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Campbell adds to memorial scholarship

July 5, 2016
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Timothy Campbell (BSE Aero ’85), Irving, Texas, has made a gift to the William J. Campbell Memorial Scholarship Fund. Endowed by Mr. Campbell’s brother in 1984, this fund is named for their father, a 1947 U-M Electrical Engineering graduate.

Mr. Campbell is senior vice president Air Operations at American Airlines.

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