Robert Argyll Campbell

Background

Campbell, Robert Argyll was born on November 20, 1879 in Gurnee, Illinois, United States. Son of JAmes and Mary (Doak) Campbell.

Education

AB, University of Wisconsin, 1906.

Career

Assistant, University of Wisconsin, 1906-1908; fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1909-1910; fellow, Cornell Univercity, 1908-1909; library, Legislation Reference Library., California, 1910-1911; secretary, Wisconsin State Board Public Affairs, 1911-1914; researcher, Alexander Hamilton Institute, 1914-1915; lecturer, Cornell Univercity, 1915-1919; professor economics, Rochester U., 1919-1922; with, Institute of Economics, Washington, 1923-1927; head department economics, Vanderbilt University, 1927-1940; professor economics, Vanderbilt University, 1940-1949; professor emeritus, Vanderbilt University, from 1949; visiting professor economics, George Pepperdine College, 1950-1959.

Achievements

• Robert Argyll Campbell has been listed as a noteworthy economics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Scorpion, Artus, Pi Delta Epsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa.

Connections

Married Harriet Josephine Imhoff, February 7, 1912. 1 child, Jean Doak (Mistress T. F. Schreier).