Until her retirement and move to Bradenton, Florida, in 2014, Karol King was an educator for fourteen years, first at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, as an adjunct professor of Theology in the Weekend Degree Program and at Chatfield College, Findlay Market, Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught Religion, Education, Ethics, Spanish and Reading courses. Karol absolutely loves to teach and declares that she is happier and feels more alive in the classroom than anywhere else on earth.
A native of Xenia, Ohio, Karol received a BA in elementary education from the Peoples Bible College, Colorado Springs, 1969, and two graduate degrees from Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio—Theology, 1996, and Humanities, 1998.
Besides being a part of the educational system, she worked for twenty years in the corporate world: Cinergy (currently Duke Energy), as manager of Cinergy Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, as manager at Franklin House Apartments, Franklin, OH, and before that, in what she terms her “former life,” as an elementary school teacher, minister’s wife in Nebraska and Colorado, and a missionary for five years in Guatemala, Central America.
During her years in the corporate world, Karol served on the Xavier University Advisory Committee to the President, the Committee for Small Arts Organizations for ArtsWave, the WGUC Public Radio community board and the Shakespeare Company.
Karol has two children, a son, Arthur Cawman, retired U. S. Army Warrant Officer III, Senior Instructor Pilot, and currently Safety Flight Instructor for Flight Safety International, Denver, CO, and daughter, Audrey Cawman, who lives in Louisville, KY and has been in banking and investment services for fourteen years.
In 2014, Karol published a book, So Much More, West Bow Press, Bloomington, IN, a partial autobiography. Besides her deep and abiding love for her students and her studies, Karol loves reading, movies, travel, and walking in and exploring large cities.
