76 | 2020-2021 | Healthcare architect |
Maryana F. Iskander ’97 | 2020-2021 | Social entrepreneurship |
Deepak Srivastava ’86 | 2020-2021 | Cardiovascular developmental biology |
James L. Burch ’68 | 2019 | Renowned space scientist |
D. Mark Durcan ’83, ’84 | 2019 | Computer memory and storage products manufacturer |
Timothy E. Holy ’91 | 2019 | International leader in systems neuroscience |
Cristle Collins Judd ’83 | 2019 | Academic administration in music theory field |
Dianna McGookey Milewicz ’78 | 2019 | Translational Research |
Jim Blackburn '74 | 2018 | Coastal conservation |
Joshua R. Earnest '97 | 2018 | Government |
N. Wayne Hale Jr. '76 | 2018 | Space flight |
Diana H. McSherry '67,'69 | 2018 | Medical technologies |
Richard A. Chapman '54, '55, '57 | 2017 | Physics and technological innovations |
Mary Lou Sauer Henry '60, '61 | 2017 | Urban planning |
William B. Russel '69 | 2017 | Higher education |
Gary H. Stern '70, '72 | 2017 | U.S. banking |
James M. Whitehurst '89 | 2017 | Business |
Colonel (Ret.) Cassie B. Barlow, Ph.D. '96 | 2016 | U.S. Military |
Ron Bozman '69 | 2016 | Film production |
B. B. Hollingsworth, Jr. '64 | 2016 | Business |
Virginia A. Moyer '74 | 2016 | Medicine |
Anna Christy Stepp '98 | 2016 | Opera |
Barbara E. Murray '69 | 2015 | Medicine |
Raymond L. Johnson '69 | 2015 | Mathematics |
Robert M. Eury '77 | 2015 | Civic redevelopment |
Gregory B. Curtis '66 | 2015 | Journalism |
Lance Berkman '98 | 2015 | Athletics, community service |
George Jiro Hirasaki '67 | 2014 | Chemical Engineering |
Elizabeth ("Libby") Lehman '70 | 2014 | Quilting |
Peter G. Rowe '71 | 2014 | Architecture |
Lewis T. "Rusty" Williams | 2014 | Chemistry |
Subha V. Barry '85 | 2013 | Business |
Garrett Boone '66 | 2013 | Business |
James R. Doty '62 | 2013 | Audit, legal industries |
Sammy M. Ray '52, '54 | 2013 | Marine biology |
Pamela Carrington Scott '73 | 2013 | Investment management industry |
Orenthial J. Brigance '92 | 2012 | Athletics, community service |
James L. Powell '51 | 2012 | Ranching, agriculture |
Charles Renfro '87, '89 | 2012 | Architecture |
Rebecca Greene Udden '73 | 2012 | Theater |
Keith T. Anderson '83 | 2011 | Business, finance |
Lida Kittrell Barrett '46 | 2011 | Mathematics, education |
Edward M. Emmett '71 | 2011 | Civic leadership |
Malcolm R. O'Neill '70, '75 | 2011 | Military service, physics |
Annise D. Parker '78 | 2011 | Civic leadership |
Loius Brus '65 | 2010 | Chemical Physics |
James Mischka '85 | 2010 | Fashion Design |
Leslie H. Southwick '72 | 2010 | Law |
Peggy A. Whitson '86 | 2010 | Biochemisty, Aerospace |
T. Jay Collins '68 | 2009 | Business, Oil & Gas Services |
Rachelle Smith Doody '78, '92 | 2009 | Medicine, Alzheimer's Research |
Robert S. Martin '71 | 2009 | Library Sciences |
Barbara D. Boyan '70, '74, '75 | 2008 | Tissue Engineering |
Tom J. Fatjo, Jr. '63 | 2008 | Entrepreneurship, business |
Nick C. Nichols '57 | 2008 | Law, sports |
Sam K. Reed '70 | 2008 | Business, food service |
Bill Arhos '57 | 2007 | Television |
James H. Newman '82, '84 | 2007 | Physics, aerospace |
Arthur L. Storey, Jr. '59 | 2007 | Engineering, Government |
George P. Taylor, Jr. '75 | 2007 | Medicine, government |
James S. Turley '77, '78 | 2007 | Business |
Helen Morris Havens '57 | 2006 | Theology |
Charles Redmon '64, '65 | 2006 | Architecture, education |
Robert J. Saldich '55, '56 | 2006 | Business, public service |
Carroll Shaddock '62 | 2006 | Civic leadership |
William N. Sick '57, '58 | 2006 | Business, community service |
John J. Bertin '60, '62, '66 | 2005 | Aerothermodynamics |
Dorothy E. F. Caram '55, '74 | 2005 | Public service, education |
Lynn Laverty Elsenhans '78 | 2005 | Energy industry |
Vester T. Hughes, Jr. '49 | 2005 | Law, Community service |
Robert M. Moody '61 | 2005 | Theology |
John B. Boles '65 | 2004 | Education, scholarly research |
Robert R. Maxfield '63, '64 | 2004 | Business, technology |
Harold R. DeMoss, Jr. '52 | 2004 | Law |
Jim Douglas, Jr. '50, '52 | 2004 | Computational mathematics |
Jane G. Evans '46 | 2003 | Electrical engineering |
J. Michael Fitzpatrick '74 | 2003 | Science, Business |
Arun Narayan Netravali '69, '71 | 2003 | Digital & Communications Technology |
Harry Reasoner '60 | 2003 | Law |
John E. Wolf, Jr. '61 | 2003 | Medicine (dermatology) |
Alberto R. Gonzales '79 | 2002 | Law, public service |
Ken Kennedy '67 | 2002 | Computer science |
Nancy Rapoport '82 | 2002 | Law, education |
Hector Ruiz '73 | 2002 | Business, technology |
John Urquhart '55 | 2002 | Medicine, pharmacology |
Teveia Rose Barnes '75 | 2001 | Law, public service |
Bruce Wall Dunlevie '79 | 2001 | Business |
Cynthia Jane Miller '65 | 2001 | Foreign affairs |
Vladimir Rokhlin '83 | 2001 | Computer mathematics |
E. Brad Thompson '55 | 2001 | Medicine (endocrinology) |
H. Randolph Bailey '64 | 2000 | Medicine (colon & rectal surgery) |
Catharine Savage Brosman '55, '57, '60 | 2000 | Education, creative writing |
Kathleen A. DeSilva '77 | 2000 | Government, civic affairs |
Wylie W. Vale, Jr. '63 | 2000 | Medicine (endocrinology) |
Mary F. Wheeler '71 | 2000 | Computational mathematics |
Gertrude L. Barnstone '45 | 1999 | Art (sculpture), civic affairs |
L. Henry Gissel, Jr. '58 | 1999 | Law, public service |
Lazar J. Greenfield '55 | 1999 | Medicine (vascular surgery) |
Nils L. Muench '49, '50, '55 | 1999 | Industrial research & management |
Griffin Smith '63 | 1999 | Journalism |
James L. Kinsey '56, '59 | 1998 | Chemistry, education |
Elizabeth Vickrey Lodal '66 | 1998 | Secondary education |
Jan M. Lodal '64 | 1998 | Business, public service |
W. Bernard Pieper '53, '54 | 1998 | Civil engineering, business |
Thomas A. Tombrello, Jr. '58, '60, '61 | 1998 | Physics, education |
Nancy Stooksberry Cole '64 | 1997 | Education testing, education |
Robert F. Curl '54 | 1997 | Chemistry |
John Doerr '73 | 1997 | Business |
William S. Mackey, Jr. '43 | 1997 | Education, business |
Fance Spencer Franck '48 | 1996 | Art (ceramics) |
Claude Payne '54 | 1996 | Theology |
C. J. Peters '62 | 1996 | Virology, public health |
George Williams '23 | 1996 | Education (creative writing) |
Clay M. Armstrong '56 | 1995 | Physiology |
Anita Katherine Jones '64 | 1995 | Computer science, government |
Edward W. Kelley, Jr. '54 | 1995 | Business, government |
Walter P. Moore, Jr. '59, '60 | 1995 | Civil engineering |
C. Wayne Bardin '57 | 1994 | Medicine (endocrinology) |
Jess B. Bessinger '43 | 1994 | Education (literature) |
Charles S. Matthews '41, '43, '44 | 1994 | Petroleum engineering |
Hershel M. Rich '45, '47 | 1994 | Business, civic affairs |
William D. Broyles, Jr. '66 | 1993 | Journalism |
Alan J. Chapman '45 | 1993 | Mechanical engineering, education |
Robert J. Cruikshank '51 | 1993 | Business, civic affairs |
Melvin Perelman '56 | 1993 | Pharmaceutical research, business |
Charles M. Blair '31, '32 | 1992 | Chemistry, business |
Robert L. Clarke '63 | 1992 | Law, banking |
