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| caption = Johnson at the [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum]] in Austin, Texas in November 2012
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| birth_name = Lucy Baines Johnson
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|parents=[[Lyndon Baines Johnson]]<br>[[Lady Bird Johnson]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|7|2}}
|spouse=Patrick John Nugent (1966–1979)<br>Ian J. Turpin (1984–present)
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| birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
|children=Patrick Lyndon Nugent<br>Nicole Marie Nugent<br>Rebekah Johnson Nugent<br>Claudia Taylor Nugent
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|relatives=[[Lynda Johnson Robb]] (sister)<br>[[Charles S. Robb]] (brother-in-law)<br>[[Sam Houston Johnson]] (uncle)<br>[[Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr.]] (grandfather)
| education = National Cathedral School for Girls
| alma_mater = [[Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies]]<br>[[St. Edward's University]]
| occupation = Businesswoman, philanthropist
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'''Luci Baines Johnson''' (born July 2, 1947) is the younger daughter of U.S. President [[Lyndon Johnson]] and his wife, the former Claudia Alta Taylor (known as [[Lady Bird Johnson]]). Her name was originally spelled "Lucy"; she informally changed the spelling in her teens. As her parents both had the initials LBJ, they named their two daughters to have these initials also.


'''Luci Baines Johnson''' (born July 2, 1947) is an American businesswoman and [[philanthropist]]. She is the younger daughter of U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and his wife, former [[First Lady]] [[Lady Bird Johnson]].
She was sixteen when U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] was assassinated and her father succeeded him. She heard of the assassination while she was in Spanish class and a girl came in and shouted it.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu7ZC94MCho| title=Luci Baines Johnson Interview: Nov. 22, 1963 and the Transition| date=November 22, 2013}}</ref>


==Early years==
Although her father was a member of the Christian Church [[Disciples of Christ]], her mother was an [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]], and she and her older sister, [[Lynda Bird]], were raised as Episcopalians. Luci converted to [[Roman Catholicism]] at the age of eighteen, when she requested and received [[conditional baptism]].<ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E15FB3B54177A93C1A9178CD85F418685F9 Luci Johnson, 18, Becomes Catholic], New York Times</ref> Since Luci had been baptized with water and in the name of the Trinity when five months old by an Episcopal priest in Austin, Texas, her rebaptism caused protests from leading figures in the Episcopal Church, reaching the front pages. Roman Catholic teaching does not require converts who are already baptized to receive baptism a second time.<ref name=Time/>
Born in [[Washington, D.C.]], Johnson has an older sister [[Lynda Bird Johnson Robb|Lynda Bird]]. Johnson's first name was originally spelled "Lucy"; she informally changed the spelling in her teens. As her parents both had the initials LBJ, they named their two daughters to have these initials also.<ref name="russell1">{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/luci-sky|title=Luci in the Sky|last=Jarboe Russell|first=Jan|date=March 1998|publisher=texasmonthly.com|page=1|accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref> Although her father was a member of the Christian Church [[Disciples of Christ]], her mother was an [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]], and she and her older sister, [[Lynda Bird]], were raised as Episcopalians. Johnson converted to [[Roman Catholicism]] at the age of eighteen, when she requested and received [[conditional baptism]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C04E4DA1030E23ABC4B53DFB166838E679EDE|title=Luci Johnson, 18, Turns, Catholic; Luci Johnson, 18, Becomes Catholic|last=Semple|first=Robert B., Jr.|date=July 3, 1965|work=The New York Times|page=1}}</ref> Johnson had been baptized with water and in the name of the [[Trinity]] at five months old by an Episcopal priest in Austin, Texas. Her rebaptism caused protests from leading figures in the Episcopal Church, which made headlines, as the Roman Catholic teaching does not require converts who are already baptized to receive baptism a second time.<ref name=Time/>


She was sixteen when President [[John F. Kennedy]] was [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassinated in Dallas]] on November 22, 1963. Johnson heard of the assassination while attending a Spanish class at the National Cathedral School for Girls. She was unaware if her father had been injured as well but realized he had been sworn in sworn in as the 36th President of the United States when [[Secret Service]] agents showed up on her her school campus a few hours later.<ref name="russell1"/> She later attended [[Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies]] but dropped out in 1966 as the school prohibited married students (Johnson married her first husband in August 1966).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/luci-sky/page/0/1|title=Luci in the Sky|last=Jarboe Russell|first=Jan|date=March 1998|publisher=texasmonthly.com|page=2|accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
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At the age of nineteen, Luci Baines Johnson married Patrick John Nugent (born July 9, 1943) in a high-profile wedding at the [[Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], on August 6, 1966.<ref>[http://www.whitehousehistory.org/04/subs_pph/PresidentDetail.aspx?ID=36&imageID=2108 Johnson and Nugent's wedding at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception ]{{dead link|date=October 2013}} {{dead link|date=October 2013}}</ref> They had four children: Patrick Lyndon Nugent (1967), now a lawyer and a pilot in [[San Antonio]], Nicole Marie Nugent (1970), Rebekah Johnson Nugent (1974) and Claudia Taylor Nugent (1976). The Nugents later divorced, and the marriage was [[annulled]] by the Catholic Church in August 1979.<ref>[http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=24692 Lady Bird Johnson, former first lady, dies at 94, Catholic priest at her bedside - Catholic Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="query.nytimes.com">{{cite news| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E5D71238F934A3575AC0A965948260 | work=The New York Times | title=Luci Johnson Plans Marriage to Banker | date=September 7, 1983 | accessdate=May 11, 2010}}</ref>


