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Oct 17, 2010 · 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.
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Stringer was born in July 1930 in Illinois. She was the daughter of Arthur and Louise. Her parents graduated from the University of Chicago, where they met and married. Her father was one among the high board of NBC. Immediately after high school, she joined the University of Maryland, changing her name to Tippy. Tippy was one of the first women in...
David Brinkley, the long-time NBC newscaster, introduced Conrad to Chet Huntley, a friend and colleague of Brinkley’s at NBC. They fell in love and later married in 1959 and lived in New York until they retired. After fifteen years of a romantic relationship, Chet died of lung cancer at 62. This was just three days before Tippy opened their resort....
When television was in its infancy, Ms. Huntley was among the first local TV personalities to become a familiar face in Washington. Mrs. Huntley began her career in broadcasting as a stenographer at WRC, an NBC affiliate in Washington. In 1950 she became a forecast presenter at NBC. With her hair coiffed in a bouffant and wearing pearl, Mrs. Huntle...
Oct 1, 2010 · Biography. Tipton was born 15 Jul 1930, in Evanston, Illinois, to Arthur Campbell and Lewis "Louie" Frances (Sugg) Stringer. She was apparently named for her maternal grandmother, Sarah Lewis Tipton. She was married first to legendary newscaster Chet Huntley.
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Oct 1, 2010 · Tippy passed away on October 1, 2010. She resided at 425 North Maple Drive in Beverly Hills, California at the time of her death. Tipton Conrad was born July 15, 1930 in Evanston, Illinois, she was the wife of Chet Huntley and William Conrad.
In 1980, Conrad married Tipton "Tippy" Stringer (1930–2010), a TV pioneer and the widow of NBC newscaster Chet Huntley. She helped manage his career during their 14-year marriage. [27]
Tipton Stringer-Huntley-Conrad passed away in Los Angeles, California. The obituary was featured in Los Angeles Times on October 16, 2010.
Oct 24, 2010 · 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...
