play" rule, requiring athletes to maintain passing grades in all academic classes. Rice University Throughout his career, Duncan repeatedly served as a trustee on the Board of Governors of Rice University. From 1982 to 1996, he served as chairman of Rice's board. He twice led the search for a university president, lobbied for the recruitment of international students, and helped establish the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, a nonpartisan think-tank. When Duncan retired from the Rice board, the school named its new computational engineering building in honor of him and his wife, the former Anne Smith in 1996 (Anne and Charles Duncan Hall). In 2007 the couple marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary in June and then—in October—donated $30 million to Rice to establish Duncan College, the university's eleventh residential college and its first-ever all-green building. This was part of Rice's Vision for the Second Century, which included establishing new residential colleges to accommodate the need to expand the student body while keeping the characteristics that make Rice distinctive. Later projects Duncan (in partnership with his son, Charles W. Duncan III) latterly oversaw the diverse operations of Duncan Capital Management in Houston. Duncan also served on the board of trustees of the education non-profit Reasoning Mind. Personal life Duncan and his wife, Anne (née Smith), had two children. Duncan died at his home in Houston on October 18, 2022, from complications of a fall, at age 96. References External links Guide to the Charles W. Duncan, Jr. business papers, 1958–2013 (Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA) |- 1926 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American engineers 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American businesspeople Accidental deaths from falls Accidental deaths in Texas Businesspeople from Houston Carter administration cabinet members Directors of The Coca-Cola Company Georgia (U.S. state) Democrats McCombs School of Business alumni Military personnel from Houston Politicians from Houston Rice University alumni Rice University trustees Texas Democrats United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II United States Deputy Secretaries of Defense United States Secretaries of Energy