In memoriam: Professor Russell Campbell

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From: Repath-Martos, Lyn lyn at humnet.ucla.edu
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:58:09 -0800
Subject: Professor Russell Campbell


It is with great sorrow that I share with you the news of the passing of
Professor Emeritus Russell N. Campbell, following a short battle with a
reoccurrence of cancer. Lovingly surrounded by his wife, Marge, children
Paula and Roger, and grandchildren, Rainbow and Jeramiah, Russ passed away
quietly this morning at home.

Russ served as professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, in
the Department of Applied Linguistics & TESL from 1964 to 1991, with a
lengthy history of administration and service to the department and
university as a whole. From 1974 to 1979, Russ served as Vice-Chair of the
Department of English, in charge of the TESL section; when the Department of
TESL was established in 1979, he became the first Chair of the Department, a
post he held until 1986. In that same year, he became the Director of what
is now known as the Language Resource Center, a position he retired from in
June 2001. After his retirement that year, Russ continued as PI on many LRC
research projects. From 1986 to 1989, he served first as Associate Director,
later as Director, of the UCLA Center for Language Education and Research
(CLEAR); from 1990 to 1992 he served as Acting Director of the UCLA Center
for Pacific Rim Studies, and from 1979 on he served as Director of many
UCLA-affiliated TESL programs in such diverse locales as Mexico, Korea,
Armenia, Japan, and France. Although he formally retired as professor from
the Department of Applied Linguistics and TESL in 1991, to the end, Russ
remained intimately and actively involved in Master's Theses, Doctoral
Qualifying Papers and Doctoral Dissertation committees for students in the
graduate program of Applied Linguistics & TESL. In 1990, Russ became Dean of
the English Department of the American University of Armenia, a position he
held until his death. He has been of enormous influence on the field of
Applied Linguistics: a tireless thinker, imagineer, and advocate for
innovative language education and research projects across the globe, as
well as being to so many a true friend and mentor, ever ready to try new
things and charge off on new adventures.

Details regarding a memorial service will be forthcoming. The family
requests that no flowers be sent. As we have information regarding a
memorial fund, that information will be sent along as well.

********Apologies for duplicate postings. Please feel free to forward this
to those who knew and loved Russ************

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