Whitehurst family's $25M gift expands support for first-generation, limited-income Rice undergraduate students

'Extraordinary generosity' establishes the Sallyport Fellows Program and supports Gateway Project HOUSTON, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Rice University has received a $25 million gift from university trustee James "Jim" Whitehurst '89 and his wife, Lauren Whitehurst, to establish the...