Background
Campbell, William Buford was born on November 23, 1935 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Buford and Bertha Lucille (Atkins) Campbell.
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Campbell, William Buford was born on November 23, 1935 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Buford and Bertha Lucille (Atkins) Campbell.
Bachelor in Ceramic Engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, 1958; Master of Science in Engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, 1960; Master of Arts in Mineralogy, Inorganic Chemistry, Harvard University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering, Ohio State University, 1967; postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963-1965; postgraduate, Ohio State University, 1969-1972; postgraduate, New York University, 1980.
Assistant professor department ceramic engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1967-1969;
associate professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1969-1974;
chief biomedical engineering department, Doctor's Hospital, Morristown, Tennessee, 1974-1976;
associate professor engineering science and mechanics, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1974-1977;
senior partner, Campbell, Churchill, Zimmerman & Associations, Cons., Knoxville, 1977-1984;
consultant, private practice, biomedical Engineering and Forensic Science, Knoxville, since 1984;
Adjunct Professor, College Applied Science, East Tennessee State University, since 1998. Partner Brae Arden Farms Ltd., Philadelphia, Tennessee, 1979-1983, technical director, chief Executive officer Southeastern Mobility Company, Inc., Philadelphia, Tennessee, 1977-1984. Founder biomedical Systems Inc., Knoxville, 1986.
Project engineer Tennessee Valley Authority,1987-1989. Director Electric Power Research Institute Center for Materials Fabrication, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, 1989-1990, director, program manager Innovation and Tech.Transfer, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, 1990. Managing partner Performance Cons., Knoxville, Tennessee, since 1991.
Member Administrative Board Bearden United Methodist Church, 1982-1985. Chairman of the executive committee The Church of the Redeemer, Concord, Tennessee, 1985-1987. Member finance committee Americans for Responsible Govt, 1984-1985, finance committee 50th American Presidential Inaugural, 1984-1985, National Advisory Board on Technology and the Disabled.
Trustee Lakeshore Mental Health Institutions, Department Mental Health, State of Tennessee, since 1986. Board directors Direct Braille Slate Fund, since 1998, Volunteers of America, Knoxville, 1987-1990, 98-, Tennessee Technology Development Corporation, since 1998, History Tennessee Theater Foundation, since 1997. Member of advisory board Knoxville Museum Art, 1987-1988.
Member Tennessee Science and Technology Advisory Council, State Tennessee, 1993-1998. Major Tennessee State Guard, since 1995. Fellow American Institute Chemists (certified chemist), American Academy Forensic Science, American Ceramic Society (abstracter and reviewer since 1962, national programs and meetings committee 1968-1972, division chairman 1969-1970, other offices, life member).
Member American Society for Testing and Materials (liaison member for ceramics and medical, surgical materials and devices since 1975, Recognition award since 1997), National Society Professional Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, American Society for Nondestructive Testing, National Institute Ceramic Engineers (life), Phi Lambda Upsilon, Tau Beta Pi (Eminent Engr.1974), Sigma Xi (research awards 1958, 60, 71), KERAMOS, others.
Married Joan E. Stakem, June 29, 1963 (divorced 1983). Children: Lisa Anne, William Buford II, Heather Katherine, Matthew Rush (deceased).