Edward C. Luck ’70
is Senior Vice President
and Director of Studies of the International Peace Institute, an independent,
international institution dedicated to promoting the prevention and settlement
of armed conflicts between and within states through policy research and
development.In February 2008, UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Professor Luck Special
Adviser and Assistant Secretary-General.He
is currently on public service leave as Professor of Practice in International
and Public Affairs of the School of International and Public Affairs, ColumbiaUniversity,
where he remains Director of the Center on International Organization. Before
coming to Columbia
in 2001, he was Founder and Executive Director of the Center for the Study of
International Organization. From 1995 to 1997, he served as a Senior Consultant
to the Department of Administration and Management of the United Nations, and as
Staff Director of the General Assembly’s Open-ended High-level Working Group on
the Strengthening of the United Nations System. From 1984 to 1994, Dr. Luck
served as President and CEO of the United Nations Association of the USA. He holds a B.A.
from DartmouthCollege
with High Distinction in International Relations and a series of graduate
degrees from ColumbiaUniversity, including an M.I.A. from the School of International Affairs, the Certificate
of the Russian Institute, and M.A., M.Ph., and Ph.D. degrees in Political
Science from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
