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HOWARD TURNER Obituary
He graduated from George School in 1929, Swarthmore College in1933, and MIT in 1936 with a PhD in organic chemistry. His exceptionally successful career in science and industry culminated with his appoint-ment in 1971 as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Turner Construction Company. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1973.
Dr. Turner is survived by his 3 daughters, Susan Turner, Holly Turner and her husband Don Carmichael, and Barbara Jean Turner and her husband Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano; 7 grandchildren and 4 great grand-children. He was predeceased by Katharine Swett Turner, his wife of 67 years.
A Service for friends and associates from Dunwoody Village will be held in their Auditorium at 3 P.M. on Wednesday, May 2nd.
A Service for friends and family will be held at Noon at Swarthmore Friends Meeting House on the Swarthmore Campus at 12 Noon on Saturday May 5th.
Donations, in lieu of flowers, can be made to American Friends Service Committee (afsc.org) or the Carter Center (cartercenter.org).
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at Dad (Howard's) 100th Birthday
Barbara Turner
April 28, 2013
thanks Susan for the lovely note about my father. I has been ayear and the guest book is about to close my email is [email protected] if you wish to keep in touch
picture of our family with my father
Barbara Turner
May 23, 2012
thanks so much for these lovely comments. My family in photo will never be as complete as when he was in the center
Madeline Lillie
May 7, 2012
What a loss. But he did so much and cared so much for his family Madeline Lillie
David Mano
May 2, 2012
Please accept my deepest sympathies.
Susan Mano
May 2, 2012
I am a descendant of the Turner family. My grandmother was a Turner. My mom and I were so blessed to have had the opportunity to have lunch several times with him. He was a wealth of information with some of things we didn't know about the Turner family. He will be missed terribly.
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