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John Wesley Rice, Jr. - Reverend John Wesley Rice, Jr. (3 November 1923 - 24 December 2000), a college administrator, school guidance counsellor and high school teacher, was the father of United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rice was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Theresa Hardnett and John Wesley Rice, who was also a Presbyterian minister. Rice was a minister, teacher, and coach in Birmingham, Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Denver, Colorado, and Palo Alto, California. The Rev. John Wesley Rice, Jr., 77, a resident of Palo Alto and father of newly named National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, died Dec. 24 of heart failure. He was 77.

John Rice helped found the Center for a New Generation in East Palo Alto, an after-school academic enrichemnt program fodusin gon math, science, language arts and computer literacy. HE also had strong connections to the Ravenswood schools, where his second wife Clara Bailey Rice is a principal.

He married his first wife, Angelena Ray, in 1954, and the couple had one daughter, former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Born: November 3, 1923

Died: December 24, 2000

John Rice is survived by his daughter Condoleezza Rice; stepson Gregory Stuart Bailey; and sister Theresa Rice Love.