F. Gregory Campbell

• President of the College
• Professor of History

F. Gregory Campbell is the 18th president of Carthage.

Since his arrival in August 1987, full-time student enrollment has grown from 800 to 2,500, and total enrollment now exceeds 3,400 students. In 2011, nearly 7,000 high school seniors applied for 720 positions in the freshman class.

The number of faculty has doubled. Intensive national searches have built a teaching-oriented faculty holding Ph.D.s from the major graduate programs in the country. Two major curriculum reforms have restored structure and emphasized classical approaches to arts and sciences education. In the past decade alone, the College has invested more than $130 million in new construction, major renovations and technological acquisition. The College has operated with surplus budgets every year since 1988. Rising gift income has reflected the growing confidence of Carthage's friends and supporters.

Mr. Campbell came to Carthage from The University of Chicago, where he had been special assistant to the president, secretary of the Board of Trustees, and senior lecturer. In addition to his 16 years in Chicago, Mr. Campbell held administrative and/or faculty positions at Yale University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

As a historian, he specialized in international relations and Central European history. He was awarded two Fulbright grants, three IREX exchange fellowships with Czechoslovakia, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, and a Lewis-Farmington Fellowship at Yale.

Mr. Campbell retains an enthusiasm for adventure travel. Since the 1990s, he has climbed Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, hiked Inca trails to Machu Picchu in Peru, trekked the circuit around Mont Blanc in the Alps, and twice reached the base camp at Mount Everest. He and his wife, Barbara Kuhn Campbell, have three adult sons: Fenton, Matthew and Charles.

Education

• Ph.D. — Yale University
• M.A. — Emory University
• B.A. — Baylor University

Additional study and research:

• Philipps-Universität in Marburg/Lahn, Germany
• Charles University and the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czechoslovakia
• Institute for Educational Management — Harvard University

• Publications and Honors
• Community Involvement
• Speeches
• Photo Gallery
• President Campbell announces his retirement