Joseph Campbell (accountant)

Joseph Campbell (March 25, 1900 – June 21, 1984)[1] was the fourth Comptroller General of the United States, in office from December 14, 1954 - July 31, 1965.[2]

Joseph Campbell
4th Comptroller General of the United States
In office December 14, 1954 – July 31, 1965
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	Lindsay Carter Warren
Succeeded by	Elmer B. Staats
Personal details
Born	March 25, 1900 New York City, New York
Died	June 21, 1984(1984-06-21) (aged 84) Sarasota, Florida
Citizenship	American
Spouse(s)	Marjorie Louise Goetze ​ ( m. after 1925, divorced) Dorothy Stokes Bostwick ​ ( m. 1950; his death invalid year)
Children	5, including Colin
Alma mater	Columbia University

Early life

Campbell was born in New York City on March 25, 1900. Campbell received an Artium Baccalaureus from Columbia University in 1924.[1]

Career

He worked as an accountant at Lingley, Baird, and Dixon from 1925 until 1927. He was an assistant comptroller and a comptroller at The Valspar Corporation between 1927 and 1932.[3] He was a partner at R. T. Lingley & Co. in 1932 and 1933. He became a CPA in New York State and Connecticut in 1933. He was a partner at Joseph Campbell & Co. from 1933 until 1941.[4]

He served as an assistant treasurer at Columbia University beginning in 1941[4] and on March 13, 1949 was elected Treasurer by the Board of Trustees. He was the tenth Treasurer in the history of the university.[5]

During the early 1950s Campbell served as a member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission and in several other capacities within the federal government.[1] When Comptroller General Lindsay Carter Warren retired Congress was deadlocked over selecting a replacement, so President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Campbell with whom he was familiar with due to Eisenhower's term of presidency at Columbia University.[6] Campbell departed the office before his 15-year term of office concluded due to health issues.[7]

Personal life

His first marriage was to Marjorie Louise Goetze (d. 1973)[8] on September 1, 1925. She later served as president of the board of governors for the Mansfield Training School.[8] Together the couple had five boys:[4][7]

• Frederick Campbell (1927–2007), who married Patricia Miller and Charlotte O'Loughlin.[9]
• Douglas Goetze Campbell (1928–2018),[10] who married Sandra Woodworth, daughter of Wade Woodworth.[11]
• Robert Goetze Campbell, a physician who married Barbara Helen Yoder.[12]
• Alan Goetze Campbell, who married Jennie Reed Fowlkes, daughter of Francis Meriwether Fowlkes.[13]
• Colin Goetze Campbell (b. 1935), who served as president of Wesleyan University,[14] the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and president and chair of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.[15][16] Colin married Nancy Nash, who later served as chair of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[17]

In 1950, he married artist and philanthropist Dorothy Stokes Bostwick. Dorothy, the daughter of Albert Carlton Bostwick and granddaughter of Standard Oil founding shareholder, Jabez A. Bostwick, was previously married to W. T. Sampson Smith, grandson of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson.

Campbell died at his home in Sarasota, Florida on June 21, 1984.[18]

References

1. Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Albert Nelson Marquis, 1961, p. 127
2. Staats, Elmer B. (1967), Annual Report of the Comptroller General of the United States for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1967 (PDF), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, p. iv
3. "Obituary - Joseph Campbell" (PDF). Columbia University Record. 20 July 1984. p. 7. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
4. Who's Who in New England, Albert Nelson Marquis, 1949, p. 118
5. "New Treasurer Elected By Columbia University", The New York Times, p. 26, March 14, 1949
6. "Stimulate & Vaccinate", Time, LXIV (26), December 27, 1954, ISSN 0040-781X
7. "Joseph Campbell 1900-1984" (PDF), The GAO Review, Washington, D.C.: Government Accountability Office, 19 (4): i, 1984, ISSN 1045-3261
8. "Mrs. Marjorie Campbell, Worked for the Retarded". The New York Times. March 14, 1973. p. 46. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
9. "FREDERICK CAMPBELL". legacy.com. The Detroit News. July 15, 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
10. "Douglas Campbell Obituary, Sanibel Island, Florida". Edward Lawrence Funeral Home. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
11. "MISS WOODWORTH ENGAGED TO CADET; Ex-Student at Northwestern to Be Bride of D.G. Campbell, Who Is Serving in Navy" (PDF). The New York Times. September 11, 1951. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
12. Ttm, Special to The New York (4 October 1959). "Barbara Helen Yoder Engaged to Physician" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
13. "Alan G. Campbell, Student, is Fiance of Jennie Fowlkes". The Bridgeport Post. September 17, 1959. p. 27. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
14. "WESLEYAN NAMES A PRESIDENT, 34; Campbell, an Administrator, Had Been Amex Official" (PDF). The New York Times. October 20, 1970. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
15. "Wedding Planned By Miss Campbell". The New York Times. 12 October 1986. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
16. "Ms. Campbell Becomes Bride Of Gary Shaye". The New York Times. 6 August 1989. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
17. "Nancy Nash Campbell". www.hollins.edu. Hollins University. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
18. "Joseph Campbell, U.S. Aide; Led Accounting Offive in 50's". The New York Times. 22 June 1984. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

External links

• Joseph Campbell at Find a Grave
• Nomination of Joseph Campbell. Hearings before the committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, first session, on nomination of Joseph Campbell to be comptroller general of the United States. February 2 and March 3, 1955.
• "The Peanut Scandal", Time, LXVI (14), October 3, 1955, ISSN 0040-781X