Gretchen Carlson
| Gretchen Carlson | |
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 During an interview on Fox and Friends (2006) |
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| Born | Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson June 21, 1966 Anoka, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (B.A., Sociology, 1990) |
| Occupation | Co-host of Fox & Friends (Fox News Channel) |
| Known for | journalist; 1989 Miss America beauty pageant winner |
| Spouse(s) | Casey Close (1997–present) [1] |
| Website | |
| Biography on FoxNews.com | |
Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (born June 21, 1966) is an American television personality who co-hosts the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends along with Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade. An accomplished violinist and winner of the 1989 Miss America Pageant while representing her native Minnesota, Carlson graduated from Stanford University before embarking on a career as a television commentator. Gaining experience as anchor and reporter for several local network affiliates before joining CBS News as correspondent in 2000, she later became co-host of the Saturday Early Show. In 2005 Carlson moved to Fox News and became the regular co-host of Fox & Friends a year later. Carlson continues to work with the Miss America pageant and serves as a national celebrity spokesperson for March of Dimes.
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Early life[edit]
Carlson was raised in Anoka, Minnesota and graduated from Anoka-Hennepin School District 11's Anoka High School, where she was the 1984 class valedictorian.[2] One of her childhood nannies was Michele Bachmann, the future Republican congresswoman.[3] Growing up, Carlson was an accomplished violinist winning numerous local and national competitions. She performed as a soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra as an 8th grader and was the Concertmistress for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony. She spent five summers studying at the prestigious Aspen Music Festival in Aspen, Colorado. Winner of several Concerto Competitions at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis, she was also featured as a soloist with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.[4]
In 1984, she was elected as one of the Anoka Homecoming attendants.[4] Carlson won the title of Miss Minnesota in 1988 [5] and became the third woman from Minnesota to win the Miss America title. For the talent competition, Carlson played Zigeunerweisen, the violin composition of Sarasate.
Carlson graduated cum laude from Stanford University in 1990, with a degree in sociology (organizational behavior). While at Stanford University, she studied abroad at Oxford University.[6]
In September 2011, Carlson was named to the inaugural class of the Anoka High School Hall of Fame.[4][7]
Career[edit]
Carlson was previously the co-anchor of the Saturday Early Show, on CBS, along with Russ Mitchell. She joined CBS News as a correspondent in 2000, and began working on The Early Show in 2002. Before her tenure at CBS, Carlson served as a weekend anchor and reporter for KXAS-TV in Dallas, Texas, was an anchor and reporter at WOIO-TV in Cleveland, Ohio, and for WCPO-TV, in Cincinnati. She began her television career in Richmond, Virginia, as a political reporter for WRIC-TV.[8] She began her media career in a franchise called Neighborhood News.
Carlson was moved to Fox & Friends initially as a weekend substitute host. But on September 25, 2006, a shifting of anchors, which included E.D. Hill moving to the 10 a.m. hour of Fox News Live opened a weekday slot on Fox & Friends, which Carlson filled. She currently co-hosts with Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade.
She announced on Fox & Friends on June 9, 2009 (also repeated on Glenn Beck's Fox News program) that her parents' car dealership had been selected for closing as part of the General Motors reorganization and bankruptcy on June 1, 2009.[9][10] A year later the Star Tribune reported that " It took an act of Congress, a national TV appeal and maybe a little bit of history on the owners' side. But Main Motor, the Anoka car dealership that Lee and Karen Carlson's family has owned for 91 years, will keep its General Motors dealership after all."[citation needed] The dealership, Lee Carlson's Main Motors, has been operating since 1919, and is still open.[11]
Personal life[edit]
On October 4, 1997, Carlson married sports agent Casey Close.[12][13] They live in Greenwich, Connecticut,[14] with their two children.[15][8]
References[edit]
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This article uses bare URLs for citations. (June 2013) |
- ^ Carter, Bill (December 4, 2009). "For ‘Today’ and ‘Fox and Friends,’ Different Approaches on Disclosure". Media Decoder (New York City, New York: The New York Times Company). Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ "Gretchen Carlson". Pageant Center. 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ GOP's New Lightning Rod - George Will
- ^ a b c Anoka-Hennepin School District
- ^ Miss America :: History - 1989, January 11, 2007
- ^ Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164751,00.html
|url=missing title (help).[dead link] - ^ Levy, Paul. "Anoka's Hall of Fame missing two big names: Keillor and Bachmann". Star Tribune. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
- ^ a b "Gretchen Carlson". Fox News. Retrieved 2009.12.10..[dead link]
- ^ Levy, Paul (June 16, 2009). "GM terminates contract with Anoka's Main Motors". StarTribune.com. Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Star Tribune Company. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ Froemming, Mandy Moran (June 4, 2009). "Anoka’s Main Motors being cut by GM". Anoka County Union. Coon Rapids, Minnesota: ABCNewspapers.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ "Lee Carlson's Main Motor". Main Motor website. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ Going Deep: Casey Close, Alan Schwarz, baseballamerica.com, February 9, 2007
- ^ "Minnesota Marriage Collection, 1958-2001". Ancestry.com. Retrieved November 31, 2010.
- ^ http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/The-Dish-Tommy-Mottola-wife-Thalia-break-bread-3518017.php
- ^ http://www.annarbor.com/sports/former-michigan-baseball-star-casey-close-remains-true-to-himself-makes-a-name-for-himself-as-an-age/
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Kaye Lani Rae Rafko |
Miss America 1989 |
Succeeded by Debbye Turner |
| Preceded by Katherine Killeen |
Miss Minnesota 1988 |
Succeeded by Susan Johnson |
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