Neil J. Campbell

Neil Campbell is an oceanographer formerly employed by the Fisheries Research Board of Canada in Nanaimo, BC, St. Andrews, NB and Halifax, NS where he headed the Board's Arctic and Atlantic Oceanographic programs. While in Halifax, he taught oceanography at Dalhousie University.

Biography

In 1960 and 1961 Neil Campbell acted as The Scientist-In-Charge of joint cruises by the University of Dalhousie and the University of Columbia in the Northern Atlantic.^[1] He was also an honorary lecturer at the University of Dalhousie during 1960

In 1963 He was appointed to Ottawa to fulfil the role of organizing and developing the entry of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources into the field of marine sciences. Appointed Chief Oceanographer, he directed the organization of what is known as the Marine Environmental Data Service. He was named and became head of the Canadian delegation to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO in 1968 and subsequently served the Commission in various capacities including four years as First Vice-Chairman. During his term as Vice-Chairman he represented the IOC and UNESCO at the Third Law of the Sea Conference.

He was assigned the responsibility of organizing the federal government's program for the study of pollution of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario for the International Joint Commission which led establishment of the Canada Centre for Inland Waters.

In 1976 Dr. Campbell was appointed Director-General of the Marine Sciences and Information Directorate. He served as a delegate to the international organizational meetings for the preparation of the Convention on Ocean Dumping and subsequently prepared the Canadian legislation in 1975 which allowed Canada to ratify the London Ocean Dumping Convention. From 1963 to 1972 he served as the Canadian Member on the NATO Sub-Committee on Oceanographic Research and was invited to continue to serve with the Scientific Affairs Division of NATO on the Marine Sciences Panel.

In 1987 he was nominated as a Lifetime Member of Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society and was awarded the J.P Tully medal in 1992. He is also recognized as a Scientist Emeritus in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

In 1994, after the retirement of Uri Schwarz from the position of Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Executive Director, Dr. Campbell took over looking after the Society's administration. Also in 1994 Neil Campbell was also inducted into The McMaster University Alumni Hall of Fame for the development of Canadian international marine science.^[2]

In 2004 Neil retired as Executive Director of Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, but continues to support and advise the Society as Councillor-at-Large.

Second World War

Neil Campbell worked on the Manhattan Project while working at Hooker Electro-Chemical Company.  

References

1. ^ http://www.bedfordbasin.ca/Archives/OpenBio/PRKit62/campbell.html
2. ^ http://www.mcmaster.ca/ua/alumni/gallery/G39444.htm

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