Lynn Jerome Kimball

Background

Kimball, Lynn Jerome was born on September 21, 1943 in La Junta, Colorado, United States. Son of Stanley Jerome and Ruth Estelle Kimball.

Education

Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland., 1965; Master of Science, United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1971.

Career

Commissioned, United States Marine Corps, 1965; advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Marine Corps director plans & policies Joint Special Operations Command, United States Marine Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1980-1983; operations officer 3d Marine Division, United States Marine Corps, Okinawa, Japan, 1983-1984; battalion commander Marine Corps Base, United States Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 1984-1987; defense attache, American Embassy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1988-1990; director operations and training Marine Corps Base, United States Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune, 1990-1991; director environmental training Marine Corps Base, United States Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune, 1991-1992; retired, United States Marine Corps, 1991; writer, historian, since 1992. Visiting lecturer Professional Military Education, Camp Lejeune, since 1990.

Achievements

• Lynn Jerome Kimball has been listed as a noteworthy Historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Advisory board Onslow County Board Tourism, Jacksonville, North Carolina, since 1995, OnslowCounty Museum, since 1995. Member Marine Corps Association, United States Naval Institute, Sons Confederate Veterans, Marine Corps Historical Foundation, Onslow History Society, Civil War RoundtableEastern North Carolina.

Interests

• Avocations: marathon running, parachuting, flying, scuba diving, Civil War history.

Connections

Married Kathleen May SekerMitchell, November 13, 1965 (divorced March 1974). Children: Scott, Lori, Todd. Married Dorothy Jean Bumar, December 15, 1984.

Children: Donald, Wendy.

Father:

Stanley Jerome Kimball

Mother:

Ruth Estelle Kimball

Spouse:

Dorothy Jean Bumar

Spouse:

Kathleen May SekerMitchell

child:

Wendy Kimball

child:

Lori Kimball

child:

Todd Kimball

child:

Scott Kimball

child:

Donald Kimball