==Career==
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On March 3, 1984, at the [[LBJ Ranch]] near [[Austin, Texas]], she married Ian J. Turpin (born 1944), a Scottish-born [[Canadian]] [[financier]]; he is now president of LBJ Asset Management Partners. Through that marriage, she has a stepson.<ref name="query.nytimes.com"/>
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Since 1993, Johnson has been the Chairman of the Board and manager of LBJ Asset Management Partners, a family office, as well as Chairman of the Board of [[BusinesSuites]], a national operator of executive suites, which she co-founded with her husband in 1989. She received a BLS in Communication from [[St. Edward's University]] in 1997.<ref name="russell1"/>


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She is on the Board of Directors of the LBJ Foundation and has served on multiple civic boards, raising funds for [[The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center]] and the [[American Heart Association]], acting as [[trustee]] of [[Boston University]], and as a member of the advisory board of the Center for Battered Women.<ref name=Time>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,834006,00.html Baptism of Fire], Time, July 16, 1965</ref>
She received a BLS in Communication from [[St. Edward's University]] in 1997.


==Personal life==
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Today, Luci is Chairman of the Board and manager of LBJ Asset Management Partners, a family office, as well as Chairman of the Board of [[BusinesSuites]], a national operator of executive suites, which she co-founded with her husband in 1989.
===Marriages and children===
On August 6, 1966, Johnson married [[Air National Guard|Air National Guardsman]] Patrick "Pat" Nugent in front of 700 guests at the [[Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception]] in Washington, D.C.. The wedding was broadcast on television (drawing 55 million viewers) and was featured on the August 19, 1966 cover of ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realsimple.com/weddings/dress-attire/celebrity-wedding-dresses-0/lucy-baines-johnson|title=Memorable Celebrity Wedding Dresses|last=Fritz|first=Maura|publisher=realsimple.com|accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|date=August 19, 1966|title=The Splendor of Luci's Wedding|journal=Life|publisher=Time Inc.|volume=61|issue=8|pages=21–27|issn=0024-3019|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlUEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=luci+johnson+wedding+life+magazine&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TLipVPHvDoqmNq6hhLAG&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref>


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They had four children: Patrick Lyndon (born 1967), now a lawyer and a pilot in [[San Antonio]], Nicole Marie (born 1970), Rebekah Johnson (born 1974) and Claudia Taylor Nugent (1976). The couple later divorced, and the marriage was [[annulled]] by the Catholic Church in August 1979.<ref>[http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=24692 Lady Bird Johnson, former first lady, dies at 94, Catholic priest at her bedside - Catholic Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="query.nytimes.com">{{cite news| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E5D71238F934A3575AC0A965948260 | work=The New York Times | title=Luci Johnson Plans Marriage to Banker | date=September 7, 1983 | accessdate=May 11, 2010}}</ref>
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She is on the Board of Directors of the LBJ Foundation and has served on multiple civic boards, raising funds for [[The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center]] and the [[American Heart Association]], acting as [[trustee]] of [[Boston University]], and as a member of the advisory board of the Center for Battered Women.<ref name=Time>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,834006,00.html Baptism of Fire], Time, July 16, 1965</ref>


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On March 3, 1984, she married Ian J. Turpin (born 1944), a Scottish-born [[Canadian]] [[financier]]; he is now president of LBJ Asset Management Partners at [[LBJ Ranch]]. Through that marriage, she has a stepson.<ref name="query.nytimes.com"/>

===Health issues===
In April 2010 she was diagnosed with [[Guillain–Barré syndrome]], also known as Landry's paralysis, an [[autoimmune]] disorder affecting the [[peripheral nervous system]], and was flown to the [[Mayo Clinic]] in Rochester, Minnesota, to begin treatment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/outandabout/entries/2010/04/17/luci_baines_joh.html|title=Luci Baines Johnson hospitalized with nervous system disorder | work=austin360.com | date= April 17, 2010 }}</ref> Johnson returned to Austin in May 2010. Her doctor called her case "less severe than usual," and she experienced a full recovery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statesman.com/opinion/luci-baines-johnsons-recovery-is-good-news-for-672716.html |title=Luci Baines Johnson's recovery is good news for family, Central Texans | work=Austin American-Statesman | date= May 5, 2010 }}</ref>
In April 2010 she was diagnosed with [[Guillain–Barré syndrome]], also known as Landry's paralysis, an [[autoimmune]] disorder affecting the [[peripheral nervous system]], and was flown to the [[Mayo Clinic]] in Rochester, Minnesota, to begin treatment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/outandabout/entries/2010/04/17/luci_baines_joh.html|title=Luci Baines Johnson hospitalized with nervous system disorder | work=austin360.com | date= April 17, 2010 }}</ref> Johnson returned to Austin in May 2010. Her doctor called her case "less severe than usual," and she experienced a full recovery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statesman.com/opinion/luci-baines-johnsons-recovery-is-good-news-for-672716.html |title=Luci Baines Johnson's recovery is good news for family, Central Texans | work=Austin American-Statesman | date= May 5, 2010 }}</ref>


