In 1957, Conrad was married to former fashion model Susan Randall (1940-1979), and the couple had one son, Christopher. } } } right: auto; top: 0; * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors font-family: FontAwesome; } ----------------------------------*/ margin-top: -8px; 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. background-position: -144px -144px; .ui-icon-grip-diagonal-se { select.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill, text-overflow: ellipsis; Chet Huntley Summary Photographs show television news anchorman Chet Huntley at home with his wife Tippy Stringer. background-position: -240px -112px; She majored in theater, starring in several university productions, and in 1951 was crowned homecoming queen. In reply to: Re: Tippy Stringer who married Chet Huntley. height: 100px; background-position: -64px -160px; .ui-icon-circle-plus { input.ui-button { right: 1px; For some people, the best send-off is one that they would have loved to attendthemselves: a big party. background: none; font-size: large; .ui-icon-document { height: 9px; background-position: -144px -128px; } } I'm embarrassed that I wasn't familiar with her. * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Slider#theming .ui-icon-triangle-1-nw { } Stringer was born in July 1930 in Illinois. In 1980, Conrad married Tipton "Tippy" Stringer (1930-2010), a TV pioneer and the widow of NBC newscaster Chet Huntley. * background-position: -192px -128px; width: 1.8em; Tipton was a very well television trailblazer and weather forecaster. vertical-align: middle; .ui-icon-arrow-2-se-nw { .ui-icon-battery-1 { /* Misc visuals .donate_form .main { } /* Overlays */ } opacity: 0.25; top: .2em; You will pay for one full hour to run our entire laboratory. max-width: 600px; width: 17em; .ui-icon-triangle-1-ne { .ui-slider-vertical .ui-slider-handle { .ui-icon-triangle-1-n { background-position: -176px -64px; * /* positioning */ display: inline-block; 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. .ui-icon-script { } line-height: 36px; background-position: -16px -176px; font-size: .9em; /* states and images */ .ui-widget-overlay { /* Change Autocomplete styles in Chrome*/ text-indent: -9999999px; } } } background: url("https://www.alzinfo.org/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/images/animated-overlay.gif"); background-position: -112px -96px; } width: 25%; .ui-widget { /* RTL support */ .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-prev { * http://jquery.org/license .ui-icon-minusthick { border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; * Released under the MIT license. } } In between, she raced tothe Shoreham Hotel's swanky Blue Room nightclub, where she changedcostumes to sing in two nightly floor shows. * Lewis Tipton Stringer was an American television pioneer, a weather reporter, and the wife of prominent news anchor Chet Huntley. Tippy passed away on October 1, 2010. textarea:-webkit-autofill:focus, background: #aaaaaa url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-bg_flat_0_aaaaaa_40x100.png) 50% 50% repeat-x; .ui-button:visited, margin: 0; * } */ .ui-icon-arrowstop-1-s { .ui-icon-folder-open { background-position: 0 -48px; She married prominent broadcaster Chet Huntley in 1959. } * http://jqueryui.com .ui-widget-header .ui-state-error-text { clip: rect(0 0 0 0); /* with multiple calendars */ left: .5em; .ui-slider-vertical { hello, Peggy - To my knowledge Tippy is still alive. * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Progressbar#theming } Type above and press Enter to search. Brinkley, stationed in Washington D.C., introduced Stringer to Huntley in New York via satellite. background-position: -128px -144px; .ui-icon-grip-dotted-vertical { margin: 0 0 .4em; -moz-text-fill-color: black; textarea:-moz-autofill:focus, #154093 .ui-icon-extlink { } } cursor: default; .ui-state-hover .ui-icon, 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-icon-triangle-1-se { margin: .2em 0; bottom: 0; background-position: -16px -224px; } .ui-resizable-s { She quickly became known for her lively delivery and for being able to stay on script no matter what was happening around her. } margin-left: -8px; .ui-icon-copy { } position: absolute; top: 2px; } } .ui-helper-clearfix:after { .ui-helper-clearfix:before, background: #8d8d8d; $('input.otherdonate').on('blur', function(){ /* position: relative prevents IE scroll bug (element with position: relative inside container with overflow: auto appear as "fixed") */ .ui-icon-bullet { .ui-menu-icons { * border-left: 0; * http://jquery.org/license .ui-icon-arrow-4-diag { This was just three days before Tippy opened their resort. .ui-icon-heart { } } .ui-icon-circlesmall-plus { border-width: 1px 0 0 0; * http://jqueryui.com .ui-spinner .ui-icon-triangle-1-s { .ui-icon { What kind of arrangement is appropriate, where should you send it, and when should you send an alternative? .ui-datepicker-multi-4 .ui-datepicker-group { .ui-state-default a:link, } Associated With The NBC network initially hired Huntley in an attempt to overshadow the popularity of CBS host Walter Cronkite. -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; .ui-resizable-sw { 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. width: 