Michael D. Campbell was born and raised in Lancaster, Ohio. He is a graduate of the Ohio State University in Geology and Hydrogeology in 1966 and of Rice University in Geology and Geophysics in 1976, and has been licensed as a Professional Geologist and Hydrogeologist in TX, LA, MS, WY, WA, and Alaska. Over a career of almost 60 years, he has also been elected a Fellow in many of the major geological societies in the U.S., Australia, and the UK. He was a Founding Member in 1977 of the Energy Minerals Division of the AAPG and was elected EMD President (2010-2011) and served as Chairman of the Uranium (Nuclear and REE) Committee (2004-2021).
Since 2010, he has served as Chief Geologist / Hydrogeologist for I2M Associates, LLC and I2M Consulting, LLC based in Houston, Texas and Seattle, Washington. He is well-known nationally and internationally for his work as a technical leader, senior program manager, consultant and lecturer in hydrogeology, mineral exploration and mining and associated environmental and geotechnical investigations. He has traveled extensively throughout the world to such places as Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, Sudan, Sweden, Japan, Vietnam, Palau, Sardinia, Italy, France, Germany and other countries on projects for the United Nations (UNESCO) for developing or improving ground-water supplies and for large and small mining companies developing other natural resources, such as [phosphate, potash, uranium, and gold and silver, etc.].
He has published three technical books on uranium, water well technology and other natural resources, and numerous associated reports, technical papers, and presentations in the U.S. and overseas. In 1975, he and a co-author (Dr. Jay H. Lehr) were the Ohioana 1975 Book Award for Science ( see: https://www.ela-iet.com/Ohioana75.pdf ). Mr. Campbell has also served the legal community over the years as an Expert Witness or Consulting Expert for more than 40 cases. In pro bono, he served as Principal Instructor for the Institute of Environmental Technology in the mid-1990s. In 2004, he was elected to the Lancaster High School (Ohio) Distinguished Hall of Fame, see: https://lhs59.org/HallFame.html .
He wrote about life in the 1940’s and 1950’s in the first few chapters of his childhood and young adulthood in Lancaster before the failure of the larger companies in Lancaster (as in “The Glass House.”). His Memoirs: “Anecdotes of a Lifetime: Memoirs of a Professional Geologist,” is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble in hardback, paperback, and in Kindle E-Book covering 17 Chapters, hundreds of footnotes and hyperlinks, many photographs, and an Index of principal characters and special topics of discussion, see: https://www.i2massociates.com/downloads/AnecdotesRelease2023.pdf
His stated objective was to provide a record for his children, their children and grandchildren beyond on a Grandpa of the past, of his life, of his family and friends and associates during the mid-late 20th Century well into the 21st Century and what is it was like as a professional geologist who traveled the U.S. and the world in search of the natural resources needed by America to prosper in a country that has been recently side-tracked into strained political (and personal) relationships creating a serious threat to the American Democracy and to the stability of many American families. He and his wife, Mary, raised a family of 5 children, all now with one or more college degrees, and have been married for some 45 years. For updates on his family activities, see: https://www.facebook.com/MDCampbell88/. For more on Mr. Campbell professional activities, see: https://www.i2mconsulting.com/michael-d-campbell-pg-ph-curriculum-vitae/.
