Carolyn Floyd (1933 18 January 2022) was an American educator and politician. She served as the first president of the Kodiak College in the

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, and was the mayor of Kodiak for 18 consecutive years. She was inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame in 2012. Floyd attended Northwest Mississippi Community College, the

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(bachelor's degree) and the

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(master's degree). She died in 2022 at the age of 88.

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1933 births 2022 deaths 20th-century mayors of places in Alaska Heads of universities and colleges in the United States Date of birth missing Educators from Alaska American women educators Mayors of places in Alaska People from Kodiak, Alaska Place of birth missing University of Arkansas alumni University of Mississippi alumni Women in Alaska politics Women mayors of places in Alaska Women heads of universities and colleges 21st-century American women Place of death missing {{Alaska-mayor-stub

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