Education Stanford University Citizenship Colombian | Nationality Colombian-American Children Virgilio Barco Isakson Name Carolina Proctor | |
Preceded by Rosa Helena Alvarez Yepes Full Name Mary Caroline Isakson Born 6 January 1930
York, Pennsylvania, United States ( 1930-01-06 ) Spouse(s) Virgilio Barco Vargas (1950–1997) Alma mater Stanford University (BA, 1949) Died January 24, 2012, Bogota, Colombia Resting place Central Cemetery of Bogota Similar People Virgilio Barco Isakson, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Bartolome Calvo, Santiago Perez de Manosalbas, Enrique Olaya Herrera | ||
Succeeded by Ana Milena Munoz Gomez Political party Colombian Liberal Party | ||
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.
Personal life
Born Mary Caroline Isakson on 6 January 1930 in York, Pennsylvania to Carl Oscar Isakson and Mary Alice (née Proctor). Her father, a Swedish American Engineer, relocated the family to Cúcuta, North Santander to work with the Colombian Petroleum Company; she was 7 years old at the time. She met Virgilio Barco Vargas through his sister, who she had attended school with; they were married on 1 July 1950 in Cúcuta. Virgilio and Carolina had four children: María Carolina, Julia, Diana, and Virgilio.
References
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