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| Born | Lucy Baines Johnson (1947-07-02)July 2, 1947 (age 78) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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| Occupations | Businesswoman, philanthropist |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Relatives | Johnson family |
Luci Baines Johnson (born July 2, 1947) is an American businesswoman andphilanthropist. She is the younger daughter of U.S. PresidentLyndon B. Johnson and his wife, formerFirst LadyLady Bird Johnson.
Born inWashington, D.C., Johnson has an older sisterLynda 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.[1] Although her father was a member of theChristian Church (Disciples of Christ), her mother converted to theEpiscopal Church, and she and her older sister,Lynda Bird, were raised Episcopalian. Johnson converted toRoman Catholicism at the age of 18, when she requested and receivedconditional baptism.[2] Johnson had been baptized with water and in the name of theTrinity 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 theTrinitarian formula and water.[3]
She was 16 years old when PresidentJohn F. Kennedy wasassassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Johnson heard of the assassination while attending a Spanish class at theNational 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 whenSecret Service agents showed up on her school campus a few hours later.[1] She later attendedGeorgetown 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] In 1966, she learned to cook fromZephyr Wright, the White House chef for the Johnson family.[5]
Since 1993, Johnson has been the chairman of the board and manager of LBJ Asset Management Partners, afamily 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 aBLS in Communication fromSt. 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 forThe Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and theAmerican Heart Association, acting astrustee ofBoston University, and as a member of the advisory board of the Center for Battered Women.[3]
On August 6, 1966, Johnson marriedAir National Guardsman Patrick John Nugent (b. 1943) in front of 700 guests at theNational 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 ofLife magazine.[6][7]
Through her first marriage, Johnson has four children: Patrick Lyndon (b. 1967), Nicole Marie (b. 1970), Rebekah Johnson, and Claudia Taylor (b. 1976).[8][9]
The couple later divorced, and the marriage wasannulled by the Catholic Church in August 1979.[10][11]
On March 3, 1984, she married Ian J. Turpin (b. 1944), aScottish-bornCanadianfinancier. He is president of LBJ Asset Management Partners atLBJ Ranch. Through that marriage, she has a stepson.[11]
In April 2010, Johnson was diagnosed withGuillain–Barré syndrome (also known as Landry's paralysis), anautoimmune disorder affecting theperipheral nervous system. She was flown to theMayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to begin treatment.[12] Johnson returned to Austin in May 2010. Her doctor called her case "less severe than usual," and she experienced a full recovery.[13]
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