Carol S. Kinney
Biography
I was born Carol Stewart in Omaha Nebraska but soon moved to Ames Iowa where I spent my childhood, gleefully ice skating on frozen lakes, snow sliding down hills and swimming all summer long. In Iowa I began my lifelong love affair with music by learning to play the cello.
. In the 7th grade I moved to Davis California where I joyfully claimed the happy California girl persona, complete with cheerleading and tennis but grounded in a sound education in science and English. After graduation, I headed off alone to Oberlin Ohio on the train. I was not cut out for the small college life, and after a year at Oberlin, I joined my family for a year’s sabbatical in Australia and New Zealand. After returning from experiences in Japan, Philippines, and Indonesia, I entered U.C. Berkeley where I acquired a BS in Nutrition and a husband, Robert Kinney in 1961.
We then journeyed across the nation, first to Minneapolis where I received first my first son, Rodney, then a Masters Degree in Nutrition and my husband his PhD. His first job took us to Connecticut where we produced two more children. After a couple years we were off to Tucson, Arizona, to raise our kids. I worked part time as a dietitian for a neighborhood health center and consultant for nursing homes. We lived there for 20 years exploring all the canyons and mountains of Arizona as well as skiing, hiking the mountains and fishing the streams of Colorado and Montana.
When my husband, Bob, retired, we headed for Florida where we doggedly chased his dream of having his own boat and sailing in Tampa Bay and environs. I worked for the prestigious Joslin Center for Diabetes as a diabetes educator. It was great fun helping people take control of their health. In 1998 we moved to Edmonds to be closer to our children who had by now become parents themselves and were rapidly providing us with grandchildren. When we moved here, David, our second son, an engineer for Boeing, had one daughter, and a son. We were so happy when we got our oldest son, Rodney, to come north from LA and settle in Bellevue. He now works for Microsoft in the research division and he and his wife have two boys. My daughter, Linda, likes the sun and the furthest north we could convince her to move was Ashland, OR. It’s a good place to visit for Shakespeare and two more granddaughters.
Bob passed away in December 2002 and I joined Rotary in Feb. 2003. The Rotary club of Edmonds has become a wonderful family for me. I started off as International Service chair where I was instrumental in providing support for Rabuor Village Project. I served as chair of that organization from 2007-2009. I now look forward to serving as the President of the Rotary Club of Edmonds for 2009-2010. Thank you for all you have given me these past 6 years—I am glad you all came into my life--Thank You!!