Walter G. Hall '28 | 1992 | Business, civic affairs |
Robert B. Morin '59 | 1992 | Pharmaceutical research, education |
James E. Bailey '66, '69 | 1991 | Chemical engineering, education |
Thomas H. Cruikshank '52 | 1991 | Business |
Karen Padgett Davis '65, '69 | 1991 | Health policy analysis |
Peter Masterson '57 | 1991 | Filmmaking, creative writing |
J. Howard Creekmore '26 | 1990 | Business, nonprofit administration |
Donna Paul Martin '57 | 1990 | Editing, publishing |
A. Frank Smith, Jr. '37 | 1990 | Law, health care administration |
G. King Walters '53 | 1990 | Physics, education |
Charles Daeschner '42 | 1989 | Medicine (pediatrics) |
E. Fay Jones '51 | 1989 | Architecture |
James G. Treybig '63, '64 | 1989 | Business |
Gilbert R. Whitaker '53 | 1989 | Economics, education |
Mary Elisabeth Johnston '41 | 1988 | Editing, publishing |
Burton J. McMurtry '56, '57 | 1988 | Business |
Dennis P. Sullivan '63 | 1988 | Mathematics |
James E. Gunn '61 | 1987 | Astrophysics |
Frank B. Ryan '58, '62, '65 | 1987 | Mathematics, education |
Gloria McDermith Shatto '54, '66 | 1987 | Economics, education |
Marshall D. Gates, Jr. '36, '38 | 1986 | Chemistry, education |
Jack M. McGinty '57 | 1986 | Architecture |
Larry J. McMurtry '60 | 1986 | Creative Writing |
Carl R. Woodring '40, '42 | 1986 | Education (literature) |
Louis J. Girard '41 | 1985 | Medicine (ophthamology) |
William P. Hobby '53 | 1985 | Public Service |
Roland W. Schmitt '51 | 1985 | Business, government |
Elwyn L. Simons '53 | 1985 | Paleontology |
Harry J. Chavanne '33 | 1984 | Business |
John A. Graves, III '42 | 1984 | Creative Writing |
M. Kenneth Oshman '62 | 1984 | Business |
David L. Rooke '44 | 1984 | Business |
William McVey '27 | 1983 | Art (sculpture) |
Walter P. Moore '27 | 1983 | Civil engineering |
Sam P. Worden '35 | 1983 | Geophysics |
Frank J. Low '57, '59 | 1982 | Infrared astronomy |
George W. Mackey '38 | 1982 | Mathematics, mathematical physics |
Charles J. Meyers '45 | 1982 | Law, education |
Teresa J. Vietti '49 | 1982 | Medicine (hematology & oncology) |
William F. Kieschnick '47 | 1981 | Business, chemical engineering |
S.I. Morris '35 | 1981 | Architecture |
George R. Brown '20 | 1980 | Construction & engineering, business |
George H. Richter '26 | 1980 | Chemistry, education |
Robert Woodrow Wilson '57 | 1979 | Radio astronomy/physics |
Herbert C. Allen '29 | 1978 | Mechanical engineering, business |
Norman Hurd Ricker '16, '17, '20 | 1978 | Physics |
Charles William Goyen '37 | 1977 | Creative Writing |
Tracey Yerkes Thomas '21 | 1976 | Mathematics |
Meritorious Service Honorees
NAME | YEAR RECEIVED |
Doyle L. Arnold '70 | 2022 |
Kathy Duplessis | 2022 |
Steven Lewis | 2022 |
H. Albert Napier | 2022 |
Umbelina Oliveira-Cantú | 2022 |
William T. Cannady | 2020-2021 |
Amy L. Sutton ’89 ’90 and Gary W. Chiles ’86 | 2020-2021 |
Samuel L. Jones | 2020-2021 |
Gloria Meckel Tarpley ’81 | 2020-2021 |
Suzanne Deal Booth ’77 | 2019 |
John V. Jaggers ’73 | 2019 |
L. Charles Landgraf ’75 | 2019 |
George W. Webb III ’88, ’91 | 2019 |
Edward Cox | 2018 |
Barbara Jenkins Gibbs '73 and David K. Gibbs '70 | 2018 |
Paula and John Hutchinson | 2018 |
Leland A. Winston '69 | 2018 |
Sofia Adrogué '88 | 2017 |
Sandy Havens '56 | 2017 |
Judy Ley Allen | 2017 |
Robert R. Maxfield '63, '64 | 2017 |
Rebecca Richards-Kortum | 2017 |
Terrence M. Gee '86 | 2016 |
Arthur Gottschalk | 2016 |
Victor Lopez | 2016 |
G. Walter McReynolds '65 | 2016 |
