Carolyn Floyd

{{short description|American educator and politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}

Carolyn Floyd (1933 {{ndash}} 18 January 2022) was an American educator and politician. She served as the first president of the Kodiak College in the U.S. state of Alaska, and was the mayor of Kodiak for 18 consecutive years. She was inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame in 2012.{{cite web|title=Class of 2012|url=http://alaskawomenshalloffame.org/alumnae/class-of-2012/|publisher=Alaska Women's Hall of Fame|accessdate=8 September 2015}} Floyd attended Northwest Mississippi Community College, the University of Arkansas (bachelor's degree) and the University of Mississippi (master's degree).{{cite web|title=Joe and Carolyn Floyd establish new Northwest scholarship|url=https://www.northwestms.edu/communications/index.php/press-releases/alumni-a-foundation/746-joe-and-carolyn-floyd-establish-new-northwest-scholarship.html|publisher=Northwest Mississippi Community College|accessdate=8 September 2015|date=4 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095816/https://www.northwestms.edu/communications/index.php/press-releases/alumni-a-foundation/746-joe-and-carolyn-floyd-establish-new-northwest-scholarship.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} She died in 2022 at the age of 88.{{cite news |last1=Dobroth |first1=Kirsten |title=Remembering longtime mayor, educator and community leader Carolyn Floyd |url=https://kmxt.org/2022/01/remembering-longtime-mayor-educator-and-community-leader-carolyn-floyd/ |work=KMXT 100.1 FM |date=22 January 2022|accessdate=29 November 2023}}{{cite web |title=Remembering Carolyn Floyd |url=https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/archive/2022/01/remembering-carolyn-floyd.cshtml |website=www.uaa.alaska.edu |date=26 January 2022}}