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William Campbell, Sr.
William Henry Campbell, Sr., a world renowned expert in construction and repair of steam turbine engines, died at his home in Catonsville. He was 74.
Born in Winthrop, Mass., Mr. Campbell graduated from Quincy, Mass. High School in 1940.
He then began a 50 year career in the maritime industry, serving his apprenticeship as a machinist at Bethlehem Steel Co.'s Fore River Shipyard in Quincy.
He interrupted his apprenticeship to serve in the Navy as a petty officer aboard the USS Tripoli during World War II in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He was recalled to service during the Korean War.
Resuming his studies, Mr. Campbell received his Merchant Marine officer's license as third assistant engineer of steam vessels. He participated in the construction of the S.S. Independence and S.S. Constitution and the Navy's first two nuclear combat surface ships, USS Longbeach and USS Bainbridge. He served as foreman of the inside machine shop at Bethlehem Steel's Key Highway Shipyard in Baltimore.
In the 1960s he returned to the Merchant Marine as a port engineer for a consortium of steamship companies including Seatrain, Hudson Waterways, Cove Shipping and others. In the 1980s he returned to Bethlehem Steel in East Boston, Mass. At his retirement in 1990, he was an operating engineer on high speed oceanographic vessels at the company's Sparrow Point Shipyard in Baltimore.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Alice Elizabeth Cleary Campbell; his step-mother, Doris A. Campbell of Quincy, Mass.; four sons, William Campbell, Jr. of Columbia, Timothy Campbell of Arbus, Denmark, Daniel Campbell of Catonsville and Joseph Campbell of Millersville; a daughter, Patricia E. Walsh of Stoneham, Mass.; a brother, Robert F. Campbell of Wrentham, Mass.; a sister, Lillian B. Bunker of Somerville, Mass.; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Hubbard Funeral Home, 4107 Wilkins Ave. in Baltimore, where funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will follow at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Brooklyn.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Agnes Cancer Center, 900 Caton Ave., Baltimore, MD 21227.
The Capital, Annapolis, Md., Thursday, July 2, 1998, P A13
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William Campbell, Sr.
William Henry Campbell, Sr., a world renowned expert in construction and repair of steam turbine engines, died at his home in Catonsville. He was 74.
Born in Winthrop, Mass., Mr. Campbell graduated from Quincy, Mass. High School in 1940.
He then began a 50 year career in the maritime industry, serving his apprenticeship as a machinist at Bethlehem Steel Co.'s Fore River Shipyard in Quincy.
He interrupted his apprenticeship to serve in the Navy as a petty officer aboard the USS Tripoli during World War II in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He was recalled to service during the Korean War.
Resuming his studies, Mr. Campbell received his Merchant Marine officer's license as third assistant engineer of steam vessels. He participated in the construction of the S.S. Independence and S.S. Constitution and the Navy's first two nuclear combat surface ships, USS Longbeach and USS Bainbridge. He served as foreman of the inside machine shop at Bethlehem Steel's Key Highway Shipyard in Baltimore.
In the 1960s he returned to the Merchant Marine as a port engineer for a consortium of steamship companies including Seatrain, Hudson Waterways, Cove Shipping and others. In the 1980s he returned to Bethlehem Steel in East Boston, Mass. At his retirement in 1990, he was an operating engineer on high speed oceanographic vessels at the company's Sparrow Point Shipyard in Baltimore.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Alice Elizabeth Cleary Campbell; his step-mother, Doris A. Campbell of Quincy, Mass.; four sons, William Campbell, Jr. of Columbia, Timothy Campbell of Arbus, Denmark, Daniel Campbell of Catonsville and Joseph Campbell of Millersville; a daughter, Patricia E. Walsh of Stoneham, Mass.; a brother, Robert F. Campbell of Wrentham, Mass.; a sister, Lillian B. Bunker of Somerville, Mass.; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Hubbard Funeral Home, 4107 Wilkins Ave. in Baltimore, where funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will follow at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Brooklyn.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Agnes Cancer Center, 900 Caton Ave., Baltimore, MD 21227.
The Capital, Annapolis, Md., Thursday, July 2, 1998, P A13
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William Campbell, Sr.
