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Norman Rice

January 18, 1943 - May 12, 2020

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It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Norman from cancer. Norman retired from the College in June 2015 after 44 years of teaching at Epsom. In his time, he had been Head of Economics and a Tutor in Propert and Crawfurd. In 1978 he became Housemaster of Fayrer, Third Master in 1991, Senior Master in 1994, and Deputy Head in 1998. Following his first 'retirement' in 2003, Norman became the Honorary Secretary of the OE Club for three years, while continuing to teach Economics at the College part-time. Norman gave a full contribution to sport, notably in football (he was a fine player himself) and in coaching athletics (in his prime, he excelled as a Triple Jumper). His passion for athletics meant that he continued to compete at veteran meetings long after most of his contemporaries had retired. Headmaster, Jay, Piggot, says, "The man simply was indefatigable; he imbued all the finest qualities of a complete schoolmaster, he will be missed." Norman is survived by his wife, Carole, and daughters Jennifer, Zoe and Danielle.

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Charlie Woodall 2020-05-21 13:26:17 wrote:

It was only in my final year at Epsom, 2005-06 that I got to know Mr Rice fully. Firstly as a teacher of Economics, and also on the sports field. I enjoyed the Economics so much that I decided to continue it at University, at which point I discovered I did not enjoy economics at all, just that DNR had an ability to teach and communicate in such a way that anything could be enjoyable and interesting. He managed to strike a balance between being extremely funny, knowledgeable, approachable, humble and respected, not something I've come across in anyone before or since. In recent years I'd see his name pop up in OE emails and I'd drop his name into Google to check he was still beating the entire county at 70+ athletics events, and of course he always was. A great man, and a huge loss.

Charlie Woodall 2020-05-21 13:26:17 wrote: It was only in my final year at Epsom, 2005-06 that I got to know Mr Rice fully. Firstly as a teacher of Economics, and also on the sports field. I enjoyed the Economics so much that I decided to continue it at University, at which point I discovered I did not enjoy economics at all, just that DNR had an ability to teach and communicate in such a way that anything could be enjoyable and interesting. He managed to strike a balance between being extremely funny, knowledgeable, approachable, humble and respected, not something I've come across in anyone before or since. In recent years I'd see his name pop up in OE emails and I'd drop his name into Google to check he was still beating the entire county at 70+ athletics events, and of course he always was. A great man, and a huge loss.

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