Dr. Rice held the Anne Arundel County post for one four-year term - the school board did not renew his contract - and in the late 1980s he became executive director of the State Board of Education and an assistant state schools superintendent. In 2001, he was named acting chief academic officer of the District of Columbia public schools and held posts in the District's public schools office until last year.
He was a past winner of the Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo in Louisiana, with his catch of a 436-pound blue marlin. He was also a hunter.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, 1601 Pleasant Plains Road in Annapolis
