GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF LIVING ALUMNI

All students who have completed two semesters of study at the university are Rice alumni. This page lists alumni data as of August 2002. The total number of alumni in the university’s history was 51,659; of these, 8,853 were deceased, and the university had no address for 4,025.

Houston 12,465
Elsewhere in Texas 7,241
Elsewhere in the U.S. 17,723
International 1,352
Unknown 4,025

Total 42,806

ALUMNI COUNT IN U.S.10

Alabama 201 Nevada 90
Alaska 77 New Hampshire 60
Arizona 360 New Jersey 457
Arkansas 169 New Mexico 443
California 3304 New York 1116
Colorado 811   North Carolina 478
Connecticut 231 North Dakota 8
Delaware 54 Ohio 377
Florida 697 Oklahoma 339
Georgia 597 Oregon 313
Hawaii 62 Pennsylvania 517
Idaho 62 Rhode Island 46
Illinois 648 South Carolina 161
Indiana 188 South Dakota 11
Iowa 68 Tennessee 358
Kansas 163 Texas 19,706
Kentucky 112 Utah 94
Louisiana 446 Vermont 59
Maine 48 Virginia 913
Maryland 631 Washington 649
Massachusetts 714 West Virginia 33
Michigan 296 Wisconsin 142
Minnesota 214 Wyoming 24
Mississippi 93 Washington, D.C.

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Missouri 392 Puerto Rico 18
Montana 39 U.S. Virgin Islands 4
Nebraska 64 Military APO/FPOs 68

Total (U.S.) 37,429

10. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and U.S. military bases abroad represented

ALUMNI RESIDING OUTSIDE THE U.S.

Africa 37 Canada 181
Asia 363 Latin America 174
Atlantic/Caribbean Islands 20 Europe/Mediterranean 442
Australia 43 Middle East 84
Oceania 8

Total 1,352

ASSOCIATION OF RICE ALUMNI

The Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) is composed of all alumni of the university. The purpose of the ARA is to establish and to maintain a continuing relationship between the university and its alumni. To achieve this purpose, the ARA sponsors programs that encourage intellectual stimulation and social interaction among alumni and enable alumni to contribute to and share in the enhancement of the university.

ARA Officers (2002-2003)

Office Holder

President Vicki Whamond Bretthauer '79  
President Elect Kyle A. Frazier '83  
First Vice President Robert M. Taylor, Jr. '74  
Second Vice President Larry Fossi '79  
Treasurer Douglas H. Allen '84  
Past President Rachel Hill Deskin '83, '85  
Executive Director Mark E.Delos Reyes Davis  


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A publication of the Office of Institutional Research. (Email: instresr@ruf.rice.edu).

Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2002


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