Carol Turnbull ~ Class of 1971
Arrived ~ 6/26/1953
Departed ~ 9/15/1998
Carol with her dog Kelly, who was very supportive during her illness.
Carol beside her houseboat where she was living while attending grad school at University of MN.
Cover of a catalog for the Lawrence Hall of Science at Berkeley where she worked for a while.
Carol Turnbull
Carol Turnbull, former director of robotics and technical services at the Lawrence Hall of Science died in Berkeley on September 15 after a long struggle with cancer. She was 45 years old.
Ms. Turnbull was also an accomplished athlete. She won a gold medal in swimming at the Gay Games in New York in 1994.
Her varied life included work as a pastry chef at Cocolat in Berkeley. She also enjoyed country -western dancing and had a love of music that ranged from opera to Hawaiian slack key guitar.
Ms. Turnbull was born June 26, 1953, in Egypt. She graduated from high school in Thailand and received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She was a MacArthur Scholar at the University of Minnesota forestry department, studying for her doctorate, when she was re-diagnosed with cancer.
Ms. Turnbull is survived by her parents, Robert and Dorothy Turnbull; her sisters Ann Turnbull of Brainerd, Minn., Janet Sheldon of Monmouth, Ore., and Nancy Loh of Sunnyvale; her brother, Lee Turnbull, of Iowa; nieces Haley Sheldon and Samantha and Lindsey Turnbull; and nephew Eli Sheldon.
Memorials in Ms. Turnbull’s name may be sent to the Women ‘s Cancer Research Center, 3023 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, Calif. 94705; Kaiser Hospital hospice pro gram, 280 W. MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, Calif. 94611; or te Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 115 Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Ave. N., St. Paul, Minn. 55108.
Ann Turnbull wrote: Carol died of breast cancer September 15, 1998.
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