Carolina Isakson Proctor
Appearance
Carolina Isakson Proctor | |
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First Lady of Colombia | |
In role 7 August 1986 – 7 August 1990 | |
President | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
Preceded by | Rosa Helena Álvarez Yepes |
Succeeded by | Ana Milena Muñoz Gómez |
Personal details | |
Born | Mary Caroline Isakson 6 January 1930 York, Pennsylvania, United States |
Died | 24 January 2012 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia | (aged 82)
Resting place | Central Cemetery of Bogotá |
Citizenship | Colombian |
Nationality | Colombian-American |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | |
Children |
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Alma mater | Stanford University (BA, 1949) |
Carolina Isakson Proctor (6 January 1930 – 24 January 2012) was the wife of 27th President of Colombia, Virgilio Barco Vargas, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1986 to 1990.[1]
Personal life
Born Mary Caroline Isakson on 6 January 1930 in York, Pennsylvania to Carl Oscar Isakson and Mary Alice (née Proctor).[2][3] Her father, a Swedish American Engineer,[4] relocated the family to Cúcuta, North Santander to work with the Colombian Petroleum Company; she was 7 years old at the time.[3] She met Virgilio Barco Vargas through his sister, who she had attended school with; they were married on 1 July 1950 in Cúcuta.[4] Virgilio and Carolina had four children: María Carolina, Julia, Diana, and Virgilio.
See also
References
- ^ Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (80). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ "Carolina Isakson" (in Spanish). Bogotá. 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ a b Nieto Calderón, Lucy (30 January 2012). "Carolina Isakson de Barco, pionera del programa 'Madres comunitarias'" [Carolina Isakson de Barco, pioneer of the 'community mothers' program]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Carolina Isakson de Barco". Semana (in Spanish) (1552). Bogotá. 28 January 2012. ISSN 0124-5473. OCLC 7475329. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
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- Burials at Central Cemetery of Bogotá
- American emigrants to Colombia
- American people of Swedish descent
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- Colombian people of American descent
- Colombian people of Swedish descent
- Stanford University alumni
- First Ladies of Colombia
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