P. Bush, politician Josh Earnest, White House Press Secretary for President Obama Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for President Obama Glenn Youngkin, Governor of Virginia Annise Parker, the 61st Mayor of Houston In the arts, Rice alumni include: Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and Oscar-winning writer of the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain Joyce Carol Oates, (who left her Ph.D. to become a full-time writer)) novelist and Pulitzer Prize finalist John Graves, author of Goodbye to a River; and Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City, who attended for three semesters Caroline Shaw, Pulitzer Prize-winning musician In athletics, Rice alumni include: Lance Berkman, Brock Holt, Bubba Crosby, Harold Solomon, Frank Ryan, Tommy Kramer,Jose Cruz, Jr., O.J. Brigance, Larry Izzo, James Casey, Courtney Hall, Bert Emanuel, Luke Willson, Tony Cingrani, Anthony Rendon, and Leo Rucka, as well as three Olympians (Funmi Jimoh '06, Allison Beckford '04, and William Fred Hansen '63). Notes References External links Rice University Athletics website Educational institutions established in 1891 Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Universities and colleges in Houston Private universities and colleges in Texas 1891 establishments in Texas