Robert Ray Rice

Background

Rice, Robert Ray was born on June 18, 1932 in Hartford City, Indiana, United States. Son of Raymond Edward and Garnet Irene (Williams) Rice.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Missouri-Columbia, 1954. Master of Arts, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1967.

Career

Field supervisor Dairy Queen franchise, Columbia, Missouri, 1957—1960. Owner, 1960—1963; professor University Missouri-Columbia, 1965—1969. Chairman department human environmental & design Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1969—1975.

Director School Home Economics, University Arizona, Tucson, since 1975. Consultant Housing and Urban Development, 1968. Board directors Western Rural Development Center, Corvallis, Oregon, since 1982.

Administrative advisory Western Agricultural Research Service, Tucson, since 1975. Chairman East Lansing Housing Commission, Michigan, 1974. With United States Air Force, 1954-1957.

Achievements

• Robert Ray Rice has been listed as a noteworthy academic administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Association Administrators Home Economics, American Association Housing Educators (past president), American Home Economics Association, Kiwanis, Omicron Nu, Gamma Sigma Delta.

Connections

Married Barbara Mackey Rice, November 26, 1953. Children: Steven Robert, David Michael.

Father:

Raymond Edward Rice

Mother:

Garnet Irene (Williams) Rice

Spouse:

Barbara Mackey Rice

child:

Steven Robert Rice

child:

David Michael Rice