Rosa Roberto Carter | |
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President of the University of Guam | |
In office 1977–1983 |
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Preceded by | Antonio C. Yamashita |
Succeeded by | Jose Q. Cruz |
Personal details | |
Born |
Rosa Garrido Roberto-Carter August 29, 1929 |
Died | April 11, 2010 Yona, Guam |
(aged 80)
Political party | Republican Party of Guam |
Spouse(s) | Lee Carter |
Alma mater |
Northern State University Sydney University Northern Colorado University Bowling Green State University |
Rosa Garrido Roberto-Carter Ph.D. (August 29, 1929 – April 11, 2010) was a Guamanian educator who served as the President of the University of Guam from 1977 to 1983.
Carter, the oldest of nine children, was born to Antonia Santos Garrido and Jose Duenas Roberto on 29 August 1929. Under the Japanese occupation of Guam (1941-1944) she and her family survived World War II, including internment in 1944 in the Manengon concentration camp.
Carter was inducted into the Guam Educator’s Hall of Fame though a legislative resolution.
She died at her home in Yona, Guam, at the age of 80.