Background
Campbell was born near Waldron, in Scott County, Arkansas on 16 November 1888 the first of six children to Edward and Elizabeth Campbell.
Campbell was born near Waldron, in Scott County, Arkansas on 16 November 1888 the first of six children to Edward and Elizabeth Campbell.
Upon graduating from high school, he became a licensed teacher, but left after one year to attend Ouachita Baptist College in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He was an intercollegiate debate, orator, and distance runner. He was president of his graduating class, and where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in music and speech in 1911.
Family In 1916, Doak South. Campbell began teaching chemistry at Central College, in Conway, Arkansas.
In 1920, he became President of the school. While serving in this role, Central College transformed from a failing four-year college to a respectable two-year junior college.
Later in the 1920s, Campbell began attending George Peabody College for Teachers, receiving a Master"s degree in 1928 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1930, at which time he was hired onto the school"s faculty. He became Dean of the Graduate School at Peabody in 1938, and remained in that position until accepting the presidency of Florida State College for Women in September 1941.
The Florida State College for Women was renamed Florida State University on May 15, 1947 by a legislative acting
The change from a women"s school to a coeducational school in 1947 was a substantial one in the school"s history, and required great effort from the faculty and Campbell"s administration to carry out smoothly. Campbell supported a sports program at the school, and encouraged the construction of a football stadium. The stadium was completed in 1950, and named Doak South. Campbell Stadium in his honor.
Doctor Campbell retired from his position on June 30, 1957, but remained in the Tallahassee area as President Emeritus until his death in 1973.