FOUNDER Clan Campbell Society (USA), CCSUSA Past President
J. Boylston Campbell, as he was known, was one of the Founding members and officers of the Clan Campbell Society (USA) in July 1972 at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in Linville, NC. Boylson was the first President 1973-74-75. He was instrumental in the early planning in 1972 and in the formative years of the Society. He also helped to negotiate the merger of The Clan Campbell Society of the United States of America, an organization begun in January 1974 by Lady Jean Campbell, sister of Mac Cailein Mor, and several Campbells of New York. This Campbell organization was backed by Mac Cailein Mor, and the Clan Campbell Society (USA).
J. Boylston Campbell attended meetings in 1974 and reported back to Judge Hugh Campbell and to Dr. Bobby Blackburn Thompson on the direction and progress of the new group. All were very impressed with the people and the direction they were taking, and at the Clan Campbell Society (USA) annual meeting in 1974, Mr. Charles Edward Campbell of New York, one of the Trustees of this new group gave a presentation discussing a possible merger. Boylston, Hugh and Bobby proposed a merger of the two groups in order to form a stronger national organization. A very great plus in favor of the merger was the availability of direct input to Mac Cailein Mor and direct response and direction from His Grace to a united organization.
The merger was formally voted on 19th October 1974 at a special called meeting held during the Stone Mountain Highland Games near Atlanta, GA. The merger was approved and one Clan Campbell Society in the USA was formed.
Memorial - Princeton Alumni Weekly
John Boylston "Bees" Campbell died Feb. 2, 1995, in Malvern, Penn. He prepared at Sanford School. At Princeton, he was a member of the choir and the glee club. After graduation, having chosen engineering as a vocation, he went to Worcester Polytechnic School, where he earned a B.S. in electrical engineering (Undergraduate Class of 1928). He worked as a manufacturer’s representative with F. M. Ballou, manufacturers of circuit breakers, switch gear, and other electrical specialties. He also wrote technical articles for Univac, Westinghouse, and the Franklin Institute. He was interested in genealogy, a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and a member of the Tredyffrin Township Town Watch. He was also a Mason and an Episcopalian. A descendant of Benjamin Shoemaker, the pre-Revolutionary War mayor of Philadelphia, and of Rev. Andreas Rudman, pastor of Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Church, John was proud of his Scottish ancestry. He was a member of the Scottish Historic and Research Society of Delaware Valley and a co-founder of the Clan Campbell Society (USA), later known as the Clan Campbell Society (North America).
Bees married Jane E. Thorn in 1936. She died in 1986. They had three children, Janet Read, Katharine Eccleston, and David; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Bees came faithfully to major and off-year reunions, and his friendship and good humor will be missed. Our sympathy goes to his children.
https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/john-b-campbell-28
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