Alan Rice (FS 49-54)

Halina Rice, Alan’s daughter, has kindly sent the following notice:

“Alan Rice passed away on Tuesday 27th November 2018 at home with his family by his side. A loving husband, father and grandfather, he will be sadly missed by all his loving family and friends.

Alan was at St Bees from 1949 to 1954. He was a very loyal Old St Beghian and would travel up to the Old Boys’ Day every year for as long as this was possible. He had very fond associations with the school and the area. His academic record was good and he excelled at sport and in particular rugby. It was while still at St Bees he reached the height of six feet two and a half inches! He was also lead cadet and marksman as part of the RAF section of the Combined Cadet Force.

He went on to study Mechanical Engineering at Nottingham University. Following an apprenticeship at General Electric he worked for many years as a management consultant. He later was Director of his own company specialising in the design and production of generators and alternators and also worked closely with the University of Leicester on various engineering projects.

Alan married Maria, who was also at Nottingham University and who graduated in 1959 in Biology. They had three children, Anielka, who graduated in Botany, mother to three granddaughters, Eliza, Ellen and Alice; James, who graduated in Electrical Engineering, a hedge fund manager and father to a grandson William and granddaughter Georgia; and Halina, who graduated in Philosophy and Theology, a director of ecommerce. In the last two decades Alan looked after Maria, stoically and unstintingly – with wit and good humour.

He was buried at Kirk Hallam and the service was attended by many friends from all aspects of his life. He was well respected and a guiding figure to many of those he met.

Alan Rice: Loyal and stoic, capable and intelligent, loving and always funny.”

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