Rice University President'sOffice Records : Kenneth Pitzer 1961-1968

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Rice University President'sOffice Records : Kenneth Pitzer 1961-1968

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These records reflectthe daily business of the Rice University President's Office under KennethPitzer, and include correspondence, memos, notes, drafts, memos related to onand off campus departments and groups, rannging in date from 1961-1968.Subjects include federal funding at Rice, racial integration, establishment ofspace science program, biochemistry department, and more.

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Rice University's Office or Research and Graduate Studies oversees research and graduate programs. From the guide to the Research and Graduate Studies office records UA 130., 1996-2001, (Rice University Archives, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University) William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science and Art) is a private, comprehensive research uni...

Pitzer, Kenneth

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Pitzer was named Rice's third president in 1961, after serving as dean of the College of Chemistry at the University of California-Berkeley. He became known for his vision which not only maintained Rice's rigorous undergraduate education but also made it a research university of national standing. Some of Pitzer's accomplishments include bringing in federal funding for research projects, creating the nation's first space science program, doubling the size of the Fondren ...