Laban Lacy Rice

Laban Lacy Rice

Laban Lacy Rice (October 14, 1870 – February 13, 1973) was an educator, author, and President of Cumberland University.

He was born in Dixon, Kentucky to Laban Marchbanks Rice, a Confederate veteran and prominent tobacco merchant, and his wife Martha Lacy. He was an older brother of the poet Cale Young Rice. Lacy Rice grew up with his family in Evansville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky.

He received his A.B., M.A., and PhD degrees from Cumberland University. While a student at Cumberland, he was one of five men to found the Theta Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity on October 7, 1887. He served as Professor of English at Cumberland University, as Headmaster at Castle Heights Military Academy, and as associate editor of the "Cumberland Presbyterian" prior to being elected as President of Cumberland University. He also owned a private boys' camp and was an amateur astronomer. The Rice Observatory on the Cumberland campus is named after him.

Rice married Blanche Alexander Buchanan in Lebanon, Tennessee and was the father of three daughters. After his retirement, he made his home in Warwick, Virginia, where he died in 1973 at the age of 102. He is buried at the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Lebanon, Tennessee.

His birthplace in Webster County, Kentucky is designated by Historic Marker #1508, which reads:

"Birthplace of Rice brothers, Cale Young, 1872-1943, noted poet and author; Laban Lacy, 1870-1973, well-known educator and author. Lacy published The Best Poetic Works of Cale Young Rice after Cale's death. Included in famous collection is poem, "The Mystic." Cale married Alice Hegan, also a distinguished Kentucky writer. Home overlooks Memorial Garden." [http://migration.kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=County&county=117]

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/families/rice.htm Rice family page]
* [http://www.webstercountyky.com/index.php Rice family home on Dixon, KY site]


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