Background
Rice, Mary Esther was born on August 3, 1926 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Daniel Gibbons and Florence Catharine (Pyles) Rice.
Rice, Mary Esther was born on August 3, 1926 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Daniel Gibbons and Florence Catharine (Pyles) Rice.
AB, Drew University, 1947. Master of Arts, Oberlin College, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1966.
Instructor biology Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, 1949-1950. Research associate Columbia University, New York City, 1950-1953. Research assistant National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1953-1961.
Curator invertebrate zoology and director Smithsonian Marine Station, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1966—2002, senior research scientist emeritus, since 2002. Member advisory panel on systematic biology National Science Foundation, Washington, 1977-1978. Member committee on marine invertebrates National Academy of Sciences, 1976-1981.
Member overseers committee on biology Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1988.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Zoologists (president 1979), American Microscopical Society (president 1999), Phi Beta Kappa.