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Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Date: 17 February 1995
Alfred M. "Mo" Campbell 3d, 46, of Bryn Mawr, a businessman and society leader, died Tuesday in an airplane crash in Chippewa County, Wis.
Mr. Campbell was the co-pilot of a company plane that crashed short of the runway during an attempted landing.
The pilot, Joseph Baum of Ithaca, N.Y., also died. Two passengers survived.
Mr. Campbell and Mr. Baum were co-owners of Automated Environments of Ithaca, which manufactures equipment that controls the temperature and humidity of chicken houses to maximize production.
Mr. Campbell was best known for his activity in social events in and around Philadelphia, and especially for his leadership as president of the annual Charity Ball. He played a major role in reviving the ball during several years as president of its board of directors, making it again a vital force in fund- raising, friends said.
Besides being active in the Charity Ball, Mr. Campbell was a director of the Devon Horse Show, and a member of the Merion Cricket Club, St. Andrew’s Society, the Assemblies and St. Elmo’s Hall.
He was a member of the board of St. Margaret's School, Tappahannock, Va.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Mr. Campbell was the grandson of the founder of the former Campbell & Son Nursery and Greenhouse in Stratford, once one of the largest nurseries on the East Coast.
He attended Haverford School and graduated from The Gunnery in Washington, Conn.
He was a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
When younger, he drove Indianapolis-type race cars and was the manager for Janet Guthrie, the first female race-car driver to gain a spot in the Indianapolis 500.
He is survived by his wife, Pamela K. Campbell; stepchildren, David, Polly, Ashley, Tarra and Brett; two stepbrothers; and his parents, Alice F. and Alfred M. Campbell Jr.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Church of the Redeemer, New Gulph and Pennswood Roads. Burial will be in the churchyard.
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