George Lucas Paddison (August 9, 1883 – October 17, 1954) was an American assistant professor, lawyer, and sales supervisor.
Afterwards Paddison taught as assistant professor of Chemistry at the University of Mississippi while he earned a degree in law.
[3] In 1914 Paddison took a position with West Publishing Company, where he would work for 32 years, retiring in 1946 as supervisor of sales.
Upon his death he established, by bequest, an endowment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Classics there.
The Paddison chair has been held by several luminaries in the field of Classical studies, including Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton, Robert J. Getty, Brooks Otis, George Alexander Kennedy, Jerzy Linderski, and William H. Race.