Walter M. Widrig | 2015 |
Rose N. Sundin | 2015 |
J. Bruce '55 & Mary Lou '58 Laubach | 2015 |
Kevin M. Gass '88 | 2015 |
Mary D. Bixby | 2015 |
Laurie & Milton Boniuk | 2014 |
Stephen L. Klineberg | 2014 |
Alan Shelby | 2014 |
F. Chandler Davidson | 2013 |
Harry Gee, Jr. '60 | 2013 |
Melissa Fitzsimons Kean '96, '00 | 2013 |
Cindy J.Lindsay '73 | 2013 |
Tammy Taura '84 | 2013 |
Edward E. Williams | 2012 |
Eva Jean Lee | 2012 |
Robert Flatt '69, '70 | 2012 |
Amy Dunn Taylor & Robert M. Taylor, Jr. '74 | 2011 |
L.E. Simmons | 2011 |
Robert L. Patten | 2011 |
Robert B. Hord, Jr. '74 | 2011 |
Janice Cornell Doty '60 | 2011 |
Phoebe Tudor &Robert B. Tudor III ’82 | 2010 |
Charles Szalkowski '70, '71 | 2010 |
Gilbert “Doc C” Cuthbertson | 2010 |
Anne S. Chao ’05, ’09 & Albert Y. Chao | 2010 |
Jeffery O. Rose '77 | 2009 |
Richard J. Stoll | 2009 |
Kathleen S. Matthews | 2009 |
Teveia Rose Barnes '75 | 2009 |
Hally Beth Walker Poindexter '47 | 2008 |
Richard A. Tapia | 2008 |
Dan C. Steiner '77 | 2008 |
Margaret Ann Mauk Barnett '55 | 2008 |
Mary Ellen Wilson ’54 & Richard O. Wilson ’52, ’56 | 2007 |
Cathryn Rodd Selman '78 | 2007 |
Katherine B. Dobelman '46 | 2007 |
Martha Lou Broussard '57 | 2007 |
Melvin L. Hildebrandt '55, '56 | 2006 |
Vicki Whamond Bretthauer '79 | 2006 |
Jimmy Roton, Jr. '85 | 2005 |
J. Dennis Huston | 2005 |
Ann Patton Greene '71 & Thomas B. Greene III '71 | 2005 |
Susanne M. Glasscock '62 | 2005 |
Albert N. Kidd '64, '65 | 2004 |
Carl E. Isgren '61 | 2004 |
Raymond D. Brochstein '55, '56 | 2004 |
Nancy L. Boothe '52, '79 | 2004 |
Isaac Dvoretzky '48, '50, '52 | 2003 |
Anne Shamblin Baillio '62 | 2003 |
Texas B. Anderson '81, '85 | 2003 |
Frank C. Shelden '48 | 2002 |
David Minter | 2002 |
Karen Ostrum George '77, '78 | 2002 |
Barbara Willis | 2001 |
Ronald L. Sass | 2001 |
William Martin | 2001 |
Geraldine Smith Priest '51 | 2000 |
James A. Castañeda | 2000 |
Edward Oppenheimer '35 | 1999 |
John F. Heard '40 | 1999 |
Cynthia V. Allshouse | 1999 |
Steve Shaper '58 | 1998 |
Phil Peden '38 | 1998 |
Mary McIntire '75 | 1998 |
Katherine Fischer Drew '44, '45 | 1998 |
Butler Perryman '39 | 1997 |
Walter D. Murphy '48 | 1997 |
C. Sidney Burrus '57 | 1997 |
Lydia A. Asselin '79 | 1997 |
Milton McGinty, Sr. '27 | 1996 |
Carl M. MacDowell | 1996 |
Neal Lacey, Jr. '52 | 1996 |
Nancy Moore Eubank '55 | 1996 |
Karen Hess Rogers '68 | 1995 |
Paula Meredith Mosle '52, '59 | 1995 |
James W. Hargrove '43 | 1995 |
J.D. Bucky Allshouse '71 | 1995 |
Gus A. Schill, Jr. '55 | 1994 |
Marilyn Hellums | 1994 |
Linda Burge Bramlett | 1994 |
Pamela R. Smith '55 & Thomas D. Smith '51 | 1993 |
Earl Douglas Mitchell | 1993 |
Frank T. Abraham | 1993 |
Paul E. Pfeiffer '38, '48, '52 | 1992 |
William H. Merriman '67 | 1992 |
Robert A. McKee '40 | 1992 |
Mary Lou Margrave | 1992 |
Lawrence A. Hamilton '29 | 1991 |
Genevieve Pyle Demme '32 | 1991 |
Willie Mae Chapman Cole '33 | 1991 |
John Boles '65 | 1991 |
Annette Gano Gragg '47 | 1990 |
Katherine Tsanoff Brown '38 | 1990 |
Mona V. Stebbings | 1989 |
Ellen Elizardi Kelley '71 | 1989 |
Elva Kalb Dumas '22 | 1989 |
Joseph F. Reilly, Jr. '48 | 1988 |
H. Russell Pitman '58 | 1988 |
Mary Bentley Arnold '36 & King Arnold '36 | 1988 |
Niels Nielsen | 1987 |
George R. Miner '50 | 1987 |
Ray Watkin Hoagland '36 | 1987 |
Joyce Pounds Hardy '45 | 1987 |
Bill Ballew '40 | 1987 |
Fred Stancliff '26 | 1986 |
Lel Red '16 | 1986 |
Ralph Noble '48 | 1986 |
Margaret S. Alsobrook | 1986 |