Alan Keith-Lucas (5 February 1910 – 5 August 1995),[1] known during the early part of his life as Alan Lucas, was a British-born social worker and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who worked primarily in the field of residential childcare.
Interested in the emerging profession of social work, not then studied at post-graduate level in Britain, Keith-Lucas moved to the United States.
[5] He often held controversial and challenging views in regards to childhood development and the structure of group homes.
[7] Though he retired from active teaching in 1975, Keith-Lucas was still heavily involved in social work.
He served on the board of the North American Association of Christian Social Workers, lectured, and consulted with residential child care agencies.