Eddy Campbell is a

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, and

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. He served as the

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of the

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from 2009 - 2019. H. E. A. (Eddy) Campbell earned two degrees in

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from

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, and completed his

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at the

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. He did post-doctoral work at the

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. In 1983, he joined the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at

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, eventually rising to head of that department. His main research interest is the invariant theory of finite groups. Campbell then served as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen's. He served as president of the

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from 2004 to 2006. Campbell returned to his original alma mater in May 2004, to become a Vice-president, Academic at Memorial. Upon the resignation of President Alex Meisen, he then stepped into the role of president (''pro tempore'') and vice-chancellor on January 1, 2008. Campbell applied for the permanent position with wide support within the MUN community, and was shortlisted by the Search Committee. However, in late July 2008, Minister of Education Joan Burke, who was not part of the selection process, stated after an interview with two shortlisted candidates that neither was acceptable to her. This was widely criticized as political interference in the autonomy of the University. Campbell immediately withdrew his name from consideration, and the Chair of Memorial's Board of Trustees, Gil Dalton, also withdrew as leader of the search committee in September 2008. Campbell remained in his position until September 2009, when he accepted the position of President of the

. In January 2014, he took part in negotiations to end the first strike of academic staff in UNB's 225-plus years history. He later approved compensation to UNB students. The labour dispute was resolved by arbitration. In 2018 the

listed him in their inaugural class of fellows.

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