Kara Kennedy
Kara Kennedy Allen | |
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| Born | Kara Anne Kennedy February 27, 1960 |
| Occupation(s) | Professional board member, Homemaker |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Michael Allen (since 1990) |
| Children | Grace Kennedy Allen (born 1994) Max Greathouse Allen (born 1996) |
| Parent(s) | Edward "Ted" Moore Kennedy, Sr. and Virginia Joan (née Bennett) Kennedy |
| Relatives | Siblings: Edward Moore Kennedy Jr. (born 1961) Patrick Joseph Kennedy II (born 1967) also see Kennedy family |
Kara Anne Kennedy Allen (born September 9, 1960) is the oldest child and only daughter of U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy from Massachusetts and a member of the Kennedy family.
Early life
Allen was born to Edward Moore Kennedy, Sr. and Virginia Joan (née Bennett) Kennedy in Bronxville, New York. Her siblings are Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr. (born 1961), and Patrick Joseph Kennedy II (born 1967).
Career
Allen is a producer for VSA arts, formerly known as Very Special Arts, a non-profit organization founded by her aunt Jean Kennedy Smith that supports arts opportunities for the disabled.
She is on the National Advisory Board of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome[1] and is a director emerita of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation[2].
Personal life
She married Michael Allen in 1990 at the Catholic Church in Centerville, Massachusetts that was a frequent site of Kennedy family events. She gave birth to children Grace Kennedy Allen on September 19, 1994 in Washington D.C. and Max Greathouse Allen on December 20, 1996 in Rockville, Maryland.
In 2002, at age 42, Allen was diagnosed with lung cancer. Initially told the disease was inoperable, she found with her father's help a surgeon at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital who was willing to remove part of her lung in an effort to save her life. As of 2009, she remains in remission from the disease.[3]
References
- ^ "NOFAS Board of Directors 2009". National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ "Directors Emeriti and National Trustees". John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
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Jacobs, Sally (2008-05-25). "Kennedy, his children, and cancer". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
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