* http://jquery.org/license .ui-button-text-icon-primary .ui-icon, .ui-icon-pin-s { right: 0; } .ui-resizable-ne { width: 90%; vertical-align: middle; After fifteen years of a romantic relationship, Chet died of lung cancer at 62. position: absolute; overflow: hidden; background-position: -32px -208px; Lewis Tipton Stringer was an American television pioneer, a weather reporter, and the wife of prominent news anchor Chet Huntley. display: block; } .ui-icon-eject { * jQuery UI CSS Framework @VERSION z-index: 9999 !important; } display: block; Mrs. Conrad - then Mrs. Huntley - ran unsuccessfully for Congressin 1978 as a Republican candidate from Montana. height: 9px; } } One of the first women to appear on a large-market news broadcast, Tippy Stringer gained a following in the Washington, D.C. area as a weather reporter for the television station WRC-TV. .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-next { background-position: -16px -160px; While working for NBC in Washington D.C., Huntley met Tipton (Tippy) Stringer who was working as a weather reporter at the time. Since she had been assigned to a men's dormitory and there was no more room in the women's at William and Mary, she decided instead to attend the University of Maryland , and changed her name permanently to Tippy. .ui-icon-grip-dotted-vertical { opacity: .7; filter: alpha(opacity=35); .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-panel { float: right; background-position: -96px -192px; .ui-widget-content .ui-priority-secondary, font-size: 1em; } font-weight: bold; .ui-widget-header .ui-state-error { /* support: IE7 */ She was the widow of Chet Huntley and William Conrad. } They lived in New York until retiring in1970 to Huntley's home state, Montana, where they founded the Big SkyResort on the Gallatin River outside Bozeman. line-height: 0; In 1980, she met and married another nationally known figure: WilliamConrad, an actor who first rose to prominence as the voice of MarshalMatt Dillon on the radio program "Gunsmoke." width: 49%; } .ui-icon-volume-off { background-position: -80px 0; /* ui-icon-seek-first is deprecated, use ui-icon-seek-start instead */ * } border: 1px solid #cd0a0a; * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Autocomplete#theming } Ms.. select.textfield.otherdonate:-webkit-autofill, } z-index: 2; .ui-icon-comment { /* TR overrides */ background-position: -32px 0; font-family: 'Open Sans'; top: 50%; overflow: hidden; font-size: 13px; right: 1px; list-style: none; width: 7px; She also was the Washington Convention and Visitors Association's MissSummer Jubilee; Queen of the Seabees, the Navy's civil engineeringcorps; and Princess of the Winchester, Va., Apple Blossom Festival. * } text-align: left; input.ui-button::-moz-focus-inner, border-left-width: 0; * http://jquery.org/license } } background-position: -48px -64px; * content: ""; * .ui-menu .ui-menu { position: absolute; .ui-button-text-icon-secondary .ui-icon, } .ui-button-text-icon-primary .ui-button-text, .ui-icon-arrowrefresh-1-n { background-position: -48px -176px; } * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Selectable#theming } .ui-button, background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png); } .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-buttonpane { } } .ui-button-text-icons .ui-button-text { Brinkley, stationed in Washington D.C., introduced Stringer to Huntley in New York via satellite. width: 25%; background-position: -64px -80px; input.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill, } .ui-accordion .ui-accordion-header .ui-accordion-header-icon { background-position: -144px 0; position: absolute; } border: 1px solid #c4bbae; width: 100%; They fell in love and later married in 1959 and lived in New York until they retired. width: 50%; font-weight: bold; } .ui-tooltip { border: 1px solid #9eb6be; font-family: FontAwesome; left: 2px; padding-bottom: 1px; .ui-spinner .ui-icon-triangle-1-s { background-position: -176px -192px; border-right-width: 0; } filter: alpha(opacity=35); background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png); } .ui-corner-all, text-decoration: none; text-align: left; padding-right: 0; About American Actor William Conrad was born John William Cann Jr. on 27th September, 1920 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA and passed away on 11th Feb 1994 Los Angeles, California, USA aged 73. } right: -5px; .ui-icon-home { box-shadow: 0 0 5px #aaa; .ui-button-text-icons .ui-button-icon-primary, Every hour we need $130 to maintain our equipment and all of our facilities. .ui-datepicker { color: #222222; } border: 0; } background-position: -80px -32px; display: table; textarea.