Bob Jensen was born in Hampton, Iowa, where he lived until his family moved to Illinois when he was twelve years old. He is the youngest of two children. He is six years younger than his sister.Bob has traveled to many countries, mainly in Asia, Europe and South America. Even though he has studied Latin, German, and Danish, he is not fluent in any language other than English.
Growing up, Bob wanted to be a psychiatrist or neurosurgeon. Instead, he became an audiologist and is now retired after forty years in private practice. He still owns a medical service company, Arizona HearCare Network.
Bob has been married to Nancy Linville Jensen for thirty-seven years. Nancy is also a retired audiologist. They met when they both worked at the old Arizona Crippled Children's Hospital in Tempe in 1977.
Bob and Nancy have two children. Kyle is 34 and a radiologist and Assistant Professor at OHSU in Portland, Oregon. He is married to Karen Saks Jensen who is a gastroenterologist in private practice. Kim is 31 and is a nurse practitioner specializing in cardiology in Tucson. She is married to Stewart Lewis who is also a nurse practitioner in private practice. They have a daughter, Emily, who is sixteen months old and is Bob's only grandchild.
To date, Bob's most interesting vacation memory is of an August trip to China and Tibet. He is interested in finding fellow travelers who would like to take the Trans-Siberian Railroad from Beijing to Moscow next year.
Bob's most rewarding volunteer experience has been the Ayudame a Escuchar mission to Guaymas. It has allowed him to stay in tune with audiology and meet many audiologists, many of whom still remain in contact though they live all over America. Through the program, he feels honored to have received national recognition by receiving awards from the William Demant Foundation, a Danish institution, the 2011 Honors of the Association from the Arizona Speech, Language and Hearing Association, the Crystal Award in Audiology from AT Still University and the 2016 Humanitarian of the Year Award from the American Academy of Audiology. Without the support of our Rotary Club, Bob knows he would not have received these honors and he is thankful to the club for making it possible for him to serve the people of Guaymas.