Credits

Rice Sallyport
Summer 2007, Vol. 63, No. 3

Published by the Office of Public Affairs
Linda Thrane, vice president
Suzanne Gschwind, director of Communications Services

Editor
Christopher Dow

Editorial Director
Tracey Rhoades

Creative Director
Jeff Cox

Art Director
Chuck Thurmon

Editorial Staff
Sarah Williams, assistant editor

Web Staff
Jon-Paul Estrada, web production coordinator
Rafael Nuñez, web production assistant

Design Staff
Tommy LaVergne, photographer
Jeff Fitlow, assistant photographer

The Rice University Board of Trustees
James W. Crownover, chairman; J.D. Bucky Allshouse; D. Kent Anderson; Teveia Rose Barnes; Alfredo Brener; Vicki Whamond Bretthauer; Robert T. Brockman; Albert Y. Chao; Robert L. Clarke; Bruce W. Dunlevie; Lynn Laverty Elsenhans; Douglas Lee Foshee; Susanne Morris Glasscock; Carl E. Isgren; K. Terry Koonce; Robert R. Maxfield; Steven L. Miller; M. Kenneth Oshman; Jeffery O. Rose; Hector Ruiz, Marc Shapiro; L. E. Simmons; Robert B. Tudor III; James Turley

Administrative Officers
David W. Leebron, president; Eugene Levy, provost; Kathy Collins, vice president for Finance; Darrow Zeidenstein, vice president for Resource Development; Kevin Kirby, vice president for Administration; Chris Muñoz, vice president for Enrollment; Linda Thrane, vice president for Public Affairs, Scott W. Wise, vice president for Investments and treasurer; Richard A. Zansitis, general counsel.

It is the policy of Sallyport to run letters that respond to a particular article only within one year following the article’s publication. All submissions to Sallyport are subject to editing for length, clarity, accuracy, appropriateness and fairness to third parties.

Sallyport is published by the Office of Public Affairs of Rice University and is sent to university alumni, faculty, staff, graduate students, parents of undergraduates and friends of the university.

Editorial Offices
Communications Services–MS 95
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
Fax: 713-348-6751
Email: sallyport@rice.edu