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Claire Shipman

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Claire Shipman
Shipman in 2021
President of Columbia University
Acting
Assumed office
March 28, 2025
Preceded byKatrina Armstrong (acting)
Personal details
Born (1962-10-04) October 4, 1962 (age 62)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouses
  • Steve Hurst (m. 1991; div. 1996)
  • Jay Carney (m. 1998; div.)
Children2
EducationColumbia University (BA, MIA)
AwardsEmmy Award (1990)
Peabody Award (1991)
Medal "Defender of a Free Russia" (1993)

Claire Shipman (born October 4, 1962) is an American television journalist and the former senior national correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America. Shipman is acting as president of Columbia University as of March 2025.[1][2] She was previously co-chair of the university's Board of Trustees since 2023.[3]

Early life and education

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Shipman, born October 4, 1962, in Washington, D.C., is the daughter of Christie (Armstrong) and Morgan Enlow Shipman, a law professor Ohio State University.[4] She was raised in Columbus, Ohio.[5]

She graduated from Worthington High School in Worthington, Ohio, in 1980. She is a 1986 graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University with a degree in Russian Studies and also earned a Master of International Affairs from Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs in 1994.[6][7]

Career

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Reporter Shipman, outside the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in 2003

Journalism

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Shipman began her career in journalism at CNN as an intern,[8] where she covered the White House and international events. In 1990, she received a Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award and an Emmy for her reporting on the Tiananmen Square protests.[9]

She spent five years at CNN's Moscow bureau covering the August 1991 Soviet coup attempt and the subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union.[10] Shipman received a Peabody Award in 1991 as part of the CNN team that covered the failed coup and in 1993, she earned the medal "Defender of a Free Russia" from Russian President Boris Yeltsin for her reporting of the event.[11]

She worked at NBC from 1997 to 2001 and covered the White House during the Clinton administration. Shipman joined ABC News in 2001, reporting on politics, international affairs and social issues.[12]

Along with co-author Katty Kay, a BBC journalist, she has written three New York Times bestselling books, Womenomics (2009), The Confidence Code (2014), and The Confidence Code for Girls (2018).[6]

Columbia University

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Shipman joined the board of trustees of Columbia University in 2013 and became a co-chair in 2023.[5] Her tenure's span included the 2024 pro-Palestinian campus occupations during which the NYPD entered the campus and arrested dozens of students for trespassing, disorderly conduct, and other violations resulting from their unlawful occupation of an academic building, detainment of a janitor, and disruption to academic and other University operations.[13]

On March 28, 2025, Shipman succeeded Katrina Armstrong as acting president of Columbia University.[3]

Personal life

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She was married to former CNN Moscow bureau chief Steve Hurst from 1991 to 1996.[14] She was then married to former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, with whom she has a son and daughter.[15] As of 2025, they were recently divorced.[16] Shipman has stated that Carney gave her no indication that the secret operation that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden was under way in Pakistan.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Shipman Named Acting President | Office of Public Affairs". communications.news.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  2. ^ Otterman, Sharon; Coleman, Maia (2025-03-29). "Who Is Claire Shipman, the New Interim President of Columbia?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  3. ^ a b "Claire Shipman | Office of the Secretary of the University". secretary.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  4. ^ "Morgan Enlow Shipman". Legacy.com. December 4, 2008.
  5. ^ a b Otterman, Sharon (2025-03-29). "Who Is Claire Shipman, the New Interim President of Columbia?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  6. ^ a b "Claire Shipman". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  7. ^ "Claire Shipman, Co-Chair | Office of the Secretary". secretary.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  8. ^ Boss, Shira J. (March 2002). "From Columbia to the Kremlin and the Capital". Columbia College TODAY. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Claire C. Shipman CC'86, SIPA'94 Receives 2022 Alexander Hamilton Medal". Columbia College. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  10. ^ "Authors | The Confidence Code for Girls". #confidencecodegirls. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  11. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 18.08.1993 г. № 1247". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  12. ^ "Claire Shipman | Conferences". conferences.shrm.org. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  13. ^ Mann, Brian (2024-04-18). "NYPD breaks up pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University". NPR. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  14. ^ "Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  15. ^ "Columbia College Today". College.columbia.edu. 2001-10-15. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  16. ^ Otterman, Sharon; Coleman, Maia (2025-03-29). "Who Is Claire Shipman, the New Interim President of Columbia?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  17. ^ Kurtz, Judy. (May 14, 2014) "ABC’s Claire Shipman: My husband kept me in the dark on bin Laden" In the Know. The Hill. Retrieved January 5, 2015. https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/206036-abcs-claire-shipman-my-husband-kept-me-in-the-dark-on-bin-laden/
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