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Carolyn Porter
Carolyn is a female given name, a variant of Caroline. Other spellings include Karolyn, Carolyne, Carolynn or Carolynne. Caroline itself is one of the feminine forms of Charles. List of Notable People *Carolyn Bennett (born 1950), Canadian politician *Carolyn Bertozzi (born 1966), American chemist and Nobel laureate *Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (1966–1999), wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. *Carolyn Brown (choreographer) (born 1927), American dancer, choreographer, and writer *Carolyn Brown (newsreader), English newsreader *Carolyn Cassady (1923–2013), American writer and wife of Neal Cassady *C. J. Cherryh (Carolyn Janice Cherryh; born 1942), American science fiction and fantasy writer *Carolyn Chiechi (born 1943), judge of the United States Tax Court *Carolyn Cooper (born 1959), Jamaican author and literary scholar * Carolyn Davidson, several people * Carolyn Eaton, murder victim * Carolyn Fe, Filipina singer and actress *Carolyn Forché (born 1950), American poet, editor, transla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline (given Name)
Caroline is a female given name, derived from the male name Karl (Charles). Common nicknames and variations include Caz, Callie, Carole, Carol, Carolyn, Carly and Carrie. People with the name Empresses consort * Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792–1873), Empress of Austria by marriage to Francis I of Austria Queens consort * Caroline of Ansbach (1683–1737), British queen consort of King George II *Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796–1881), Danish queen consort of King Christian VIII *Caroline of Baden (1776–1841), first Queen consort of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria *Caroline Bonaparte (1782–1839), queen consort of Joachim, King of Naples *Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821), queen consort of George IV of the United Kingdom *Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751–1775), British monarch, sister of King George III and Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian VII Princesses * Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of Carolyn Eaton
Carolyn Celeste Eaton (October 1, 1964 – February 1982) was a formerly unidentified American teenager from Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri, who was found murdered along the Interstate 40 in Williams, Arizona, on Valentine's Day 1982. The young woman had been last seen alive with an unidentified older man on February 4, 1982, at the Monte Carlo Truck Stop near Ash Fork, Arizona. Despite initial efforts to identify her and solve her murder, the investigation into Eaton's murder became a cold case. In July 1984, she was erroneously identified as Melody Cutlip of Istachatta, Florida, a finding rejected by Cutlip's mother. Cutlip eventually returned home two years later and Valentine Sally became unidentified once more. Numerous efforts were made to determine her identity, including forensic facial reconstructions of her face. On February 22, 2021, Eaton's identification was confirmed by investigators via genetic genealogy. Prior to her 2021 identification, Eaton was best kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Jones (politician)
Carolyn Jones (born 1944) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Saskatoon Meewasin in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1999 to 2003. She was a member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s. Th .... cbc.ca. References Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress of television and film. Jones began her film career in the early 1950s, and by the end of the decade had achieved recognition with a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''The Bachelor Party'' (1957) and a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising new actresses of 1959. Her film career continued for another 20 years. In 1964, she began playing the role of matriarch Morticia Addams in the original 1964 black and white television series ''The Addams Family''. Early life Carolyn Jones was born in Amarillo, Texas, the daughter of Chloe Jeanette Southern, a housewife, and Julius Alfred Jones, a barber. After their father abandoned the family in 1934, Carolyn and her younger sister, Bette Rhea Jones, moved with their mother into her parents' Amarillo home. Jones suffered from severe asthma that often restricted her childhood activities, and when her condition prevente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Carolyn Dawn Johnson (born April 30, 1971) is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Johnson co-wrote Chely Wright's 1999 single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1999. Johnson was signed, in 2000, to record label Arista Nashville. In 2001, Johnson released her debut album '' Room with a View.'' The album's first single "Georgia" reached No. 4 on the ''RPM'' Canadian Country Singles Chart for the week of November 6, 2000. "Complicated" was a Top Ten hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Her next single ("I Don't Want You to Go") was also a Top Ten hit in the U.S. After a three-year hiatus, Johnson returned with the single "Let Me Introduce Myself". It was the lead single from her fourth album, ''Love Rules,'' released in 2010. Biography Early life and music Carolyn Dawn Johnson was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta to John Johnson, a farmer and operator of a see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Hunt
Carolyn Joyce Hunt ('' née'' Leonard; born July 3, 1937) is an American educator and politician who, as the wife of Jim Hunt, served as the Second Lady of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977 and twice-served as the First Lady of North Carolina, from 1977 to 1985 and again from 1993 to 2001. She is the longest serving first lady in North Carolina history and she and her husband were the first governor and first lady to serve two four-year terms in North Carolina. As first lady, she served as the Chairwoman of the advisory council for the Governor's Office of Citizen Affairs, which promoted volunteerism throughout the state, and as Chairwoman of the North Carolina Friendship Force Program, a chapter of Friendship Force International, which promoted international student exchange programs in state public schools. In between her terms as first lady, she served on the board of directors and the executive committee of Friendship Force International and, in 1986, was elected to the Wilson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Hax
