Eileen Dupuch Carron, CMG (born 13 March 1930) is a Bahamian lawyer and newspaper publisher.

Personal life

Dupuch was born in Nassau, the daughter of

Étienne Dupuch Sir Alfred Étienne Jérôme Dupuch, OBE, KSG (16 February 1899 – 23 August 1991) was a Bahamian journalist and politician. He was editor of the ''Nassau Tribune'' from 1919 to 1973 and served in the Bahamian House of Assembly for 24 years. ...

and his wife Marie. She was educated at Queen's College and St. Francis Xavier's Academy before going abroad to study at St Francis' College in

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, England. She obtained a BA in philosophy from St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, a master's degree in journalism from

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, before studying law at

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. She was married to the Roger P. Carron, until his death in 2009.

Career

In 1962, Carron became assistant editor at ''The Tribune'' newspaper in Nassau, the paper founded by her grandfather, Leon Dupuch, and edited by her father, Etienne. In the same year, she was called to the Bahamas Bar. In 1972, she became publisher for ''The Tribune'', becoming only the second female publisher in The Bahamas. As at August 2019, she was, having served 47 years, the longest currently serving editor and publisher in the Bahamas. She was recognised by the

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for her "never-ending commitment to free press and the highest journalistic standard". In 1993, Carron became the first CEO of a private radio station, The People's Radio Station, 100 JAMZ.

Accomplishments

During her twenties, Carron became the first female pilot in the Bahamas. She was the second woman ever called to the Bahamas Bar. She is the only Bahamian to have an editorial read into the record of the United States Senate. In 2000, she was named a Companion of the

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References

1930 births Living people Bahamian newspaper editors Women newspaper editors Bahamian newspaper publishers (people) Bahamian lawyers Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 20th-century Bahamian lawyers 21st-century Bahamian lawyers University of Toronto alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni {{NorthAm-journalist-stub