Q: How long have you worked at Rice?
A: 25 years
Q: What is your favorite part about working for the university?
A: Interacting with international graduate students — helping them get the materials they need for their research.
Q: What do you want people to know about living in Houston?
A: It’s an amazing mixture of people from all over the world — we’re NOT here for the weather.
Q: What do you do in your downtime?
A: Disciple people interested in becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.
Q: What’s your favorite spot on campus to show someone?
A: A piece of the Berlin Wall — I was in Germany as a U.S. Army officer at the time it came down.
Q: What’s the most exciting time of year for you as it relates to Rice?
A: Graduation — it is a bittersweet time for me.
Q: What’s the one thing that makes Rice special to you?
A: How they care for their employees.
Q: If you could be Sammy The Owl for a day, what would you do?
A: Pop into people’s offices just to say “Hi.”
Q: How would you describe your experience as a Rice employee?
A: I enjoy affirming people who are far from home — outside of their native culture/food/language/religion; I experienced that when I lived in Germany.
Q: Where do you see Rice in 25 years?
A: Filled with amazing research opportunities — catapulted ahead with the opening of the O’Connor Building. I see the chemistry stockroom expanding operations to have a solid footprint in O’Connor and the Bioscience Research Collaborative.
Q: Describe Rice University in one sentence.
A: Rice University is a welcome change from the intense world of the military and industry.
Q: What else have we not talked about yet that merits discussion?
A: Rice University honors its military veterans; someone is spotlighted each year at Veteran’s Day — I was the first person to be recognized.