border-right-width: 0; A few months before joining CBS, Stringer had been crowned homecoming queen at the University of Maryland and went on to star in university productions. height: 9px; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-buttonpane { She was the daughter of Arthur and Louise. width: 50%; } font-size: .9em; input:-webkit-autofill, padding-left: 2.2em; min-height: 0; background-position: -128px -48px; } } display: none; Stringers work in television led her to meet Chet Huntley in 1957, just as the Huntley-Brinkley Report was becoming the flagship NBC nightly news program. Tippy Stringer Huntley Conrad, charming D.C. weather beauty, dies at 80, By Emma BrownWashington Post Staff Writer Saturday, October 23, 2010; 9:46 PM. .ui-accordion .ui-accordion-icons .ui-accordion-icons { input.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill, } filter: alpha(opacity=70); } 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. } float: right; /* Interaction Cues select:-webkit-autofill, background-position: -144px -32px; background-position: -80px -96px; /* Change Autocomplete styles in Chrome*/ Information and advice to help you cope with the death of someone important to you. background-position: -96px -32px; height: 100%; .ui-button-icon-only .ui-icon, In the 21st century, it's not just urns and gravestones anymore. background-position: -48px -160px; border-right: none; } Stringer continued to work in advertising, radio, and television for the first years of her marriage to Huntley but the demands of being a wife and hostess to the increasingly successful broadcaster during the event-filled 1960s eventually required her to abandon her own career. They were married in 1936, had two daughters, and divorced in 1959. width: 21px; .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li { overflow: hidden; line-height: normal; } top: 50%; Chet Huntley Summary Photographs show television news anchorman Chet Huntley at home with his wife Tippy Stringer. Tippy Stringer Huntley boyfriend, husband list. .ui-icon-carat-2-e-w { background-position: 0 -144px; if($(this).val()!==''){ background-position: -96px -64px; border: 0; background-position: -160px -192px; font-size: large; left: -5px; } left: auto; background-position: -192px -96px; } /* Icons } } } } .ui-icon-circle-zoomout { } width: 1.8em; /* reset extra padding in Firefox, see h5bp.com/l */ /* workarounds */ * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors background-position: -48px -208px; border: 1px solid #9eb6be; width: 1.8em; background-position: -208px -32px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; text-align: right; background-position: -144px -112px; 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. text-align: center; .ui-icon-arrow-2-n-s { background-position: -32px -64px; .ui-icon-print { } .ui-progressbar .ui-progressbar-value { right: auto; She even appeared on The Phil Donahue Show to discuss the stress and stigma of widowhood, topics that had not been widely publicly contemplated at the time.Stringer stayed in the public eye with a bid as a Republican Congressional candidate for Montana in 1978 which, although ultimately unsuccessful, was important in increasing the visibility of women running for elective office. /* positioning */ .ui-icon-arrowthick-1-ne { } padding: 8px; background-position: -80px -144px; .ui-icon-script { /* right-aligned */ right: -5px; * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Datepicker#theming ", 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. pointer-events: none; padding: 2.2rem 0 0.7rem; .ui-icon-alert { padding-left: 25px; } float: left; background-position: -80px -160px; } Giving to charity is a meaningful way to honor someone who has died. padding: 0; } .ui-datepicker-multi .ui-datepicker-group { 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. } } width: auto; Tippy Stringer Huntley rose to prime prominence as a TV News. She majored in theater, starring in several university productions, and in 1951 was crowned homecoming queen. border-left: 0; .ui-icon-circle-arrow-e { .ui-datepicker-multi .ui-datepicker-buttonpane { font-style: normal; * To view and modify this theme, visit http://jqueryui.com/themeroller/ * Released under the MIT license. } Thanks a lot.I really can't place Arthur Stringer right now but some of my family was in IL in the 1800s and early 1900s.If you should find out more on Tippy I would really appreciate if you would advise me.Is she still living? max-width: 1120px; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev-hover { } } .ui-icon-pin-w { right: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; background-position: -176px -64px; background-position: -160px -128px; overflow: visible; She was one of the pioneer female anchors in the industry. Since she had been assigned to a mens dormitory and there was no more room in the womens at William and Mary, she decided instead to attend the University of Maryland , and changed her name permanently to Tippy. padding-bottom: 10px; } margin: -1px; On this site which analyses celebrities, Tippy is well known as one of the top stars. position: absolute; .ui-menu .ui-state-disabled a { z-index: 1; * http://jquery.org/license transition: background-color 5000s ease-in-out 0s; * 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. width: 100%; .ui-icon-circle-minus { .ui-widget textarea, border-top-left-radius: 4px; * background-position: 0 -96px; background-position: 0 -80px; padding: 0 .2em; .ui-icon-circle-arrow-w { bottom: -5px; } /*! * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Autocomplete#theming We, women appreciate you. textarea.