Carola Rupert Enriquez

Background

Enriquez, Carola Rupert was born on January 2, 1954 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Jack Burns and Shirley Ann (Orcutt) Rupert.

Education

Bachelor in history cum laude, Bryn Mawr College, 1976. Master of Arts, U. Delaware, 1978, certified inmus. studies, 1978. Personnel management trainee Naval Material Command, Arlington, Virginia, 1972-1976.

Teaching assistant department history, U. Delaware, Newark, 1976-1977.

Assistant curator/exhibit specialist History Society Delaware, Wilmington, 1977-1978. Director Macon County Museum Complex, Decatur, Illinois, 1978-1981.

Director Kern County Museum, Bakersfield, California, 1981. President Kern County Museum Foundation, 1991.

Advisor Kern County Heritage Commission, 1981-1988.

Chairman Historic Records Commission, 1981-1988. Secretary-treasurer Arts Council of Kern, 1984-1986, president 1986-1988. County co-chairman United Way, 1981, 82.

Chairman steering committee California State Bakersfield Company-op Program, 1982-1983.

Member Community Advisory Board California State Bakersfield, Anthropological Society, 1986-1988. Board directors Management Council, 1983-1986, vice president, 1987, president 1988.

Board dirs.Calif. Council for Promotion of History, 1984-1986, vice president, 1987-1988. president, 1988-1990.

Member community advisory board California State University-Bakersfield Sociology Department, 1986-1988. Member women"s advising committee Girl Scouts United States, 1989-1991.

Board directors Greater Bakersfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1993-1995. Company-chair 34th Saint Neighborhood Partnership, 1994.

Hagley fellow Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, 1977-1978.

Bryn Mawr alumnae regional scholar, 1972-1976.

Career

Personnel management trainee Naval Material Command, Arlington, Virginia, 1972-1976. Teaching assistant department history University Delaware, Newark, 1976-1977. Assistant curator/exhibit specialist History Society Delaware, Wilmington, 1977-1978.

Director Macon County Museum Complex, Decatur, Illinois, 1978-1981, Kern County Museum, Bakersfield, California, since 1981.

Achievements

• Carola Rupert Enriquez has been listed as a noteworthy museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Kern County Mus Foundation, 1991-1902. Advisor Kern County Heritage Commission, 1981-1988. Chairman History Records Commission, 1981-1988.

Secretary-treasurer Arts Council of Kern, 1984-1986, president, 1986-1988. County co-chairman United Way, 1981, 82. Chairman steering committee California State Bakersfield Co-op Program, 1982-1983.

Member community advisory board California State University-Bakersfield Anthropological Society, 1986-1988. Board directors Management Council, 1983-1986, vice president, 1987, president, 1988. Board directors California Council for Promotion of History, 1984-1986, vice president, 1987-1988, president, 1988-1990.

Member community advisory board California State University-Bakersifled Sociology Department, 1986-1988. Member women's advisory committee Girls Scouts United States, 1989-1991. Board directors Greater Bakersfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1993-1995.

Co-chair 34th St. Neighborhood Partnership, 1994-1901. Member California Association Museum (regional representative 1991—2002, vice president legislation affairs 1992—2002), American Association State and Local History (chair awards committee California chapter 1990, regional vice chair 1999—2002).

Connections

Married John Enriquez, Junior, December 30, 1989.

Father:

Jack Burns Rupert

Mother:

Shirley Ann (Orcutt) Rupert

Spouse:

John Enriquez