David F. Campbell ’64

Dave died Jan. 16, 2013, at Atlanta’s Northside Hospital from kidney failure.

Born in Chattanooga, Dave prepared for Princeton at that city’s McCallie School along with John Hill, who roomed with Dave for four years at Princeton. Dave also roomed with Doug Garthoff, John Parfitt, Henry Smith-Miller, Jack Strother, and Jay Yerian. He majored in architecture and joined Tower Club.

He began his career with Minoru Yamasaki Associates in Birmingham, Mich., where he worked on the World Trade Center design. After moving to Atlanta, he joined John Portman & Associates, a leading architectural firm, and helped alter that city’s skyline.

Dave founded Campbell & Associates, Architects and Appraisers in 1979 and later developed “cost to cure” for the Georgia Department of Transportation, a cost-benefit analysis program that minimizes the use of eminent domain. He became an authority in equipment valuation and was an expert witness in several landmark cases.

Upon retiring to Blue Ridge, Ga., in 2004, he became active in the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission, which advises local governments on how to best partner with the Georgia and federal governments.

The class extends deepest sympathy to Dave’s wife, Kelly; his children, Katherine Nelms Campbell and Stewart David Campbell; grandchild Samantha Anne Campbell; and brother James C. (“Jimmy”) ’57.