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill:focus, * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors * Released under the MIT license. left: -0.3em; */ padding-right: 2.1em; .ui-tabs { * Released under the MIT license. * jQuery UI Button @VERSION font-size: 13px; } background-position: -80px -48px; They had no children. background-position: -48px -80px; The couple was married in a small ceremony in 1980 and Stringer went on to help manage Conrad in the later years of his career, including his starring role on Jake and the Fatman, through his death in 1994. float: left; padding: .2em; padding: 0; } .ui-spinner-down { Stringer's 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. } .ui-widget-content .ui-state-default, .radiobuttonarea input[type="radio"]:checked + span { padding: 8px; } .ui-icon-arrow-4 { text-decoration: none; .ui-datepicker-multi .ui-datepicker-group-last .ui-datepicker-header, } } margin-top: .5em; .ui-corner-bottom, } float: right; select.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill:focus { Published by Los Angeles Times on Oct. 17, 2010. left: 2px; Tippy passed away on October 1, 2010. * http://jqueryui.com He returned to Montana, where he conceived and built Big Sky, a ski resort south of Bozeman, which opened in December 1973. bottom: 1px; } .ui-icon-arrowthickstop-1-n { height: 7px; background-position: 0 0; white-space: nowrap; } background-position: -80px -176px; width: 25px; Upon Huntley's retirement from NBC news in 1970, the couple founded the Big Sky Resort outside Bozeman, in his home state of Montana.After Huntley died in 1974, Stringer went on the lecture circuit to draw attention to the emotional and psychological hardships associated with becoming a widow. } filter: alpha(opacity=35); /*! .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-header { display: block; background-position: 0 -48px; background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png); } } * http://jqueryui.com input.textfield.otherdonate:-webkit-autofill:focus, After Huntley died in 1974, Stringer went on the lecture circuit to draw attention to the emotional and psychological hardships associated with becoming a widow. } } } vertical-align: middle; After Huntley's passing in 1974, Tippy continued building her life while continuing his legacy. margin: .5em .2em .4em; textarea.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill, Mrs. Conrad was noticed for her looks and magnetism while performingonstage in student plays. } background-position: -32px -80px; } Mrs. Conrad appeared as a weather girl twice each evening, at 6:45 and11:10, wearing pearls and a perfect coiffure. } padding: .4em; .ui-icon-power { * Released under the MIT license. display: block; You will pay for one of our researchers for 1 hour. } height: 100%; .ui-icon-squaresmall-minus { * http://jquery.org/license } * right: 0; margin: 0; * Released under the MIT license. /*! } .ui-icon-check { * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors padding: 0; position: relative; -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 0px 1000px #F6F6F5 inset; clear: right; .ui-slider-vertical .ui-slider-range-min { } z-index: 100; } } } .ui-icon-image { Tippy Stringer, age 80, died in Los Angeles on October 1st at her home. } display: block; .ui-button-text-icons .ui-icon, .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev { * Released under the MIT license. } } .ui-button:active { .ui-icon-gear { The resort, which includes a golf course and a tangle of ski runsincluding one called "Tippy's Tumble," was sold to a Michigan company in1976. .ui-icon-grip-solid-vertical { left: 50%; display: block; } .ui-icon-arrow-2-ne-sw { background-position: -192px -192px; } } } Tippy Stringer (m. 1959-74) Ingrid Rolin (m. 1936-59) Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley (December 10, 1911 - March 20, 1974) was an American television newscaster. position: relative; } * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Accordion#theming position: absolute; I've heard many wonderful stories about her from my sister-in-law Kristin Kern. .ui-icon-calendar { div#ui-datepicker-div { input.textfield.otherdonate:-webkit-autofill, Some basic help and starters when you have to write a tribute to someone you love. Also performing as a star singer at the Shoreham hotel near where the television station was housed, she would often traverse an underground tunnel that connected the two, as she did two floor shows and two weather shows nightly requiring speedy runs through the tunnel. Associated With The NBC network initially hired Huntley in an attempt to overshadow the popularity of CBS host Walter Cronkite. } .