Karolyn Nunnallee
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Karolyn Nunnallee was the seventh president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(MADD), serving 1998-1999. Ms. Nunnallee's ten-year-old daughter, Patty Nunnallee, was killed in the Carrollton bus disaster
in 1988. The school bus
in which her child was riding was hit by a drunk driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .24 percent traveling the wrong way on an interstate highway in Kentucky. The resulting fire killed 24 children and three adults, and injured 34 others aboard the bus.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is a non-profit organization in the United States that seeks to stop drunk driving, support those affected by drunk driving, prevent underage drinking, and overall push for stricter alcohol policy...
(MADD), serving 1998-1999. Ms. Nunnallee's ten-year-old daughter, Patty Nunnallee, was killed in the Carrollton bus disaster
Carrollton bus disaster
The Carrollton, Kentucky bus collision was one of the deadliest bus disasters in United States history.About 11:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday May 14, 1988, Larry Mahoney, a drunk driver in a pickup truck traveling in the wrong direction on an interstate highway in a rural, unincorporated area of Carroll...
in 1988. The school bus
School bus
A school bus is a type of bus designed and manufactured for student transport: carrying children and teenagers to and from school and school events...
in which her child was riding was hit by a drunk driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .24 percent traveling the wrong way on an interstate highway in Kentucky. The resulting fire killed 24 children and three adults, and injured 34 others aboard the bus.
MADD presidents
- Candy LightnerCandy LightnerCandace Lynne "Candy" Lightner is the organizer and founding president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving . On May 3, 1980, Lightner’s 13-year-old daughter, Cari, was killed by a hit-and-run driver at Sunset and New York Avenues in Fair Oaks, California.The leniency of the sentence given to the...
1980–1985 - Norma Phillips ThorworthNorma Phillips ThorworthNorma Phillips Thorworth was the second national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving . She became involved with the organization soon after her son, Dean, and his girlfriend, Tish Crothswaite, were killed by a drunk driver on Thanksgiving Day 1981 in San Diego, California.- MADD presidents...
1985–1988 - Micky Sadoff 1988–1991
- Milo KirkMilo KirkMilo Kirk was the fourth president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving , serving 1991-1993. Ms. Kirk's young son suffered several severe injuries, including loss of sight in one eye, after a teenage driver with three prior DUI convictions hit the Kirk vehicle...
1991–1993 - Rebecca Brown 1993–1995
- Katherine PrescottKatherine PrescottKatherine Prescott was the sixth president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving , serving 1995-1997. Ms. Prescott's 16-year-old son was killed by a driver with a blood alcohol concentration of .17 percent, which is over twice the current maximum level. The tragedy led Ms...
1995–1997 - Karolyn Nunnallee 1998–1999
- Millie WebbMillie I. WebbMillie I. Webb was national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving , during which time she was especially active in promoting federal legislation pressuring states to lower their maximum legal blood alcohol concentration for operating motor vehicles to .08.In 1991, Ms. Webb was elected to...
2000–2002 - Wendy HamiltonWendy J. HamiltonWendy J. Hamilton was national president of the United States pressure group Mothers Against Drunk Driving from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2005. After experiencing three tragedies in her family involving drunk drivers, she became active in MADD in 1984. In 1995, she joined MADD's National Board of...
2002–2005 - Glynn BirchGlynn BirchGlynn Birch was the 10th president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving . He was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2000, after having served as president of the MADD Central Florida chapter....
July 2005–June 2008