Saturday April 5, 2003, submitted by Kathryn
Paul
Russell N. Campbell, September 5, 1927-March 30, 2003
It is with great sorrow that we report the passing of Russell N. Campbell, a respected scholar in Applied Linguistics, and a friend to many. He died at home on Sunday, March 30, of a recurrence of colon cancer. He is survived by his wife Marge, children Paula and Roger, daugter-in-law Stacy, and grandchildren, Rainbow, Jeramiah, Reny and Russell. He was seventy-five.
A Professor of Applied Linguistics since 1964, he was the first chair of the UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics and TESL as well as founding director of the UCLA International Institute's Language Resource Center and a world authority on language training.
Dr. Campbell lived a life of tireless academic service, working in many countries to develop innovative English-language programs, while at home he was instrumental in internationalizing the curriculum of American education. His career ranged from founding four unique English-language training centers in China that were key to the first academic exchanges with that country after the end of the Mao era, to his work in designing the first two-way language immersion programs in the U.S. beginning at the elementary school level, most notably the famous Culver City Spanish
immersion program.