Lueck, August

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• Biography: History of Langlade County
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AUGUST A. LUECK. There is probably no more exacting vocation than that of the modern optometrist and pharmacist. A man of thorough training and ab- solute reliability, he must also be a master of several occupations beside his own, and to make a success of his enterprise must be capable, courteous in manner and ready to serve the long hours that the vocation demands. The most widely known optometrist and pharmacist in Langlade County is August A. Lueck, one of the leading figures in his vocation in the United States.
Mr. Lueck was born on August 12, 1875, at Tomah, Wisconsin, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Fred Lueck. As a boy he attended the public schools in Tomah and at fourteen years began working for the Thayer Drug Company, serving six and a half years. He later attended the Chicago School of Pharmacy, 1894- 96, graduating then. This school is a department of the University of Illinois. Following engagement for a half year by H. J. O'Connor, at Whitewater, Mr. Lueck, in December, 1898, took the state board exam- ination at Milwaukee, was successful and was then awarded full registered papers as a druggist. He lo- cated at Merrill, and until September, 1897, was em- ployed by F. H. Hillyer, when he then moved to An- tigo to manage Spencer's Drug Store, and after four- teen years, he purchased the entire business, since known as Lueck's Drug Store. In August, 1915, he was appointed a member of the Wisconsin Board of Examiners in Optometry, was re-appointed by Gov- ernor E. L. Phillip on July 28, 1920, his term expiring on August 9, 1925. He is a member of the Wisconsin Association of Optometrists, President of the State Board of Optometry for two years. President of the Wisconsin Association of Optometry and is a Director of the same. He has made addresses on Optometry and has conducted three dissecting clinics in Wiscon- sin. He has lectured frequently in and out of the state and his lectures are quoted by nation-wide optom- etry mediums.
Mr. Lueck married on September 3, 1903, to Hattie Delia Buffum, of Buffalo, N. Y., and they have two children, Irvin Buffum and Mildred Lucile.
During the World War he was a member of the Cit- izens' Training Camp and Sergeant of the Day upon return of the 107th Trench Mortar Battery, was a mem- ber of the old Commercial Club, being Chairman of its Rural Relations Committee, and is now a leading mem- ber of the Antigo Association of Commerce.