B.S. in Physics, University of Sydney, Australia, 1958
PhD in Physics, University of Sydney, Australia, 1962
Dr. Campbell was a National Academy of Sciences – National Research Council Post-doctoral research associate at Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, from 1962 to 1965, and subsequently a Research Associate at Cornell University, from 1965 until 1972. At Cornell, he worked in the NASA-supported Lunar Surface Lab, which was tasked with receipt and analysis of lunar rocks sampled during NASA’s APOLLO mission, using electron microscopy and mass spectroscopy. He joined the Faculty of the College of Engineering, Research Division at WSU, in May 1973 as an Associate Professor. He retired in May 1997. While at WSU, Malcolm’s research included development of a novel in-situ atmospheric sampling technique, for measuring the elusive hydroxyl radical (OH), using radio-labeled carbon-monoxide and trapping the resulting carbon-dioxide as dry ice for later analysis. At the time, this approach was at the leading edge of the efforts to measure OH in the atmosphere.
Also while at WSU, Malcolm served as the faculty liaison to the State of Washington Legislature, communicating faculty perspectives and serving as a lobbyist for university and faculty interests. For several years, he also taught in the Honors Program. Malcolm loved to teach; he wanted his students to learn to think and examine the relationships between science and the humanities and arts.
