Carol Obertubbesing '73 W71 h71
Director
Carol Obertubbesing '73 W71 h71 is a past President of the Club. She also served as VP Communications for the Club, in which capacity she edited the newsletter for 25 years, and VP Programs, among many other activities. She has served as a mentor for an AlumniCorps/Princeton Project 55 fellow since 1993. At the University, she chaired the Committee on Academic Programs for Alumni (CAPA) and served on the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council. She received the University’s Award for Service to Princeton in 2020. Before moving to Chicago in December 1992, Carol served on the boards of the Princeton Association of New England and the Princeton Club of Washington. She has attended Reunions almost every year since graduation and has many fond memories with her late husband, Mike Epstein '71, her father-in-law, Herb Epstein '40, and her mother-in-law, Doris Epstein, as well as friends from many different classes. She has a B.A. in History, with a Certificate in American Civilization from Princeton and a M.A. in American Studies from Boston College. She taught American Studies courses at B.C. and humanities courses for senior citizens in Melrose, Massachusetts. Most of Carol's professional career was in outreach and education for public TV and radio. She currently serves as President of the Woodstock Folk Festival, a day-long Festival held each year on the 3rd Sunday of July on the historic Square in Woodstock, Illinois, 47 miles from Chicago. During the pandemic, she produced two virtual festivals, two virtual concerts, and a weekly online performance series. When not involved in Princeton or Festival activities, Carol enjoys travel (she has now visited 50 states, 42 countries, and 6 continents), many kinds of music, theater, and film, and time with friends and her dog, Dickens. She has also restored two Victorian homes and served on many non-profit boards over the years. When Covid limited her activities, she started to write poetry, some of which has been published and broadcast. She began life as a "Jersey girl" but has been greatly enriched by the people she has met in the states where she has lived and the many places she has been fortunate to visit. As the late Bill Staines, the folksinger who received a Festival Lifetime Achievement Award sings, "There's a song worth singing ... there's a friend worth knowing ... there's a day worth living down the road."