Eileen Carron

Eileen Dupuch Carron, CMG (born March 13, 1930) is a lawyer and newspaper publisher in The Bahamas, considered to be one of the most influential women there.

Life

The daughter of Sir Étienne Dupuch and Lady Marie Dupuch, she was born Eileen Dupuch in Nassau and was educated at Queen's College and St. Francis Xavier's Academy there and at St Francis' College in Hertfordshire. She went on to receive a BA in philosophy from St. Michael's College, Toronto, a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City and to study law in London. While she was in her twenties, Carron became the first woman pilot in The Bahamas.^[1]

In 1962, she became assistant editor at The Tribune in Nassau. In the same year, she was called to The Bahamas Bar. In 1972, she became publisher for The Tribune, becoming only the second woman publisher in The Bahamas. In 1993, Carron became the first CEO of a private radio station, The People’s Radio Station, 100 JAMZ. She is the only Bahamian to have an editorial read into the record of the United States Senate^[1]As of August 2016, she was the longest currently serving editor and publisher in The Bahamas at 53 years.^[2] She was recognized by the International Press Institute for her "never-ending commitment to free press and the highest journalistic standard".^[3]

In 2000, she was named a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.^[4]

She married Roger Peter Carron, now deceased.^[1]

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