Robert Seymour Campbell

Dr. Robert S. Campbell, 99, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Columbia, Mo., passed away, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 at Oakdale Skilled Care Center in Poplar Bluff.
Dr. Campbell was born Sept. 9, 1913 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and later became a naturalized citizen of the USA. In 1939 he obtained a Ph.D in Limnology (study of fresh water fish) from the University of Michigan. He taught at Central Michigan University until 1944, when he joined the Department of Zoology at the University of Missouri, and later served eight years as Chairman.
Dr. Campbell instituted a fishery research program in the Missouri Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit?one of the first Units to do so. He maintained his interest and publications in fisheries as he continued his research in limnology. He is recognized for his definitive work on succession in strip-mine lakes and for his work on the effects of thermal effluents upon reservoir water quality. His research led to forty publications.
Dr. Campbell is a member of seven national and international societies in the fields of limnology and fisheries. He served as president of the Midwest Benthological Society and was on the editorial staffs of the JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT and the TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY.
Dr. Campbell has been honored for his research and teaching, and was recipient of the Outstanding Professional Achievement Award, University of Missouri Wildlife Club, 1966-1967; the Educator of the Year Award, Conservation Federation of Missouri, 1970; the E. Sydney Stephens Wildlife Professional Award bestowed by the Missouri Chapter Wildlife Society, 1972; the Faculty Alumni Award, 1977; and the Missouri Chapters of the American Society and the Wildlife Society, 1978.
Dr. Campbell was a dedicated teacher and counselor of undergraduate students. Many will remember him for introducing them to the field of Fisheries and Wildlife through his course, the Ecology of Wildlife and Man, in which he taught as many as five hundred majors and non-majors each year. His dedication to teaching was recognized as he was honored with the Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award, 1978.
Dr. Campbell enjoyed spending time with his family, music of all kinds including opera, woodworking, hunting and fishing.
In June of 1938, he married the former Dorothy Martin Shaw. She preceded him in death in May of 1985.
Survivors include four children, Ann Kneibert (Richard), of Poplar Bluff, Jim Campbell (Janet), of Chevy Chase, MD, Bob Campbell (Kay), of Traverse City, MI, and Talitha Ruth Horn, of Jackson Hole, WY; fifteen grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren.
His parents, Robert Dougall Campbell and Alma Parker Campbell preceded Dr. Campbell in death.
The family will have a Celebration of Dr. Campbell's Life at the family cabin near Traverse, MI at a later date
Memorials may be made to the Poplar Bluff Boyrs and Girls Club, or to a church of one's choice.