Roger L. Rice ’58

Roger L. Rice ’58 passed away recently, as confirmed in May, although the date of death is unknown. Roger grew up in Concord, New Hampshire. At Dartmouth he played freshman football, hockey, and track. He majored in economics, was a brother at Theta Delta Chi and Dragon, and trained with the Navy ROTC. After graduation Roger was assigned to the Navy’s minesweeping operation in Charleston, South Carolina, where classmates Gary Finnerty and Ray Robins were stationed. After the Navy Roger began a long career with New England Telephone and once reported that he was “on the Bell System merry-go-round [with assignments in] Cambridge, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine, Topsfield, Massachusetts, Florham Park, New Jersey, and Cohasset, Massachusetts.” During his Navy time Roger married Jane, his high-school sweetheart and a Colby Junior graduate. They proceeded to have three sons and eventually retired in Cohasset, Massachusetts. In his 50th reunion book, he wrote: “I loved my time at Dartmouth. I had so many friends and so many good times. I am blessed to have the most wonderful family. I couldn’t be more proud.” Jane and his three sons survive him.