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Cultivating the
Long Beach community
By Dwight Flenniken
III
On-line Forty-Niner
The doctor who
visits elderly patients at home for free out of kindness.
A local woman who gives back to the community where she was
raised. An alumnus dedicating service to her alma mater.
In short this is Dr. Nancy Kimber.
"Nancy is someone whose success and compassion epitomizes
what our alumni are," said CSULB Alumni Executive Director
Gay Arakawa.
Kimber was born and raised in Long Beach. She graduated from
Cal State Long Beach in 1990, earning her bachelor's degree
in microbiology.
"I think [Cal State Long Beach] prepared me well for
what I encountered in medical school," Kimber said. "It
was nice because it was home."
She left Long Beach to attend the University of Health Sciences
at Chicago Medical School.
There she completed her doctorate work in 1994, finishing
19th of 170 students in her class.
As of December 2000, Kimber has been board certified, specializing
in gynecology.
On top of a busy doctor's schedule she still makes room for
her first love: giving back.
Kimber volunteers with For the Child, where she serves as
vice president. For the Child gives support to sexually abused
children.
Other organizations she serves with include the Su Casa Foundation
and Big Sisters of Los Angeles. She also sits on the board
of directors for the Long Beach Library Foundation.
Children's charities are a major part of her volunteer work,
as well as her medical life. She has a special interest in
adolescent gynecology and teen pregnancy.
Her recent interest has steered her toward police work. Some
of her time is spent as a Sexual Assault Consultant for the
Long Beach Police Department. There she gives counseling and
physical exams to rape victims.
"I just graduated from the reserve police academy,"
Kimber said. "I am very interested in forensics."
Volunteering seems to run in the family.
"I became exposed to community service because of my
mother," Kimber said.
Her mother, Diane Jacobes, is very active politically and
voluntarily in the Long Beach community.
Kimber won the Long Beach State Alumni Volunteer of the Year
award earlier this month.
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