After receiving his M.S. degree, Dr. Stice worked for the Visking Corporation for two years, and W. R. Grace for a year. Stice then became an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas. In 1957, he returned to graduate school at IIT as an instructor to work on his Ph.D. After finishing his Ph.D., Stice returned to the U of A in 1962 as an associate professor. In 1968, Stice joined the Department of Engineering at the University of Texas, where he started the Bureau of Engineering Teaching. In 1973, Stice became the first director of UT’s Center for Teaching Effectiveness. After sixteen years in that role, he returned to the department in 1989. Stice retired from the faculty in 1996. During his career he served as an engineering professor for 43 years with a distinguished record in engineering education, including the ASEE Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education, and the ASEE Donald E. Marlowe Award for Distinguished Leadership in Engineering Education. One of his most treasured honors was being named a Distinguished Alumnus of the U of A in 1995. Since 1991, Stice and his colleagues, Rich Felder and Rebecca Brent, have conducted the National Teaching Effectiveness Institute Workshop, in conjunction with the ASEE annual conference. Following his induction into the Arkansas Academy of Chemical Engineers as an inaugural member, Dr. Stice was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Engineering in 2006.

Dr. Stice passed away July 16, 2022. He will be missed.

Arkansas Academy of Chemical Engineers inaugural induction, 2005.