These Rice humanities alumni—spanning several decades and several disciplines—provide excellent examples of the wide range of career trajectories that are made possible with an undergraduate education in languages, literature, history, philosophy, and the arts. These stories derive from brief interviews in which the alumni were asked specifically about the how they have used the skills they developed at Rice in their own professional advancement.
David Eagleman1993 BA in English Neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine and author of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives » | Don Glendenning1976 BA in English and History Managing Partner, Dallas, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, and President, Rice Dallas Fort Worth Alumni Association » |
Robert S. Martin1971 BA in History Professor Emeritus at the School of Library Information Studies at Texas Woman's University, former Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal » | Jonathan McKeage 1973 BA in English Vice President for Corporate Development of Digital Angel Corporation » |
Marie Parks2008 BA in English Development Writer for The Methodist Hospital Foundation » | Gloria Meckel Tarpley1981 BA in Managerial Studies and Political Science City of Dallas Ethics Advisory Commission and Plan and Zoning Commission » |
Michele Field Vobach1985 BA in Art History Director, Global Markets and Investment Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Dallas) » | Sixto Wagan1994 BA in Art & Art History Co-Executive Director and Performing Arts Curator at DiverseWorks » |
| Mark Yurewicz 2009 BA in Religious Studies Student at UT Southwestern Medical School » | Ann Ziker2008 PhD in History Associate at McKinsey & Company » |