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Revision as of 22:15, 4 January 2015

Luci Baines Johnson
Johnson at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas in November 2012
Born
Lucy Baines Johnson

(1947-07-02) July 2, 1947 (age 77)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationNational Cathedral School for Girls
Alma materGeorgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies
St. Edward's University
Occupation(s)Businesswoman, philanthropist
Spouse(s)
Patrick Nugent
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(m. 1966; div. 1979)​

Ian J. Turpin
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(m. 1984)​
Children4
Parent(s)Lyndon B. Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson
Relatives

Luci Baines Johnson (born July 2, 1947) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the younger daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson.

Early years

Born in Washington, D.C., Johnson has an older sister Lynda Bird. Johnson's first name was originally spelled "Lucy"; she informally changed the spelling in her teens. As her parents both had the initials LBJ, they named their two daughters to have these initials also.[1] Although her father was a member of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ, her mother was an Episcopalian, and she and her older sister, Lynda Bird, were raised as Episcopalians. Johnson converted to Roman Catholicism at the age of eighteen, when she requested and received conditional baptism.[2] Johnson had been baptized with water and in the name of the Trinity at five months old by an Episcopal priest in Austin, Texas. Her rebaptism caused protests from leading figures in the Episcopal Church, which made headlines, as the Roman Catholic teaching does not require converts who are already baptized to receive baptism a second time.[3]

She was sixteen when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Johnson heard of the assassination while attending a Spanish class at the National Cathedral School for Girls. She was unaware if her father had been injured as well but realized he had been sworn in sworn in as the 36th President of the United States when Secret Service agents showed up on her her school campus a few hours later.[1] She later attended Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies but dropped out in 1966 as the school prohibited married students (Johnson married her first husband in August 1966).[4]

Career

Since 1993, Johnson has been the Chairman of the Board and manager of LBJ Asset Management Partners, a family office, as well as Chairman of the Board of BusinesSuites, a national operator of executive suites, which she co-founded with her husband in 1989. She received a BLS in Communication from St. Edward's University in 1997.[1]

She is on the Board of Directors of the LBJ Foundation and has served on multiple civic boards, raising funds for The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the American Heart Association, acting as trustee of Boston University, and as a member of the advisory board of the Center for Battered Women.[3]

Personal life

Marriages and children

On August 6, 1966, Johnson married Air National Guardsman Patrick "Pat" Nugent in front of 700 guests at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.. The wedding was broadcast on television (drawing 55 million viewers) and was featured on the August 19, 1966 cover of Life magazine.[5][6]

They had four children: Patrick Lyndon (born 1967), now a lawyer and a pilot in San Antonio, Nicole Marie (born 1970), Rebekah Johnson (born 1974) and Claudia Taylor Nugent (1976). The couple later divorced, and the marriage was annulled by the Catholic Church in August 1979.[7][8]

On March 3, 1984, she married Ian J. Turpin (born 1944), a Scottish-born Canadian financier; he is now president of LBJ Asset Management Partners at LBJ Ranch. Through that marriage, she has a stepson.[8]

Health issues

In April 2010 she was diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome, also known as Landry's paralysis, an autoimmune disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system, and was flown to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to begin treatment.[9] Johnson returned to Austin in May 2010. Her doctor called her case "less severe than usual," and she experienced a full recovery.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jarboe Russell, Jan (March 1998). "Luci in the Sky". texasmonthly.com. p. 1. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  2. ^ Semple, Robert B., Jr. (July 3, 1965). "Luci Johnson, 18, Turns, Catholic; Luci Johnson, 18, Becomes Catholic". The New York Times. p. 1.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b Baptism of Fire, Time, July 16, 1965
  4. ^ Jarboe Russell, Jan (March 1998). "Luci in the Sky". texasmonthly.com. p. 2. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  5. ^ Fritz, Maura. "Memorable Celebrity Wedding Dresses". realsimple.com. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  6. ^ "The Splendor of Luci's Wedding". Life. 61 (8). Time Inc.: 21–27 August 19, 1966. ISSN 0024-3019.
  7. ^ Lady Bird Johnson, former first lady, dies at 94, Catholic priest at her bedside - Catholic Online
  8. ^ a b "Luci Johnson Plans Marriage to Banker". The New York Times. September 7, 1983. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
  9. ^ "Luci Baines Johnson hospitalized with nervous system disorder". austin360.com. April 17, 2010.
  10. ^ "Luci Baines Johnson's recovery is good news for family, Central Texans". Austin American-Statesman. May 5, 2010.

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