Carolina Isakson 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]

For other uses, see Proctor (surname).
The Most Excellent

Carolina Isakson Proctor
First Lady of Colombia
In role
7 August 1986 (1986-08-07) – 7 August 1990 (1990-08-07)
PresidentVirgilio Barco Vargas
Preceded byRosa Helena Álvarez Yepes
Succeeded byAna Milena Muñoz Gómez
Personal details
Born
Mary Caroline Isakson

(1930-01-06)6 January 1930
York, Pennsylvania, United States
Died24 January 2012(2012-01-24) (aged 82)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Resting placeCentral Cemetery of Bogotá
CitizenshipColombian
NationalityColombian-American
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1950; died 1997)​
Children
Alma materStanford University (BA, 1949)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Isakson and the second or maternal family name is Proctor.

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. 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. "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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