Les Guice

{{Short description|American academic administrator}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Leslie K. Guice | image = | caption = | order = | title = President of<br>[[Louisiana Tech University]] | term_start = July 1, 2013 | term_end = December 31, 2023 | predecessor = [[Dan Reneau]] | successor = Jim Henderson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|12|23}} | birth_place = [[Monroe, Louisiana]] | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [[Louisiana Tech University]] (BS, MS)<br>[[Texas A&M University]] (PhD) | profession = University President | spouse = Kathy Guice | children = 3 sons | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Leslie Keith Guice''' (born December 23, 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter|title=Click Leslie Guice, December 1954|publisher=voterportal.sos.la.gov|access-date=June 9, 2014}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> served as the 14th president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], [[Louisiana]]. Guice, who holds a [[Ph.D.]] in [[Civil Engineering]], succeeded [[Dan Reneau]] as the Louisiana Tech president after a long career at the institution as a student, professor, dean, and vice president of research.<ref name=ns1>{{cite news|title=Tech Presidential Search Committee Picks Les Guice|url=http://research.latech.edu/news/220|access-date=July 31, 2013 |newspaper=The News Star}}</ref>

==Education== In 1976, Guice received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[architecture]] from Louisiana Tech University. He remained at Louisiana Tech until 1978, when he received a master's degree in [[Civil Engineering]] and immediately moved to a position as an assistant professor in Tech's department of Civil Engineering. While still employed at Tech, he completed a [[Ph.D.]] in Civil Engineering at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Education |url=http://www2.latech.edu/~guice/Guice/Education.html|publisher=Louisiana Tech University|access-date=July 31, 2013}}</ref>

==Career== Not long after completing his doctorate, Guice was appointed the head of the Civil Engineering department. By 1999, he was the Dean of the [[Louisiana Tech University College of Engineering and Science|College of Engineering and Science]]. In 2004, he became the Vice President for Research and Development,<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Les Guice to serve as Louisiana Tech University's 14th president |url=http://news.latech.edu/2012/12/04/dr-les-guice-to-serve-as-louisiana-tech-universitys-14th-president/ |publisher=Louisiana Tech University|access-date=July 31, 2013}}</ref> and on November 29, 2012, Guice was announced as the 14th President of Louisiana Tech University.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guice Named Next President of Louisiana Tech University|url=http://www.ulsystem.net/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=484|publisher=University of Louisiana System|access-date=July 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307173530/http://www.ulsystem.net/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=484|archive-date=March 7, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He announced his intention to retire by the end of the year in September 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latech.edu/2023/10/25/jim-henderson-named-louisiana-tech-university-president/ | title=Jim Henderson named Louisiana Tech University president }}</ref>

==Personal life== Guice was inducted in 1978 into the Louisiana Gamma chapter of the [[Tau Beta Pi]] at Louisiana Tech University.<ref>{{cite web |title=TPB Member Lookup |url=http://www.tbp.org/memb/MemberLookup.cfm |publisher=The Tau Beta Pi Association |access-date=July 31, 2013 |archive-date=January 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117024812/http://www.tbp.org/memb/MemberLookup.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Guice has 3 sons - Chad, Kyle and Bret.

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==External links== *[http://www2.latech.edu/~guice/Guice/Homepage.html Dr. Les Guice's Homepage at Louisiana Tech University]

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