John B. Rice

Biography

In his personal life I have a wonderful wife Barbara (Shaw) who has looked after me since we were married in 1964, the same year we both graduated from the University of Western Ontario. Barbara became a high school teacher and part time university instructor (with her master’s degree) after she raised our children. We are proud of three daughters. Cynthia with husband and two children in Ottawa, Shahna (now deceased to our great grief) with a husband and son in Brandon and Sherri with her husband and a son in Winnipeg.

Research Interest

My research involved collaborations with faculty at other universities such as Bill Wehlau of the University of Western Ontario (now deceased) and Klaus Strassmeier and associates of the Astronomical Institute of Potsdam (now the Leibniz Institute). The work has required travel to observatories such as the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria or to Cerro Tololo in Chile.