Background
Mandel, Carola Panerai was born in Havana, Cuba. Daughter of Camilo and Elvira (Bertini) Panerai.
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Carola Panerai Mandel
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Educated private schools, Havana and Europe.
Career
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 central
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.
Achievements
Membership
Member women"s board Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago Trustee Carola and Leon Mandel Fund Loyola University, Chicago Life. Member Society Four Arts. Club: Everglades (Palm Beach, Florida), The Beach.
Connections
Married Leon Mandel, April.
