A memorial service for Herbert L. “Bill” Lucas – longtime Los Angeles business leader and patron of the arts who died last December at age 98 – has been set for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20, at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 1031 Bienvenida, Pacific Palisades. A previously scheduled service could not be held due to the Jan. 7 wildfire.
Lucas is predeceased by his wife, Canon Ann Stuart Lucas, a diocesan leader who served for many years as president of the board of the Neighborhood Youth Association. Survivors include their daughter, Eleanor Berby; three sons, William, Stewart, and John; and their families, as well as many friends.
Bill Lucas was from 1972 to 1981 president of Carnation International in Los Angeles and a member of the board of directors of the Carnation Company. From 1982 until his death, Lucas managed his family investment business. He has served on the boards of various financial and business institutions including Wellington Trust Company, Arctic Alaska Fisheries Inc., Nutraceutix, and Sunworld International Airways Inc.
He also served as a trustee of The J. Paul Getty Trust, the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Research and Development. He was formerly a member of the board of trustees of Princeton University.
Lucas earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 1950 from Princeton University and an MBA degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration in 1952.