Drs. George & Sue Luckey

Longtime faculty who’ve made a lasting impact beyond the classroom

Drs. George and Sue Luckey were fixtures at MSU for decades. Dr. George “Mac” Luckey joined MSU’s philosophy faculty in 1961, while Dr. Sue Y. Luckey signed on with the business faculty in 1963. Their work, however, was never limited to just the classroom.

Mac served as faculty advisor to the Open Forum Club, Blue Key Honors Society and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a professional music fraternity. He served on several departmental, college and university committees and in 1990, he was named director of MSU’s Center for Critical Thinking and the Academic Honors Program. In 1991, he was awarded MSU’s Distinguished Teaching Award. He was revered and beloved on campus, and continued to be so after his retirement in 2003 after 42 years at MSU. That same year, he was awarded Professor Emeritus status and the honors program was named after him – the George M. Luckey Academic Honors Program.

Sue was equally as involved on campus, serving as faculty advisor for the Cardinal Key Honor Society and Lakota Sorority. She also acted as secretary for faculty meetings and served on numerous committees. Her career at MSU evolved into such roles as the director of the Master of Business Education and Chair of the Department of Information Sciences. Sue also worked to establish MSU’s Retirees Association, an organization that keeps retirees connected to MSU and was touted as a national model by the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education.

In 2008, both were awarded the honorary titles of Doctor of Public Service, in recognition of their long and devoted careers at Morehead State.

Mac passed away in September 2020 at the age of 85. In addition to their volunteer efforts, the Luckeys were longtime donors to MSU, so upon Mac’s passing, Sue made plans to honor their love of the blue and gold through two special scholarships she established.

The Dr. George M. Luckey Honors Student Enrichment Endowment is awarded to students within the honors program to support enrichment activities such as highimpact internships, travel abroad experiences, fellowships and more. The Dr. Sue Y. Luckey Scholarship for Business provides scholarship support to students studying within the College of Business, with preference given to students from Rowan County.

These special funds are part of a new chapter in the Luckeys’ long history of support to MSU ensure their legacy and contributions to MSU will live on in perpetuity for generations.