Caroline Cagle Luck

Professor Emerita,

Mathematics & Computer Science

Dr. Caroline Cagle Luck was born in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, the daughter of Russell and Martha Woodell.  A fourth generation Ouachitonian, she graduated summa cum laude with B.A. and B.M. degrees in 1961.  She received a M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Illinois in 1963, and a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2003. After pursuing a professional career in the computer industry in the Washington, D.C., area, she joined the Ouachita faculty in 1986.  She served as the Academic Computer Center Manager and was responsible for installing the initial Internet access capability on the campus.  During the spring semesters of 1997 and 1998, she was an exchange professor from Ouachita to Peking University in Beijing, China.  Dr. Luck retired in 2004. She has two children, Cary Morrison and Clarke Cagle.