1931 - Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Illinois School of Architecture

 

1950 - Received Law Degree from the University of Miami

 

1930's -  Draftsman in the Advertising Department of Colgate-Palmolive-Peat. Went on to become President of the company.

 

1935 - Sales Manager of the Pepsodent company.

 

1940 - President of Pepsodent

 

1946 - Lever Brothers buys Peopsodent and he becomes President of Lever Brothers.

 

1947 - Director of President Truman's Freedom Train Program to help feed

          starving Europeans after WWII.

          Honored with Britain's Order of St. John, France's Legion of Honor and

          Italy's Star of Solidarity.

 

          Designed Lever House, the company's new headquarters on Park Avenue

          in New York. It was one of the World's first steel and glass skyscrapers.

 

1950 - Founded Luckman Associates

 

1958 - Firm reorganized as Charles Luckman Associates Company. His firm

          desined buildings such as:  CBS's Television City - California

                                                   Edwards AFB - California

                                                   Cape Canaveral - Florida

                                                   Manned Space Center - Houston

                                                   The Forum - Los Angeles

                                                   The Convention Center - Los Angeles

                                                   Broadway (now Macy's Plaza) - Los Angeles

                                                   L.A. International Airport

                                                   Standard Station - Los Angeles

                                                   Arco Center Towers - Long Beach, California

                                                   Civic Center - Inglewood, California

                                                   Phoenix Civic Center

 

1994 - Donated 2.1 million dollars to help build and dedicate the

          Charles and Harriet Luckman Fine Arts Complex at

          California State University in East Los Angeles.

                                                  

He was a member of the following:  President's Council on Physical Fitness

                                                   Chairman of the Board for the Brain

                                                           Research Institute at U.C.L.A.

                                                   President of the Los Angeles Ballet

 

His son, Stephen, married Sandra Burns, the adopted daughter of

George Burns and Gracie Allen.