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Carolyn
Carolyn is a female given name, a variant of Caroline (given name), Caroline. Other spellings include Carolin, Karolyn, Carolyne, Carolynn or Carolynne. Caroline itself is one of the feminine forms of Charles. List of notable people *Carolyn Abbate, American musicologist *Carolyn Abraham, Canadian journalist and author *Carolyn Arends, musical artist *Carolyn Aronson (born 1966), American Latina enterpreter *Carolyn Attneave (1920–1992), American psychologist *Carolyn Banks, American writer *Carolyn Barcus, American psychologist *Carolyn Baxter, African-American poet, playwright, and musician *Carolyn Baylies, American academic *Carolyn Bennett (born 1950), Canadian politician *Carolyn Bertozzi (born 1966), American chemist and Nobel laureate *Carolyn Bertram (born 1976), Canadian politician *Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (1966–1999), wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. *Carolyn Beug (1952–2001), American filmmaker *Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (born 1964), Canadian politician *Carolyn Barle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends is a Canadian contemporary Christian musician, songwriter, and author. She is based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Musical career Arends began her career as a songwriter at Benson Records, Benson Music Publishing. In 1995, Carolyn began touring and releasing albums as a singer and guitarist. Her debut release that year (''I Can Hear You'') was released through Reunion Records. ''I Can Hear You'' reached No. 37 on Billboard (magazine), Billboard Magazine's Contemporary Christian Chart in 1996. ''Feel Free'' peaked at No. 10 on the chart in 1997. More recently her albums have been distributed by Signpost Music. She is the winner of two Gospel Music Association GMA Dove Awards, Dove Awards and six GMA Canada Covenant Awards. Carolyn co-hosted the 29th Annual Covenant Awards in 2007 (with Leland Klassen) and the 31st Annual Covenant Awards in 2009 (with Arlen Salte). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Brady
Carolyn Brady (May 22, 1937 – May 5, 2005) was an American photorealist painter and artist. Her work often consists of hyper-realistic watercolors of flowers and table settings. Early works Carolyn Brady studied art at the University of Oklahoma in Norman from 1958 to 1961 before moving to New York where she lived until the end of her life. Her early professional works consisted of large fabric panels of linen appliqué often with a literal component, probably inspired by her first job in New York as a textile designer. Most had vibrant, saturated colors with little or no shading, and used furniture or interior scenes for their subject matter. Watercolors Early on, Brady became acquainted with the photorealist Joseph Raffael (she sub-let his apartment in 1962) and later identified him as her largest influence. In 1972, amply fulfilling a desire to do something more "real", Brady switched from fabric panels to watercolor and was soon producing photo-realistic works of complex co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Caton
Carolyn Caton is an American politician who was elected member of the Missouri House of Representatives for the 33rd district in 2024. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by List of cities in Missouri, population and area. The city lies within Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson, Clay County, Missouri, Clay, and Pl .... Caton was secretary for the Jackson County Republican Party. She defeated Chris Sander in the Republican primary in 2024. References Living people Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives Missouri Republicans 21st-century members of the Missouri General Assembly Women state legislators in Missouri Politicians from Kansas City, Missouri People from Blue Springs, Missouri {{Missouri-MORepresentative-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Barley Britton
Carolyn Barley Britton (born 13 September 1944) is an African-American medical doctor known for her national health care advocacy and work in neurological complications of HIV and infectious diseases. She is a full professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She was the 9th female president and the 1st neurologist president of the National Medical Association. Early life and education Britton grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. She did her undergraduate study at Oberlin College, then went to New York University Grossman School of Medicine, graduating in 1975. She did her internship at Harlem Hospital in New York, and then completed neurology residency at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, where she also completed a research fellowship in neuroinfectious disease. Career Britton took a position at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. In the 1980s, during the early days of the HIV epidemic, Britton studied the effects of HIV infection and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline (given Name)
Caroline is a feminine given name, originally a French language, French feminine form of the masculine name Charles. It has been in common use in the Anglosphere since the 1600s. The name was first used among upper class English families in honor of Charles I of England and his son Charles II of England. Common nicknames and variations include Callie, Cara (given name), Cara, Carol (given name), Carol, Carole, Carolina (name), Carolina, Carolyn, Carly, Carrie (name), Carrie, and Caz. Usage Caroline was well-used in France throughout the 20th century and the early 21st century. It was among the top 100 names for French girls between 1900 and 1907 and again from 1958 to 2002. It has since declined in use in French-speaking countries. In Belgium, Caroline was also among the top 100 names for girls in the 1990s and early 2000s. In Scotland, Caroline was among the top 100 names for Scottish girls between 1935 and 1993, and was most popular from the 1950s to the 1970s. In England an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Baylies
Carolyn Louise Baylies (2 June 1947 – 1 November 2003), was an American academic and activist. She was particularly active in the fields of health and sociology of the third world and international development, and especially on the gendered aspects of development. Baylies was particularly notable for her work on the ways in which the AIDS epidemic threatened existing social structures and food security, a connection which she was one of the first to make. Early life Baylies was born in TexasUniversity of Leeds Obituary: Carolyn Baylies http://campus.leeds.ac.uk/newsincludes/newsitem1543.htm and grew up in California. Education and career After completing her undergraduate degree in sociology at Berkeley in 1969, she completed a doctorate on Zambian class relations at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, which was awarded in 1978. Following this she took a teaching post at the University of Zambia, during which time she also undertook research on the trade union moveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Cassady
