Sam Carr [SEP] country of citizenship
Sam Carr
Sam Carr (July 7, 1906–1989) was an organizer for the Communist Party of Canada and, its successor, the Labor-Progressive Party in the 1930s and 1940s. He was born Schmil Kogan in Tomashpil, Ukraine in 1906 and immigrated to Canada in 1924, living in Winnipeg and Regina before settling in Montreal in 1925. Carr became an organizer for the Young Communist League with Fred Rose.
In 1931, Carr was arrested with other Communist Party leaders and detained in Kingston Penitentiary for 30 months for
field team in the Heptathlon.
Personal life.
Carr holds dual US and Thai citizenship. She has an American father and a Thai mother from Udon Thani. Her father is a lawyer and a former US Air Force member. After training under USA Cycling for several years, Carr chose to change her country designation to compete for Thailand in BMX. Carr is a fluent Isan speaker of the Northeastern dialect of Thailand, as her mother taught her the language when she was little.
Royal decoration.
- 2015