Lois Rice

Lois Ann Dickson Fitt Rice (February 28, 1933 – January 4, 2017) was an American corporate executive, scholar, and education policy expert. because of her work lobbying for its creation, her father David working as a janitor

Lois was a 1950 graduate of Portland High School. She was the yearbook editor, student council president, valedictorian, "Most Likely to Succeed", "Most Valuable Female" in her class, and a national debate champion. in history and literature. and according to The Washington Post, she was known as the “mother of the Pell Grant” for her role in helping create the program. She was also director of the Think Tank Consortium at Brookings. She oversaw the company's “interface in federal and state government public affairs and policies.” She divorced Rice when her daughter, Susan, was ten years old. who died in 1992. With Fitt, she had four stepchildren: Cathleen, Benjamin, Craig, and Ann. Lois Rice died on January 4, 2017, in a hospital in Washington, D.C., of pneumonia and cancer.

Notable publications

Lois Fitt Rice and Arthur Hauptman, 2000. "Moving Beyond Student Aid." Lois Fitt Rice, Elaine Maag, David Mundel, and Kim Rueben, 2007."Subsidizing Higher Education Through Tax and Spending Programs." Lois Fitt Rice and David Mundel, 2008. "The Impact of Increases in Pell Grant Awards on College-going among Lower Income Youth."