- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 2 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Wendell Campbell was born on April 27, 1927, in East Chicago, Indiana. He received his B.A. in architecture and city planning at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1957. He served in the U. S. Army. In 1966, he became CEO of his own architecture firm, Wendell Campbell Associates, since renamed Campbell Tiu Campbell. Campbell was a founder and the first president of the National Organization of Minority Architects, founded in 1971. Campbell was dedicated to improving the quality of affordable housing in metropolitan centers. He hoped to accomplish this goal through the design of "smart homes", housing that brought twenty-first-century technology to meet the varied needs and challenges facing urban families. Campbell served on various boards of directors and was affiliated with numerous professional and civic organizations. He married June Crusor Campbell in 1954, with whom he raised two daughters. Wendell Campbell passed away on July 16, 2008 at age 81.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Wendell Campbell
- Wendell Campbell
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 1000518592
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Wendell Campbell.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
030217
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 August 14.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 August 21.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Architect.
- Added Author
Campbell, Wendell, 1927-2008, interviewee.
Hodge, Adele, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.