Kathleen Keen Zolber
Born	(1916-12-09)9 December 1916 Walla Walla, Washington
Died	29 January 1999(1999-01-29) (aged 82) Loma Linda, California
Occupation	Dietitian

Esther Kathleen Keen Zolber (December 9, 1916 – January 29, 1999) was an American registereddietitian, Seventh-day Adventist andvegetarianism activist. She was president of theAmerican Dietetic Association 1982–1983.^[1]

Zolber was born Esther Kathleen Keen inWalla Walla, Washington.^[2] She obtained her BA in foods and nutrition fromWalla Walla College in 1941 and after graduation worked as food service director and manager for the college store.^[2][3] Zolber obtained a master's degree fromWashington State University in 1961 and returned to Walla Walla College as associate professor.^[2][3] She joined theLoma Linda University faculty where she taught at the School of Public Health's dietetic internship program.^[3] She received a PhD fromUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison in 1968.^[2]

She was associate professor of nutrition (1964–1972) at Loma Linda University, director of dietetic education (1967–1984), professor of nutrition (1973–1991), director of nutrition program (1984–1991) and director of dietetics atLoma Linda University Medical Center (1972–1984).^[2] In addition to teaching, Zolber was involved in nutritional research and was a dietetic technician on the health care team at Loma Linda University. Her articles were published in theJournal of the American Dietetic Association.^[3]

Zolber was a member of the California Dietetic Association and in 1978 received the Dolores Nyhus Memorial Award.^[3] She served on the Dietetic Internship Board and the board of directors of the American Dietetic Association (ADA). She was president of the ADA 1982–1983. While president she launched a capital campaign to establish the National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics.^[3]

Zolber married Melvin Zolber on September 19, 1937; they had no children.^[2] She was a member of theAmerican Public Health Association,Delta Omega,Omicron Nu, and the Seventh-day Adventist Dietetic Association.^[2] In 1992, Zolber received theMarjorie Hulsizer Copher Award, the highest award given by the ADA.^[3]

Zolber was a chairperson for Loma Linda University’s First International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition in 1987.^[4] She was one of seven reviewers for the 1988 position of the American Dietetic Association on vegetarian diets.^[5]

• Producing Meals Without Meat (1975)
• Diet Manual: Utilizing a Vegetarian Diet Plan (with Judy Dean Baloga, Marilyn Delinger, Margaret Kemmerer and Lydia Sonnenberg, 1978)
• The Vegetarian Diet: Food For Us All (withUlma Doyle Register and Lydia Sonnenberg, 1981)
• Work Function Analysis of Vegetarian Entrée Production (1986)

• 1916 births
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• American Seventh-day Adventists
• American vegetarianism activists
• American women activists
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• Loma Linda University faculty
• People from Walla Walla, Washington
• Seventh-day Adventists in health science
• Seventh-day Adventist writers
• University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
• Vegetarian cookbook writers
• Walla Walla University alumni
• Washington State University alumni
• 20th-century American people
• Women food scientists

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