June 18, 2004

Parting Blow

By MICHAEL ARNONE

At an age when many people are thinking about retirement, Malcolm Gillis, departing president of Rice University, wants to get back into the ring -- with none other than George Foreman.

Forty-four years after Mr. Gillis quit amateur boxing, the 63-year-old has agreed to an exhibition match this month with Mr. Foreman, 55, a two-time heavyweight champion who is now well known as an electric-grill mogul. Mr. Gillis says he pitched the idea to Mr. Foreman, a Houston resident, about a

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