1.2em; width: 49%; padding: 0; color: indianred; font-weight: bold; .ui-icon-carat-1-w { background-position: -96px -96px; text-decoration: none; bottom: -5px; background-position: 0 -208px; position: absolute; .ui-buttonset .ui-button { .ui-widget-content .ui-state-error a, background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png); background-position: -16px -192px; margin: .4em 0 .2em; input:-webkit-autofill, } -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0px 1000px #F6F6F5 inset; * Released under the MIT license. width: 33.3%; border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc; height: .8em; } } } } font-family: 'Open Sans'; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next-hover { background-position: -96px -64px; } background-position: -96px -144px; filter: alpha(opacity=0); .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li { background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png); left: 2px; background-position: -48px -32px; } .ui-button-icon-only .ui-icon, } } The next thing I knew he was taking her out.". background-position: -64px 0; .ui-button, } 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. background-position: -80px -192px; } 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. } background-position: -144px -32px; .ui-button-icons-only .ui-button-icon-secondary { background-color:#ac3d05 !important; background-position: -224px -96px; } .ui-datepicker table { padding: .5em 1em; } } .ui-widget-content .ui-priority-secondary, .ui-icon-close { cursor: move; } left: 0; } background: #ffffff; padding: .2em .6em .3em .6em; Mrs. Conrad moved to Los Angeles and helped manage Conrad's latercareer, which included a starring role in the CBS legal drama "Jake andthe Fatman." * http://jqueryui.com .ui-helper-hidden-accessible { } American TV Personality Chet Huntley was born Chester . background-position: -80px -160px; div#ui-datepicker-div { z-index: 1; height: 2em; .ui-dialog .ui-dialog-content { } } } height: 0; text-align: center; .ui-icon-check { select.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill:focus { .ui-icon-star { .ui-datepicker-multi .ui-datepicker-buttonpane { .ui-datepicker-multi .ui-datepicker-group-middle .ui-datepicker-header { left: .2em; .ui-widget-content .ui-state-focus, The couple courted 'virtually' for several months before marrying in 1959. cursor: ne-resize; } width: 12px; .ui-state-highlight, View Source Share Save to Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Memorials .ui-icon-triangle-2-e-w { background-position: -64px -64px; 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. .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-group-middle .ui-datepicker-header { } William Conrad died in 1994 after 14 years of marriage. width: 1px; .ui-tabs-collapsible .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-active a { .ui-datepicker.ui-datepicker-multi { z-index:100; } left: 50%; .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-prev:hover { /*! clear: right; } ", "She sat in my lap or something corny like that," Brinkley said in a1961 interview, "and I told her who Chet was while he looked on [in] themonitor. When Stringers career began at CBS Radio in 1955, she was one of only a handful of female network news staffers. } } An honorary member of the city's royalty, she was crowned Miss Get Outthe Vote in 1956, posing at the District Building in a sash, gown andwhite gloves as part of a campaign to nudge reluctant voters to thepolls. */ } * http://jquery.org/license border-left-width: 0; direction: rtl; border-bottom: 0; top: 50%; padding-right: 2.1em; cursor: default; width: 2.2em; She is most remembered for Wrc-TV. .ui-icon-circle-check { .ui-icon-circle-zoomout { padding-left: 2.2em; .ui-icon-arrow-1-ne { /*! padding-left: 2em; select:-moz-autofill:hover, * jQuery UI CSS Framework @VERSION .ui-icon-arrowthick-2-se-nw { .ui-state-default .ui-icon { background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png); left: auto; } text-decoration: none; opacity: 0.7; .ui-icon-alert { margin-left: 0; .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-next { .ui-state-highlight a, } } } background-position: -48px -176px; font-weight: normal; } background-position: -80px -80px; } } She created most of the programs content: interviews, cooking segments, and a cartoon creation called Senator Fairweather. .ui-button-text-icons .ui-button-text { Adhesive residue on verso. max-width: 300px; width: auto; } right: .5em; 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. } } No other Alzheimers related charity has so consistently received this high award. .ui-state-active a, overflow: hidden; * .ui-state-focus, text-indent: -99999px; height: 100%; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next { width: 2.4em; border-collapse: collapse; .ui-state-disabled { Listeners highly anticipated her forecasts that executives at WRC-TV once considered moving the evening news to accommodate them. } overflow: hidden; .ui-corner-bottom, background-position: -32px -128px; font-size: 1em; * ----------------------------------*/ .ui-icon { position: absolute; right: 2px; WASHINGTON Tippy Stringer Huntley Conrad, who became a Washington personality during the 1950s as a comely weather girl issuing forecasts on the local NBC affiliate, died Oct. 1 at her home in. background-position: -16px -128px; background-position: -144px -192px; font-weight: normal; left: 1px; .ui-icon-contact { } } } 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. width: 100%; /* support: IE7 */ * border-left-width: 0; .ui-icon-grip-solid-horizontal { font-weight: bold; Send simple, comforting meals with Home Chef. width: .8em; cursor: pointer; .ui-icon-circle-close { textarea:-webkit-autofill, .ui-corner-left, .ui-icon-triangle-2-n-s { left: 2px; .ui-icon-arrowthick-2-ne-sw { .ui-icon-arrowreturn-1-s { .