Bill McLay Receives Anton & Lydia Rice Award

 

The Class of 2012 has chosen Hackley Science Department Chair Bill McLay to receive this year’s Anton and Lydia Rice Inspirational Teaching Award. Given in memory of Anton and Lydia Rice, parents of Anton III '56, Donald '57, William '62, and John '64 , the Rice Award is presented every year at the Senior Class Dinner to a member of the Hackley School faculty designated by majority vote of the graduating class. The Class elects the teacher who they determine “has lit and sustained the fire of learning and inspiration, stimulated their intellectual curiosity and inspired them in positive ways to seize the day and grasp the challenges they will face in the years ahead.” Teachers are eligible to win the award no more than once every three years, and by custom, the winner serves as speaker at the Senior Class Dinner.