} Quotes " .ui-button-text-icons .ui-button-text { } /*! /* RTL support */ clear: right; Huntley stayed active in retirement, broadcasting commentaries, recording commercials for American Airlines, and contracting with the airline to sponsor a new PBS program The American Experience, a . .ui-state-active, .ui-icon-battery-1 { textarea.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill, .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev { width: 100%; She presented the weather on Afternoon, a television show hosted by Willard Scott, and featuring Jim Henson and his early Muppets. width: auto; background-position: -32px -112px; position: absolute; } filter: alpha(opacity=70); background-position: -80px -48px; 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. background-position: 0 -80px; float: left; * * http://jqueryui.com 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-resizable-disabled .ui-resizable-handle, .ui-state-disabled, .ui-accordion .ui-accordion-header .ui-accordion-header-icon { } 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. } background-image: none; line-height: 1.3; background-position: -112px -192px; $(this).removeClass('orangered-background'); } .ui-icon-print { } font-size: large; position: absolute; z-index: 9999 !important; } -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 0px 1000px #F6F6F5 inset; .ui-icon-arrowstop-1-w { } .ui-icon-plus { .ui-button-icons-only .ui-button-icon-secondary { filter: inherit; .ui-helper-reset { .ui-widget-content .ui-state-default, } /*! width: 3.4em; She created most of the program's content: interviews, cooking segments, and a cartoon creation called Senator Fairweather. 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I'm embarrassed that I wasn't familiar with her. .ui-spinner { background-position: -208px -96px; .ui-icon-image { left: 2px; Tippy Stringer Huntley rose to prime prominence as a TV News. top: 50%; input#startday { top: 0; } font-size: 26px; } .ui-icon-calculator { } } } .ui-icon-carat-1-sw { margin: .5em .4em .5em 0; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next-hover { We consistently receive top awards and ratings for our accountability: YES, please make this a recurring monthly donation. .ui-datepicker-multi .ui-datepicker-group { } select:-moz-autofill, background-position: 0 0; input:-webkit-autofill:focus, background-position: -224px -32px; .ui-icon-note { input.ui-button { max-width: 600px; } } width: 12px; In 1980, Stringer met actor William Conrad, the original voice of Marshall Matt Dillon on the radio version of Gunsmoke, and later known for his roles in television shows such as Cannon. left: 0; background-position: -48px -96px; /* support: IE7 */ input:required:focus { margin-right: 7px; Mrs. Conrad - then Mrs. Huntley - ran unsuccessfully for Congressin 1978 as a Republican candidate from Montana. ----------------------------------*/ .ui-widget-header .ui-state-disabled { .ui-helper-clearfix { } They fell in love and later married in 1959 and lived in New York until they retired. /*! April 27, 2022 Lewis Tipton Stringer Huntley popularly known as "Tippy" was an American TV reporter. For some people, the best send-off is one that they would have loved to attendthemselves: a big party. .ui-helper-clearfix:after { float: left; color: #cd0a0a; background-position: -16px -192px; pointer-events: none; outline: 0; 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. background-position: -48px -16px; Tippy was a weather announcer for the DC NBC affiliate. 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." } } /* Change Autocomplete styles in Chrome*/ .ui-icon-seek-end { American TV News Tippy Stringer Huntley was born Lewis Tipton Stringer on 15th July, 1930 in Evanston, Ill and passed away on 1st Oct 2010 Los Angeles, California aged 80. .ui-helper-hidden-accessible { .ui-icon-arrowreturnthick-1-w { */ } display: block; cursor: pointer; } select:-moz-autofill:focus { background-position: -32px -208px; font-weight: bold; /* reset extra padding in Firefox, see h5bp.com/l */ background-position: -176px -192px; The couple courted 'virtually' for several months before marrying in 1959. .ui-icon-grip-dotted-horizontal { .ui-button-icons-only .ui-button-text { cursor: default !important; .ui-icon-carat-1-s { .ui-icon-notice { .ui-spinner .ui-icon-triangle-1-s { outline: none; background-position: -128px -112px; } * right: 1px; background-position: -208px -192px; .ui-widget-header .ui-state-highlight a { .ui-icon { Ms. Stringer's 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. .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-prev { } Here's a link to the 1955 Life magazine story about local TV "weathergirls," including Tippy: >A remarkable life! width: 100%; cursor: default; .ui-icon-arrowreturn-1-n { border: none; .ui-icon-arrow-2-se-nw { .ui-buttonset { } * Released under the MIT license. 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. background-position: -80px -144px; .ui-corner-all, clear: both; } Immediately after high school, she joined the University of Maryland, changing her name to Tippy. .ui-button-icons-only .ui-icon { A remarkable life! .ui-datepicker.ui-datepicker-multi { } } } .ui-button-text-icons .ui-button-icon-primary, I'm sure she's dazzling the crowd in the Big Sky in the Sky just like she did for us mortals still below. } .