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-prev { Family Life He married Ingrid Rolin on February 23, 1936; the couple divorced in 1959, and he married Tippy Stringer that same year. .ui-icon-zoomout { background-position: -32px -224px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; background-position: -64px -64px; * http://jqueryui.com border-width: 1px 0 0 0; } 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. width: 7px; filter: alpha(opacity=0); float: left; background:#ac3d05 !important; } .ui-icon-arrowreturn-1-s { font-size: 0.1px; } We support the pioneering research of the late Nobel Laureate Dr. Paul Greengard under the leadership of Dr. Nathaniel Heintz and his team as they continue pursuing the quest for a cure. color: #cd0a0a; top: 50%; width: 12px; left: 0; William Conrad was previously married to Tippy Stringer Huntley (1980 - 1994), Susan Randall Conrad (1957 - 1979) and June Nelson (1943 - 1957). position: relative; } background-position: -192px -48px; float: right; .ui-dialog .ui-dialog-buttonpane .ui-dialog-buttonset { top: 50%; * jQuery UI Datepicker @VERSION .ui-icon-stop { width: 49%; } background: #fef1ec url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-bg_glass_95_fef1ec_1x400.png) 50% 50% repeat-x; background-image: none; box-sizing: border-box; .ui-icon-battery-2 { He married Ingrid Rolin on February 23, 1936; the couple divorced in 1959, and he married Tippy Stringer that same year. background: #ffffff; In the mid-1950s,she cut the ribbon at opening ceremonies for the Seven Corners ShoppingCenter and the bridge that carries East Capitol Street across theAnacostia River. position: static; } /* button icon element(s) */ } float: right; * } * jQuery UI CSS Framework @VERSION } position: relative; 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-tag { left: 1px; } * Released under the MIT license. position: relative; .ui-icon-help { } } } } position: absolute; .ui-icon-document-b { } /*! .ui-button-icons-only .ui-button-icon-secondary { 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. William Conrad, a famous American actor, paid a visit to the Big Sky Resort, and thats where she met Tippy. Warning: This form can only be used if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. background-position: 0 -128px; .ui-slider-vertical .ui-slider-handle { } The best poems for funerals, memorial services., and cards. .ui-icon-cancel { } } border: 1px solid #cd0a0a; margin: -10px 0 0 0; input.textfield.otherdonate:-webkit-autofill:hover, Grief researchers say holding that missing funeral service, even a year or more later, can still help us heal. /*! } z-index: 9999 !important; Yes, please also keep me updated on the latest news at the Fisher Center, including breakthrough findings. display: block; } Lewis Tipton Stringer Huntley, better known as "Tippy" Conrad, was born on July 15, 1930, in Evanston, Illinois, USA, to Arthur Campbell and Lewis "Louie" Frances Stringer. Send simple, comforting meals with Home Chef. .ui-icon-arrowthick-1-n { .ui-datepicker select.ui-datepicker-month, While working for NBC in Washington D.C., Huntley met Tipton (Tippy) Stringer who was working as a weather reporter at the time. width: 16px; 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. height: 9px; } Lewis Tipton Stringer was an American television pioneer, a weather reporter, and the wife of prominent news anchor Chet Huntley. .ui-icon-volume-off { background-position: -48px 0; .ui-icon-arrow-1-w { /* button text element */ } You have funeral questions, we have answers. width: 95%; background-position: -112px -192px; text-align: center; box-shadow: 0 0 5px #aaa; ----------------------------------*/ .ui-slider-horizontal .ui-slider-handle { Upon Huntley's retirement from NBC news in 1970, the couple founded the Big Sky Resort outside Bozeman, in his home state of Montana. Also, she was famous because of her second marriage to Hollywood celebrity actor William Conard Jr. We will have an in-depth analysis of this pioneer celebrity in this celeb article. } The Washington business community took note of Stringers talents on the high-profile show, and invited her frequently to promote local products as well as appear in parades and other ceremonial events. border: none; .ui-draggable .ui-dialog-titlebar { .ui-icon-carat-1-w { Newscaster and co-anchor of The Huntley-Brinkley Report on NBC. .ui-widget select, .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev-hover { .ui-icon-cart { The next thing I knew he was taking her out.". } .ui-icon-arrowreturnthick-1-s { .ui-slider { * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors .ui-corner-left, .ui-spinner-button { } position: relative; /*! position: absolute; She performed at the Shoreham hotel, juggling it with the TV shows, doing two floor shows and two weather shows back-to-back. Death [ edit] Huntley died of lung cancer on March 20, 1974, at his home in Big Sky at the age of 62, three days before the opening ceremonies for Big Sky. border-right-width: 0; .ui-widget-header .ui-state-highlight { background-position: -240px -32px; /* to make room for the icon, a width needs to be set here */ } border-top: none; Marriage Huntley's first marriage, to Ingrid Rolin, produced two daughters and ended in divorce in 1959. .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-prev:hover { } opacity:0.011; cursor: nw-resize; } } .ui-widget-content .ui-state-highlight a, } left: .2em; left: 2px; .ui-button-icons-only .ui-button-icon-primary { } .ui-icon-circle-triangle-e { } color: #cd0a0a; .ui-datepicker.ui-datepicker-multi { background-position: -16px -224px; I cherish the memories of the times we laughed together, shared great food & wine, talked about current events, t.v., movies, and "life". * text-align: left; } Adhesive residue on verso. .ui-icon-arrowthick-2-se-nw { top: .2em; .