George Henry Luck was born in Edmonton in 1929 and obtained his senior matriculation through Edmonton Public Schools. He earned a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Alberta in 1951 and a M.Sc. in Soil Mechanics in 1953. After working for several years in Alberta, Mr. Luck travelled to Montreal to work for the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority. He returned to Edmonton as an Associate Planner with the Edmonton Regional Planning Commission, and, after a four-year association with a local consulting engineering firm, he opened his own consulting practice.

In 1966, George Luck joined Edmonton Public Schools as Director of Planning, and later became the Assistant Superintendent of School Facilities, a position he held until 1980. In 1983 he was elected to the Edmonton Public School Board. He remained on the board for nine years, serving as Chairman and Vice-Chairman. Mr. Luck was also a member of the City of Edmonton Names Advisory Committee, chairman of the Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan, and an executive member of the Alberta School Boards' Association.

An active member of the community, George Luck served as umpire for little league baseball, was chairman of the Edmonton branch of the Community Planning Association of Canada, and was a steward of St. Paul's Church in Edmonton and Riverview United Church in Calgary. In 1964 he became a member of the Town Planning Institute of Canada and in 1989 was honoured with a life membership in the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists.

Edmonton Public Schools is proud to have been associated with Mr. George H. Luck, and honoured to name a school in recognition of a man who demonstrated the skills knowledge, and attitudes that are inherent to lifelong learning.

Thank you to Mr. Luck's family, Ms. Linda Chalifoux, and to Ms. Holly Miller (for last revision): 07/2001

George H. Luck School