Charles E. "Charlie" Rice

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Charles E. "Charlie" Rice was born in 1931 in an Irish Catholic family from New York. He has been a lawyer, a legal scholar, a Catholic Apologist, and the author of 11 books. He is most famous for his historic career at the University of Notre Dame Law school in Notre Dame, IN. He began teaching there in 1969 and in 2000, earned Professor Emeritus status. He still teaches an elective course called "Morality and the Law" each spring.

He was also instrumental in the founding of the Conservative Party of New York State in the 1960s. He served as Vice-Chairman of the party from 1962-1969.

Rice also served in the Marine Corps and is a Lt. Col. in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Ret.). He and his wife, Mary, reside in Mishawaka, Indiana and have 10 children.