{{Short description|American philanthropist}} {{Infobox person | name = Luck Flanders Gambrell | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Luck Coleman Flanders | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|01|17}} | birth_place = [[Swainsboro, Georgia]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|06|29|1930|01|17}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = {{marriage|[[David H. Gambrell]]|October 16, 1953|2015|end=d.}} | children = {{hlist|Luck Jr.|Henry|Alice|Mary}} | alma_mater = [[Duke University]] (1950) }} '''Luck Flanders Gambrell''' (January{{nbsp}}17, 1930 {{endash}} June{{nbsp}}29, 2015) was an American philanthropist.
Luck Coleman Flanders was born in [[Swainsboro]] on January{{nbsp}}17, 1930 to Mattie Moring Mitchell Flanders and William Henry Flanders.<ref name="gwa-gambrell"/><ref name="stage-coach-48">{{cite journal |editor1-last=Eppes |editor1-first=Helen |title=Seniors |journal=The Stage Coach |date=1948 |page=22 |publisher=St. Mary's School and Junior College}}</ref><ref name="uga-int">{{cite web |title=Interview with Luck C. Flanders Gambrell, March 30, 1971 |url=https://www.russelllibraryoralhistory.org/RBRL216RBROH/RBRL216RBROH-133 |website=UGA Special Collections Libraries Oral Histories |access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref>
Gambrell attended [[Duke University]] and graduated in 1950.<ref name="dh-obit">{{cite web |title=Luck Gambrell Obituary |url=https://www.durden-hudsonfuneraldirectors.com/obituary/Luck-Gambrell |website=Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors |access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref> She also studied briefly at the [[University of Tours]] and the [[University of Fribourg]].
On October{{nbsp}}16, 1953, she married attorney [[David H. Gambrell]],<ref name="bench-bar-56">{{cite book |last=Brown |first=A. D. |title=Bench and Bar of Georgia, 1955-1956 |date=1956 |location=Macon, Georgia |url=https://archive.org/details/benchbarofgeorgi00brow}}</ref> who briefly served as a US senator in the early 1970s. The couple moved to Atlanta, where she taught French at [[The Westminster Schools]]. Gambrell also was part of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and campaigned for her husband in his unsuccessful runs for [[1972 United States Senate elections in Georgia|reelection in 1972]] and [[1974 Georgia gubernatorial election|governor in 1974]].<ref name="gwa-gambrell"/>
Gambrell donated {{convert|190|acre|ha}} of land in 1971 to be used for [[East Georgia College]]. The college named the Luck Flanders Gambrell Center after her in 2001.<ref name="nge-egsc">{{cite web |last1=Derden |first1=John K. |title=East Georgia State College |url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/east-georgia-state-college/ |website=New Georgia Encyclopedia |access-date=2 June 2024 |date=March 29, 2017}}</ref>
Gambrell was the first woman appointed to the [[Georgia Board of Public Safety]] by Georgia governor [[George Busbee]]; she served from 1981 to 1990.
Gambrell died on June 29, 2015.
Gambrell was inducted into the [[Georgia Women of Achievement]] in 2023.<ref name="ecl-luck">{{cite news |title=Luck Flanders Gambrell named to Hall of Fame |url=https://emanuelcountylive.com/stories/luck-flanders-gambrell-named-to-hall-of-fame,46461 |access-date=2 June 2024 |work=Emanuel County Live}}</ref><ref name="gwa-gambrell">{{cite web |title=Luck Flanders Gambrell |url=https://www.georgiawomen.org/luck-flanders-gambrell |website=Georgia Women of Achievement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610001123/https://www.georgiawomen.org/luck-flanders-gambrell |archive-date=2023-06-10 |date=2023}}</ref>
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