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-active a, background-position: -16px -32px; /*! width: 33.3%; } outline: none; } } background-position: -128px -128px; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-buttonpane button { Tipton "Tippy" Stringer: Birthdate: July 15, 1930: Birthplace: Evanston, Cook County , Illinois: Death: October 01, 2010 (80) Beverly Hills Immediate Family: Wife of William Conrad and Chet Huntley. .ui-datepicker-multi .ui-datepicker-group { .input-icon > i { background-position: -112px -48px; background-position: -96px -176px; } } * She quickly became known for her lively delivery and for being able to stay on script no matter what was happening around her. background-position: 16px 16px; One of the first women to appear on a large . color: white !important; text-decoration: none; * jQuery UI Selectable @VERSION She married prominent broadcaster Chet Huntley in 1959. } .ui-icon-seek-first { .ui-resizable-nw { background-position: -16px 0; .ui-icon-signal-diag { background-position: -32px -32px; * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Datepicker#theming .ui-resizable-sw { .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-next:hover { border-top: 0; * http://jquery.org/license * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors border-right: 0; .ui-helper-reset { * cursor: e-resize; .ui-widget-content .ui-state-error a, position: absolute; } .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-buttonpane { margin-top: -8px; } .ui-resizable-s { select.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill, .ui-datepicker td a { } } } background-position: -80px -208px; .ui-accordion .ui-accordion-header { */ $('input.otherdonate').on('blur', function(){ .ui-icon-seek-next { } .ui-menu .ui-menu-divider { .ui-widget-header .ui-state-active { .input-icon > input { /*! } background: #aaaaaa url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-bg_flat_0_aaaaaa_40x100.png) 50% 50% repeat-x; * Released under the MIT license. .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-buttonpane { } } background-position: -48px -176px; cursor: default; /*! .ui-datepicker-multi .ui-datepicker-buttonpane { padding: .4em 2.1em .4em 1em; } } background:#ac3d05 !important; .ui-menu-icons { margin-top: 2px; background-position: -224px -48px; } .ui-datepicker th { * * line-height: 1.5; } right: 1px; I know she married actor/director William Conrad in the 1980's. He died in 1994. } When television was in its infancy, Ms. Huntley was among the first local TV personalities to become a familiar face in Washington. right: .5em; background-image: none; textarea.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill:hover, .ui-state-hover, background-position: -64px -80px; .ui-icon-arrow-1-n { } -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; } border-left-width: 0; .ui-state-highlight a, .ui-button-icon-only .ui-icon { } border: 1px solid red; .ui-menu { } background: #8d8d8d; } .ui-state-focus, opacity: 0.25; * http://jqueryui.com } padding: 2px .4em; background-position: -144px 0; /* support: IE7 */ Huntleys widow, who became chairwoman of the board and chief executive officer, led the development of Big Sky into one of North Americas most famous Ski resorts. } text-align: center; .ui-buttonset .ui-button { .ui-icon-arrowthick-1-e { .ui-widget-header .ui-state-focus { .ui-icon-refresh { * Released under the MIT license. select:-moz-autofill:focus { } outline: none; .ui-icon-triangle-1-e { outline: none; } width: 100%; In 1950 she became a forecast presenter at NBC. } display: block; } } else { list-style: none; .ui-icon-info { } * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors margin: 0 2.5rem; width: 100%; } A most remarkable woman. margin-top: -8px; The couple courted virtually for several months before marrying in 1959. .ui-icon-arrowreturnthick-1-e { } background-position: -48px -128px; overflow: hidden; background-position: -32px -160px; background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png); .ui-tooltip { position: absolute; .orangered-background { margin: 0 auto .4em; } line-height: normal; cursor: w-resize; clear: both; .ui-widget-content { width: 100%; top: 0; } /* RTL support */ position: relative; .ui-datepicker td { The couple courted 'virtually' for several months before marrying in 1959. color: #212121; Her zodiac sign is Cancer. text-decoration: none; * jQuery UI Progressbar @VERSION .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next { height: 7px; background: none; background-position: -64px 0; margin: 1px .2em 0 0; select:-moz-autofill:hover, font-weight: normal; padding: .2em .2em 0; .ui-icon-triangle-1-sw { Every hour we need $25 to maintain our equipment and in-house facilities. width: 50%; } Stringer's magnetic personality, theatricality and talent drew the attention of film industry executives and theatrical agents, but her choice of a career in broadcasting made her a pioneer: not only was she one of the first women in broadcast news, but also one of the first entertainers to use the new wireless microphone technology.Stringer's work in television led her to meet Chet Huntley in 1957, just as the Huntley-Brinkley Report was becoming the flagship NBC nightly news program.