JOHN CHARLES GALLAGHER CAMPBELL, 80, died January 26, 2012. Born in Memphis, he graduated from Christian Brothers High School, Christian Brothers Junior College and then obtained his BS in Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
He was a registered engineer in Tennessee and other states, returning to Christian Brothers College as a lay teacher for three years. He began his career at Allen and Hoshell Engineering Firm, leaving to establish the engineering firm of Campbell & Campbell with his brother, Tom Campbell. He then organized the firm of John C. Campbell & Associates, providing specialized services and expertise in construction project conception, master planning, financing, development and cost control on major projects throughout the United States.
These projects included 32 acute care hospitals, 47 extended care hospitals, 22 nursing centers and 11 outpatient clinic facilities, surgery centers and physician office buildings. Mr. Campbell's firm planned, developed and managed landmark medical projects in Memphis, including the Ambulatory Care Center for the Regional Medical Center, the Fire Fighters Regional Burn Center, and the Memphis Eye and Cataract Surgery Center.
The Commercial Appeal reported, in a cover story on Campbell in October 1979, he is viewed informally in some parts of the Mid- South as something of a miracle man in hospital development . Until his health declined, he enjoyed golf and tennis. As a young man, he was a water skier and taught Elvis Presley to slalom water ski.
He was a charter member of the Liberty Bowl Festival Association and active in Memphis Cotton Carnival.
His parents, Lester Campbell and Madalin Mitchell Campbell, his son, Thomas Lester Campbell, and one stepbrother, Tom Campbell, predeceased him.
He leaves his wife of 32 years, Priscilla Chapman Campbell; one stepson, Dan Warlick; stepgrandson, Carson Warlick; a daughter, Lindsey Nolen; two granddaughters, Emily and Kaylie; and three sisters, Patsy Knight, Peggy Winston ( Chuck) and Penny Dancer.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-12 noon, Wednesday, February 1 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, immediately followed by a funeral mass at Noon.
Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Methodist Hospice or Holy Rosary Catholic Church.
Arrangements entrusted to: High Point Funeral Home & Crematorium www. highpointchapel.com
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Saturday, January 28, 2012
He was a registered engineer in Tennessee and other states, returning to Christian Brothers College as a lay teacher for three years. He began his career at Allen and Hoshell Engineering Firm, leaving to establish the engineering firm of Campbell & Campbell with his brother, Tom Campbell. He then organized the firm of John C. Campbell & Associates, providing specialized services and expertise in construction project conception, master planning, financing, development and cost control on major projects throughout the United States.
These projects included 32 acute care hospitals, 47 extended care hospitals, 22 nursing centers and 11 outpatient clinic facilities, surgery centers and physician office buildings. Mr. Campbell's firm planned, developed and managed landmark medical projects in Memphis, including the Ambulatory Care Center for the Regional Medical Center, the Fire Fighters Regional Burn Center, and the Memphis Eye and Cataract Surgery Center.
The Commercial Appeal reported, in a cover story on Campbell in October 1979, he is viewed informally in some parts of the Mid- South as something of a miracle man in hospital development . Until his health declined, he enjoyed golf and tennis. As a young man, he was a water skier and taught Elvis Presley to slalom water ski.
He was a charter member of the Liberty Bowl Festival Association and active in Memphis Cotton Carnival.
His parents, Lester Campbell and Madalin Mitchell Campbell, his son, Thomas Lester Campbell, and one stepbrother, Tom Campbell, predeceased him.
He leaves his wife of 32 years, Priscilla Chapman Campbell; one stepson, Dan Warlick; stepgrandson, Carson Warlick; a daughter, Lindsey Nolen; two granddaughters, Emily and Kaylie; and three sisters, Patsy Knight, Peggy Winston ( Chuck) and Penny Dancer.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-12 noon, Wednesday, February 1 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, immediately followed by a funeral mass at Noon.
Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Methodist Hospice or Holy Rosary Catholic Church.
