Friday, January 8, 2010

Rice and schools

Lilian Rice was influenced by her parents--both were certified teachers. After graduation, Rice took a one year course at U. C. Berkeley in education and in 1911 she herself became a teacher of geometric drawing and mathematics.

Friday, January 1, 2010

FOTD


FOTD (Fact of the Day)

Lilian J. Rice graduated from U.C. Berkeley's architectural program in May 1910 with a Bachelor of Letters from the School of Social Sciences, majoring in architecture. This year marks the Centennial of her graduation.

Fact Of The Day


Today is January 1st, 2010. It marks a new year, a new decade, and my husband's birthday. It also marks the first day of a series of blog posts that will document publicly various facts pertaining to master architect Lilian J. Rice. This will help scholars to find out never before published facts about Rice, her life, her work, and her influence,information that has been culled during four years of research and is included in my new book "Lilian J. Rice: Architect of Rancho Santa Fe, California" which will release spring 2010.