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David Henry Lucas was born May 25, 1947 in Greensboro, N.C., and grew up in the small farming town of Bishopville, S.C. In the fall of 1965, Mr. Lucas attended the University of South Carolina on a football scholarship. He majored in International Studies and received a B.A. degree in January 1970. At U.S.C., Mr. Lucas earned 3 football letters and was voted honorable mention all A.C.C. He represented the Department of International Studies at the prestigious S.C.U.S.A. conference at West Point Military Academy in 1969.

After a short period in the United States Marine Corp, he was given a medical discharge and returned to Columbia, South Carolina to pursue a career in business. His business career began at Home Federal Savings and Loan as an David Henry Lucas was born May 25, 1947 in Greensboro, N.C., and grew up in the small farming town of Bishopville, S.C. In the fall of 1965, Mr. Lucas attended the University of South Carolina on a football scholarship. He majored in International Studies and received a B.A. degree in January 1970. At U.S.C., Mr. Lucas earned 3 football letters and was voted honorable mention all A.C.C. He represented the Department of International Studies at the prestigious S.C.U.S.A. conference at West Point Military Academy in 1969.

After a short period in the United States Marine Corp, he was given a medical discharge and returned to Columbia, South Carolina to pursue a career in business. His business career began at Home Federal Savings and Loan as an appraiser and one year later became the youngest loan officer/branch manager in the state. In 1974 Mr. Lucas formed his own real estate brokerage firm, also located in Columbia, South Carolina and added a residential homebuilding company to his businesses in 1975.

In 1979 he moved to the Isle of Palms, S.C., becoming the contractor for the Isle of Palms Beach and Racquet Club; a 2500 unit planned urban development of 2200 acres with over 2.5 miles of beachfront near Charleston, South Carolina. As the primary “in house” contractor, Mr. Lucas developed and built over 100 million dollars worth of residential projects.

In 1984, Mr. Lucas formed a partnership that purchased the resort renamed Wild Dunes. Under Lucas’s direction, the Wild Dunes Resort became the fourteenth largest privately held business in South Carolina with sales of over $100 million annually with total sales within the resort reaching over 300 million dollars during his association with the resort. Wild Dunes remains a highly successful beachfront destination resort with “WORLD CLASS” golf and tennis facilities.

In 1986, Mr. Lucas sold his partnership interest in Wild Dunes Associates and began pursuing other development opportunities. These more recent projects (80’s and 90’s) include: land planning and successful rezoning of a 1500 acre development known as Belle Hall, two successful apartment projects located in Columbia, SC (500 total units), two third generation Travel Plazas (Flying J’s), a card-lock retail petroleum business, a 1000 acre timber farm, an international residential development company operating in Poland and Mexico, a breeding program of Egyptian Arabian horses for the international and national markets and a profitable investment in the cellular telephone lottery.

He successfully pursued a private property rights lawsuit to the United States Supreme Court, Lucas vs. South Carolina Coastal Council. He has written a book about that experience, entitled “Lucas vs. The Green Machine“. In 1991, he established and was Chairman of the National Council on Property Rights; a Washington, D.C. based organization formed to promote the protection of private property from unconstitutional takings. Since 1991 he has been a speaker and consultant for numerous individuals and organizations in the property rights arena. A short list of the groups that he has worked with are: The Heritage foundation, The Cato Institute, The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, The Sierra Club, The National Association of Home Builders, The Florida Legislature, The South Carolina Legislature, The Institute for Justice, The Southeastern Legal Foundation, The Federalist Society, The Jefferson Society, McGeorge Law School, The Foundation for Economic Freedom, The National Cattleman’s Association, The United States Claims Court and others too numerous to mention. In 2003 Mr. Lucas was certified by the SC Bar Association, The SC realtors, and the SC Homebuilders to teach continuing education classes for their members. Mr. Lucas has testified twice before the US Congress and once before the US Senate on national property rights issues.

In 1996 Mr. Lucas and Raymon Finch, Jr. founded Emerald Dunes Entertainment, a movie production comp ...more

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	The Rice Kings, Book One: The Beginning 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Championship: The story of the 1969 University of South Carolina football team really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Rice Kings: Book Three: The Lowcountry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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