Emily Couric (June 5, 1947 – October 18, 2001) was a Virginia Democratic state senator from Charlottesville. Couric was born to Elinor (Hene) Couric, a homemaker and part-time writer, and John Martin Couric, a public relations executive and news editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and United Press International in Washington, D.C. Although her mother was Jewish, Couric was raised as in her father's Presbyterian faith, like her siblings. Couric's maternal grandparents, Bert Hene and Clara L. Froshin, were the children of Jewish immigrants from the German Empire, mostly in Germany at present. Couric was the sister of Clara Couric Batchelor, John M. Couric, Jr., and former CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric.