Benjamin M. Rice Jr. ’52

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Ben graduated from Milton Academy. At Princeton, Ben joined Cottage Club, the staff of the Princeton Tiger, and the pistol team. He majored in SPIA and roomed with George Riegel and Walt Griffith. He served in the Army as an artillery second lieutenant in Korea and then went to Harvard Business School, graduating in 1956.

His career in finance was capped by a position at Brown Brothers Harriman as an energy financial analyst. He lived in New York, was a member of the Union Club, and did considerable pro bono work in social rehabilitation.

At the time of his death Sept. 19, 2013, he was married to Joan Ross Rice. To her and to his sons Benjamin, John, and Christopher, the class offers condolences.

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