Tag: applied natural resources

The Realist’s Lens: The Lasting Legacy of Gary Campbell

A smiling professor in the halls of the College of Business at Michigan Technological University.
Gary Campbell is equally at home with natural resources economics and nature photography.

In the summer of 1982, a young economist from Penn State pulled out a paper map to check the coordinates of Houghton, Michigan. He had one specific requirement before accepting a job at Michigan Technological University: it couldn’t be next door to Detroit. Seeing the vast blue of Lake Superior and the green expanse of the Upper Peninsula, Gary Campbell packed his bags.