Charles E. Rice, American scholar and author (d. 2015)
Charles Edward Rice (August 7, 1931 – February 25, 2015) was an American legal scholar, Catholic apologist, and author of several books. He is best known for his career at the Notre Dame Law School at Notre Dame, Indiana. He began teaching there in 1969, and in 2000 earned professor emeritus status. During the time he was retired, he continued to teach classes at the University of Notre Dame until 2014.He lived with his wife, Mary, in Mishawaka, Indiana. They had 10 biological children and 41 grandchildren, and adopted a son from South Vietnam.Rice died a day before former Notre Dame President Father Theodore Hesburgh. The styles of the two men who spent their lives working at Notre Dame were contrasted by writer John F. McManus "One [Rice] was a staunch conservative politically and religiously; the other could easily be classified as his polar opposite."