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill:focus, A most remarkable woman. height: 1px; } cursor: pointer; padding: .2em; left: -5px; Associated With The NBC network initially hired Huntley in an attempt to overshadow the popularity of CBS host Walter Cronkite. .ui-dialog { * .ui-widget-header .ui-icon { background-position: -96px -96px; background-image: none; } } top: 50%; background-position: -80px -208px; */ filter: alpha(opacity=25); } * http://jquery.org/license .ui-button-icons-only .ui-icon { top: 0; padding: .4em 1em; Ms. Stringer's combination of high-spirited good looks and sophisticated intelligence, on display in appearances such as in Life magazine in 1955 with her cartoon creation Senator Fairweather, quickly won her national attention. .ui-button-icons-only .ui-button-icon-secondary { input.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill:focus, .ui-icon-circlesmall-plus { left: .5em; padding: 0 .2em; border-collapse: collapse; Tippy sounds like an inspiring woman. } border: 1px dotted black; * } } textarea:-webkit-autofill, .ui-widget-header .ui-priority-primary { .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev-hover { * Released under the MIT license. } .ui-widget-content .ui-state-error-text, } .ui-button:hover, background-position: -128px -64px; padding: 0; width: 3.4em; .ui-state-active .ui-icon { .ui-button-icons-only { background-position: -96px -112px; /* RTL support */ .ui-widget-header .ui-state-error-text { } left: .2em; .ui-icon-signal-diag { } width: 16px; .ui-priority-primary, .ui-icon-extlink { .ui-icon-battery-3 { /*! overflow: visible; .ui-resizable-sw { select.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill, In reply to: Re: Tippy Stringer who married Chet Huntley. font-weight: normal; } .ui-accordion .ui-accordion-header { max-width: 300px; width: 2.4em; } display: block; } background-image: none; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px #aaa; * .ui-icon-script { * .ui-corner-bottom, textarea.textfield.otherdonate:-webkit-autofill:focus, .ui-icon-circle-triangle-s { background-position: -64px -64px; left: 50%; .ui-icon-triangle-1-n { .ui-widget textarea, border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; background-position: -65px -16px; } * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors overflow: hidden; padding: .7em .3em; } .ui-helper-hidden-accessible { } * jQuery UI Accordion @VERSION */ .ui-icon-arrowthickstop-1-s { position: absolute; * http://jquery.org/license .ui-widget button { } margin-top: -3px; width: auto; They had no children. .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next { } .ui-icon-carat-1-w { But Stringer's natural theatricality and talent kept her involved: in 1968, when the Report covered the complicated events involved in the Democratic Convention in Chicago, Stringer was on hand to add behind-the-scenes commentary. * Released under the MIT license. .ui-resizable-s { float: right; padding: .4em 1em; font-weight: normal; Every hour we need $25 to maintain our equipment and in-house facilities. } } } background-position: -192px -192px; } } } } } In 1995, Mrs. Conrad founded the Stringer Foundation to support causesincluding public broadcasting and reproductive education. .ui-icon-triangle-1-ne { .ui-front { .ui-datepicker select.ui-datepicker-month-year { } font-size: 0; position: absolute; } width: 49%; .ui-menu .ui-icon { .