“L” is for Lunz, George Robert, Jr. (1909-1969)

“L” is for Lunz, George Robert, Jr. (1909-1969). Museum curator, marine biologist. Born in Charleston, Luntz graduated from the College of Charleston and in 1933 joined the staff of the Charleston Museum. He worked primarily on invertebrates and published papers, mainly on crustaceans. In 1945 the museum's board of trustees agreed to develop a laboratory for research on the cultivation of oysters, with Lunz serving as director. The facility, eventually named Bears Bluff Laboratories, was located on Wadmalaw Island. Lunz and his staff contributed significantly to the understanding of the estuarine and marine environments of the state. Among the activities at Bears Bluff were pond culture of oysters and shrimp and fisheries management. From 1959 until his death, George Robert Lunz, Jr. was Director of the Division of Commercial Fsheries of the South Carolina Wildlife Resources Department.