F. Willis Rice

Background

Rice, F. Willis was born on October 9, 1848 in Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine, United States. Son of John H. and Grace Elizabeth (Burleigh) Rice.

Education

Educated various academics and Alexander Institute, White Plains, New New York

Career

Railway construction, Chicago, 1873-1875. Founder, 1875, and editor The National Hotel Reporter, the first publication in the interest of hotels and resorts in the United States. Also founder Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association of the United States (the 1st association of hotel men).

Achievements

• F. Willis Rice has been listed as a noteworthy editor, public by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Annie Rebecca Dyer, January 4, 1876 (died 1912).