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-loading a { Tippy Stringer, age 80, died in Los Angeles on October 1st at her home. * vertical-align: middle; select:-webkit-autofill, .ui-slider-vertical .ui-slider-handle { * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Resizable#theming She also was active in student government and sports writing, eventually becoming editor-in-chief of the schools newspaper. background-position: 0 -160px; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-buttonpane { width: 21px; color: #134a6b; background-position: -96px -128px; } * http://jqueryui.com .ui-icon-info { padding-right: 2.1em; The couple courted virtually for several months before marrying in 1959. padding: 1em 2.2em; position: absolute; .ui-button-text-only .ui-button-text { * Released under the MIT license. 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. .ui-tabs-collapsible .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-active a { Contributor Names Jones, Douglas, 1916-1987, photographer Created / Published 1961 Sept. 19. padding: 0; width: 3.7em; width: 25px; } .ui-datepicker td { .ui-draggable .ui-dialog-titlebar { .ui-icon-arrow-1-se { Unless you are experienced as an estate executor, you probably should hire an attorney. She was 80 and had a brain tumor. text-overflow: ellipsis; } textarea.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill:focus, /* Change Autocomplete styles in Chrome*/ .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next { /* button elements seem to need a little more width */ background-position: -192px -32px; height: 100px; display: block; .ui-button-icon-only .ui-icon, input.ui-button::-moz-focus-inner, .ui-datepicker-rtl { To offer your sympathy during this difficult time, you can now have memorial trees planted in a National Forest in memory of your loved one. .ui-widget-content .ui-icon { .ui-resizable-ne { } * .ui-widget-content .ui-state-error, .ui-datepicker select.ui-datepicker-year { } } But it was her personality that set her apart and helped her become such a popular figure on the air. } .ui-widget-content .ui-state-disabled, .ui-datepicker select.ui-datepicker-month-year { Oops! margin-left: .4em; } .ui-icon-scissors { } .ui-icon-document { } * Released under the MIT license. .ui-icon-circle-triangle-w { height: 0; .ui-icon-signal-diag { .ui-datepicker-multi .ui-datepicker-group-middle .ui-datepicker-header { right: 1px; .ui-corner-all, top: 1px; } } background-position: 0 -32px; Listeners highly anticipated her forecasts that executives at WRC-TV once considered moving the evening news to accommodate them. textarea:-webkit-autofill:focus, background-position: -48px -144px; box-shadow: 0 0 5px #aaa; .ui-slider-horizontal .ui-slider-range-max { background-position: -128px -16px; bottom: 0; left: -5px; } } border-left-width: 1px; .ui-slider-horizontal .ui-slider-range-min { border-right: 0; * http://jquery.org/license float: right; ----------------------------------*/ .ui-dialog .ui-dialog-titlebar-close:before { .ui-icon-close { No other Alzheimers related charity has so consistently received this high award. .ui-button-text-icons .ui-button-text { width: 100%; text-decoration: none; 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-corner-br { 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. He attended three different colleges: Montana State University, Cornish College of the Arts, and the University of Washington. z-index:100; background-position: -16px -64px; textarea:-moz-autofill:hover, left: -5px; } opacity: 0.7; } border: 0; With her hair coiffed in a bouffant and wearing pearl, Mrs. Huntley issued forecasts twice a day, smiling through whatever nature had in store for the capital. select:-moz-autofill:hover, .ui-icon-arrow-1-ne { right: -5px; 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. display: inline-block; } color: indianred; background-position: -48px -80px; Tippy was a weather announcer for the DC NBC affiliate. */ * border: 0; .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-buttonpane button.ui-datepicker-current, Ms. Stringer hosted cooking, homemaking and weather shows for WRC TV and radio before becoming the stations resident weather girl in 1953. /* left-aligned */ In reply to: Re: Tippy Stringer who married Chet Huntley. .ui-corner-bl { outline: none; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; Later that year, Huntley, at age 48, married the former Tippy Stringer (1930-2010). } position: relative; -webkit-text-fill-color: black; 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: -240px -48px; * left: 1px; } opacity: .35; .ui-icon-arrowreturnthick-1-s { .ui-icon-battery-3 { top: 50%; } Tippy sounds like an inspiring woman. } .ui-icon-closethick { .ui-tooltip { } .