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| Senator Andrew
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| Occupation: Non-profit
director Education: Colby College (Maine), Bachelor’s Degree, 1996; and Harvard University Divinity School, Master’s Degree, 1999 Legislative Experience: Senate Member, 2006 - present Hometown: Oklahoma City, OK Party: Democratic |
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| Andrew Rice was born in Oklahoma City on April 23rd, 1973 to Hugh and Cindy Rice. Andrew graduated in 1996 from Colby College (Waterville, Maine) with a Bachelor's Degree in Religious Studies and a minor in African American Studies. After graduation, he was accepted to Harvard University Divinity School, but deferred his admission for one year to work and travel in Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. In Sri Lanka, he worked with the largest Grassroots NGO in Asia, helping with rural development in Village life and in the conflict zone. In Thailand, Rice worked for the country's largest private AIDS hospice and in India, he studied drug addiction problems and treatment in urban India. Rice received his Masters in Theological Studies from the Harvard University Divinity School in 1999. While in graduate school, Andrew produced a documentary in Bangalore, India entitled "From Ashes" which focused on India’s AIDS pandemic. After graduate school, Andrew worked as a freelance documentary producer and editor. He worked on programs for the BBC and PBS, including segments for The Newshour with Jim Lehrer. Andrew's older brother, David Rice, was killed in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11th, 2001 and due to the tragedy, Andrew decided to rededicate his career to social justice work and political reforms. He worked for the Texas Freedom Network, which counters the influence of religious extremism in public policy. He is the founder of the Progressive Alliance Foundation which works throughout the state of Oklahoma advancing progressive, fair-minded and constitutional solutions to public policy problems. He also launched the Red River Democracy Project (RRDP) and is on the board of The People's Opinion Project. Andrew is married to Dr. Apple Newman Rice who is a Pathologist at Integris Southwest Hospital on the south side of Oklahoma City. They have a son named Noah David Rice, who was born on Dec. 7th, 2004, and they are expecting another son in February 2007.
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