Rice Historical SocietyHistory of RiceEvents CalendarThe CornerstoneAbout UsMembership
Timeline
   
The Cornerstone - Summer 2004

Summer 2004
Vol.9, No.3

 
In the year 1962
On September 12, President John F. Kennedy delivers his space exploration address in Rice Stadium, promising that the U.S. will send a man to the moon by the end of the decade: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard…. And I am delighted that this university is playing a part in putting a man on the moon as part of a great national effort of the United States of America."
Rice University
The Cornerstone Society Events Rice History