Lane Community College. President's Office

Richard Martin Turner is a native of Charleston, South Carolina. He received a bachelor’s degree from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1956; a master’s degree in music education from Indiana University in 1961; and a doctorate in music education from Indiana University in 1972.

He began his academic career at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he was an associate professor of music and chair of the Department of Music (1956-1968). From 1968-1971 he was chairman of the Department of Music at Fisk University. Fisk University awarded him an honorary doctor of humane letters in 1980.

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