Tutor in Mineralogy, Columbia College
Centurion, 1899–1930
Born 4 September 1864 in New York (Brooklyn), New York
Died 30 January 1930 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Oakwood Cemetery
, Mount Kisco, New York
Proposed by George S. Greene Jr. and John K. Rees
Elected 4 March 1899 at age thirty-four
Archivist’s Note: 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