Background
Hegel, Carolyn Marie was born on April 19, 1940 in Lagro, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Ralph H. and Mary Lucile (Rudig) Lynn.
farm owner and organization executive
Hegel, Carolyn Marie was born on April 19, 1940 in Lagro, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Ralph H. and Mary Lucile (Rudig) Lynn.
Student public schools, Columbia City, Indiana.
Bookkeeper Huntington County Farm Bureau Co-op, Inc., Indiana, 1959-1967, office manager, 1967-1970. Township woman leader Wabash County (Indiana) Farm Bureau, Inc., 1970-1973, county woman leader, 1973-1976. District woman leader Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc., Indianapolis, 1976-1980, Second vice president, board directors, 1980—2006, chairman women's committee, 1980—2006, executive committee, 1988—2006.
Agriculture program coordinator, marketing committee member Indiana 4-H Foundation Board, 2007, committee member, since 2007, Youth Services Bureau Wabash County, Inc., since 2007, Hoosier Salon Art Board, since 2008, agriculture program coordinator, 2008. Committee member Wabash County Young Men’s Christian Association, marketing committee member, since 2008, Youth Service Wabash County Board, since 2007, agriculture program coordinator, 2007, Ivytech State College, 2007—2008. Marketing committee member Purdue University Caret Group, since 2008.
Farmer Andrews, Indiana, since 1962. Director Farm Bureau Insurance Company, Indianapolis, 1980—2006, executive committee, 1988—2006, audit committee, 2000-2006, chairman audit committee, 2003-2006. Board directors, speaker in field, board member Country Way Insurance, 2002-2006.
Member rural task force Great Lakes States Economic Development Commission, 1987—1988. Member Indiana Farm Bureau Service Company, since 1980. Active Leadership American Program, 1988.
Sunday school teacher, board directors children's activities Bethel United Methodist Church, since 1965. President Bethel United Methodist Women, Lagro, 1975—1981. Board directors Indiana Farm Bureau Foundation, Indianapolis, since 1980, Indiana Institute Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Indianapolis, since 1982, Indiana 4-H Foundation, Lafayette, 1983—1986.
Member Indiana Rural Health Advisory Council, 1993—1996, Hoosier Homestead Award Certified Committee, Indianapolis, since 1980. Organizer farm division Wabash County American Cancer Society Fund Doctor, 1974. Board directors Northeast Indiana Kidney Foundation, since 1984, National Kidney Foundation of Indiana, 1985—1989.
Member of American Farm Bureau Federation (midwest representative to women's committee 1986-1993), Producers Marketing Association (board directors 1980-1994), Indiana Agricultural Marketing Association 1980-1994, Women in Communications, Inc.
Married Tom Lee Hegel, June 3, 1962.