Background
Mandel, Carola Panerai was born in 1920 in Havana, Cuba. Daughter of Camilo and Elvira (Bertini) Panerai.
Mandel, Carola Panerai was born in 1920 in Havana, Cuba. Daughter of Camilo and Elvira (Bertini) Panerai.
Member women's board Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago. Trustee Carola and Leon Mandel Fund Loyola University. Foundation trustee; b.
Havana, Cuba; daughter of Camilo and Elvira (Bertini) Panerai. Educated private schools, Havana and Europe. Married Leon Mandel, April 9, 1938.
Member women's board Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago Trustee Carola and Leon Mandel Fund Loyola University, Chicago Life member Chicago History Society, Guild of Chicago History Society, Smithsonian Associates, National Skeet Shooting Association Frequently named among Ten Best Dressed Women in the United States. Chevalier Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin. Captain All-American Women's Skeet Team, 1952, 53, 54, 55, 56.
Only woman to win a men's national championship, 20 gauge, 1954, also high average in world over men, 1956, in 12 gauge with 99.4 per cent. European women's live bird shooting championship, Venice, Italy, 1957, Porto, Portugal, 1961. European woman's target championship, Torino, Italy, 1958.
Woman's world champion live-bird shooting, Sevilla, Spain, 1959, American Contract Bridge League Life Master, 1987. Named to National Skeet Shooting Association Hall of Fame, 1970. Inducted in the United States Pigeon shooting Federation Hall of Fame, 1992.
Member Society Four Arts. Club: Everglades (Palm Beach, Florida), The Beach.
Captain All-American Women's Skeet Team, 1952, 53, 54, 55, 56. Member Chicago History Society, Guild Chicago History Society, Smithsonian Association, National Skeet Shooting Association (named to Hall of Fame 1970), Society Four Arts, Everglades Club, Beach Club.
Married Leon Mandel, April 9, 1938.