Luck Flanders Gambrell
Luck Flanders Gambrell (born Luck Coleman Flanders; January 17, 1930 – June 29, 2015) was an American philanthropist from Georgia.
She was born in Swainsboro, Georgia, to Mattie Moring Mitchell Flanders and William Henry Flanders. She studied at Duke University, graduating in 1950, and also studied briefly at the University of Tours and the University of Fribourg.
On October 16, 1953, she married attorney David H. Gambrell, who later served as a U.S. senator in the early 1970s. The couple moved to Atlanta, where she taught French at The Westminster Schools and worked with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. She campaigned for her husband during his political races in 1972 and 1974.
In 1971, Gambrell donated 190 acres of land for East Georgia College, which later named the Luck Flanders Gambrell Center in 2001. She was the first woman appointed to the Georgia Board of Public Safety, serving from 1981 to 1990, appointed by Governor George Busbee. She passed away on June 29, 2015, at age 85. In 2023, she was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement. She had four children: Luck Jr., Henry, Alice, and Mary.
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