Memorial service for Ruth Whitaker will be held July 6 at Rice

Memorial service for Ruth Whitaker will be held July 6 at Rice

Gil and Ruth Whitaker in the Gil and Ruth Whitaker Business Information Center at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management.

A memorial service for Ruth Whitaker will be held at 2 p.m. July 6 at the Rice Chapel.

Whitaker died July 1 after a long illness.  She was the wife of the late Gil Whitaker, former dean of the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management.

“Ruth had been ill for several years but maintained the strength to be an adviser and friend to me and many others at Rice University,” said Bill Glick, dean of the Jones School. “She was a great asset and support to Gil for over 50 years and helped him in building the Jones School into the excellent program it is today.”

The Whitaker family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to a charity or to the Ruth and Gilbert Whitaker Endowed Scholarship fund.