Guy Gibson Campbell
Guy Gibson Campbell | |
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Born | Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia | August 6, 1890
Occupation | Medical doctor |
Spouse | Helen Breen Campbell |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Commander of the Order of the Star of Ethiopia |
Guy Gibson Campbell (August 6, 1890 – December 2, 1957) was an American medical doctor. He served as a medical officer on a US Army transport during the first part of
Early life and career
Guy Gibson Campbell was born on August 6, 1890, in
Africa
Campbell was appointed medical director for the Firestone Plantations Company in Liberia in 1937 and held this position until 1943.[1] In 1947 he was decorated by the Liberian ambassador at the embassy in Washington, DC, for his service.[2] Whilst in Liberia he met George Blowers who was then the general manager of the Bank of Monrovia. Blowers was afterwards appointed governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia and asked Campbell "If I get you a job when I go back to Ethiopia, will you come?". Campbell replied that he would and was appointed to the Ethiopian Ministry of the Interior.[3] He transferred to become principal adviser to the Ethiopian Ministry of Health when it was founded in 1944 and also served as personal physician to the emperor, Haile Selassie.[1]
Campbell claimed to have greatly expanded medical provision in the country, increasing the number of hospitals from 15 to 36 by the end of his tenure in 1948. He claimed a similar increase in the number of beds from 1,200 to 4,000 and in doctors from 40 to 100, attracting recruits from the UK, Sweden, Italy, India and the US.[3] He played a key role in the foundation of the Ethiopian Medical Association (https://www.ethiopianmedicalass.org/) and was its first president.[1] For services to public health he was appointed a commander of the Order of the Star of Ethiopia.[2]
Return to the Americas
In 1948 Campbell was appointed to the staff of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs and served in La Paz, Bolivia; Bogota, Colombia and in Ecuador.[2][1] He was decorated by Bolivia and Colombia for services to Public Health.[4]
Campbell later returned to private practice in
References
- ^ ISBN 0-313-25887-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Obituary of Guy Gibson Campbell, The Times, Hammond, Indiana". The Times of Hammond, Indiana. December 4, 1957. p. 25.
- ^ a b "Health and Sanitation Division Newsletter". No. 128. State Department, Washington, DC. January–February 1949. p. 11.
- ^ a b Royal Society of Health (1958). Journal: Supplement to Volume 78. p. 182.