Lambuth Clarke ‘44, RMC Vice President of Development, visited his high school to speak to students about Randolph-Macon College, particularly the scholarship opportunities offered to students. This event changed the course of Boyce’s life. He applied and was accepted at RMC majoring in history. Even with scholarships, Boyce had to work hard to afford tuition, room and board. He worked every summer in Lynchburg in addition to a job in the cafeteria during the school year and as a student grader for some of the professors. He still found time to be a member of the College’s baseball team and treasures the life lessons he learned from Coach Hugh Stephens ‘41. He considers all of the hard work worth the effort and loved his time at RMC. Following graduation, Boyce attended law school at the University of Virginia but quickly decided that was not the career path he wanted to pursue. After completing Army Officer Candidate School, he served in Vietnam in 1969-1970 as an intelligence advisor and liaison to the Vietnamese earning the bronze star. 

While in the military Boyce discovered he had an interest in finance; so after his military service he worked as a trust examiner for The Comptroller of the Currency, a division of the U.S. Treasury, for three years before returning to Lynchburg when he was offered a position as Investment Officer in the Trust Department of Fidelity American Bank. While in Lynchburg, he also earned his MBA at Lynchburg College. Following a merger with Central National, he moved to Richmond in 1984 and then in 1987 joined Capitoline Investment Services, a subsidiary of Crestar Bank (later Trusco Capital Management /SunTrust Bank) as Senior Vice President and Manager of Fixed Income, where he spent another twenty years successfully managing major endowment, foundation, and retirement funds before retiring in 2007. Today, Boyce still remains active managing funds for a select number of high net individuals for his own firm BGR Advisors.

Boyce feels that it is important to give back to RMC in return for the wonderful liberal arts education that laid the foundation for his career in finance and investments, and he decided there was no better time than during his 50th Reunion year. He made a “blended gift,” meaning he donated from his IRA to establish the Boyce and Mary Reid Endowed Book Fund, contributed to the new Science Center, committed to a 5-year pledge, and also informed the College of his intention to leave a bequest to RMC in his will. Boyce said he is very proud of his degree from RMC and is impressed and excited about the course in which the College is moving to significantly increase campus facilities, build endowment funds, expand the student body, and move Randolph-Macon to an even higher level of excellence. Boyce was motivated to give back to RMC in gratitude for the scholarships he received, the education he acquired, the friendships he made and his experiences on the ball field. His successes are many but he will say, without a doubt, he is proudest of the life and family he and his wife Mary Jo have shared during their 50 years of marriage, his two children and 5 grandchildren. Boyce says what matters most to him now is being a good grandfather. Boyce is also a loyal alumnus who is helping to plan for the future of Randolph-Macon College.