Background
Rice, Lois Dickson was born on February 28, 1933 in Portland, Maine, United States. Daughter of David A. and Mary D. Dickson.
Rice, Lois Dickson was born on February 28, 1933 in Portland, Maine, United States. Daughter of David A. and Mary D. Dickson.
AB magna cum laude, Radcliffe College, 1954. Postgraduate (Woodrow Wilson fellow), Columbia University, 1954—1955. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brown University, 1981.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Bowdoin College, 1984.
Director counseling services National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students, New York City, 1955-1959. With The College Board, New York City and Washington, 1959-1981, vice president Washington, 1973-1981. Senior vice president government affairs Control Data Corporation, 1981-1991.
Guest scholar The Brookings Institute, Washington, since 1991. Board directors McGraw Hill, Inc., 1987—2003, International Multifoods, 1991—2003, UNUM Corporation, 1992—2003. Overseer Tuck School Management Dartmouth College, 1990—1994.
Member President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 1993—2001. Trustee George Washington University, 1992—1998, trustee Management Leadership for Tomorrow, since 1994. Trustee CNA Corporation Public Agenda Foundation, 1995—2009, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, since 1994.
Member Governor's Commision on Future of Postsecondary Education in New York State, 1976-1977. Member Carnegie Council on Higher Education, 1975-1980. Board directors Potomac Institute, 1977-1992, German Marshall Fund, 1984-1994, Joint Center Political and Economics Studies, 1991-1994, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, since 1990, Readingis Fundamental, since 1991.
Trustee Radcliffe College, 1969-1975, Stephens College, Missouri, 1976-1978, Beauvoir School, Washington, 1970-1976, Children's television Workshop, 1970-1973. Chairman advisory board to director National Science Foundation, 1981-1989, chair 1986-1989. Member Cosmos Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Alfred B. Fitt, January 7, 1978 (deceased 1992). Children: Susan, John Rice.