Carolyn Elizabeth Robinson Cassady (April 28, 1923 – September 20, 2013) was an American writer and associated with the Beat Generation through her marriage to Neal Cassady and her friendships with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and other prominent Beat figures. She became a frequent character in the works of Jack Kerouac. Early life Carolyn Elizabeth Robinson was born in Lansing, Michigan, on April 28, 1923. The youngest of five siblings, her father Charles S. Robinson was a college professor of nutrition and biochemist and her mother a former English teacher. They raised their children according to strict conventional values. She spent the first eight years of her childhood in East Lansing, then the family moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she attended the Ward-Belmont College Preparatory School for Girls. Although she enjoyed the school, she was less happy with Nashville, and chose to spend her summers in Glen Lake, Michigan. After the move to Nashville, she developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Brown (newsreader)
Carolyn Brown is a former BBC Radio 4 newsreader and continuity announcer. Brown started her career as a reporter at a local newspaper, ''The Crewe Chronicle'', and joined Radio City, an independent local radio station in Liverpool, England, in 1981. After two years, she moved to BBC Radio Leeds where she presented the morning news programme, ''Good Morning, Yorkshire''. After spells in regional television in Plymouth and Bristol, she joined BBC Radio 4 in 1991 as a continuity announcer and later read the Shipping Forecast. In December 2001 she began reading the news and one of her first items was the death of the Queen Mother. In December 2012, 18 months after getting married, she stated that she would to donate a kidney to her husband, who required a life-saving operation. In April 2013, she spoke to Radio 4's ''Woman's Hour ''Woman's Hour'' is a radio magazine programme broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BBC Light Programme, BBC Radio 2, and later BBC Radio 4. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Brown (choreographer)
Carolyn Brown ( Rice; September 26, 1927 – January 7, 2025) was an American dancer, choreographer and writer. She was best known for her work as a founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and was Cunningham's leading dancer for twenty years. Brown performed in almost every dance choreographed for the company from 1953 to 1972. Life and career Brown was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, on September 27, 1927, the daughter of James Parker Rice and Marion Burbank Stevens Rice. Coming from a dancing family, she studied with her mother, Marion Rice, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, who was a student and performer with Ted Shawn at the Boston-Braggiotti Denishawn School in Boston. Brown was a product of the Denishawn School and graduated with honors in philosophy from Wheaton College in 1950. After attending a masterclass with Cunningham in Denver in 1951, she pursued dance full-time and moved to New York to continue her studies at the Juilliard School. She also studie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Bracken
Carolyn Bracken is an Irish actress. Early life Bracken grew up in Nenagh, County Tipperary. She began acting at age four, as a member of local theater group The Nenagh Players. She also began attending speech and drama classes around the same time. She graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. Career Bracken pursued being an actor in her early 30s. Filmography Films Television series Personal life Bracken was diagnosed as autistic Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by differences or difficulties in social communication and interaction, a preference for predictability and routine, sensory processing di ... at age 37. Her son is also autistic. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bracken, Carolyn 1982 births 21st-century Irish actresses Living people Actors from County Tipperary People from Nenagh Autistic actors Irish film actresses Irish people with disabil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Bolivar-Getson
Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (born February 10, 1964) is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Lunenburg West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2009 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. Born in 1964 in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Bolivar-Getson graduated from Saint Mary's University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. She owned and operated a general store in Newcombville. In 1997, she was elected as a municipal councillor in Lunenburg County. Bolivar-Getson entered provincial politics in the 2003 election, winning the Lunenburg West riding. In August 2003, she was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Human Resources, Minister responsible for the Public Service Commission, and Minister responsible for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women Act. When Rodney MacDonald took over as premier in February 2006, he named Bolivar-Getson as Minister of Environment and Labour. Following her re-election in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Beug
Carolyn Ann Mayer-Beug (December 11, 1952 – September 11, 2001) was a filmmaker and video producer from Santa Monica, California, Santa Monica, California. She died in the September 11 attacks as a passenger of the American Airlines Flight 11. Career In addition to her work as video producer, Beug also directed three music videos for country singer Dwight Yoakam: "Ain't That Lonely Yet", "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" and "Fast as You." Beug co-directed the former two videos with Yoakam and was the sole director of the latter video. She won an MTV Video Music Awards, MTV Video Music award for the Van Halen music video of the song "Right Now (Van Halen song), Right Now", which she produced. She also served as senior vice president of Walt Disney Records. Personal life Beug lived in a Tudor-style home in the North 25th Street neighborhood. She hosted an annual backyard barbecue for the Santa Monica High School cross country and track team, which her daughters captained. Beug was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
