border-width: 2px; input:-webkit-autofill:hover, * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Accordion#theming } } .ui-menu-icons .ui-menu-item a { } background:#ac3d05 !important; max-width: 300px; background-position: -16px -176px; } } } padding: .2em; background-position: 0 -128px; } .ui-spinner .ui-icon { font-size: 1em; padding: .4em 1em; Sarah Lewis Tipton, her maternal grandmother, motivated her name. filter: alpha(opacity=35); * Released under the MIT license. 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. } background-position: -64px -176px; background-position: -80px -64px; left: -0.3em; .ui-resizable-nw { opacity: 0.3; height: 16px; * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors } .ui-icon-grip-solid-horizontal { border-right: 0; * } width: 7px; background-position: -96px -128px; background-position: -48px -64px; /* button icon element(s) */ } background-image: none; * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Spinner#theming .ui-datepicker th { .ui-state-error-text .ui-icon { .ui-icon-arrowreturn-1-w { /*! right: 2px; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next-hover { /*! When Stringers career began at CBS Radio in 1955, she was one of only a handful of female network news staffers. } text-align: center; margin: 0; */ Quotes " } clear: both; background-position: 0 -16px; float: left; .ui-icon-notice { .ui-resizable-se { } .ui-icon-volume-off { overflow: auto; transition: background-color 5000s ease-in-out 0s; .ui-icon-refresh { .ui-helper-clearfix:after { } overflow: visible; .ui-icon-play { width: 25px; 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-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next { padding: .4em 2.1em .4em 1em; Huntley met his second wife, Lewis Tipton "Tippy" Stringer, in 1959. border-left-width: 1px; She majored in theater, starring in several university productions, and in 1951 was crowned homecoming queen. /*! .ui-icon-radio-off { * http://jqueryui.com background-position: -224px -32px; left: 0; select.input-icon > i:-webkit-autofill:hover, width: 16px; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; Tippy was born on July 15, 1930 in Evanston, Ill. Tippy Stringer Huntley has been a part of the TV News list. vertical-align: middle; Huntley's last NBC News broadcast was aired on July 31, 1970. box-shadow: 5px 5px 15px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); Both of Stringers parents were graduates of the University of Chicago, and her father was an executive with the National Broadcasting Association. Her father was one among the high board of NBC. .ui-icon-arrowreturnthick-1-s { * } .error { She was 80 and had a brain tumor. .radiobuttonarea input[type="radio"]:checked + label { .ui-icon-carat-1-nw { * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Selectable#theming background: none; margin: .7em 0 0 0; They're not a map to follow, but simply a description of what people commonly feel. Ms.. } margin-bottom: -0.6em; z-index: 1; } } } .ui-datepicker td a { * jQuery UI Tooltip @VERSION No other Alzheimers related charity has so consistently received this high award. left: 0; Upon Huntley's retirement from NBC news in 1970, the couple founded the Big Sky Resort outside Bozeman, in his home state of Montana. .ui-datepicker-rtl .ui-datepicker-group-middle .ui-datepicker-header { background: none; .ui-resizable-disabled .ui-resizable-handle, .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-panel { border: none; margin: 0 2.3em; padding: .3em 1em .5em .4em; * Released under the MIT license. background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/ALZinfo/less/jqui/images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png); } } * jQuery UI Autocomplete @VERSION ----------------------------------*/ } * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors I wish I would have known her. .ui-datepicker-row-break { width: 100%; } */ In 1995, Mrs. Conrad founded the Stringer Foundation to support causesincluding public broadcasting and reproductive education. .ui-helper-hidden { They had no children. * * jQuery UI Spinner @VERSION background-position: -48px -96px; } width: 1.2em; /* Change Autocomplete styles in Chrome*/ height: 2em; /*! width: .8em; } ----------------------------------*/ } @ 2022 Copyright by tlwastoria. } Stringer stayed in the public eye with a bid as a Republican Congressional candidate for Montana in 1978 which, although ultimately unsuccessful, was important in increasing the visibility of women running for elective office. width: 100%; .ui-datepicker.ui-datepicker-multi { /*! April 27, 2022 Lewis Tipton Stringer Huntley popularly known as "Tippy" was an American TV reporter. .ui-button-icons-only .ui-button-icon-secondary { 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. input:-moz-autofill, * Copyright 