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev-hover { * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Spinner#theming She was a winning interview subject on television programs. background-position: -64px -208px; * http://jquery.org/license .ui-datepicker-multi .ui-datepicker-group-middle .ui-datepicker-header { } height: 100%; } .ui-icon-arrowthick-1-se { * http://jqueryui.com /* Overlays */ .ui-dialog .ui-dialog-content { The multi-talented and ever lovely Tippy Stringer (born Tipton Stringer in Evanston, Illinois, 1930-2010) was a popular weathergirl for NBC radio and television during the 1950's. . } /* states and images */ .ui-icon-arrow-2-e-w { height: 100%; In 1995 Tippy Stringer founded the Stringer Foundation, which has funded medical research, public broadcasting, literacy groups, animal protection groups, womans shelter, and reproductive education. * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Datepicker#theming * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors } } } } .ui-icon-arrow-2-se-nw { .ui-icon-arrow-1-w { In 1980, Stringer met actor William Conrad, the original voice of Marshall Matt Dillon on the radio version of Gunsmoke, and later known for his roles in television shows such as Cannon. .ui-datepicker-rtl { Tippy Stringer Huntley Conrad, who became a Washington personality during the 1950s as a comely weather girl issuing forecasts on the local NBC affiliate, and who left the city for New York when she married television newsman Chet Huntley, died Oct. 1 at her home in Los Angeles. .ui-tabs { .ui-resizable-disabled .ui-resizable-handle, } color: #134a6b; } } height: 20px; } * Released under the MIT license. .ui-icon-newwin { opacity: 0.25; .ui-widget-header .ui-state-highlight { .ui-slider { } .ui-icon-arrowthick-1-n { .ui-icon-copy { She took part in two national debates on college campuses. top: 0; } .ui-icon-minus { * clip: rect(0 0 0 0); display: none; He attended three different colleges: Montana State University, Cornish College of the Arts, and the University of Washington. margin: 0; * Released under the MIT license. * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Progressbar#theming .ui-state-active a, padding: 2px; line-height: 36px; ", Washington newsman David Brinkley, whom Miss Stringer knew through hertelevision work, introduced her to Chet Huntley, who was knownnationally for broadcasting the news with Brinkley on NBC's "TheHuntley-Brinkley Report. button.ui-button::-moz-focus-inner { width: 33.3%; .ui-icon-link { margin: -10px 0 0 0; position: absolute; } } background-position: -112px -112px; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next-hover { * http://jqueryui.com padding: .2em 0; 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Her parents graduated from the University of Chicago, where they met and married. * jQuery UI Datepicker @VERSION .ui-icon-circle-arrow-s { margin: -1px; .ui-icon-power { } .ui-icon-grip-solid-vertical { select:-webkit-autofill:focus { If youre in charge of handling the affairs for a recently deceased loved one, this guide offers a helpful checklist. padding: 1em 1.4em; margin-top: -8px; background-position: -176px -64px; background-position: -48px -160px; They had no children. .donate_form .main { .ui-button-text-icons .ui-button-icon-secondary, /* no icon support for input elements, provide padding by default */ .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav { display: block; document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 The Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation, a 501c3 not for profit,Tax ID # 13-3859563. color: #cd0a0a; She was one of the pioneer female anchors in the industry. She is survived by her brother Arthur C. Stringer and by two nieces, Suellen Stringer-Hye, and Elizabeth Doble Stringer and two nephews Arthur Campbell Stringer III and Lewis Tipton Stringer. } * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Theming/API } .ui-icon-shuffle { padding: 1em 2.2em; } padding: 0; top: 50%; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev-hover, margin-left: -8px; } right: auto; top: 0; } On this site which analyses celebrities, Tippy is well known as one of the top stars. } .ui-button-icon-only { display: block; * http://jqueryui.com width: 9px; right: 2px; background-position: -208px -128px; Her full given name, Lewis Tipton Stringer, led to a mix-up in which she was accepted to attend William and Mary College under the mistaken assumption that she was a male. .ui-icon-play { * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors * jQuery UI Selectable @VERSION Upon Huntleys retirement from NBC news in 1970, the couple founded the Big Sky Resort outside Bozeman, in his home state of Montana. float: right; margin-left: .4em; } } .ui-progressbar .ui-progressbar-value { cursor: sw-resize; } .ui-icon-arrowthickstop-1-n { height: 1.2em; For the tenth consecutive year, we have been awarded the highest, 4-star, rating from Charity Navigator, the nations premier charity evaluator. (Left) Shows Tippy Huntley with husband Chet Huntley preparing for the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. background-position: -160px -64px; z-index:100; .ui-button-icon-only .ui-icon, background-position: -64px -224px; input:-moz-autofill:focus, Unless you are experienced as an estate executor, you probably should hire an attorney. select.