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-title select { After Huntley's passing in 1974, Tippy continued building her life while continuing his legacy. background-position: 0 -128px; 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In the 21st century, it's not just urns and gravestones anymore. } 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. } height: 100%; margin-top: 2px; .ui-icon-carat-2-e-w { } width: auto; } } float: right; margin: 0 auto .4em; } * Released under the MIT license. margin: -1px; There are 1 obituaries and memoriams for the surname Stringer-huntley-conrad. -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px #aaa; float: left; } background-position: -64px -112px; background-position: -64px -32px; outline: none; border-bottom: none; } To plant trees in memory, please visit the, Thank you, for your trailblazing and professionalism. .ui-button-text-only .ui-button-text { font-weight: bold; margin-right: 22px; } * Released under the MIT license. .ui-icon-zoomin { * height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: -0.6em; background-position: -48px -64px; .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-group-middle .ui-datepicker-header { .ui-icon-circle-triangle-w { border: 0; Hi folks, just came across your website, really like your works! } .ui-icon-circle-zoomin { float: left; } padding-left: 2.2em; width: 7px; } } color: inherit; right: 1px; * .ui-state-hover a:visited { cursor: pointer; padding: 0; input:-webkit-autofill:hover, .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev-hover { } } display: block; }); } opacity: 0.3; cursor: default !important; Huntley's last NBC News broadcast was aired on July 31, 1970. .ui-icon-scissors { /* Interaction Cues background-position: 0 -16px; padding: 0 .2em; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; color: #ac3d05; } 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. -webkit-text-fill-color: white; background-position: -64px -96px; color: #222222; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-buttonpane { } .ui-icon-circle-arrow-e { right: -5px; .ui-icon-plusthick { Ms. Stringers 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. font-size: 1.3rem; /* right-aligned */ * .ui-icon-circle-arrow-s { text-align: left; .ui-icon-circle-triangle-s { } * http://jquery.org/license background-position: -80px -160px; background-position: -208px -192px; } 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. * jQuery UI Menu @VERSION /* TR overrides */ 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. } } .ui-helper-reset { position: relative; 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. .ui-icon-arrowthick-1-nw { .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-loading a { Early in his career, he worked for Seattle, Washington's KIRO AM radio station. color: #cd0a0a; select.textfield.otherdonate:-webkit-autofill:focus { } .ui-datepicker.ui-datepicker-multi { background:#ac3d05 !important; color: white; height: 1px; .ui-datepicker td span, They fell in love and later married in 1959 and lived in New York until they retired. border: 1px dotted black; input.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill:focus, 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. 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. } } padding: 0 2.5rem 2.5rem 2.5rem; .ui-icon-arrow-2-e-w { .ui-menu .ui-menu-icon { } } background-position: -80px -112px; width: auto; * http://jqueryui.com } font-weight: normal; } .ui-spinner-button { .ui-slider-horizontal .ui-slider-range-max { } background-position: -128px 0; left: auto; padding: .4em 1em .4em 2.1em; * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors .ui-icon-calendar { cursor: s-resize; border: 1px solid #9eb6be; .ui-icon-arrowthickstop-1-w { color:#ffffff !important; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev span, } } background-position: -96px -160px; background-position: -32px -160px; width: 9px; In 1950 she became a forecast presenter at NBC. position: relative; By signing up, you agree to the our terms and our Privacy Policy agreement. * You will pay for one of our researchers for 1 hour. .ui-icon-radio-on { right: -5px; position: absolute; padding: 2px .4em; Brinkley, stationed in Washington D.C., introduced Stringer to Huntley in New York via satellite. .ui-icon-circlesmall-close { } 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. .ui-corner-all, } * .ui-spinner a.ui-spinner-button { margin-left: -8px; Yes, please also keep me updated on the latest news at the Fisher Center, including breakthrough findings.