Background
Campana, Phillip Joseph was born on April 10, 1941 in Jersey City. Son of Ralph Joseph and Alberta Alphonsine (Lepis) Campana.
Campana, Phillip Joseph was born on April 10, 1941 in Jersey City. Son of Ralph Joseph and Alberta Alphonsine (Lepis) Campana.
Bachelor in German magna cum laude, St. Peters College, Jersey City, 1962; postgraduate (Fulbright scholar), U. Saarbrücken, Germany, 1962-1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Brown U., 1970.
Instructor German, St. Peter's College, Jersey City, summer 1964;
graduate assistant in German, Brown U., Providence, 1965-1967;
associate professor German, Tennessee Technology U., Cookeville, 1970-1974;
professor German, Tennessee Technology U., Cookeville, since 1974;
department chairman foreign languages, since 1970;
founder and 1st director English Language Institute, Tennessee Technology U., Cookeville, 1977;
director Interactive Videodisc Project, Tennessee Technology U., Cookeville, 1984-1994. State chairman Southern Conference on Language Tchg., 1981-1985. Reviewer grant proposals (EESA, Title II) Texas Coord.
Board for Higher Education, 1986, United States Dept.Edn., 1987. Evaluator National Teachers Exam in German for Ednl. testing Svc., 1990. Lecturer, presenter in field.
Member faculty advisory group on master plan for higher education Tennessee Higher Education Comm., 1973, steering commission on teacher education, 1983-1984. Chairman Tennessee Board Regents Task Force on Improvement of Quality in Teacher Education, 1982. Member Committee on Business and Fiscal Affairs, Tennessee Board Regents, 1975-1976.
Member American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers German (Tennessee chapter president 1975-1977, treasurer 1980-1992, certified of Merit award 1982), Tennessee Foreign Language Tchg. Association (board directors 1974-1977, 80-81, 82-85, 98-2001, president 1977-1980, member committee 1990-1996, representative Control States Conference board 1990-1993, Jacqueline C. Elliottaward 1984), Control States Conference on Tchg. Foreign Langs. (chairman 1984-1987,board directors 1979-1980, 81-84, 91-94, advisory county since 1978, co-editor annual volume 1995, co-chair Leadership Civil Service Commission, 1995-1996), American Council on Tchg.
Foreign Langs. (executive county 1985-1986, 91-94, chairman public committee 1993-1994, Florence Steiner award 1987), Tennessee Foreign Language Institute (Board of Governors since 1986, vice president, secretary-treasurer), Tennessee Council International Education (board directors 1976-1978), Ill.Fgn. Language Teachers Association (member of advisory board 1986-1988, nominating committee 1987-1988, Land of Lincoln Svc. award 1986, 87), Consortium for German in S.E. (founding member, treasurer 1991-1996).
Married Paulette Monique Beauregard, April 20, 1968 (divorced April 19, 1978). Children: Lisa Marie, Michael Phillip.