ASU remembers

   

Carol Gillard Bombeck

   

  

Photo of backlit cactus

Carol Gillard Bombeck, 75, died February 28, 2011. In 1973 Carol received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at ASU. She was the first Executive Director of the Arizona Kidney Foundation in 1973-74. She established the Foundation's Women's Board in 1973. Her involvement with this organization began because both of her sons had kidney disease. Peter died in 1975 at the age of 17. Bruce died in 1984 at the age of 24. To honor both of them she established the Arizona Kidney Foundation Peter and Bruce Bidstrup Scholarship Fund to provide academic and financial support for Arizona kidney dialysis and transplant patients. From 1974 to the 1990's she was involved in commercial real estate with Grubb & Ellis, Kaiser Aetna, and Davidson Myers. In 1990 she established her own commercial real estate office. From 1976 to 1978 she was Director of Development at the Phoenix Art Museum. From 1997 to 2000, she was a consultant with the ASU Art Museum. She organized an exhibition of works from the Jean and Howard Lipman collection of American art, which ran at the museum from November 20, 1999 to February 13, 2000. Carol is survived by her husband, Bill Bombeck, three brothers and other relatives. 

  

February 28, 2011