John Andrew Rice (1888–1968), born at Tanglewood Plantation near Lynchburg, South Carolina, was an early Rhodes scholar and the visionary founder of Black Mountain College, a progr...view moreJohn Andrew Rice (1888–1968), born at Tanglewood Plantation near Lynchburg, South Carolina, was an early Rhodes scholar and the visionary founder of Black Mountain College, a progressive institution that attracted pioneering artists and intellectuals from Europe and United States from its opening in 1933 to its closing in 1957.view less