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next span { .ui-widget textarea, } } top: 50%; background-position: -80px 0; .ui-icon-arrowreturn-1-e { background-position: -64px -64px; right: 2px; color: white; /*! * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Menu#theming } } left: auto; background-position: -16px 0; .ui-icon-seek-first { padding: .4em 1em; padding: 0; * jQuery UI Slider @VERSION .ui-widget .ui-widget { margin: -1px; .ui-icon-triangle-1-e { font-size: 1em; .ui-icon-carat-1-n { height: 100%; * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-active { .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li a, * http://jquery.org/license opacity: 0.3; } width: 95%; * jQuery UI Button @VERSION } * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Progressbar#theming select.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill:hover, } background-position: -224px -128px; } background-position: -96px 0; filter: alpha(opacity=35); font-size: 1em; * jQuery UI Spinner @VERSION .ui-icon-pause { /* states and images */ .ui-icon-circle-triangle-e { } } position: relative; width: 100%; font-weight: 500; } .ui-accordion .ui-accordion-header { * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors * .ui-helper-zfix { color: #212121; } She wasoften joined on-air by a cartoon character she created named SenatorFairweather, whose doe-eyed likeness was photographed with Tippy forLife magazine in 1955. top: -5px; position: absolute; background-position: -128px -192px; .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav { .ui-icon-arrowreturnthick-1-n { display: block; * http://jquery.org/license /* For IE8 - See #6059 */ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 The Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation, a 501c3 not for profit,Tax ID # 13-3859563. } After Huntley's passing in 1974, Tippy continued building her life while continuing his legacy. padding-left: 2.1em; * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Dialog#theming height: 1.8em; $(this).addClass('orangered-background'); } -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px #aaa; color: #222222; In the 21st century, it's not just urns and gravestones anymore. background-position: 0 -192px; .ui-icon-arrowthick-1-w { } } padding: .4em 1em .4em 2.1em; } .ui-icon-circle-zoomin { .ui-icon-arrowreturn-1-s { * http://jquery.org/license textarea:-moz-autofill:focus, font-family: "Bryant"; border-width: 0; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev, * position: relative; background-position: -16px -16px; She was one of the pioneer female anchors in the industry. Stringer-Huntley-Conrad, Tipton 07-15-1930 - 10-01-2010Tipton "Tippy" Stringer Huntley Conrad, TV Pioneer, Weather Reporter and Wife, dies at 80.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. /* Misc visuals left: 1px; } } Your submission has been received! background:#ac3d05 !important; left: 1px; } } overflow: visible; } Write For Us: info@tlwastoria.com, Lewis Tipton Stringer Huntley, The Weather Forecast Girl of 1950s, How to Use Terpenes to Improve Your Home Cooking, How to Find Same-Day Local Movers Near You, Adele Georgiana Gianopoulos: The Daughter of a Hollywood Star, Quincy Xavier Morgan, Kim Fields and Christopher Morgas Second Son, Gloria Darlene Fox: A Mothers Love and Legacy. background-position: -112px -112px; background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png); background-position: -80px -16px; } * http://jquery.org/license position: absolute; box-shadow: 5px 5px 15px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); margin-left: -8px; I'm embarrassed that I wasn't familiar with her. ", "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. margin: 0; margin: 0; height: 12px; } * jQuery UI Selectable @VERSION She took part in two national debates on college campuses. } border: 0; .ui-icon-check { } z-index: 100; * Released under the MIT license. background-position: -48px -128px; color: #212121; button.ui-button-icons-only { .ui-widget-header .ui-state-focus { /* position: relative prevents IE scroll bug (element with position: relative inside container with overflow: auto appear as "fixed") */ .ui-datepicker.ui-datepicker-multi { width: 9px; .ui-icon-video { Both of Stringers parents were graduates of the University of Chicago, and her father was an executive with the National Broadcasting Association. } background-position: -32px -144px; .ui-widget-content { border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc; background-position: -176px -48px; .ui-icon-arrow-1-e { left: 0; } button.ui-button-icon-only { background-position: 16px 16px; View Source Share Save to Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Memorials /* positioning */ border-left-width: 0; Her parents graduated from the University of Chicago, where they met and married. height: 20px; Brinkley, stationed in Washington D.C., introduced Stringer to Huntley in New York via satellite. "I'm very fond of crinolines because they make your waist look sosmall," she said. } .ui-icon-grip-solid-vertical { float: left; } } Her father was one among the high board of NBC. The show became wildly popular with viewers. I know she married actor/director William Conrad in the 1980's. He died in 1994. .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-buttonpane button { /*! } (Right) Are two of the . margin: .2em 0; * 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.
