Gardiner Luttrell Tucker

Background

Tucker, Gardiner Luttrell was born on June 9, 1925 in New York City. Son of Ernest Eckford and Katherine May (Luttrell) Tucker.

Education

Bachelor of Arts with honors and special distinction in Mathematics and Physics, Columbia University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Columbia University, 1953.

Career

Director research, International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1963-1967; deputy director research and engineering, unites states department Defense, Washington, 1967-1969; principal department director research and engineering, unites states department Defense, Washington, 1969-1970; assistant secretary defense systems analysis, unites states department Defense, Washington, 1970-1973; assistant secretary general defense support, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels, 1973-1976; vice president science and technical, International Paper Company. New York City, 1976-1985.

Achievements

• Gardiner Luttrell Tucker has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, paper company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Schola Cantorum of New York, 1985-1991. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Helen Caldwell Harwell, July 24, 1954. Children: Patricia Leigh Tucker Stroh, Gardiner Luttrell, James Busbee.

Father:

Ernest Eckford Tucker

Mother:

Katherine May (Luttrell) Tucker

Spouse:

Helen Caldwell Harwell

child:

Patricia Leigh Tucker Stroh Tucker

child:

James Busbee Tucker

child:

Gardiner Luttrell Tucker