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Humanities Alumni Profiles

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.

Eagleman, DavidDavid Eagleman
1993 BA in English
Neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine and author of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives »
Glendenning, DonDon Glendenning
1976 BA in English and History
Managing Partner, Dallas, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, and President, Rice Dallas Fort Worth Alumni Association »

Martin, Robert S.Robert S. Martin
1971 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 »

Parks, MarieMarie Parks
2008 BA in English
Development Writer for The Methodist Hospital Foundation »
Tarpley, Gloria MeckelGloria Meckel Tarpley
1981 BA in Managerial Studies and Political Science
City of Dallas Ethics Advisory Commission and Plan and Zoning Commission »

VobachMichele Field Vobach
1985 BA in Art History
Director, Global Markets and Investment Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Dallas) »
Wagan, SixtoSixto Wagan
1994 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 »
Ziker, AnnAnn Ziker
2008 PhD in History
Associate at McKinsey & Company »