Background
Luke, Douglas Sigler was born on October 1, 1941 in Middletown, New York, United States. Son of Douglas Sigler Luke and Joanne (Benton) Cowles.
Luke, Douglas Sigler was born on October 1, 1941 in Middletown, New York, United States. Son of Douglas Sigler Luke and Joanne (Benton) Cowles.
Student, Mexico City College, 1961; Bachelor Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, 1964; Master of Business Administration, The Darden School, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1966.
Member of staff chemical division, WestVaco Corporation, Covington, Virginia, 1966-1969;
director corporation planning, SCOA Industries, Columbus, Ohio., 1969-1971;
vice president finance Multicon Propagation division, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Columbus, 1971-1972;
general partner, Chief Executive Officer,, Personal Investments, Columbus, 1972-1979;
vice president, Rothschild, Inc. (formerly New Court Securities), New York City, 1979-1983;
senior vice president, Rothschild, Inc. (formerly New Court Securities), New York City, 1984-1987;
managing director, Rothschild, Inc.
(formerly New Court Securities), New York City, 1987-1990;
pres, Chief Executive Officer,, WLD Enterprises, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1991-1998. Board directors Westvaco Corporation, New York City, Regency realty corporation, Jacksonville, Florida, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Fraifax, Virginia. Member of advisory board National Outdoor Leadership School, since 1994.
Founding donor Adopt-a-Class, New York City, 1988;member space advisory board University Colorado, 1985-1989. Board directors conductors committee Columbus Symphony Orchestra, 1972-1975. Trustee The Columbus Academy, Gahanna, Ohio, 1973-1977, Girl Scouts United States, Piedmont Region, Roanoke, Virginia, 1967-1969, Adirondack Council, 2001-2006, Adirondack Nature Conservancy, Adirondack Land Trust, since 2004.
High technical committee working group New York City Partnership Inc., 1988-1990. Member Ausable Club (St. Huberts, New York ), Adirondack Mountain Reserve (St. Huberts, trustee 1985-1994, president 1988-1991, chairman 1991-1994), Virginia Club/Yale Club (New York City), The Brook(New York City 1972-2000), Mashomack Fish and Game Preserve (Pine Plains, New York ).
Married Anne Sturgis Roosevelt, June 20, 1964 (divorced September 1976). Married Sarah Chappell Mullen, March 23, 1991. Children: Haven Roosevelt, David Russell, Lindsay Hall.