Background
Rice, John Stanley was born on January 28, 1899 in Arendtsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leighton H. and Florence Jane (Hartman) Rice.
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John Stanley Rice
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Bachelor of Science, Gettysburg College, 1921.
Career
President, Rice Trew & Rice Company, Biglerville, Pennsylvania, 1929-1958; senator, State of Pennsylvania, 1932-1940; senate president pro tem, State of Pennsylvania member Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, State of Pennsylvania, 1955-1956; member Governor's cabinet, secretary property and supplies, State of Pennsylvania, 1956-1957; secretary of, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1958-1961; ambassador to The Netherlands, from 1961.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman board of trustees Gettysburg College, 1939-1972, acting president, 1955-1956. Trustee Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, member board pensions United Luth.Ch. in American. Democratic nominee for government Pennsylvania, 1946.
Chairman Democratic State Center Committee, 1959-1961. Colonel United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Elks, Masons, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Luene Rogers, November 10, 1934. 1 child, Ellen Frances.
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Nationality
American