Stuart A. Rice

Stuart Alan Rice was an American theoretical chemist and physical chemist, born on January 6, 1932, who was well known as a theoretical chemist who also performed experimental research across many areas of physical chemistry. He attended the Bronx High School of Science, received his bachelor degree in 1952 from Brooklyn College and earned his master and doctorate from Harvard University in 1954 and 1955, and he was nearly unable to attend graduate school after contracting tuberculosis. He became the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, where he trained more than 100 Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1963 and received the National Medal of Science in 1999. He served on the board of governors at Tel Aviv University and as editor of the journals Chemical Physics Letters and Advances in Chemical Physics. He died on December 22, 2024.