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Bruce Campbell - a brief biography
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Bruce Campbell
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Bruce was born in upstate New York shortly before World War II. He grew up in suburban New York City, attended Caltech for a year and finished college at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore where he received his Batchelor’s degree in Physics and a commission as a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. It was in his senior year that he met Helaine Ritz and they were married between his graduation and the beginning of his military assignment.
Bruce got his introduction to computers at Fort Mason where he was Data Processing Plans and Control Officer in charge of an input/output detachment and performed as a systems analyst and programmer. He received the Army Commendation Medal for service to the Command at Fort Mason.
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Helaine Campbell
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Upon leaving the military after 2 years, he joined IBM in Kingston, NY. He remained with IBM for the next 30 years. His career included assignments in New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois working in application program design and process control program development. He left the lab and joined the IBM marketing force as a systems engineer, returning to California in the early 1970’s, moving to Sebastopol in 1972. Bruce was introduced to Rotary by a client, Fred Steele of the Rotary Club of Willits and was invited to join the
Rotary Club of Sebastopol
in 1979 by his father, Ad Campbell, secretary of the club. IBM sent Bruce to Boca Raton Florida in the middle 1980’s where he was on the Charter Board of Directors of the Boca Raton West Rotary Club. Serving that club as secretary, he was selected to be President-Elect, but another business move prevented him from serving as he returned once again to California and to Sebastopol. Bruce retired after 30 years with IBM in 1992. During his career, he received numerous awards including being named Divisional Systems Engineer of the Year. He was invited to attend several Systems Engineering Symposiums and the 100% Club
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Bruce Campbell inducts
new member Sue Ungewitter
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He rejoined the
Rotary Club of Sebastopol
in 1988 where he served on the Board of Directors and as Secretary for several years. Bruce was recognized as Rotarian of the Year in 1994 by the club. In 1996 he was named District Governor Larry Kavanaugh’s Special Representative for expansion of Rotary in Sebastopol. Working with 4 other members of the Rotary Club of Sebastopol, he saw the charter of the
Rotary Club of Sebastopol Sunrise
awarded in May of 1997 and served as Charter President.
Following his year as when President, Bruce began serving Rotary at the District level. He served DG Lou Delsol as Governor’s Area Representative, and Governors Mike Merrill and Harry Johnson as Zone Aide, now called Assistant Governor. He has served as District Directory Chair for Governors Franz Wartenweiler and Terri Clark, serving DG Franz as District Secretary and DG Terri as Assistant Governor. He also was the Chair of the District Peace Scholar Committee and a host councilor for one of the 70 Rotary Peace Scholars for 2002-2004. He served several years on the District Expansion Committee, assisting in the formation of two new Rotary Clubs in the District in the past 3 years. In 2001 District 5130 named him Rotarian of the Year.
Bruce and Helaine, a fellow Rotarian, have visited Mexico numerous times to
visit Sebastopol’s Brother Club in Puerto Vallarta and as part of
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Bruce welcomes a fellow Rotarian
at the 2004 District Assembly
Photo by Todd Cary
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The Festival of Brotherhood a project fair in District 4150. He and Helaine have hosted several Group Study Exchange members from Sweden, Italy, India and Viet Nam and have hosted a Golfing Fellowship Youth Exchange student from Scotland. They have attended 4 International Conventions, the International Institute and Zone 23/24 Institute.
Bruce and Helaine, both multiple Paul Harris Fellows, Foundation Benefactors and Bequest Society Members, have three children and six grandchildren. When not involved in Rotary, Bruce and Helaine have run a small retail herb nursery on their apple ranch and vineyard in Sebastopol where they both enjoy the propagation of plants. Bruce continues to teach computer application software and consult part time.
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