
Since 2001, Debbye Turner has been enjoying
her role in broadcast journalism as a contributor to the CBS The
Early Show. Her Life Matters (formerly known
as, Yikes, I’m a Grown Up!) segment offers perspectives on
the pleasures and perils of being an adult. As a doctor of
veterinary medicine, it’s only natural that Turner was also asked
to do regular pet segments appropriately titled Pet Planet.
These informative segments about pets and pet care air on both
The Early Show and the Saturday
Early Show.
Turner joined CBS after a nearly 6-year
stint as host of Show Me St. Louis, a
daily, half-hour show featuring interesting people and places in
St. Louis, Missouri. She also hosted a PBS series about pets and
veterinary medicine, The Gentle
Doctor.
Turner’s first passion is motivational
speaking. Since being crowned Miss America in 1990, Turner has
spoken to more than a half million students at hundreds of
schools, youth organizations and college campuses. She has addressed
audiences in the corporate, academic, political arenas. Her topics
include personal excellence, determination, goal setting and the
importance of a solid education. Turner’s beliefs reflect her own
life-lessons – it took seven years and eleven tries in two states
before she was crowned Miss America.
Although her job at CBS takes her across
the country, Turner has found time to serve on many local, state
and national boards over the years, including the National Council
on Youth leadership, Children's Miracle Network, Missouri
Division of Youth Services and Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club.
She is currently a member of the National Advisory Child Health
and Human Development Council,
which is an advisory council to the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development, which is an institute in the
National Institutes of Health.
Turner graduated from the University of
Missouri-Columbia in May 1991 with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
degree. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture in
May 1986 from Arkansas State University. She lives in the New York
City area.
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