June 18, 2004
Parting Blow
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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