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Memoir
Laurie Estelle Campbell
Regent's Proceedings 1016
Regent's Proceedings 1016
The Regents tender their thanks to Dr. Laurie E. Campbell for her long devotion to the health and well being of the young women of The University of Michigan and to the cause of physical education throughout the nation.
Dr. Campbell, Professor of Physical Education for Women, School of Education, and Professor and Director in Physical Education, Department of Physical Education and Athletics, attained the age of sixty-five on July 18 of this year, and asked to begin her retirement in August. She received her formal education at the Sargent College of Physical Education of Boston University, The University of Michigan at which she took baccalaureate and master's degrees, and at New York University.
She has taught in the San Mateo (California) Public Schools, at Sargent College, at Dominican College, San Raphael, California, and at The University of Michigan, and has simultaneously served in such various capacities as Instructor in the Education Department of the American Museum of Natural History and Recreation Director of the National Music Camp at Interlochen.
It may suggest the range of her abilities and interests and the wide recognition duly accorded them to note that, during a single decade of her career, she served as chairman of the National Section on Girls' and Women's Sports of the American Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, as president of the Michigan Physical Education Association, and on committees of the University, the School of Education, and the Ann Arbor Council of Social Agencies.
To professional publications, she contributed articles on the teaching and practice of women's sports, and on broader discussions of the role of the teacher and of physical education.
The Regents congratulate Dr. Campbell upon her achievements and thank her for her services. They hope she will avail herself of all the courtesies, which are due to her as Professor Emeritus of Physical Education for Women, School of Education, and Professor Emeritus and Director Emeritus in Physical Education, Department of Physical Education and Athletics, titles, which are now gratefully conferred.