Francis Leadley Trice -- College Professor

 

 Francis Leadley Trice

Francis Leadley Trice was born on December 17, 1937 in St, Petersburg, Florida.  His parents were Leadley Dagg Trice and Frances Nedda Wood.  His father was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky and had moved to St. Petersburg in 1926. Dagg was a fourth generation banker and had served as president of the Madeira Beach Bank.  He was chairman of the board of the bank when he retired. Francis Leadley or Frank as he was known had one brother, Paul Trice and one sister Helen Trice Faulkner.

Frank attended the St. Petersburg High School where he graduated in 1955.  He enrolled at Florida State University in Tallahassee where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.  He went on to attain a Master of Arts degree from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.  Frank then obtained his PhD from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

On August 11, 1961, Frank married Sandra Louise Ward.  They later divorced and Frank married Mary Ann Wright on August 19, 1978.  Frank and Mary Ann were the parents of four children, two sons, Andrew Leadley Trice and Stephen Charles Busby and two daughters, Jennifer Louise Trice and Robin Cressida Trice.

Frank devoted his career to higher education.  In 1968 joined the faculty of Alfred University, a private university in Alfred, New York where he taught Spanish.  In the mid 1970’s he was promoted to Associate Professor and then became Chairman of the Department of Modern Languages.  He was awarded full professor status in 1983 and held that position until his retirement in 1999.

In 1979, he began working part time with SUNY Empire State College where he was unit coordinator and student mentor.  His work as a student mentor with Empire continued for the rest of his life.

Frank was the founder of the Alfred University chapters of the Phi Sigma Iota International Foreign Language Honor Society and Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society.  He was also a member of the Cooperative Association of Western New York Colleges and University.

In addition to his wide achievements in the area of higher education, Frank had a personal interest in bluegrass music and had a vast knowledge of the genre. As a part of his bluegrass hobby which had become his passion, he loved to collect, restore and play vintage banjos.

Frank died on February 21, 2012 at the Highland Hospital in Rochester, New York.  He was buried in the Alfred Rural Cemetery in Alfred, New York.

Francis L. Trice Tombstone

LINEAGE: (Francis Leadley Trice was the son of Leadley Dagg and Frances Nedda Wood Trice, grandson of Francis Dagg and Katherine Quick Trice and great-grandson of John Carr and Martha Jane Thomas Quick.  Martha was the fourth child of Allison William and Catherine Elizabeth Carloss Thomas. Catherine is the third child of Perry and Elizabeth Bridges Thomas. Perry was the third child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.  Elizabeth was the sixth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)