Background
Campbell, Edward Clinton was born on May 24, 1929 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Raymond Pyne and Mercedes Ruth (Simmons) Campbell.
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Edward Clinton Campbell
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Edward Clinton Campbell, small business owner, violin maker. Recipient Grand Prize (14), Gold medal (3), Certified of Merit (11), International Violin Makers Competition, Gold Medal award Ministry of Culture, Peoples Republic of China, 1992; violins made by Edward Campbell exhibited at Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1978-1979 and Oberlin Museum, Oberlin University, Ohio, 1987-1988.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1955.
Career
Supervisor order section, Square D Electric Company, Inc., Detroit, 1955-1959;
proprietor, master violin maker, Chimneys Violin Shop, Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, 1960;
operator, Chimneys School Violin Making. Lecturer various colleges. Luthier in residence International String Conference, Pennsylvania State University String Conference, New Jersey chapter American String Teachers Association, National School Orchestra Association.
Director Chimneys Violin Makers Annual Workshop, Tucson. Chairman, host. Violin Society American Convention, 1995.
Politics
The separation of church and state has guaranteed the diversity of religious expressions and the freedom to worship God according to each person’s conscience. However, separation of church and state permit interaction.
Views
Anyone may appear in hardship and poverty. Never give up in pursuit of happiness and one day you will find yourself in the right place, where God gives the sense of joy and assurances you are looking for.
Membership
President board directors, fundraiser Amelia S. Givin Library., Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, 1980-1989. With United States Navy, 1946-1950. Member Violin Society of America (board directors, secretary, chairman, host 15th annual convention, 20th annual conference, 10th international competition, 1992, 23d annual conference 1995, coordinator activities with 1st World String Quartet Congress 1987, 89, with Leonard Rose Cello Competition 1993, with 1st World Cello Congress 1988, coordinator activities Leonard Rose Cello Competition and 6th American Cello Congress 2001, contributor articles to journal, District Service award 2004), Southern California Violin Makers Association (charter), American String Teachers Association, Catgut Acoustical Society (speaker joint convention with Guild American Luthiers), Pennsylvania String Teachers Association, Boiling Spring Allenberry Club (president 1969), Lions (president Mount Holly Springs club 1963-1964, 85-86, 88-89), Clan Campbell (deputy commissioner central Pennsylvania).
Connections
Married Mary Ringwald Dunfee, September 1, 1954.
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Religion
Methodist -
Political Party
Republican
Awards
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Recipient Grand Prize (14), Gold medal (3), Certified of Merit (11), International Violin Makers Competition, Gold Medal award Ministry of Culture, Peoples Republic of China, 1992. Violins made by Edward Campbell exhibited at Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1978-1979 and Oberlin Museum, Oberlin University, Ohio, 1987-1988.Recipient Grand Prize (14), Gold medal (3), Certified of Merit (11), International Violin Makers Competition, Gold Medal award Ministry of Culture, Peoples Republic of China, 1992. Violins made by Edward Campbell exhibited at Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1978-1979 and Oberlin Museum, Oberlin University, Ohio, 1987-1988.