Immediately after Dr. Neil Campbell’s
passing in late 2004, his friends, colleagues,
and co-authors at Pearson Education sought
an appropriate way to honor Neil and his
visionary dedication to biology education.
“For all of his success and visibility,
Neil never lost sight of his roles and
responsibilities as an educator…He
referred to his textbooks as his largest
classroom,” said Beth Wilbur, Editor
in Chief for Biology at Pearson Benjamin
Cummings and close friend of Neil.
To gather an idea of Neil’s extraordinary
impact on biology education, consider that
since 1987, for example, over seven editions
of his market-leading biology textbook have
been used by almost six million high school
and college students worldwide. Another way
of looking at it is that two-thirds of all
doctors, biological researchers, and medical
tech personnel under the age of 35 worldwide
began their study of biology with his texts. |
Neil
Campbell, who passed away in October
2004 is survived by his wife Rochelle
and daughter Allison. Campbell believed
that the best way to awaken the future
scientist in students was to inspire
their teachers.
Photo © B.
Wilbur
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| In
order to honor Neil’s sentiment that
the best way to awaken the future scientist
in high school students was to inspire their
teachers, Pearson Education selected Project
Exploration as the appropriate vehicle for
such a distinction. Describing Project Exploration
as “one of the most innovative and
successful science education programs in
the United States,” Pearson Education
and the Pearson Foundation created the Neil
Campbell Fund for Teacher Development to
provide Project Exploration with a three-year
seed grant to further develop resources and
professional development programs for teachers—including
a new and premier Summer Field Institute
for Teachers. In addition to the three-year
grant, Pearson Education also will sponsor
the participation of teachers for three years
through the Neil Campbell Fellowship program. |
Published by Pearson
Addison-Wesley/Benjamin Cummings, Campbell
served as the principal author of several
Biology texts which have been used by over
six-million students worldwide. |
