Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Lea McIlvaine Luquer
Tutor in Mineralogy, Columbia College
Centurion, 1899–1930
Proposed by
George S. Greene Jr. and John K. Rees
George S. Greene Jr. and John K. Rees
born
September 4, 1864
New York (Brooklyn), New York
New York (Brooklyn), New York
died
January 30, 1930
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
March 4, 1899
Age thirty-four
Age thirty-four
buried
Oakwood Cemetery,
Mount Kisco, New York
Mount Kisco, New York
Archivist’s Notes
Son of Lea Luquer; brother of Thatcher T. P. Luquer; elected before his father
Century Memorial
Lea McIlvaine Luquer graduated in 1887 from the School of Mines with the degree of civil engineer, and the following autumn was offered a position as assistant in the Department of Mineralogy under Professor Egleston, one of the noted professors of the day. He served in that department for thirty-seven years as assistant, tutor, adjunct professor and assistant professor, retiring in 1926 because of physical disability. In his college work he was well known for his work in lithology and crystallography, and published a text book on the subject.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1931 Century Association Yearbook
