Background
Rice, Stuart Arthur was born on November 21, 1889 in Wadena, Minnesota, United States. Son of Edward Myron and Ida Emelin (Hicks) Rice.
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Stuart Arthur Rice
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Bachelor of Arts, University of Washington, 1912, Master of Arts, 1915. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1924.
Career
1 son, Stuart Arthur. Secretary Industrial Welfare Commission, Washington, 1913. Confidential inspector Department of Public Charities, New York, 1914-1915.
Superintendent New York Municipal Lodging House, 1916-1917.
Field representative War Camp Community Service, 1918. Educational director North.W. Division American Red Cross, 1919-1920.
Instructor and assistant professor sociology, Dartmouth, 1923-1926. Professor sociology, later professor sociology and statistics, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1940.
Research secretary for social statistics, Social Science Research Council, 1931-1932.
Professor sociology, University of Chicago, 1932-1933. Acting chairman Committee on Government Statistics and Information Services, 1933. Assistant director of Census, 1933-1936.
Chairman Central Statistical Board, 1936-1940.
Assistant director bureau of Budget for Statistical Standards Executive Office of President, 1940-1955. President Surveys & Research Corporation, Washington, 1955-1965, adviser-consultant, 1965-1969.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the staff Social Science. Member International Statistical Institute (honorary president 1953-1969), Inter American Statistical Institute (chairman organizing committee, 1st vice president, 1941-1950). Member Executive Committee establishment of Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt Library, 1938-1939.
Member organizing committee and chairman statistics section 8th American Scientific Congress, Washington, 1940.
Member United States representative commission on improvement of national statistics (inter-American), 1950-1955.
Connections
Married Chineta Williamson, 1914. Married second, Sarah Alice Mayfield, May 29, 1934.
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Resting place
Buried National Memorial Park, Falls Church Virginia. -
Nationality
American