Background
Rice, Isaac Leopold was born on February 22, 1850 in Wachenheim, Rhenish Bavaria. Son of Mayer and Fanny Rice.
Rice, Isaac Leopold was born on February 22, 1850 in Wachenheim, Rhenish Bavaria. Son of Mayer and Fanny Rice.
Educated Central High School, Philadelphia. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Columbia, 1880. Doctor of Laws, Bates College, 1902.
Founded and was lecturer, 1882-1883, School of Political Science, Columbia. Instructor Columbia Law School, 1884-1886. Took up practice of Railroad law and engaged in Railroad service as counsel and director in the lines now constituting the Southern Railway.
Foreign a time foreign representative of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad President Electric Boat Company, Holland Torpedo Boat Company, Electric Launch Company, Industrial Oxygen Company, National Torpedo Company, Carolina Lighting & Power Company, Consolidated Railway Electric Lighting & Equipment Company, Lindstrom Brake Company, Railway & Stationary Refrigerating Company, The Forum Public Company, Continental Development Company, New Jersey Development Company, Quaker City Chemical Company.
President and treasurer Casein Company of America, Casein Manufacturing Company, National Milk Sugar Company, Dry Milk Company, Rosemary Creamery Company, Water Paint Company of America.
Chairman, Board Of Directors Consolidated Rubber Tire Company, Buckeye Rubber Company. Director Societe Française de Sous-Marins (Paris, France), New London Ship & Engine Company Prominent in chess. Invented the Rice-Gambit, a new chess opening.
Author: What Is Music?, 1875.
Also many articles in North American Review, The Century and The Forum. Home: New York, New New York
Married Julia Hyneman Barnett, 1885.