Frederick Hollister Campbell ’45

Frederick Hollister Campbell ’45 died December 27, 2011, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after a long illness. He came to Dartmouth from Friend’s School in Baltimore. Fred joined the U.S. Marine Corps as a private on July 1, 1943, in Baltimore, and became a sergeant who earned a Navy Commendation Medal for saving the lives of 250 fellow Marines on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He returned to Dartmouth in 1946 and received his degree in political science. He followed that with a jurist doctorate at Northwestern University. He then reenlisted in the Marines from 1950 until his retirement as a lieutenant colonel in 1967, having served in three wars, WW II, Korea and Vietnam. He met and married the love of his life, Amy Strohm Campbell, in 1951, between his two stints in the service. She survives him with daughter Susan and three grandsons. After retirement from the Marines, Fred moved to Colorado Springs, where he started his own law practice, then earned a Ph.D. in American history at the University of Colorado. He then was an adjunct professor until 2003. He served in many public and private civic organizations and efforts in his community.