He worked as an accountant at Lingley, Baird, and Dixon from 1925 until 1927. He was an assistant comptroller and a comptroller at The Valspar Corporation between 1927 and 1932.[4] He was a partner at R. T. Lingley & Co. in 1932 and 1933. He became a CPA in New York State and Connecticut in 1933. He was a partner at Joseph Campbell & Co. from 1933 until 1941.[5]
He served as an assistant treasurer at Columbia University beginning in 1941[5] and on March 13, 1949, was elected Treasurer by the Board of Trustees. He was the tenth Treasurer in the history of the university.[6]
During the early 1950s Campbell served as a member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission and in several other capacities within the federal government.[1] When Comptroller General Lindsay Carter Warren retired Congress was deadlocked over selecting a replacement, so President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Campbell with whom he was familiar with due to Eisenhower's term of presidency at Columbia University.[7] Campbell departed the office before his 15-year term of office concluded due to health issues.[8]
Personal life
His first marriage was to Marjorie Louise Goetze (d. 1973)[9] on September 1, 1925. She later served as president of the board of governors for the Mansfield Training School.[9] Together the couple had five boys:[5][8]
Frederick Campbell (1927–2007), who married Patricia Miller and Charlotte O'Loughlin.[10]
Douglas Goetze Campbell (1928–2018),[11] who married Sandra Woodworth, daughter of Wade Woodworth.[12]
Robert Goetze Campbell, a physician who married Barbara Helen Yoder.[13]
Alan Goetze Campbell, who married Jennie Reed Fowlkes, daughter of Francis Meriwether Fowlkes.[14]
^Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1955). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
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