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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 73
BY SENATORS CLAITOR, BROOME AND DORSEY-COLOMB
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Sue Turner on being selected to receive the George
Rodrigue Lifetime Cultural Achievement Award.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend and congratulate Sue Turner on being selected to receive the George Rodrigue2
Lifetime Cultural Achievement Award at the 2014 Louisiana Culture Awards and3
to recognize her many achievements and contributions.4
WHEREAS, Suzanne "Sue" Turner is a philanthropist and community activist who5
has worked extensively to preserve historical sites and the arts; and6
WHEREAS, she is the matriarch and member of the senior executive management7
board of Turner Industries, founded by her late husband, Bert Turner, which serves the8
petrochemical, chemical, refining, energy, power generation, and pulp and paper industries,9
among others, providing a single vendor solution in heavy industrial construction,10
maintenance, pipe, module and vessel fabrication, equipment, rigging, and heavy hauling,11
and associated specialty services for nearly fifty years; and 12
WHEREAS, Mrs. Turner has also devoted her time as a member of the boards of13
several entities, including the Louisiana State Museum, BREC Foundation, Baton Rouge14
Green, and Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge; and15
WHEREAS, a native of Plaquemine, Louisiana, Sue Wilbert Turner earned her16
bachelor's degree in arts and sciences from LSU in 1947, and since that time, has devoted17
herself to her children and multiple causes and organizations, positively impacting Baton18 SR NO. 73
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Rouge and the state of Louisiana as a whole; and1
WHEREAS, Mrs. Turner's contributions have garnered high praise from various2
agencies, many of which have sought her guidance and direction, and she has repeatedly3
been recognized for her efforts, including receiving the National Association of County4
Parks and Recreation's Outstanding Contributor Award in 2010 for her efforts and5
contributions to save BREC's Magnolia Mound Plantation from demolition; and6
WHEREAS, she has also devoted herself as a trustee for the National Trust for7
Historical Preservation of which she was a founding member with Winnie Byrd, was the8
founding member of the Louisiana Association of Museums, and was a founding member,9
with Bert, of the Pennington Council of 100; and10
WHEREAS, an LSU Foundation Laureate Society member, Mrs. Turner has served11
her alma mater as a board member of the LSU Foundation Board of Directors and the LSU12
Rural Life Museum; she was on the Forever LSU Art Museum Campaign Committee; and13
she is a trustee emeritus for the LSU Museum of Art; and 14
WHEREAS, Mrs. Turner and her late husband, Bert, have five children, John, Mary,15
Robert, Suzanne, and Thomas; and16
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Culture Awards are presented annually by the lieutenant17
governor and the office of cultural development to honor excellence in Louisiana culture,18
and the 2014 program will be held on April 22, 2014. 19
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana20
does hereby commend and congratulate Sue Turner on being selected to receive the George21
Rodrigue Lifetime Cultural Achievement Award at the 2014 Louisiana Culture Awards and22
recognize her many achievements and contributions.23
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Sue24
Turner.25
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Claitor SR No. 73
Commends Sue Turner on being selected to receive the George Rodrigue Lifetime Cultural
Achievement Award and recognizes her many achievements and contributions.