Patricia Busby Whitney Turner

Background

Turner, Patricia Busby Whitney was born on September 25, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Percy Shelley Busby and Vivian Richardson.

Education

Student, Northwestern U, 1941-1944; Student, U. Hawaii, 1959-1960.

Career

Docent, teacher, Muses Progressive in Grade School, Sedona, Arizona, 1986-1989; Indian story teller, Muses, Primary School Classes, Sedona, 1986-1989; art instructor, Art Reach (subsidiary Sedona Arts and Cultural Commission), since 1988.

Achievements

• Patricia Busby Whitney Turner has been listed as a noteworthy organization administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

City Councilman 1st city county, Sedona, 1988. 1st city clerk, 1988. Founding chairman Sedona's Arts and Cultural Commission.

Founding board directors Sedona Apple Festival, 1990. Founding board directors, secretary Red Rock Arts Council, 1990. Member Muses (Support Group for Museum N. Arizona president 1987-1988), Sedona Arts Center Arts and Craftsmens Guild (secretary 1985-1987).

Interests

• Avocations: oil and acrylic painting, ceramic sculpture, reading, telling Indianlore, writing.

Connections

Married Daniel Rockefeller Whitney, July 19, 1944 (deceased 1952). Married Admiral Stansfield Turner, Dec.23, 1953 (divorced 1984). Children: Laurel Turner, Geoffrey Whitney Turner.

Father:

Percy Shelley Busby

Mother:

Vivian Richardson

Spouse:

Admiral Stansfield Turner

Spouse:

Daniel Rockefeller Whitney

child:

Geoffrey Whitney Turner

child:

Laurel Turner