George Griggs Luce, retired president and co-founder of Luce, Schwab & Kase, of Fairfield, N.J., passed away Feb. 9, 2012, at the age of 91.
Luce, a native of Illinois, obtained a degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois in 1942. He was first employed by General Electric Co., where he received his early air conditioning experience. After a stint with a Washington, D.C., refrigeration contractor, he relocated to New Jersey to serve as a sales engineer for Dunham-Bush Inc.