Joseph Campbell (accountant)
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Born | March 25, 1900 New York City, New York |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Sarasota, Florida |
Citizenship | American |
Joseph Campbell (March 25, 1900 – June 21, 1984)[1] was the fourth Comptroller General of the United States, in office from December 14, 1954 - July 31, 1965.[2] He was born in New York City. His first marriage was to Marjorie Louise Goetze on September 1, 1925. The couple had five boys: Frederick, Douglas, Robert, Alan, and Colin.[3][4] He married artist and philanthropist Dorothy Stokes Bostwick in 1950.
Campbell received an Artium Baccalaureus from Columbia University in 1924.[1]
He worked as an accountant at Lingley, Baird, and Dixon from 1925 until 1927. He was an assistant comptroller and a comptroller at The Valspar Corporation between 1927 and 1932. He was a partner at R. T. Lingley & Co. in 1932 and 1933. He became a CPA in New York State and Connecticut in 1933. He was a partner at Joseph Campbell & Co. from 1933 until 1941.[3]
He served as an assistant treasurer at Columbia University beginning in 1941[3] and on March 13, 1949 was elected Treasurer by the Board of Trustees. He was the tenth Treasurer in the history of the university.[5]
During the early 1950s Campbell served as a member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission and in several other capacities within the federal government.[1] When Comptroller General Lindsay Carter Warren retired Congress was deadlocked over selecting a replacement, so President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Campbell with whom he was familiar with due to Eisenhower's term of presidency at Columbia University.[6] Campbell departed the office before his 15-year term of office concluded due to health issues.[4]
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- Nomination of Joseph Campbell. Hearings before the committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, first session, on nomination of Joseph Campbell to be comptroller general of the United States. February 2 and March 3, 1955.
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