Lukas, Mary, 1928-....

Mary Lukas was born in 1928, the daughter of Alex J. and Margaret (McGuire) Lukas. She received the B.A. degree from the College of New Rochelle and subsequently did graduate work at the Catholic University of America and Rutgers University. Ms. Lukas has worked as entertainment editor for Look magazine. theater critic for the magazine Show, and researcher and reporter for Time magazine. With her sister Ellen she was awarded the 1977 Religious Media Today Prize for their biography of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

Ellen Lukas was born in 1933, the daughter of Alex J. and Margaret (McGuire) Lukas. Ms. Lukas received the B.A. degree from the College of New Rochelle and also studied at Pennsylvania State and Fordham universities. She has worked as United Nations correspondent for Newsweek magazine, staff writer for Harper's, United Nations bureau chief for the Hearst Newspapers, and writer and press analyst on the staff of the UN Secretary-General. With her sister Mary she was awarded the 1977 Religious Media Today Prize for their biography of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.