Background
Campbell, Levin Hicks was born on January 2, 1927 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Son of Worthington and Louise (Hooper) Campbell.
Campbell, Levin Hicks was born on January 2, 1927 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Son of Worthington and Louise (Hooper) Campbell.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1948. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1951. Postgraduate, National College State Judiciary, 1970.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Suffolk University, 1975. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Colby College, 1982.
Born in Summit, New Jersey, Campbell received an Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in 1948 and an Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1951. He then went into private practice of law in Boston with Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge & Rugg. He entered politics in 1963, performing several roles in Massachusetts over the next decade.
Later he was an assistant attorney general of Massachusetts, serving under Attorney General Edward West. Brooke, and First Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts serving under Attorney General Elliott L. Richardson, before being appointed an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court in 1968, a position in which he served through 1970.
On November 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon nominated Campbell to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, to a seat vacated by Charles East. Wyzanski, Junior. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 23, 1971, and received commission on November 30.
After just a few months on the district court, on June 15, 1972, President Nixon nominated Campbell to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, to a seat vacated by Bailey Aldrich. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 1972, and received commission on June 30.
He served as chief judge from 1983 to 1990.
He assumed senior status on January 3, 1992, but continued to hear some cases for more than 15 years afterwards.
President Cambridge 9 Neighborhood Association, 1960—1962. Treasurer Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 1961—1964. Campaign chairman Cambridge United Fund, 1965.
Member board overseers Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1969—1975, 1977—1980. President board overseers Shady Hill School, 1969—1970. Member visiting committee Harvard University Press, 1958—1964.
Vice president Cambridge Community Services. Corporation member SEA Educational Association, since 1982. Trustee Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 1981—1990, 1991—1999, Asheville (North Carolina) School, 1987—1998.
Overseer United States Constitution Museum. Member of American Bar Association, Massachusetts History Society (council 1993-1996, vice president 1996-1999, president 2000-2002, council since 2003), United States Judicial Conference (court administration committee 1975-1983, chairman subcommittee on supporting personnel 1980-1983, executive committee 1985-1990, ad hoc committee study judicial conference 1987, federal court study committee 1988-1990, chairman committee to review circuit council conduct and disability orders 1989-1994, national commission on judicial discipline and removal 1991-1993), Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Foundation (long range planning committee 1999—2000), American Bar Foundation, American Law Institute.
Married Eleanor Saltonstall Lewis, June 1, 1957. Children: Eleanor S., Levin H., Sarah H.