Harold E. Rorschach and wife Virginia, Rice University

Dr. Harold Rorschach, Professor in the Physics Department, Rice University, and his wife Virginia standing in what appears to be the kitchen or breakfast room of a residence. Dr. Rorschach is wearing a red shirt with a small green bow tie and is standing with his arm around his wife. The counter surface in front of them is covered with a basket of fruit, a pair of sunglasses, a telephone, and various other things. A small circular table and chairs are visible behind them. Original resource is a color photograph.Dr. Harold Rorschach joined the Rice faculty in 1952 after completing his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and served as chairman of the Physics Department from 1966-73 and 1991-1993. From 1967-1979, he was the principal investigator in the NASA interdisciplinary laboratory at Rice, which conducted research involving a wide range of studies on solid materials. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1961, won Rice's George R. Brown teaching awards six times, and was a Fellow of the American Physical Society