Daughter of the Former U.S. President Lydon B. Johnson

Luci Baines Johnson | Biography

Luci Baines Johnson and her husband founded BusinesSuites, a national operator of executive suites in 1989

• By Anuska
• Original : November 29, 2021

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Luci Baines Johnson 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.

Who is Luci Baines Johnson?

Luci Baines Johnson is the daughter of former U.S. President Lydon B. Johnson and his wife, former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson. Throughout her life, Luci has done much work as a philanthropist and works as a Chairman of the Board for BusinesSuites. 

Age 

Luci Baines Johnson was born on 2 July 1947 in Washington, D.C., USA. She is 74 years as of 2021. Luci Baines was sixteen when her father became the President of the USA. Luci was in a Spanish class at the National Cathedral School on 22 November 1963, when she heard the news of the assassination of then-President John F. Kennedy. She had no information about her father Lyndon B. Johnson, who was serving as the Vice President then had been injured or not. But, Secret Service arrived at her school after a few hours to pick her. 

For college, she attended Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies. Unfortunately, she had to drop out in 1966 due to the school’s prohibition against married students. In 1997, at the age of 49, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in communications from St. Edward’s University. 

At the age of 70, Georgetown University awarded her an Honorary Doctorate. 

Career 

In 1989, Johnson and her husband founded BusinesSuites, a national operator of executive suites. In 1993, she became the Chairman of the Board and manager of LBJ Asset Management Partners, their family office, and the Chairman of the Board of BusinesSuites. LBJ is what her father, Lyndon B. Johnson, would be often referred to as. With her position on the Board of Directors of the LBJ Foundation and her work with multiple civic boards, Luci helped raise funds for The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the American Heart Association. Additionally, she is the trustee of Boston University and is a member of the advisory board of the Center for Battered Women. 

Wedding and Children

Luci Baines Johnson tied the knot with Patrick John Nugent on 6 August 1966 when she was 19. Nugent was an Air National Guardsman. The couple married in front of 700 guests at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. They have four children together. 

Patrick Lyndon is the oldest among the four. He was born in 1967 is now working as a lawyer and a pilot in San Antonio. Their second child, Nicole Marie, was born in 1970. Rebekah Johnson, their third child, was born in 1974, and Claudia Taylor Nugent, the youngest among the four, was born in 1976. Unfortunately, the marriage between Luci and Patrick ended in August 1979 and was annulled by the Catholic Church. 

Luci married again on 3 March 1984 to Ian J. Turpin. Turpin was born in 1944 and is a Scottish-born Canadian financier. He is the President of LBJ Asset Management Partners at LBJ Ranch. Johnson has a stepson from her marriage with Ian Turpin.