Carolyn Hunt | |
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 Hunt in 1992 during a campaign event. | |
| 69th and 71st First Lady of North Carolina | |
| In role January 9, 1993 – January 6, 2001 | |
| Governor | Jim Hunt |
| Preceded by | Dottie Martin |
| Succeeded by | Mary P. Easley |
| In role January 8, 1977 – January 5, 1985 | |
| Governor | Jim Hunt |
| Preceded by | Patricia Hollingsworth Holshouser |
| Succeeded by | Dottie Martin |
| Member of the Wilson County Public School Board | |
| In office 1986–1990 | |
| Second Lady of North Carolina | |
| In role January 6, 1973 – January 8, 1977 | |
| Governor | James Holshouser |
| Lieutenant Governor | Jim Hunt |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Lockhart Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Alice Clark Green |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carolyn Joyce Leonard July 3, 1937 Mingo, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Jim Hunt |
| Children | 4 (including Rachel and Baxter) |
| Parent(s) | Carl Avery Leonard Norma Henderson |
| Education | Iowa State Teachers College University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Occupation | teacher |
Carolyn Joyce Hunt (née Leonard; born July 3, 1937) is an American educator and politician who, as the wife of Jim Hunt, served as the Second Lady of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977 and twice-served as the First Lady of North Carolina, from 1977 to 1985 and again from 1993 to 2001. She is the longest serving first lady in North Carolina history and she and her husband were the first governor and first lady to serve two four-year terms in North Carolina. As first lady, she served as the Chairwoman of the advisory council for the Governor's Office of Citizen Affairs, which promoted volunteerism throughout the state, and as Chairwoman of the North Carolina Friendship Force Program, a chapter of Friendship Force International, which promoted international student exchange programs in state public schools. In between her terms as first lady, she served on the board of directors and the executive committee of Friendship Force International and, in 1986, was elected to the Wilson County Public School Board.