Carol Shepp McCain was born on 1937 or 1938 and is an American former political aide and event planner who served as the director of the White House Visitors Office from 1981 to 1987, during the Reagan administration.
29 Facts About Carol McCain
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Carol McCain was the first wife of United States Senator John McCain.
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Carol McCain graduated from Lansdowne-Aldan High School in 1955, winning a scholarship award.
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Carol McCain frequently took training flights from Florida up to Philadelphia to see her on weekends.
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On July 3,1965, Shepp and Carol McCain married in Philadelphia.
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John Carol McCain was shot down over North Vietnam on October 26,1967; he was captured and would remain a prisoner of war for five and a half years.
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Carol McCain sent frequent letters and packages to him, few of which his captors let through.
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Carol McCain was thrown from her car into the snow, going into shock; she thought she would never be seen and would die there.
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Carol McCain suffered two smashed legs, a broken pelvis, broken arm, and a ruptured spleen.
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Carol McCain spent six months in the hospital and underwent 23 operations over the following two years in order to rebuild her legs with rods and pins, and had extensive physical therapy.
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Carol McCain did not tell her husband about the accident in her letters, believing he already had enough to worry about.
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Carol McCain was interviewed on CBS Evening News in 1970 and said Christmas had no meaning for her without her husband but that she carried on with it for their children.
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Carol McCain was now four inches shorter, in a wheelchair or on crutches, and substantially heavier than when he had last seen her.
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Carol McCain was visibly hampered by his injuries and the mistreatment he had endured from the North Vietnamese.
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Carol McCain was the Clay County director for Reagan's 1976 presidential campaign as he sought the Republican Party nomination.
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Carol McCain's marriage began to falter due to her husband's partying away from home and extramarital affairs.
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Carol McCain's job was aided by the social life the couple conducted, entertaining Navy, government, and other persons three to four nights a week at their Alexandria, Virginia, home.
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Carol McCain then pushed to end their marriage, and friends described Carol as being in shock.
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Carol McCain was sued by her former mother-in-law, Roberta McCain, in 1980 for return of personal property, with the suit settled out of court in 1981.
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Carol McCain became a personal assistant to Nancy Reagan in the fall of 1979, working with her as a press assistant on Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign, and then worked on the 1980 Republican National Convention.
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Carol McCain dealt with demands from Washington officials, including a dispute about tour slots between Nancy Reagan and New York Congressman Thomas Downey.
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Carol McCain was a well-liked presence on the Washington social scene.
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Carol McCain arranged for celebrities attending White House events to sign eggs, as well as National Football League players, with the result that some 10,000 of the eggs discovered by children were signed.
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Carol McCain planned the South Lawn State Arrival Ceremonies, as well as a national Christmas celebration.
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Carol McCain left the White House Visitors Office position in January 1987 to join Philadelphia-based We the People 200, Inc.
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Carol McCain was named programming director, part of We the People 200's senior management team.
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Carol McCain later worked in press relations for the National Soft Drink Association in Washington.
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In 2003, Carol McCain retired and moved to a bungalow in Virginia Beach.
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Carol McCain was going out with one fellow who was so terrific.