 Following his success with NCSSM, Mace was asked, in 1983, to advise in the founding of a similar school, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois, serving 1986–1987 as interim director.In 1991, Mace again came out of retirement to advise on the establishment of the School of Filmmaking at the North Carolina School of the Arts.Mace was married to Grace Breslin Wingerter who died in 2001.