[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              SALUTING LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHESTER L. RICE

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                            HON. BILL POSEY

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 15, 2011

  Mr. POSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate the life and service of 
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.) Chester L. Rice for his 
distinguished service to the U.S. Army and his nation.
  LTC Rice honorably served his country for twenty-one years from 1955 
to 1976.
  Chester served as a member of my Service Academy Nominating Committee 
since 2009. He also served as a member of Congressman Weldon's Service 
Academy Nominating Committee from 1997 to 2008. I applaud his 
commitment to our youth, military and the future of our Armed Services.
  On May 15, 2001, Chester was awarded the TROACC Award from the Cape 
Canaveral Chapter of the Retired Officers Association for his 
leadership and dedicated work as Vice President and President of 
TROACC. Under his direction, the Chapter was twice selected as the TROA 
Chapter of the Year and the chapter magazine, the Intercom, was twice 
selected as the best in its category.
  LTC Rice served as Chairman of the TROACC Student Affairs Committee 
and is credited for improvements to the program, which recognizes 
outstanding cadets from the Junior ROTC Programs in eleven Brevard 
County High Schools and from the ROTC Panther Battalion at the Florida 
Institute of Technology. The excellent support that TROACC provided to 
these Junior and Senior ROTC programs is a direct result of the 
leadership and dedicated work of LTC Rice.
  Born in Lawrenceville, Virginia on Nov. 28, 1933, he attended high 
school in Derry Township, Pennsylvania and was President of his high 
school class all four years. All his classmates loved him.
  His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze 
Star Medal and the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.
  Chester is survived by his wife, Helen and brother, Donald Rice. He 
was preceded in death by his brothers, Harry Rice and Robert Rice, Jr. 
and his sister, Dolores Henderson. Our thoughts and prayers are with 
his family and friends.
  I am honored to rise and call attention to the service that 
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.) Chester L. Rice has provided our 
nation. I am proud to have known him and to see his commitment to the 
cause of liberty and freedom.

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