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Laurie Estelle Campbell
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LAURIE E. CAMPBELL, '28ed, M.S. '33 Professor of Physical Education for Women, School of Education, and Profes sor and Director in Physical Education, Department of Physical Education and Athletics, has been a member of the Uni versity faculty since 1925. During the early years she coached, but her work for the most part has been teacher educa tion and camping, and is currently in ele mentary physical education. A native of Duxbury, Mass., she is a graduate of Sargent School of Physical Education, at Cambridge, and received the Ed. D. from NYU. She taught at Oregon State College and around San Francisco before coming to Ann Arbor. Dr. Campbell was honored in 1953 for outstanding leadership, at the annual convention of the National Asso ciation for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Fishing is her chief hobby, and she also spends any free time at her home in Cape Cod.