HARRISON MILLER TRICE
1920 - 1994

Harrison Miller Trice was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Organizational Behavior at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, where he had been a member of the faculty since 1955. Professor Trice''s major contribution to his discipline has been the integration of the study of alcohol and drugs with the study of the workplace. More than any other social scientist, he was responsible for integrating occupational and organizational sociology with the study of alcohol and drugs. For example, his book with Janice Beyer, Implementing Change: Alcohol Policy in Work Organizations, which was published by the Free Press in 1978, was an important addition to alcohol studies and continues to be a major contribution to the theory of social change in organizational sociology. His other books include such classics as Alcoholism in America, published by McGraw Hill in 1966, and Spirits and Demons at Work: Alcohol and Other Drugs On the Job, which was first published by the ILR Press in 1972 (coauthored with Paul Roman). In addition, he was the author of numerous monographs, book chapters, and articles on the relationship between work and substance abuse. In 1984, for example, he received the Mark Keller Award from Rutgers University''s Center of Alcohol Studies for his outstanding article, "Work-Related Outcomes of the Constructive Confrontation Strategy in a Job Based Alcoholism Program" Journal of Studies on Alcohol.

Prior to his retirement from teaching in 1991, Professor Trice also played the pivotal role in securing an endowment to establish the R. Brinkley Smithers Institute for Alcohol-Related Workplace Studies at the ILR School. After his retirement, he kept up an active research program. He completed two books on organizational culture. In 1993, he published, The Cultures of Work Organizations, which he co-authored with Professor Janice Beyer, and Occupational Subcultures in the Workplace. Both books received great acclaim from reviewers.

In 1994, Professor Trice was the recipient of two awards which recognized his life time contributions to the field of alcohol and drug studies. He received the Distinguished Career Award from the American Sociological Association''s Drinking and Drugs Section and a second an award from New York State''s Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services for his many contributions to the area of employee assistance programs.

In honor of Professor Trice, the Smithers Institute has established The Harrison M. Trice Award For Best Undergraduate Papers On Alcohol And Other Drug Use And Abuse And Campus Life. For more information of the award, click here.