Luci Baines Johnson

{{short description|American businesswoman, philanthropist, and daughter of President Johnson (born 1947)}}

{{redirect-distinguish|Luci Johnson|Lucy Johnson|Lucie Johnson Scruggs}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Luci Baines Johnson

| image = Luci Baines Johnson 2023.jpg

| caption = Johnson in 2023

| birth_name = Lucy Baines Johnson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|7|2}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|Georgetown University|St. Edward's University (BA)}}

| occupation = Businesswoman, philanthropist

| party = Democratic

| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Patrick John Nugent
|1966|1979|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Ian J. Turpin
|1984}}}}

| children = 4

| parents = {{unbulleted list|Lyndon B. Johnson|Lady Bird Johnson}}

}}

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 changed the spelling in her teens as a rebellion against her parents. As her parents both had the initials LBJ, they named their two daughters to have these initials also.{{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|access-date=January 4, 2015|archive-date=January 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105005515/http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/luci-sky|url-status=live}} Although her father was a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), her mother converted to the Episcopal Church, and she and her older sister, Lynda Bird, were raised Episcopalian. Johnson converted to Roman Catholicism at the age of 18, when she requested and received conditional baptism.{{cite news|url=https://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|access-date=February 10, 2017|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306090225/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C04E4DA1030E23ABC4B53DFB166838E679EDE|url-status=live}} 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 Episcopalian leaders, which made headlines as Roman Catholic teaching does not require a second baptism of converts Christians baptized using the Trinitarian formula and water.

She was 16 years old 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. She was unaware whether her father had been injured as well but realized he had been sworn in as the 36th President of the United States when Secret Service agents showed up on her school campus a few hours later. 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).{{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|access-date=January 4, 2015|archive-date=January 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105011719/http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/luci-sky/page/0/1|url-status=live}} In 1966, she learned to cook from Zephyr Wright, the White House chef for the Johnson family.{{Cite web|others=Harrison County Historical Commission|title=Zephyr Wright, White House Cook and President LBJ's Conscience|url=https://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/zephyr-wright-white-house-cook-and-president-lbj-s-conscience/article_beafdeae-325a-11e9-bf66-63ba00409663.html|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Marshall News Messenger|date=February 16, 2019 |language=en}}

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.

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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930075952/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,834006,00.html Baptism of Fire], Time, July 16, 1965

Personal life

=Marriages and children=

File:Luci Baines Johnson 13890-057.jpg movie premiere at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2016]]

On August 6, 1966, Johnson married Air National Guardsman Patrick John Nugent (b. 1943) in front of 700 guests at 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.{{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|access-date=January 4, 2015|archive-date=January 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105012901/http://www.realsimple.com/weddings/dress-attire/celebrity-wedding-dresses-0/lucy-baines-johnson|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|date=August 19, 1966|title=The Splendor of Luci's Wedding|magazine=Life|volume=61|issue=8|pages=21–27|issn=0024-3019|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlUEAAAAMBAJ&q=luci+johnson+wedding+life+magazine|access-date=November 30, 2020|archive-date=July 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722172948/https://books.google.com/books?id=qlUEAAAAMBAJ&q=luci+johnson+wedding+life+magazine|url-status=live}}

The couple later divorced, and the marriage was annulled by the Catholic Church in August 1979.[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] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716004334/http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=24692 |date=July 16, 2007 }}{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E5D71238F934A3575AC0A965948260 | work=The New York Times | title=Luci Johnson Plans Marriage to Banker | date=September 7, 1983 | access-date=May 11, 2010 | archive-date=January 30, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130130248/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E5D71238F934A3575AC0A965948260 | url-status=live }}

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

=Health issues=

In April 2010, Johnson was diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome (also known as Landry's paralysis), an autoimmune disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system. She was flown to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to begin treatment.{{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|access-date=April 18, 2010|archive-date=April 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420063955/http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/outandabout/entries/2010/04/17/luci_baines_joh.html|url-status=live}} Johnson returned to Austin in May 2010. Her doctor called her case "less severe than usual," and she experienced a full recovery.{{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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116235411/http://www.statesman.com/opinion/luci-baines-johnsons-recovery-is-good-news-for-672716.html |archive-date=January 16, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}