William Henry Campbell, Sr., a world renowned expert in construction and repair of steam turbine engines, died at his home in Catonsville. He was 74.
Born in Winthrop, Mass., Mr. Campbell graduated from Quincy, Mass. High School in 1940.
He then began a 50 year career in the maritime industry, serving his apprenticeship as a machinist at Bethlehem Steel Co.'s Fore River Shipyard in Quincy.
He interrupted his apprenticeship to serve in the Navy as a petty officer aboard the USS Tripoli during World War II in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He was recalled to service during the Korean War.
Resuming his studies, Mr. Campbell received his Merchant Marine officer's license as third assistant engineer of steam vessels. He participated in the construction of the S.S. Independence and S.S. Constitution and the Navy's first two nuclear combat surface ships, USS Longbeach and USS Bainbridge. He served as foreman of the inside machine shop at Bethlehem Steel's Key Highway Shipyard in Baltimore.
In the 1960s he returned to the Merchant Marine as a port engineer for a consortium of steamship companies including Seatrain, Hudson Waterways, Cove Shipping and others. In the 1980s he returned to Bethlehem Steel in East Boston, Mass. At his retirement in 1990, he was an operating engineer on high speed oceanographic vessels at the company's Sparrow Point Shipyard in Baltimore.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Alice Elizabeth Cleary Campbell; his step-mother, Doris A. Campbell of Quincy, Mass.; four sons, William Campbell, Jr. of Columbia, Timothy Campbell of Arbus, Denmark, Daniel Campbell of Catonsville and Joseph Campbell of Millersville; a daughter, Patricia E. Walsh of Stoneham, Mass.; a brother, Robert F. Campbell of Wrentham, Mass.; a sister, Lillian B. Bunker of Somerville, Mass.; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Hubbard Funeral Home, 4107 Wilkins Ave. in Baltimore, where funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will follow at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Brooklyn.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Agnes Cancer Center, 900 Caton Ave., Baltimore, MD 21227.
The Capital, Annapolis, Md., Thursday, July 2, 1998, P A13
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William Campbell, Sr.
William Henry Campbell, Sr., a world renowned expert in construction and repair of steam turbine engines, died at his home in Catonsville. He was 74.
Born in Winthrop, Mass., Mr. Campbell graduated from Quincy, Mass. High School in 1940.
He then began a 50 year career in the maritime industry, serving his apprenticeship as a machinist at Bethlehem Steel Co.'s Fore River Shipyard in Quincy.
He interrupted his apprenticeship to serve in the Navy as a petty officer aboard the USS Tripoli during World War II in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He was recalled to service during the Korean War.
Resuming his studies, Mr. Campbell received his Merchant Marine officer's license as third assistant engineer of steam vessels. He participated in the construction of the S.S. Independence and S.S. Constitution and the Navy's first two nuclear combat surface ships, USS Longbeach and USS Bainbridge. He served as foreman of the inside machine shop at Bethlehem Steel's Key Highway Shipyard in Baltimore.
In the 1960s he returned to the Merchant Marine as a port engineer for a consortium of steamship companies including Seatrain, Hudson Waterways, Cove Shipping and others. In the 1980s he returned to Bethlehem Steel in East Boston, Mass. At his retirement in 1990, he was an operating engineer on high speed oceanographic vessels at the company's Sparrow Point Shipyard in Baltimore.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Alice Elizabeth Cleary Campbell; his step-mother, Doris A. Campbell of Quincy, Mass.; four sons, William Campbell, Jr. of Columbia, Timothy Campbell of Arbus, Denmark, Daniel Campbell of Catonsville and Joseph Campbell of Millersville; a daughter, Patricia E. Walsh of Stoneham, Mass.; a brother, Robert F. Campbell of Wrentham, Mass.; a sister, Lillian B. Bunker of Somerville, Mass.; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Hubbard Funeral Home, 4107 Wilkins Ave. in Baltimore, where funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will follow at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Brooklyn.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Agnes Cancer Center, 900 Caton Ave., Baltimore, MD 21227.
The Capital, Annapolis, Md., Thursday, July 2, 1998, P A13
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