Judge Rice was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, receiving a B.A. degree in 1958. He attended the Columbia University School of Law and received a Juris Doctorate degree in 1962. He also attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Business Administration and received a Master of Business Administration in 1962. He received an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws, from the University of Dayton, in 1991 and an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, from the Wright State University in 2000. Judge Rice began his law career as an Assistant County Prosecutor for Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1964. He left that position in June, 1966 and became an associate with the law firm of Gallon & Miller. In June, 1969, Judge Rice returned to the Montgomery County Prosecutor's Office as its First Assistant Prosecuting Attorney. He was elected Judge of the Dayton Municipal Court in November, 1969, and served in that position until July, 1971, when he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Ohio. He was re-elected to the Court of Common Pleas in 1972 and in 1978. On June 4, 1980, Judge Rice was sworn in as Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, at Dayton, having been appointed to that position by President Carter. Judge Rice served as Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio from October 13, 1996 to October 12, 2003.
An important medical tenet is "First do no harm." Diversity initiatives, however, can do harm by exacerbating the perception of differences and including legally dangerous practices. In this mini-workshop we will discuss the problem and suggest solutions. Specifically we will separate myth from fact in the diversity "business case", address legal diversity dangers often ignored by practitioners, and discuss key social psychology findings that impact common diversity initiatives. Participants will receive a list of diversity competencies and leave the room with a clear road map towards diversity excellence. I. How Do you Make It Matter A. Why Pursue a Diversity Initiative II. Do's and Don'ts of Diversity Initiatives III. Mapping your Course Susan D. Gray , PHR Over the last 20 years, Susan D. Gray, PHR, has been an organization transition agent through creative leadership, team building, and employee relations interventions. Deeply committed to community leadership, she served on the GCHRA board as diversity co-chair, Program Design Committee for NKHRA and GCASTD, program development and presenter for GCASTD's training day conference for not-for-profit organizations, and on the design planning committee for the "Can We Talk?" initiative sponsored by the Black Career Women's Association. Ms. Gray is the co-author of the new diversity training manual to be published by ASTD in December of 2004. Currently she is pursuing her master's in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. |
