William Edward Spicer (September 7, 1929 – June 6, 2004) was an American engineering academic.
Spicer then worked for the Radio Corporation of America until 1962, when he joined the Stanford University faculty.
Spicer received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1978, the same year he was appointed Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Engineering.
Spicer was granted emeritus status in 1992, and continued research work until his death of heart failure in London on June 6, 2004.
[3] After his death the Best Student Paper Award of the U.S. Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials was named for Spicer.