Background
Rice, Elroy Leon was born on January 31, 1917 in Edmond, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Ernest C. and Bertha (Rieckhoff) Rice.
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Elroy Leon Rice
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Bachelor of Arts in Math, Central State College, Edmond, 1938. Master of Science in Botany, University Oklahoma, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, University Chicago, 1947.
Career
Member faculty, U. Oklahoma, since 1948;
professor botany, U. Oklahoma, since 1962;
David Ross Boyd professor, U. Oklahoma, 1967-1981;
emeritus, U. Oklahoma, since 1981. Member science improvement committee Oklahoma Curriculum Improvement Commission, 1958-1962. Board directors Grassland Research Foundation, 1958-1966.
Supervisor numerous graduate students.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member Oklahoma Academy of Sciences (chairman biological science section 1953, chairman science teaching section 1959, president 1981, Outstanding Oklahoma Scientist award 1984), Southwestern Association Naturalists (president 1970), Ecological Society of America, American Society Plant Physiologists, Nature Conservancy, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Esther Mae Wilson, July 28, 1945. Children: Linda J., Clifford R.
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Nationality
American