accountant manufacturing executive
Robert Thomas Campion was born on June 23, 1921, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was reared on a farm near Rose Creek, Minnesota. During his junior year of high school, his family moved to Chicago, where he completed high school in 1939. He married Wilma on June 8, 1946, after returning from military service and resuming his studies and professional work in Chicago.
Campion enrolled at Loyola University of Chicago after completing high school in 1939. He left the university in 1941 to enlist in the United States Army and returned to Loyola after the Second World War. He continued his studies while beginning his accounting career and was listed among those awarded a certified public accountant certificate in Illinois in 1948.
Campion began his professional career in Chicago in 1946 as a trainee junior accountant with Alexander Grant & Company, later becoming a partner in the firm. In 1957 he moved with his wife to California and joined Lear Siegler, Inc., a Santa Monica-based manufacturer of aircraft, automotive, and diversified manufacturing products. He advanced through the company’s management and became its chairman, president, and chief executive officer. Contemporary business and government records identify him in these senior positions during the 1970s and early 1980s. He retired as chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Lear Siegler, Inc.
Advanced from accounting and partnership at Alexander Grant & Company to the chairmanship and chief executive leadership of Lear Siegler, Inc.
Led Lear Siegler, Inc. as chairman, president, and chief executive officer during its operation as a diversified manufacturer of aircraft, automotive, and other industrial products.
Campion belonged to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants. He was also a member of the Bel Air Country Club, the Jonathan Club, and the La Quinta Country Club. In California he served on the board of regents of St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica and was elected to the board of trustees of the University of San Diego.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants , United States
Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants , United States
Bel Air Country Club , United States
Jonathan Club , United States
La Quinta Country Club , United States
Served on the board of regents.
St. John’s Hospital , United States
Elected to the board of trustees.
University of San Diego , United States
1973
Campion was the son of Leo and Naomi Campion. He married Wilma on June 8, 1946. His family life connected his early years in rural Minnesota with his later professional life in Chicago and Southern California.
