Carolyn Brown Mosby (May 10, 1932 – January 19, 1990) (D- Gary, Indiana) was elected to the Indiana State Senate in 1982, filling a vacancy left by Katie Hall (D-Gary) who gave up her senate seat to fill a vacancy in the United States Congress when Congressman Adam Benjamin (D-Gary) died.
She was also employed by the University of Chicago in the Economics department where she became friends with Nobel prize winning economist Milton Friedman, author Saul Bellow and historian John Hope Franklin (1915 - 2009), author of From Slavery to Freedom.
She was also the recipient of a Residence Fellowship at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Politics.
It has been given to actor Louis Gossett Jr., former NBA player Alan Henderson and gospel recording artist Kirk Franklin, just to name a few.
NIPSCO also funds a scholarship in her memory for high school students presented by the Urban League of Northwest Indiana each year.