Edward Loranus Rice (1871-1960) was a biologist and educator who served as the acting president of Ohio Wesleyan University.
He was best known for his 1924 debate with William Jennings Bryan on the topic of biological evolution and serving as a scientific consultant to Clarence Darrow before the 1925 Scopes trial.
Rice began his 50 consecutive years of teaching as assistant professor at Wesleyan University in 1896.
At the 1924 meeting of the AAAS, he debated William Jennings Bryan on biological evolution and was a scientific consultant for Clarence Darrow before the 1925 Scopes trial.
Upon his death, his body was donated to the University of Chicago College of Medicine, but a memorial monument was erected at Indian Hill Cemetery in Middletown, Connecticut.