Carolyn Hanley Hax is an American writer and columnist for ''The Washington Post'' and author of the daily syndicated advice column, ''Carolyn Hax'' (formerly titled ''Tell Me About It''), which features broad relational advice. Originally targeting readers under 30, the column evolved to became more encompassing. Each column features a cartoon by her now ex-husband, Nick Galifianakis. Early life and education Carolyn Hanley Hax was born December 5, 1966, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She grew up in Trumbull, the youngest of four daughters. Her father, John H. Hax, now retired, was director of research planning at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford. Her mother was Elizabeth O'Connell Hax (1940-2002). Carolyn Hax graduated from Hopkins School in 1984 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University (1988). Career Hax was associate editor and news editor at the ''Army Times'', and copy editor and news editor at ''The Washington Post''. Since 1997, she has written an adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Hart
Carolyn Hart (also known as Carolyn G. Hart) is a mystery and suspense writer. She is the author of 63 books, including the Death on Demand, Henrie O and Bailey Ruth series. In 2014, she was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. She was born in Oklahoma in 1936. Biography Hart was born Carolyn Gimpel and was raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where she still lives. She attended Cleveland Elementary School, Taft Junior High School, and Classen High School. At the age of 11, Hart decided that she wanted to be a newspaper reporter. She worked on school papers beginning in grade school, continuing all the way through her college years. Hart is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Oklahoma (class of 1958), where she majored in journalism. Hart met her husband Philip while traveling in Europe during her junior year in college. After graduation, while her husband attended law school, Hart worked as a newspaper reporter for The Norman Transcript. She gave u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Wilson Harris
Carolyn Wilson Harris (December 8, 1849 – May 3, 1910) was vice president of the Sullivant Moss Society during 1904–1905 and charge of the Lichen Department from 1901–1905. She also wrote many articles on various lichen genera and species. She was known for being an indefatigable worker, and did much to popularize the study of lichens; her help was always given freely and cheerfully to those who applied to her for assistance in their studies. Early life Harris was born Carolyn Wilson in Springfield, Ohio. Around 1885, Harris and her husband purchased land on Chilson Lake, in Essex County, New York. Career The Sullivant Moss Society Harris was an active member of the Sullivant Moss Chapter, originally formed as a Moss Chapter of the Agassiz Association, and founded by Abel Joel Grout and Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton, and eventually renamed the Sullivant Moss Society. Harris contributed new plants to the Society from around Chilson Lake and helped to determine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Lynnet Harris
Carolyn Lynnet Harris (1947 – January 15, 1994) was an American library conservationist. She received a B.A. in Art History in 1969 and a Masters of Library Science in 1970, both from the University of Texas at Austin. Career Harris was educated at the University of Texas at Austin and began her career as a manuscript cataloguer at the University of Texas's Harry Ransom Center, where she worked from 1973 to 1980. From 1981 to 1987, she was the head of Columbia University Libraries’ Preservation Division. After teaching in Columbia University's preservation and conservation library science program, she was named program director in 1990. When the program closed in 1992, she moved it to the University of Texas at Austin. From 1992 to 1994, she was director and a senior lecturer of the Preservation and Conservation Studies at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Texas at Austin. She published extensively throughout her career and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Harris
Carolyn Harris (born 18 September 1960) is a Welsh politician serving as Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour since 2018. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea East since 2015. Harris served as Shadow Minister for Safeguarding and Vulnerability from 2016 to 2017, and a junior Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities from 2017 to 2020. She was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition, Keir Starmer, from 2020 to 2021. Early life and career Harris was born on 18 September 1960 in Swansea, Wales. She attended Swansea University from 1994 to 1998, where she studied a joint degree in Social History and Social Policy. Following university, Harris worked for Swansea-based community projects such as the Guiding Hand Association and the Joshua Foundation. She has previously worked as a barmaid and a dinner lady. Before her election to the Commons, she was a Parliamentary assistant to her predecessor, Siân James. Parliamentary career Harris was elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Gray
Carolyn Gray is a Canadian playwright. Biography Her full-length play ''The Elmwood Visitation'' (Scirocco Drama) was produced by Theatre Projects Manitoba in 2007 and won the Manitoba Day Award for excellence in archival research. ''The Confessional of the Black Penitents or the True Path to the Church'', a play about video lottery terminals, was part of Factory Theatre Toronto's Trans-Canada Reading Week in 2007 and is slated for production by Theatre Projects Manitoba. ''Catarinetta'' was produced as the Manitoba Theatre for Young People Junior Company show in 2008. Gray won the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising New Writer at the 2008 Manitoba Book Awards, and became the Aqua Books Writer-in-Residence in September 2009. Awards *Winner, John Hirsch Award for Most Promising New Writer, 2008 *Winner, Manitoba Day Award The Manitoba Day Award is an award presented yearly, since 2007, by the Association for Manitoba Archives which recognizes those users of archives who have co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
