Wallace Campbell
American philanthropist
About Wallace Campbell
Lived 1911 – 1998 (aged 86–87).
Wallace Campbell was the co-founder of CARE International, a nonprofit humanitarian organization.
Biography Campbell was born in Three Forks, Montana in 1911.
After he obtained his master's degree in Sociology from the University of Oregon, he worked for the Cooperative League of the USA in New York City.
Campbell authored The History of Care: A Personal Account, published 1990. ISBN 0-275-93231-1, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 90-31860.
Campbell died January 7, 1998, in Los Angeles, California.
The Extra Mile National Monument in Washington, DC selected Campbell as one of its 37 honorees. The Extra Mile pays homage to Americans who set their own self-interest aside to help others and successfully brought positive social change to the United States.
Other The Campbell Club, a students' cooperative affiliated with the University of Oregon, was named after him.
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American philanthropist
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Wallace Campbell was born in 1911.
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Wallace Campbell died on 7 January 1998.
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