He was born on December 28, 1908, in
Dallas, Texas, and spent his childhood in Texas, including in
Fort Worth. He received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from
Texas A&M in 1929 and a graduate degree in civil engineering from there in 1940. Turner was appointed by
President Eisenhower to be the Executive Secretary of the Clay Commission
President's Advisory Committee on the National Highway Program in 1954. He died on October 6, 1999, at the age 90, at a
hospice in
Goldsboro, North Carolina. ==Legacy==