Carolina Isakson Proctor

Carolina Isakson Proctor
First Lady of Colombia
In office
7 August 1986 (1986-08-07)  7 August 1990 (1990-08-07)
Preceded by Rosa Helena Álvarez Yepes
Succeeded by Ana Milena Muñoz Gómez
Personal details
Born Mary Caroline Isakson
(1930-01-06)6 January 1930
York, Pennsylvania, United States
Died 24 January 2012(2012-01-24) (aged 81)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Resting place Central Cemetery of Bogotá
Citizenship Colombian
Nationality Colombian-American
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Virgilio Barco Vargas (1950–1997)
Children
Alma mater Stanford University (BA, 1949)
Religion Roman Catholic
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Isakson and the second or maternal family name is Proctor.

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

  1. Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic) (80). ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. "Carolina Isakson" (in Spanish). Bogotá. 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. 1 2 "Carolina Isakson de Barco". Semana (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (1552). 28 January 2012. ISSN 0124-5473. OCLC 7475329. Retrieved 12 November 2012.


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