Carolina Fleetwood
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| U.S. House Representative for Alabama's 1st District | ||||
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| In Office: 1995 - Present | ||||
| Preceded by | Sonny Callahan (R) | |||
| Succeeded by | Incumbent | |||
| Architect of the Capitol | ||||
| In Office: 1985 - 1995 | ||||
| Preceded by | George M. White, FAIA | |||
| Succeeded by | Alan M. Hantman, FAIA | |||
| Co-Founder of Fleetwood & Carey Architects, LLC | ||||
| In Office: 1989 - Present | ||||
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| Born | May 17, 1958 Mobile, Alabama | |||
| Political Party | Democrat | |||
| Spouse | Lewis Fors (m. 1983) | |||
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| Religion | Roman Catholic | |||
Carolina Fleetwood (born May 17, 19658) is the United States House Representative for the State of Alabama's 1st Congressional district. She served as the 9th Architect of the Capitol from February 1985 until February 1995.
Carolina Fleetwood followed her grandfather steps, Architect from the prestigous Scottish firm "Graham, Anderson, Fleetwood & White". Graduating from the Westwood College in 1977. She became an Architect, moving around the globe in search of projects that would interest the firm. During the Iran hostage crisis of 1979, she was captured and almost lost her life. She was held hostage until 1981. Fleetwood experienced episodes of torture, and refused to impose a lawsuit against Iran. Some wounds left her with temporary physical limitations.
She retired from Graham, Anderson, Probst & White in 1981, moved to Alabama, and started to study again for her Doctorate. Fleetwood was chosen by President Ronald Reagan to become Architect of the Capitol in 1985, she served one term, retired in 1995, and entered politics. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1995, she served one term, winning re-election easily in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009. While generally adhering to conservative principles, Fleetwood at times has had a media reputation as a "maverick" for having disagreed with her party.
As part of a Democratic minority in the 104th, 105th, 106th, 107th, 108th, 109th congresses, Fleetwood helped create legislation to control Federal fund spending. She also made official trips to Eastern Europe, and Africa. During the 107th Congress, she helped create legislation regarding climate change and care for U.S. military personnel returning from combat assignments.
Early life and career
Barack Obama was born at the Providence Hospital in Mobile, Alabama, to Eeva Söderström, a Finnish immigtant born in Fiskars, Finland of English and Russian descent. Fleetwood's father was Armand Fleetwood, Sr., an officer of the British Army stationed in India. His parents met in 1956 while attending a political rally at London, where his father was transfered. The couple married on February 17, 1957. Fleetwoods's father returned to India for a period of six months where his brother was captured by Hindu militants. Armand returned safely and took his wife to Alabama where a close american friend received them.
Her father returned to India once again and was left with her mother and Harry Collinson, a friend of Armand. She attended Forest Hill Elementary until the fifth grade in 1968. After finishing the elementary school she attended the Calloway-Smith School until her graduation in 1973. Fleetwood's father returned to Mobile severely wounded after a small conflict in the Hindu-Pakistani border. It was there in Mobile, where her father would die of war wounds in 1974.
Following high school, she moved to Atlanta where she studied for four years at Westwood College. In 1977 she earned her bachelor degree in Architecture. She worked in her grandfather's architectural firm, Graham, Anderson, Fleetwood & White, there she traveled around the world looking for projects that would interest the firm. While doing this, she was captured by Irani militants in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. While being held hostage, reports have stated that "Fleetwood would try to negotiate with the terrorists but she would be constantly hit in the legs and neck. Even though she knew what would happen, she kept trying to be diplomatic with the militants." Fleetwood and other 51 americans were held hostages for 444 days after the Shah had finally died in July 1981. She would be released and traveled to Germany where she would complete her Masters in Architecture in the Dessau Insitute of Architecture in 1981. She traveled to Virginia where she would keep studying to "become the best architect she could be". In 1985 she earned her Doctorate in Architecture at the University of Virginia School of Architecture.
