James Campbell, 1946-2020; Was Grad School Hall of Famer
James Campbell, PhD, of Columbia, Mo., died Thursday, Feb. 20 at University Hospital in Columbia due to the effects of many years of immune suppression medications that had enabled him to keep kidney transplants for 46 years. He was 73.
An Atlantic City, N.J. native, Campbell earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sociology from SIUE in 1968 and ‘70, respectively. He was inducted into SIUE’s Graduate School Hall of Fame in 2018.
Campbell’s bio for the Hall of Fame ceremony included the following: Campbell earned a doctorate in sociology from the University of Missouri-Columbia (UMC). He began his career as an instructor in 1970 at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but spent most of his career in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UMC, where he retired as an emeritus professor. He was a pioneer in developing innovative curricula for medical students that incorporated the social and behavioral sciences. He played a key role in developing and implementing an innovative longitudinal inter-professional experience at UMC, as well as developing videos that are used widely for training in educational institutions and public health departments. He and his wife, Anne, were instrumental in creating the Central Missouri Kidney Association.
Memorial donations are suggested to The Future of Family Medicine Professorship, c/o Carol Gibbens, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine or First Christian Church.
Parker-Millard Funeral Service and Crematory managed the arrangements.
A complete obituary is available in the Columbia Missourian.