Arrangements entrusted to: High Point Funeral Home & Crematorium www. highpointchapel.com
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Saturday, January 28, 2012
JOHN CHARLES GALLAGHER CAMPBELL, 80, died January 26, 2012. Born in Memphis, he graduated from Christian Brothers High School, Christian Brothers Junior College and then obtained his BS in Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
He was a registered engineer in Tennessee and other states, returning to Christian Brothers College as a lay teacher for three years. He began his career at Allen and Hoshell Engineering Firm, leaving to establish the engineering firm of Campbell & Campbell with his brother, Tom Campbell. He then organized the firm of John C. Campbell & Associates, providing specialized services and expertise in construction project conception, master planning, financing, development and cost control on major projects throughout the United States.
These projects included 32 acute care hospitals, 47 extended care hospitals, 22 nursing centers and 11 outpatient clinic facilities, surgery centers and physician office buildings. Mr. Campbell's firm planned, developed and managed landmark medical projects in Memphis, including the Ambulatory Care Center for the Regional Medical Center, the Fire Fighters Regional Burn Center, and the Memphis Eye and Cataract Surgery Center.
The Commercial Appeal reported, in a cover story on Campbell in October 1979, he is viewed informally in some parts of the Mid- South as something of a miracle man in hospital development . Until his health declined, he enjoyed golf and tennis. As a young man, he was a water skier and taught Elvis Presley to slalom water ski.
He was a charter member of the Liberty Bowl Festival Association and active in Memphis Cotton Carnival.
His parents, Lester Campbell and Madalin Mitchell Campbell, his son, Thomas Lester Campbell, and one stepbrother, Tom Campbell, predeceased him.
He leaves his wife of 32 years, Priscilla Chapman Campbell; one stepson, Dan Warlick; stepgrandson, Carson Warlick; a daughter, Lindsey Nolen; two granddaughters, Emily and Kaylie; and three sisters, Patsy Knight, Peggy Winston ( Chuck) and Penny Dancer.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-12 noon, Wednesday, February 1 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, immediately followed by a funeral mass at Noon.
Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Methodist Hospice or Holy Rosary Catholic Church.
Arrangements entrusted to: High Point Funeral Home & Crematorium www. highpointchapel.com
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Saturday, January 28, 2012
He was a registered engineer in Tennessee and other states, returning to Christian Brothers College as a lay teacher for three years. He began his career at Allen and Hoshell Engineering Firm, leaving to establish the engineering firm of Campbell & Campbell with his brother, Tom Campbell. He then organized the firm of John C. Campbell & Associates, providing specialized services and expertise in construction project conception, master planning, financing, development and cost control on major projects throughout the United States.
These projects included 32 acute care hospitals, 47 extended care hospitals, 22 nursing centers and 11 outpatient clinic facilities, surgery centers and physician office buildings. Mr. Campbell's firm planned, developed and managed landmark medical projects in Memphis, including the Ambulatory Care Center for the Regional Medical Center, the Fire Fighters Regional Burn Center, and the Memphis Eye and Cataract Surgery Center.
The Commercial Appeal reported, in a cover story on Campbell in October 1979, he is viewed informally in some parts of the Mid- South as something of a miracle man in hospital development . Until his health declined, he enjoyed golf and tennis. As a young man, he was a water skier and taught Elvis Presley to slalom water ski.
He was a charter member of the Liberty Bowl Festival Association and active in Memphis Cotton Carnival.
His parents, Lester Campbell and Madalin Mitchell Campbell, his son, Thomas Lester Campbell, and one stepbrother, Tom Campbell, predeceased him.
He leaves his wife of 32 years, Priscilla Chapman Campbell; one stepson, Dan Warlick; stepgrandson, Carson Warlick; a daughter, Lindsey Nolen; two granddaughters, Emily and Kaylie; and three sisters, Patsy Knight, Peggy Winston ( Chuck) and Penny Dancer.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-12 noon, Wednesday, February 1 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, immediately followed by a funeral mass at Noon.
Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Methodist Hospice or Holy Rosary Catholic Church.
Arrangements entrusted to: High Point Funeral Home & Crematorium www. highpointchapel.com
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Saturday, January 28, 2012
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