Carol Rymer Davis
Carol Ann Rymer Davis (November 28, 1944 – c. September 29, 2010) was an American balloonist, and radiologist. She and Richard Abruzzo won the 2004 Gordon Bennet Cup.[1] She was awarded the 2005 Harmon Trophy. She was lost at sea on September 29, 2010, over the Adriatic Sea.[2] Her body, along with that of Abruzzo, was found off the coast of Italy in the Adriatic Sea on December 6, 2010.[3]
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Biography
Rymer Davis was born in Denver, Colorado on November 28, 1944. She graduated from Colorado College with a bachelor's degree, and from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center with a MD. She completed her residency at the Lovelace Medicine Center. She was a partner at Diversified Radiology.
She served 22 years in the United States Army Reserve as a flight surgeon and retired as a colonel in 2001.
She was awarded the 1981 Diploma Montgolfier.[4] She was an instructor at the Albuquerque Aerostat Ascension Association Ground School, from 1982 to 1986.[5] With Richard Abruzzo she received the Harmon Trophy in 2005.
Family
Rymer Davis was the daughter of Drs. Charles and Marion Rymer. She married John C. Davis IV in 1968; they have two daughters.[6]
References
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External links
- "Inquiry into missing gas balloonists expected", BBC, 2 October 2010
- 1944 births
- 2010 deaths
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Italy
- American balloonists
- Harmon Trophy winners
- Colorado College alumni
- People from Denver, Colorado
- University of Colorado alumni
- American military personnel of the Iraq War
- American radiologists
- United States Army colonels
- American military physicians
- Women in the Iraq War
- Women in the United States Army
