Background
Rice, Eugene Franklin was born on April 1, 1892 in Louisville. Son of Ellsworth and Louana (Radcliff) Rice.
Rice, Eugene Franklin was born on April 1, 1892 in Louisville. Son of Ellsworth and Louana (Radcliff) Rice.
Student, University Pennsylvania, 1919-1920.
With, L.&N. R.R., Louisville, 1911-1914; assistant engineer on railroad valuation, Interstate Commerce Commission, Chattanooga, 1915-1916; resident engineer railroad construction department, North Carolina& St. Louis Railway, Nashville, 1916-1917; assistant engineer, Center Aquirre Sugar Company, P.R., 1920-1924; vice president, manager, Center Aquirre Sugar Company, P.R., 1936-1946; executive vice president, general manager, Center Aquirre Sugar Company, P.R., 1946-1953; president, trustee, Center Aquirre Sugar Company, P.R. manager, Center Machete Company, Guayama, P.R., 1924-1930; president, board directors, Center Machete Company, Guayama, P.R. manager, Center Cortada, Santa Isabel, P.R., 1930-1936. President, board directors Ponce and Guayama Railroad Company. Board directors P.R.&American Insurance Company, Commonwealth Oil Refining Company.
With American Expeditionary Force, 1918, Captain Puerto Rico State Guard, 1942-1945. Member Asociacion de Productores de Azucar de Puerto Rico (board directors), American Society of Civil Engineers, Colegio de Ingenieros de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Sugar Technologists Association, Masons (32 degree), Shriners.
Married Lula A. Piper, June 21, 1920. Children: Eugene Franklin, Lucy Willard.