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robert L. clarke robert B. Tudor iii robert r. maxfield
New Trustees Added to Rice Board
Before attending graduate field was a resident of Hanszen
school, Tudor spent two years College and lettered in varsity
Robert L. Clarke, Robert B. Tudor III, and Robert R. Maxfield have as a professional basketball play- swimming. His honor society
more than just their first names in common: All are alumni of Rice
er with Turnerschaft Raifeisen memberships included Phi Beta
University, and all were named to the Rice Board of Trustees for
in Innsbruck, Austria, where he Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma
also had a Fulbright Teaching Tau.
a four-year term that began July 1.
Fellowship. Maxfield co-founded ROLM
Tudor joined Goldman, Corp. in 1969 with three fel-
Sachs and Co. in 1987 in the low Rice graduates and served
Clarke, who was raised in position to which he was reap-
Investment Banking Division in as the company’s executive vice
Hobbs, New Mexico, gradu- pointed by President George H.
New York. He became a man- president and director. In 1984,
ated from Rice in 1963 with a W. Bush. The banks supervised
aging director in 1996 and was ROLM merged with IBM,
bachelor’s degree in economics. by this office account for about
named a partner in 1998. After where Maxfield had worked
He received a bachelor of laws two-thirds of the assets of the
five years in London, where he
previously, and he continued
from Harvard in 1966. While commercial banking system.
headed the Industrial and Natu-
to serve as executive vice presi-
at Rice, Clarke served as an of- When Clarke’s appointment as
ral Resources Group, Tudor
dent until 1988. Since 1989,
ficer of Hanszen College and comptroller ended, he rejoined
returned to Houston in 2005 as
Maxfield has been a consulting
as Student Association presi- Bracewell & Giuliani in 1991 as
a managing director in the In-
professor in the Department of
dent. A member of the Thresher senior partner and head of the
vestment Banking Division.
Management Science and En-
staff, the Honor Council, and firm’s financial services practice.
Houston mayor Bill White
gineering at Stanford Univer-
the Army ROTC, Clarke was Clarke received the Distin-
appointed Tudor to the Hous-
sity and a director of Echelon
named an Outstanding Senior guished Service Award from the
ton Library Board of Directors
Corp., which the Silicon Valley/
and a Distinguished Military U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
to complete an unexpired term
San Jose Business Journal ranked
Student. He received the Cam- in 1992 and the Banking Lead-
that ends March 1, 2007. Tu-
No. 20 on its list of the region’s
eron Service Award, and in ership Award from the Western
dor served as president of the
50 fastest-growing companies
1992 he was honored as a Dis- States School of Banking in
“R” Association’s Board of Di-
in 2003.
tinguished Alumnus of Rice. 1993.
rectors at Rice last year and on
Harvard Business School
He joined Bracewell & Giu- Alexandria, Louisiana, native
the Association of Rice Alumni
named the Rice co-found-
liani LLP, where his principal Tudor graduated from Rice in
Board of Directors.
ers of ROLM Entrepreneur of
areas of practice include assist- 1982 with a bachelor of arts in
Maxfield was renamed to the
the Year in 1980, and Rice has
ing banks in the United States English and legal studies. He
Rice Board of Trustees after
given Maxfield three alumni
and abroad in matters involving received a doctor of jurispru-
taking a year off in compliance
honors: Distinguished Alumnus
state and federal banking laws, dence from Tulane Law School
with the limitation on two con-
Award (2004), Outstanding
regulations and supervisory in 1987.
secutive four-year terms. Raised
Engineering Alumnus (1999),
agencies, mergers and acquisi- While at Rice, Tudor was
in Wichita Falls, Texas, Max-
and Rice Engineering Alumni
tions of financial institutions, an officer of Hanszen College field graduated from Rice with
Association’s Outstanding Engi-
strategic planning, independent and student representative on a bachelor of arts, magna cum
neer (1964).
counsel to boards of directors, the University Committee on laude, in 1963, and a bachelor
—B. J. almond
new financial services products, Examinations and Standing. of science in electrical engineer-
management of regulatory risk, He lettered in basketball and ing in 1964. He also received a
and litigation support as an ex- received the Bob Quin Award master’s and a doctoral degree
pert witness. for being the male senior athlete in electrical engineering from
President Ronald Rea- who most exemplified distinc- Stanford University in 1966 and
gan appointed Clarke as U.S. tion in athletics, academics, and 1969, respectively.
comptroller of the currency—a leadership. While a student at Rice, Max-
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