Dr. Horace Campbell was born in Douglas, Nebraska and graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1922. In 1925, he married Mary King. They moved to China in 1926, where Dr. Campbell served as a surgeon sponsored by the American Board of Foreign Missions of the Congregational Church until 1939. When they moved to Denver in 1941, Dr. Campbell worked as a Denver Police surgeon. He quickly turned his interests to automotive safety, and held the post of Chairman of the Automotive Safety Committee of the Colorado Medical Society for many years. Dr. Campbell also was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a diplomat for the American Board of Surgery, a member of the National Safety Council's Committee on Alcohol and Drugs, and a Vice-Chairman for the American Medical Association's Commission on Automobile Crash Deaths and Injuries. Aside from auto safety, Dr. Campbell researched schistosomiasis, sparganosis, splenomegaly, and wound healing. Dr. Campbell received several awards for his contributions to automotive safety. These include the Sertoma International Service to Mankind Award in 1964, the Florence R. Sabin Award in 1968, and the American Association for Automotive Medicine Award in 1965 and 1971. Dr. Campbell and his wife had one daughter, Carolyn Cohen, of Chevy Chase, MD, and five grandchildren. Dr. Campbell died in 1985.
From the description of Horace E. Campbell collection, 1951-1974. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 313041924
