University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding of the Rice Institute
John B. Boles is William P. Hobby Professor of History at Rice University  and Managing Editor of theJournal of Southern History.He is the  author ofThe South Through Time: A History of an American Region,Black Southerners, 1619-1869and numerous other books.  In 2004, he  was honored with the Rice University Distinguished Alumni Award and he has  received multiple teaching awards.