Berry College President Named to Rice University Board

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BERRY COLLEGE PRESIDENT NAMED TO RICE UNIVERSITY BOARD

The Rice University Board of Governors named Gloria
McDermith Shatto, president of Berry College in Mount Berry, Ga., as an alumni
governor, a four-year appointment to the post she was chosen for by the
Association of Rice Alumni.

Shatto, a 1954 Rice University graduate, begins serving her term on July 1,
1997.

“Rice University has always been fortunate to have men and women who are
leaders of their communities apply their considerable energies to the great
benefit of the university,” said E. William Barnett, chair of the Rice Board of
Governors. “Gloria Shatto is, by any measure, an exceptional individual of
national stature who brings a wide range of experience to the board. We are also
very proud that she is a Rice alumna.”

Shatto is a highly respected economist and educator. She received Rice’s
distinguished alumni award in 1987. She was an associate professor of economics
at the University of Houston, associate dean and professor of economics at
Georgia Tech’s College of Management, and the George R. Brown Professor of
Business and Economics at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, before being
named president of Berry College in 1980. She has served as a director of
several U.S. corporations. She currently serves on the board of directors of
Becton Dickinson and Company, The Southern Company and Texas Instruments.

“We are extremely pleased that Gloria Shatto will be joining the board,” said
Rice president Malcolm Gillis. “It is always gratifying when alumni who achieved
considerable success in their professional lives return to Rice and bring their
skills to bear on the university’s behalf. We can count on them to maintain
Rice’s leadership in teaching and in research as we prepare for the university’s
second century.”

Rice’s Board of Governors is comprised of seven trustees, eight term members
and four alumni members. Trustees serve for an unlimited period of time. Term
and alumni members are appointed by the board to serve four-year terms.

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