Early life Joseph L. Rice III was born in 1932. He graduated from
Williams College in
Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1954. From 1954 to 1957, he served as a Lieutenant in the
United States Marine Corps. In 2012, he announced he would step down as Chairman. They have a daughter, Lee Ann. Mr. Rice has two children by a prior marriage, Kimberley Rice Kaestner and Daniel Spence Rice. ==References==