Deaths

Jackson Justice Campbell

Jackson Justice Campbell, professor emeritus of English, died Oct. 18  at
his home in  Champaign. He was 74.

Campbell, a medievalist, earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University in
1941, a master's from the University of Pennsylvania in 1946 and a
doctorate from Yale in 1950.

He was a teacher in a preparatory school in Havana, Cuba, from 1941 to
1942. From 1942 to 1945, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was
discharged as a captain.

He was an instructor at Yale from 1948 to 1951, an assistant professor at
the UI from 1951 to 1954, an assistant and associate professor at Princeton
University from 1954 to 1964, and a professor at the UI from 1964 to 1986,
when he retired.

Campbell was the author of "The Advent Lyrics of the Exeter Book," the
editor of a 1956 edition of "Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida" and the
co-author of "Poems in Old English."

He was a member of the Medieval Academy of America, the Modern  Language
Association and the New Chaucer Society.

Survivors include his wife, Margarita; a daughter; two sons; and four
grandchildren.


John R. Laughnan

John R. Laughnan, professor emeritus of plant biology and agronomy, died
July 15. He was 74.

He received his bachelor's degree in plant sciences from the University of
Wisconsin in 1942 and his doctorate in genetics from the University of
Missouri in 1946.

He was a faculty member at Princeton University from 1947 to 1949, at the
UI from 1949 to 1954, and at the University of Missouri from 1954 to 1955.
He returned to the UI in 1955, and retired in 1990, remaining active in
research. At the UI, he held appointments in the departments of botany
(plant biology), agronomy, and genetics and development. He was chairman of
the department of botany from 1955 to 1959, and was head of botany from
1963 to 1966.

At the UI, Laughnan taught courses in introductory plant biology, genetics
and physiological genetics. His research concerned many aspects of
genetics, including studies of genetic duplications in corn and in the
fruit fly, and the genetic basis of cytoplasmic male sterility and the
restoration of fertility in corn. An early observation that he made
concerning a mutant gene in corn, and strains that he developed that
contained the gene, led to the development of the now popular Supersweet
sweet corn. His excellence in teaching and research was recognized when he
received the School of Life Sciences Distinguished Lecturer Award in 1982.

Survivors include his wife, Susan; two sons; a daughter; and 12
grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to UIF/John R. Laughnan Fund in Plant
Biology, which will be used for plant biology graduate students to travel
to scientific meetings.


Marion Moyer

Marion Moyer, retired painter for the UI Housing Division, died Oct. 12 at
the Carle Arbours, Champaign. He was 72.

Moyer worked for the UI for 36 years.

Survivors include two brothers and a sisters.

Memorials may be made to the Carle Hospice or an organization of the
donor's choice.