Cindy Hensley McCain

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McCain during the 54th MSC 2018

Cindy Hensley McCain , nee Cindy Lou Hensley (born May 20, 1954 ) is an American entrepreneur . She is chairman of the board of directors of Hensley & Company beer publisher and the widow of Senator John McCain .

Life

Hensley grew up in Phoenix , Arizona . She is the only child of James Willis Hensley (1920-2000) and his second wife Marguerite Smith Johnson (1919-2006), who in 1955 founded the Hensley & Company . Hensley attended the Madison Meadows Elementary and was Queen of the Rodeo in 1968. She then attended Central High School in Phoenix, which she graduated in 1972. She received her Masters in Special Education from the University of Southern California .

Cindy Hensley McCain

In 1979 she met John McCain in Hawaii, who was still married at the time. They fell in love and John McCain divorced his first wife and married Cindy Lou Hensley on May 17, 1980 in Phoenix. Through this marriage and her father's influence, her husband John McCain gained entry into local Arizona politics. The couple have three biological children, including presenter Meghan McCain and an adopted daughter. Cindy McCain lives in Arizona. In 2018, her husband died at the age of 81.

In 1988 McCain founded the American Voluntary Medical Team (AVMT). In 1995 she started another organization, the Hensley Family Foundation , which supports children's programs in Arizona. In 2000, she supported her husband in his presidential candidacy, in which he was defeated against the Republican competitor George W. Bush . Her father died that same year and she became chairman of Hensley & Company . She has also been on the board of the CARE organization since 2005 and on the board of the HALO Trust organization . In April 2004 she suffered a stroke due to high blood pressure, but recovered completely in the following months on therapy. In her husband's presidential candidacy in 2007/2008 , she was involved and publicly stated, among other things, that the Bush administration had stationed too few soldiers in the Iraq war.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ USNews.com: Bobbie Kyle, "10 Things You Didn't Know About Cindy McCain," USA Today
  2. ↑ New York Times: "Mrs. McCain Is Speaking Up in a Steely Tone," Jennifer Steinhauer
  3. ^ Dan Nowicki, Bill Muller, "John McCain Report: Arizona, the early years," The Arizona Republic
  4. ↑ ABC News: Who are the McCain kids? August 26, 2018, accessed on August 28, 2018 .
  5. ↑ ABC News: "Cindy McCain's Straight Tal, Jennifer Rubin
  6. ^ CARE: Board Member Biography: Cindy Hensley McCain ( Memento from November 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ New York Times, "Mrs. McCain Is Speaking Up in a Steely Tone," The New York Times, Jennifer Steinhauer, June 29, 2007

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Commons : Cindy McCain  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME McCain, Cindy Hensley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hensley, Cindy Lou (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American businesswoman
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Phoenix , Arizona