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill:hover, */ * * http://jquery.org/license "Her long suit is fashion, beauty and theundeniable fact that she's about the cutest thing seen on TV in theseparts. outline: none; Huntley's first marriage, to Ingrid Rolin, produced two daughters and ended in divorce in 1959. .ui-widget input, .ui-icon-flag { padding: .2em; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-buttonpane button { The couple courted 'virtually' for several months before marrying in 1959. .ui-widget-header .ui-state-hover, } } input.textfield.otherdonate:-webkit-autofill:focus, transition: background-color 5000s ease-in-out 0s; } .ui-datepicker select.ui-datepicker-year { .ui-icon-triangle-1-w { /*! border: 0; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-header { } .ui-menu-icons .ui-menu-item a { } background-position: -96px 0; min-height: 0; Recent gifts to the Vanderbilt University Special Collections include the papers of television broadcasting pioneer Tippy Stringer Huntley Conrad and Thomas Wolfe items from alumnus Dr. Frank C. Wilson, BA'50. } } clear: both; .ui-icon-triangle-1-se { } } background-position: -112px -160px; .ui-icon-circle-triangle-w { Her full given name, Lewis Tipton Stringer, led to a mix-up in which she was accepted to attend William and Mary College under the mistaken assumption that she was a male. } overflow: visible; /*! cursor: text; } } By signing up, you agree to the our terms and our Privacy Policy agreement. background-position: -32px -96px; .ui-icon-note { They're not a map to follow, but simply a description of what people commonly feel. .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li a, margin-right: 22px; .ui-datepicker.ui-datepicker-multi { Later that year, Huntley, at age 48, married the former Tippy Stringer (1930-2010). .ui-progressbar { } .ui-helper-clearfix { .ui-icon-circle-close { I know she married actor/director William Conrad in the 1980's. He died in 1994. .ui-icon-arrow-4 { } .ui-icon-wrench { } top: -5px; } But Stringers natural theatricality and talent kept her involved: in 1968, when the Report covered the complicated events involved in the Democratic Convention in Chicago, Stringer was on hand to add behind-the-scenes commentary. margin-bottom: -0.6em; Tippy Stringer Huntley Conrad, who became a Washington personality during the 1950s as a comely weather girl issuing forecasts on the local NBC affiliate, and who left the city for New York when. color: inherit; * jQuery UI Progressbar @VERSION .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev, /* Corner radius */ } */ } .ui-slider-horizontal .ui-slider-range-max { .radiobuttonarea input[type="radio"] { } position: relative; .ui-icon-arrowreturnthick-1-s { He returned to Montana, where he conceived and built Big Sky, a ski resort south of Bozeman, which opened in December 1973. $('input.otherdonate').on('blur', function(){ .ui-icon-carat-2-e-w { .ui-icon-plusthick { background-position: -80px -160px; .ui-priority-secondary, American TV News Tippy Stringer Huntley was born Lewis Tipton Stringer on 15th July, 1930 in Evanston, Ill and passed away on 1st Oct 2010 Los Angeles, California aged 80. } .ui-icon-carat-1-s { .ui-state-hover a, .ui-spinner-up { font-weight: normal; color: #212121; When would you like your recurring donation to start? * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Button#theming I'm embarrassed that I wasn't familiar with her. text-decoration: none; /* with multiple calendars */ * Released under the MIT license. } .ui-icon-seek-prev { American TV Personality Chet Huntley was born Chester . background-position: 0 -160px; Tippy Stringer Huntley Conrad, who became a Washington personalityduring the 1950s as a comely weather girl issuing forecasts on the localNBC affiliate, and who left the city for New York when she marriedtelevision newsman Chet Huntley, died Oct. 1 at her home in Los Angeles.She was 80 and had a brain tumor. .ui-icon-zoomin { } } background-position: 0 -64px; left: auto; position: static; Huntley met his first wife, Ingrid Eleanor Rolin, while living in Seattle. padding: 0; .ui-slider-vertical .ui-slider-range-min { direction: rtl; cursor: e-resize; padding: 8px; Lewis Tipton Stringer was born July 15, 1930, in Evanston, Ill. Herfamily moved to the Washington area later that decade, and she graduatedfrom Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. .orangered-background { .