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Col. Joseph M. Campbell, Jr., USAF (ret.)

 

Joe & Ann Campbell

 

 

 

 

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Biography

Birthplace/Date: Shreveport, LA, 29 Jul 39

Hometown:          Baton Rouge, LA

Education:           BS Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University

                              MS Aerospace Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology

Military Service: Nov 1961 to Jun 1984

            Source of Commission:  ROTC

            Nov 61 – Dec 62 – Student Pilot, 3501st Pilot Training Squadron, Reese AFB, TX

            Dec 62 - Jun 63 – Student Pilot, F-102, 81st Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron, Perrin AFB, TX

            Jun 64 – Aug 65 – Pilot, F-102, 325th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Truax Field, WI (attended SOS at Maxwell AFB, AL)

            Aug 65 – Aug 67 – Pilot, F-102, 509th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Clark AB, RP (70 % of the time was spent in Viet Nam & Thailand accounting for a Viet Nam tour)

            Aug 67 – Jun 69 – Pilot, Instructor Pilot and Flight Examiner, F-102, 82nd Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron, Perrin AFB, TX

            Jun 69 - Mar 71 – Graduate Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio

            Mar 71 – Jul 74 – Engineer, Service Engineering & Support Division; Chief of the Logistics Research Project Group, F-111 Division and Pilot, T-39, Sacramento Air Logistics Center, McClellan AFB, CA

            Jul 74 – Jul 75 – Pilot, Instructor Pilot, Flight Examiner and Chief of Training, T-39, 56th Special Operations Wing, Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand.

            Jul 75 – Aug 77 - Pilot, Instructor Pilot, Flight Examiner and Chief of Training, T-39, 89th Military Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, MD

            Aug 77 - Mar 1979 - Air Operations Staff Officer, War & Mobilization Plans Division, Pentagon, VA

            Mar 79 - June 82 - Deputy Chief, Logistics Concepts Division, Pentagon, VA

            Jun82 - Oct 83 - Director of Plans and Programs, San Antonio Air Logistics Center, Kelly AFB, TX

            Oct83 – Jun 84 - Director of Materiel Management, San Antonio Air Logistics Center, Kelly AFB, TX.

            Professional Military Education Completed:

                        Squadron Officers School

                        Air Command and Staff College

                        Industrial College of the Armed Forces

            Decorations:

                        Legion of Merit

                        Air Medal (7 OLC)

                        CRM

                        NDSM

                        AFCM

                        AFOUA

                        AFEM

                        RVN GC

                        RVN CM.

            Highest Rank Attained:  Colonel

Civilian Positions:

            Jul 84 – Jul 90 - Director, Defense Logistics, General Atomics, San Diego, CA

            Jul 90 - Mar 92 - Vice President, Information Systems Business Development, BDM International, Dayton, OH

            Mar 92 – Jun 04 – President, Information Systems and Technologies, Inc., (INSYTE), Mandeville, LA

 

Past Positions Held:

            President - San Diego Chapter of the Air Force Assn.

            Group and committee chairperson - National Security Industrial Assn.

            Chairperson - CALS Spares Data Committee

            Board Member - San Diego Chapter of the National Security Industrial Association

            Board Mem­ber - Junior Achievement of San Antonio

            Board Member - Volun­teer Educa­tion Founda­tion

            Board Member - Boy Scouts of America of San Diego

            President of the Clan Campbell Society (North America).

            Board Member - Council of Scottish Clans and Associations

 

Present Positions:

            President and Chairman of the Board - Clan Campbell Education Association and Foundation

            Chief and Chairman of the Board - St. Andrew Society of Baton Rouge

            Board Member – Caledonian Society of Baton Rouge

            Board Member – Louisiana Highland Games

            Board Member – Swamp Celts Highland Games

            Member – St. Andrew Society of Louisiana

           

Other:

            Medal of Merit - Air Force Association

            Award for Exceptional Service - California Air Force Association

            Green Derby Award – Celtic Society of Louisiana

            Distinguished Son of Scotland Award – St. Andrew Society of Louisiana

            Designed the official Tartan for the State of Louisiana

            Published “The Graces of Louisiana”, a genealogy of the Thomas Edmond Grace Family

 

Personal:  Married with two children and 6 grandchildren

 

Hobbies:

            Scottish Heritage

            Genealogy

            Fishing

            Web site development