Background
TURNER, Richard R. was born on May 30, 1876 in Staunton, Virginia, United States. Son of Wm. J. and Mollie E. (Hawkins) Turner.
TURNER, Richard R. was born on May 30, 1876 in Staunton, Virginia, United States. Son of Wm. J. and Mollie E. (Hawkins) Turner.
Wash, and Lee University. Virginia. Summer School of Methods. University of Oregon Summer School.
Superintendent, City Schools, Dallas, Oregon, since 1921. State Superintendent of Public Instruction for Oregon, 1926-1927.
Member, State Textbook Commission, 1923-1926,, State Commission on State Production of Textbooks. 1929-1931. District Delegate, Democrat National. Convention, St. Louis, 1916.
Delegate-at-Large, Democrat National. Convention, San Francisco, 1920. Member: Oregon State Teachers Association (President, 1930).
Masons; Eastern Star. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Spouse Ruth M. Jelinek, August 23, 1923, Portland, Oregon.