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9Feb09 - Arlington F. Campbell, 69, a retired Navy rear admiral
who commanded submarine forces around the world and
directed naval telecommunications units, died Jan. 27 of
mesothelioma at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. He
lived in Springfield.
Adm. Campbell spent 33 years on active duty after graduating
from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1961.
He served on four submarines before taking command of the
Richard B. Russell, an attack submarine, and in 1981 was named
the first commanding officer of the Ohio, a nuclear-powered
Trident-class submarine armed with ballistic missiles.
He later commanded submarine squadrons and groups along the
East Coast.
In addition, Adm. Campbell was part of the staff of Adm. Hyman
G. Rickover, working on developing nuclear reactors for
submarines in Northern Virginia. He also led the Navy's
worldwide telecommunications command and was vice director
of the Defense Information Systems Command, which included
White House communications units.
Arlington Fichtner Campbell was born in Steubenville, Ohio, and
grew up in Weirton, W.Va. He received a master's degree in naval
management, personnel and financial from the Naval
Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., in 1970.
Adm. Campbell was a vice president of Decision Systems
Technology, an information technology firm in Rockville, for
about two years after his retirement from the Navy.
He was a longtime member of the executive board of the Naval
Academy's Class of 1961 alumni group and was president for five
years. He also served on the board of directors of the Dolphin
Scholarship Foundation, which benefits the families of naval
officers and sailors assigned to submarines.
He was a member of Community of Faith Tabernacle Church in
Springfield and was on the board of Teams for Medical Missions,
an organization that provides humanitarian aid to Jamaica.
A daughter, Courtney Lynn Campbell, died in 1964.
Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Bonnie Jackson Campbell
of Springfield; two children, William Campbell of Colton, Ore.,
and Caroline Lewis of Waterford, Conn.; a brother; a sister; and
two granddaughters
who commanded submarine forces around the world and
directed naval telecommunications units, died Jan. 27 of
mesothelioma at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. He
lived in Springfield.
Adm. Campbell spent 33 years on active duty after graduating
from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1961.
He served on four submarines before taking command of the
Richard B. Russell, an attack submarine, and in 1981 was named
the first commanding officer of the Ohio, a nuclear-powered
Trident-class submarine armed with ballistic missiles.
He later commanded submarine squadrons and groups along the
East Coast.
In addition, Adm. Campbell was part of the staff of Adm. Hyman
G. Rickover, working on developing nuclear reactors for
submarines in Northern Virginia. He also led the Navy's
worldwide telecommunications command and was vice director
of the Defense Information Systems Command, which included
White House communications units.
Arlington Fichtner Campbell was born in Steubenville, Ohio, and
grew up in Weirton, W.Va. He received a master's degree in naval
management, personnel and financial from the Naval
Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., in 1970.
Adm. Campbell was a vice president of Decision Systems
Technology, an information technology firm in Rockville, for
about two years after his retirement from the Navy.
He was a longtime member of the executive board of the Naval
Academy's Class of 1961 alumni group and was president for five
years. He also served on the board of directors of the Dolphin
Scholarship Foundation, which benefits the families of naval
officers and sailors assigned to submarines.
He was a member of Community of Faith Tabernacle Church in
Springfield and was on the board of Teams for Medical Missions,
an organization that provides humanitarian aid to Jamaica.
A daughter, Courtney Lynn Campbell, died in 1964.
Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Bonnie Jackson Campbell
of Springfield; two children, William Campbell of Colton, Ore.,
and Caroline Lewis of Waterford, Conn.; a brother; a sister; and
two granddaughters
