Ian MacDonald Campbell

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Ian MacDonald Campbell
Born13 July 1922
Died1 April 1994 (aged 71)
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity College London
OccupationEngineer
SpouseHilda Ann Williams (m. 1946)
ParentJohn Isdale Campbell
Engineering career
DisciplineCivil, British Railways
InstitutionsInstitution of Civil Engineers (president)
AwardsCommander of the Royal Victorian Order; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Ian MacDonald Campbell, CVO, FREng, FICE, FCIT (13 July 1922 – 1 April 1994) was a British civil engineer. He served as chief executive of the British Railways Board (1978–80) and chairman of the Scottish Board of British Railways (1983–88).

Early life, family and education[edit]

Ian MacDonald Campbell was born on 13 July 1922, the son of John Isdale Campbell.[1][2] He attended University College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering in 1942.[3]

Career[edit]

Railways[edit]

After graduating, Campbell was employed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and then served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. On demobilisation, in 1947 Campbell began working for British Railways; he was employed in engineering design and construction.[3][4] In 1952, he spent a year in the United States studying management technology.[4] He co-wrote an account of his experience in the US which was published in the Institution of Civil Engineers's proceedings in 1954.[5] After returning to the United Kingdom in 1953, he was appointed assistant district engineer, Sheffield;[4] he was later promoted to be district engineer at Kings Cross, and then in 1963 assistant civil engineer for the Scottish Region.[3]

In 1965, Campbell was appointed chief civil engineer for the Scottish Region of British Railways.[1] He was appointed assistant general manager of the London Midland Region in 1968[citation needed] and general manager of the Eastern Region in 1970, serving until 1973 when he became an executive director of British Rail.[1] In 1977, he became a member of the British Railways Board (BRB) with responsibility for engineering and research,[6] and was appointed chief executive in June 1978, taking over from David Bowick. He was replaced as CEO by Bob Reid in March 1980.[7] Thereafter, he was vice-chairman of the board from March 1980 until January 1983.[8] He then served as chairman of the Scottish Board from 1983 to 1988, and left the BRB in 1987.[1]

Other appointments and honours[edit]

In addition to his career with British Rail, Campbell was a member of the European Economic Community's Economic and Social Committee between 1983 and 1990.[1] He was also a member of the British Army's Territorial & Army Volunteer Reserve's Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, an unpaid, volunteer unit that provides technical expertise to the armed forces. With the serial number 485885, he was initially a major; his promotion to lieutenant colonel was gazetted on 3 May 1970, to colonel on 1 August 1974.[9][10] and to be Colonel Commanding the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps on 21 July 1981.[11] His supernumeracy to establishment was dated 30 April 1986 and Col. Christopher Terrel Wyatt took command of the corps.[12]

He was also vice-president (1978–81) and then president (1981–82) of the Institution of Civil Engineers.[13][14] Campbell was appointed an Officer (Brother) of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1973.[15] He was also appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours.[16] He was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 1980, and was also a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) and the Chartered Institute of Transport (FCIT).[1]

Later life[edit]

Campbell died on 1 April 1994.[1] He was survived by his wife, Hilda Ann (née Williams), and their son and three daughters.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Campbell, Ian Macdonald", Who Was Who, vol. 9 (London: A & C Black, 1996), p. 84.
  2. ^ See "Obituary: John Isdale Campbell, 1890–1956", Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol. 6, no. 3 (1957), p. 521.
  3. ^ a b c The Railway Gazette (1963), p. 219.
  4. ^ a b c New Civil Engineer (1975), p. 1.
  5. ^ Ian Macdonald Campbell, BSc(Eng.), and Norman John Nicholls, BSc (Eng); RAILWAY CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ICE Proceedings: Engineering Divisions, Volume 3, Issue 3, 1 June 1954, pages 273 – 300, E-ISSN 0534-2767
  6. ^ Terence R. Gourvish, "British Rail's 'Business-Led' Organization, 1977–1990: Government–Industry Relations in Britain's Public Sector", The Business History Review, vol. 64, no. 1 (1990), p. 124.
  7. ^ Terry Gourvish and Mike Anson, British Rail 1974-1997: From Integration to Privatisation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002), p. 106.
  8. ^ Trevor Morse, Nationalised Industries' Board Membership and Pay as of February 1985 (London: Centre for Policy Studies, 1985), p. 7.
  9. ^ "No. 45191". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 September 1970. p. 10102.
  10. ^ "No. 46464". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 January 1975. p. 522.
  11. ^ The London Gazette, 11 August 1981 (supplement to issue 48702), p. 10369.
  12. ^ The London Gazette, 23 May 1986 (supplement to issue 50527), p. 7089.
  13. ^ Watson 1988, p. 254.
  14. ^ The Times, Wednesday, 4 November 1981; pg. 13; Issue 61073; col D (Business Briefing).
  15. ^ The London Gazette, 10 May 1973 (issue 45973), p. 5856.
  16. ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47234/supplement/7084/data.pdf (11 June 1977).

Bibliography[edit]

  • Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, Thomas Telford Ltd, ISBN 0-7277-0392-7;
  • Terence Richard (Terry) Gourvish, British Rail: 1974–97: From Integration to Privatisation, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002. ISBN 0-19-926909-2. (705 pages);


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