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-loading a { width: 100%; background-position: -48px -32px; background-position: -64px -48px; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-title select { .ui-widget-header .ui-state-disabled { /* Interaction states left: auto; Lyle Johnston 3/31/01. background-position: -128px -32px; } .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev span, During the height of her local fame, Mrs. Conrad often appearedoff-screen at local fairs and holiday celebrations. .ui-datepicker { background-position: -160px -192px; .ui-icon-help { .ui-datepicker td a { The Washington business community took note of Stringer's talents on the high-profile show, and invited her frequently to promote local products as well as appear in parades and other ceremonial events.Both of Stringer's parents were graduates of the University of Chicago, and her father was an executive with the National Broadcasting Association. Quotes " .ui-widget-content .ui-state-hover, background:#ac3d05 !important; .ui-icon-print { .ui-icon-zoomout { } font-weight: normal; border-right: 0; .ui-helper-clearfix:after { You have funeral questions, we have answers. .ui-accordion .ui-accordion-noicons { background-position: -192px -48px; She majored in theater, starring in several university productions, and in 1951 was crowned homecoming queen. .radiobuttonarea input[type="radio"]:checked + span { position: absolute; * http://jquery.org/license } display: block; .ui-icon-star { background-position: -48px -144px; border-left: 0; .error { padding-left: .7em; margin: -1px; .ui-icon-arrowthick-1-ne { .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-active a, border-left: 0; } But it was her personality that set her apart and helped her become such a popular figure on the air. * http://jquery.org/license Friends often noted that Once you met Tippy you never forgot her. Stringers taste and a creative mind helped her negotiate a career in the infant television broadcasting industry, when opportunities for women were limited, and helped pave the way for many younger women who have since enjoyed a more open field for their own notable careers. } background-position: -32px -176px; /* For IE8 - See #6059 */ border-collapse: collapse; * Released under the MIT license. padding: .5em .5em .5em .7em; Newscaster and co-anchor of The Huntley-Brinkley Report on NBC. .ui-state-error a, } Ms. Stringer hosted cooking, homemaking and weather shows for WRC TV and radio before becoming the stations resident weather girl in 1953. * Press Esc to cancel. } border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc; left: 1px; .ui-state-error-text .ui-icon { position: absolute; .ui-icon-carat-1-nw { .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-buttonpane button.ui-datepicker-current { } } American TV News Tippy Stringer Huntley was born Lewis Tipton Stringer on 15th July, 1930 in Evanston, Ill and passed away on 1st Oct 2010 Los Angeles, California aged 80. left: 2px; border: 0; background-position: -64px -192px; margin: 0 2.5rem; line-height: normal; .ui-menu .ui-menu-icon { margin: .5em .4em .5em 0; background-position: -16px -64px; .ui-state-hover a:link, position: absolute; * http://jquery.org/license background: #ffffff url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-bg_flat_75_ffffff_40x100.png) 50% 50% repeat-x; .ui-icon-arrow-2-ne-sw { * http://jqueryui.com .ui-icon-radio-on { } .ui-menu .ui-state-disabled { background-position: -112px -192px; } input.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill:hover, * background-position: -48px -80px; -webkit-text-fill-color: black; * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors height: 9px; She was admitted to the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg onlyto discover that the school had assumed, given her name, that she was ayoung man.