Background
Westerfield, Carolyn Elizabeth Hess was born on May 3, 1933 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Orvan Walter and Carol Woodruff (Maurer) Hess.
Westerfield, Carolyn Elizabeth Hess was born on May 3, 1933 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Orvan Walter and Carol Woodruff (Maurer) Hess.
Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1954; postgraduate, Yale University, 1954-1955; M of City Planning, Yale University, 1959.
Planner, office manager, Technology Planning Associations, New Haven, 1955-1957, 61-62; associate planner, City Plan Department, New Haven, Connecticut, 1956-1959; planner, editor, State of Connecticut Development Commission, 1959-1961; consultant, since 1962; principal planner, South Center Connecticut Planning Region, 1979-1987; assistant plan director, Town of Fairfield (Connecticut), 1987; planning and zoning administrator, Town of North Branford (Connecticut), 1987-1989. Development private programs New Haven Hospital-Boston City Hospital, 1952-1954. Lecturer city planning U. New Haven, since 1988.
Member alumni board Yale University School Architecture, 1964-1976, 85-96, president, 1993-1995. Board directors alumni organizations Prospect Hill School, New Haven, St. Thomas Day School. Class officer Wellesley College.
Member Economic Development Commission Consortium, Hamden, Connecticut, member design review committee. Clerk Ethics Commission. Member American Planning Association, American Institute Certified Planners, Connecticut Women in Planning and Development, Alliance for Architecture (steering committee 1995-2007), New Haven Colony History Society, Junior League New Haven (various executive position), Watch Hill Improvement Society (president 1971-1973), Connecticut Child Welfare Association, Yale University Women's Organization (president 1979-1981).
Married Holt Bradford Westerfield, December 17, 1960. Children: Pamela Bradford Bingham, Leland Avery.