“We want deserving students from Georgia to have the opportunity to attend this extraordinary university.” -Alla Traber and Charles A. Campbell, IE 1966 Charles Campbell is no stranger to hard work. After graduating
Charles,” explained Alla. “And we recognize that providing this
from Georgia Tech, he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
type of opportunity can — and does — change lives. This gift plan
Civil Engineer Corps, worked as a production engineer for Boise
allows us to do both.”
Cascade Corporation, and earned an MBA at Harvard Business
Over the years, Campbell served in various leadership roles
School — and that was just in the first seven years of a long and
in manufacturing, computer services, and financial services. In
successful career.
1990, he founded his own company, North American Technology
Campbell, the first in his family to attend college, was raised
Corporation, providing computer and financial services to the
in Brunswick, Georgia, and graduated from Glynn Academy. “I
trucking industry in North America. Campbell was the president
grew up with very modest means,” he said. “Being able to go to
and CEO until he retired after selling it to First Data Corporation
Georgia Tech was a real turning point for me.”
in 2007.
He and his wife, Alla, were looking for a way to help current
Since then, he and Alla, who met on a blind date while Charles
and future generations of young people attend one of the best
was at Tech, have traveled the globe extensively. Closer to home
public universities in the country. That is what inspired them
in Greensboro, Georgia, they enjoy golf and are active in the Lake
to establish, through a combination of an outright gift and a
Oconee Community Church, the Oconee Performing Arts Society,
retirement account expectancy, a G. Wayne Clough Georgia Tech
and the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center. They have three
Promise scholarship that will bear their names.
children, five grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren.
The Alla Traber and Charles A. Campbell Scholarship will be
This year Charles is serving on the 50th Reunion Committee
awarded to undergraduate students with demonstrated financial
and is a major contributor to the Albert Einstein Monument. It
need who qualify for Tech Promise, with first preference for
also marks the 50th consecutive year in which he has given to
residents of Glynn, Brantley, Greene, or Morgan counties. “We
Alumni Roll Call.
value giving back to the school that has meant so much to
Founders’ Council is the honorary society recognizing donors who have made estate or life-income gifts of $25,000 or more for the support of Georgia Tech. For more information, please contact: 404.894.4678 • founderscouncil@dev.gatech.edu • www.development.gatech.edu