2013 jQuery Foundation and other contributors font-size: 100%; Lewis Tipton Stringer Huntley Achievements Ms. Stringer became WRC-TV's resident 'weather-girl' in 1953 where she also hosted homemaking, cooking and weather shows. .ui-icon-wrench { .ui-tooltip { } padding: .2em 0; ", Washington newsman David Brinkley, whom Miss Stringer knew through hertelevision work, introduced her to Chet Huntley, who was knownnationally for broadcasting the news with Brinkley on NBC's "TheHuntley-Brinkley Report. background-position: -32px -144px; } .ui-resizable-s { .ui-icon-signal-diag { } margin: 0; .ui-widget-content .ui-state-error, -webkit-text-fill-color: white; top: -5px; } } * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Theming/API margin: 0 0 .4em; background-position: -48px -160px; .ui-icon-arrowthickstop-1-w { /* more specificity required here to overide default borders */ float: right; font-size: 1rem; text-decoration: none; * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Button#theming * margin: .7em 0 0 0; .ui-button-text-icon-secondary .ui-button-text, width: 16px; } During the height of her local fame, Mrs. Conrad often appearedoff-screen at local fairs and holiday celebrations. padding: 0; position: absolute; border: 0; * http://jquery.org/license .ui-buttonset { } }. position: relative; bottom: 0; /* Change Autocomplete styles in Chrome*/ padding: 1px; width: 100%; top: 1px; input.textfield.otherdonate:-webkit-autofill:hover, background-position: -64px -16px; } } } After fifteen years of a romantic relationship, Chet died of lung cancer at 62. cursor: pointer; [4] } margin-right: -0.3em; text-decoration: none; background-position: -16px -144px; .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev, Giving to charity is a meaningful way to honor someone who has died. } 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. .ui-state-active, .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-next { select.textfield.otherdonate:-webkit-autofill:hover, display: table; font-weight: normal; background-position: -80px -208px; .ui-resizable-sw { .ui-button-icons-only { background-position: -64px -128px; In 1980, she met and married another nationally known figure: WilliamConrad, an actor who first rose to prominence as the voice of MarshalMatt Dillon on the radio program "Gunsmoke." vertical-align: middle; .ui-icon-mail-closed { */ When television was in its infancy, Ms. Huntley was among the first local TV personalities to become a familiar face in Washington. .ui-icon-arrowthickstop-1-s { } } .ui-menu { } background-position: -32px -160px; background-position: -224px -96px; .ui-datepicker-multi .ui-datepicker-group-last .ui-datepicker-header, .ui-icon-cancel { They had no children. She was the widow of Chet Huntley and William Conrad. color: #cd0a0a; She quickly became known for her lively delivery and for being able to stay on script no matter what was happening around her. right: auto; .ui-front { .ui-accordion .ui-accordion-header { position: absolute; .ui-datepicker-multi-4 .ui-datepicker-group { .ui-icon-carat-2-e-w { } } Mrs. Conrad - then Mrs. Huntley - ran unsuccessfully for Congressin 1978 as a Republican candidate from Montana. padding: .2em; * jQuery UI Datepicker @VERSION position: relative; } cursor: pointer; /* support: IE7 */ .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-prev, William Conrad was previously married to Tippy Stringer Huntley (1980 - 1994), Susan Randall Conrad (1957 - 1979) and June Nelson (1943 - 1957). Oops! .ui-icon-arrowthickstop-1-e { * http://jquery.org/license .ui-slider-vertical .ui-slider-range-min { * jQuery UI Accordion @VERSION } cursor: w-resize; } transition: background-color 5000s ease-in-out 0s; .ui-icon-arrow-1-ne { 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. /* Misc visuals -moz-text-fill-color: black; input.textfield.otherdonate:-webkit-autofill:focus, } } 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 -112px; top: 50%; cursor: se-resize; font-weight: normal; position: absolute; background-position: 0 0; width: 7px; } margin-top: -8px; * http://jquery.org/license cursor: pointer; Dianne. If youre in charge of handling the affairs for a recently deceased loved one, this guide offers a helpful checklist. } In 1995 Tippy Stringer founded the Stringer Foundation, which has funded medical research, public broadcasting, literacy groups, animal protection groups, womans shelter, and reproductive education. } .ui-menu .ui-icon { z-index: 9999 !important; background-position: -160px -32px; Lewis Tipton Stringer was an American television pioneer, a weather reporter, and the wife of prominent news anchor Chet Huntley. } She was 80 and had a brain tumor. 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. } font-size: 0;