Norman Rice graduated from the School of Communications in 1972. He is President and CEO of The Seattle Foundation, leading the Foundation’s efforts in creating and sustaining a healthy, vibrant community.

Rice became a member of the UW Department of Communicationʼs inaugural Alumni Hall of Fame cohort in 2004 and was the Department’s first Distinguished Alumni named in 2003. A civic leader most of his life, Riceʼs professional and civic awards and his contributions to the city, the University and the Department are too numerous to list.

Always paying it forward, he recently showed his support to a newly inaugurated member of the Department of Communication Hall of Fame. He spoke on behalf of Jack Geraghty and their mayoral work together, leading Seattle and Spokane in the 1990s.