Rosamond Carr (née Halsey) (August 28, 1912 – September 29, 2006) was an American humanitarian, author and farmer.
[3] In 1994, Carr was evacuated from Mugongo by Belgian Marines during the Rwandan genocide, returning when her security was no longer at risk.
[1][3] In 1999 her autobiography, Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda, co-written with her niece Ann Howard Halsey, was published.
[6] Carr acted in a similar capacity during production of Gorillas in the Mist starring Sigourney Weaver and directed by Michael Apted, with her character in that film played by Julie Harris.
She was buried on Sunday, October 1 at Mugongo, her flower farm in the shadow of the Virunga Volcanoes.