A BUILDING IS BORN
The new Computational Engineering Building will be
named Duncan Hall, in honor of Charles Duncan (below), who retired this year
after serving 14 years as chairman of the Board of Governors. The building
opens today with a reception open to students.
In addition to being a major donor for the building, Duncan's accomplishments as board chair include increasing the university's endowment from $434 million to $1.7 billion and adding nine buildings to the campus since 1983, two of which are currently under construction. Duncan received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rice in 1947. His career included posts as varied as president of Coca-Cola Foods (1964-67) and the second U.S. secretary of energy (1979-81).
FOR MORE ON THE BUILDING, SEE PAGES 10-11.
This item appeared in the News section of the November 1, 1996 issue.
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