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Also Known As Rice Institute • William Marsh Rice University
Date 1891 - present
Notable Alumni Larry McMurtry • Peggy Whitson • Louis E. Brus • David S. McKay • Dorry Segev • Jeffrey Hoffman • Alberto R. Gonzales • Annise Parker • Robert Curl • Luc Dardenne • Robert Woodrow Wilson

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Lovett Hall at Rice University in Houston, Texas, features a large arched entrance and symmetrical brick facade, with manicured lawns and a flower bed in the foreground.
John F. Kennedy stands at a podium smiling, with microphones in front of him and a crowd seated in a sports stadium behind him. The stadium building reads Rice University.
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