WINTER 2001

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CONTENTS

Dean's Welcome

Around the School

Astros Owner Opens the Fall Season of Dean's Lectures

MBA Students Lead MBA Jungle Portfolio Management Contest

Jones Partners Golf Tournament

El Paso Energy Donates $2.5 Million to the Jones School

Enron and Lay Family Give $8 Million

Enthusiastic Students Organize Student Clubs

Jones School Welcomes Murray Weidenbaum as Visiting Scholar

Maya Houston (MBA '99) Is New Director of Development

GWIB Means Business: Rice Graduate Women in Business Off to a Strong Start

Action Learning Program

ExxonMobil Donation to Benefit Academic Programs

Keep Your Eye on the Rice Alliance

Features

First Annual MBA Marketing Case Competition Puts Jones School on the Map

David Ikenberry: A Testament to Teaching Excellence

Jim Turley, Chairman-Elect of Ernst&Young -- His Community Has Become the Entire Globe

Diary of an MBA: A First-Year Student Writes Journal for Business Week

Executive Education

Jones School Receives Brillante Award

Faculty News

Faculty News

Alumni

Alumni Association President's Letter

Class Notes

Annual Alumni Career Forum

Please send comments to:
Deanna Sheaffer, Editor
Director of Alumni Affairs
Jones School of Management - MS 531 Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
Houston TX 77251-1892
e-mail:JGSalum@rice.edu


Annual Alumni Career Forum

The Annual Alumni Career Forum was held on September 25, 2000, in the Grand Hall at Rice Memorial Center.

More than 125 students and alumni attended the event, which was hosted by the Jones Graduate School and the Jones Graduate School Alumni Association. The annual event gives students and alumni the chance to meet and discuss career choices in a relaxed and non-threatening atmosphere.

Anthony Barrett (MBA ’99), George Walker (MBA ’96)
Bill Viereck (’02) and Patty Tilton (MBA ’84)
Cushrow Parakh (MBA ’99), Rishad Patel (’01)
Daniel Sloan (MBA ’90), Sanjay Wankhade (’01)
Andrew Wang (MBA ’96)
Maury Bronstein (MBA ’97), Rajiv Singh (MBA ’98)
Melanie Levine (MBA ’91), Gary Sawka (MBA ’96), George Walker (MBA ’96)
Peter Veruki (Executive Director, CPC/Admissions), Tom Samuels (MBA ’92)
Doug Foshee (MBA ’92)
Zac Menery (’01), Holly Arney (MBA ’00)
Julie Do (MBA ’00)
Deanna Sheaffer (MBA ’96)