Article: Edwin D. Campbell, dean and businessman

Edwin Denton Campbell, a college dean and business leader, died Aug. 14 at his Dartmouth home from complications of vascular dementia. He was 82.

He served in many leadership roles, including as the dean of the School of Business at Adelphi University in Garden City, N.Y., and executive vice president of Itek Corp. in Bedford.

Dr. Campbell was born in Brookline and raised in Dorchester. He attended Boston Latin and English high schools until he was 15, when he lied about his age and enlisted in the Marines in 1943. Before his discharge, he confessed to officials. He was a member of the Fourth Marine Division and fought in the Pacific Theater, participating in the battles of Kwajalein, ...

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