Hanover, N.H. —
He was born Feb. 10, 1917, in Cooperstown, N.Y. As a baby he moved with his family to the Panama Canal Zone, where he played tennis most days after school, had many adventures, and graduated from Cristobal High School.
He received his bachelor’s degree in 1938 from Harvard. He served as an Army officer during World War II, and again during the Korean War.
After his first discharge from the Army, he earned a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Chicago. During graduate school, he met Rosemary Garst in a course called “Money”. They were married in Chicago in June 1949.
Colin worked as an economist for the Federal Reserve System in Washington, DC, from 1954 through 1956. He came to Dartmouth in 1956 and was a member of the economics faculty until 1987. From 1961-1988, he served on the Board of Directors of the Dartmouth National Bank, often drawing on this experience in teaching his classes. The textbook he and Rosemary co-authored, Introduction to Money and Banking, was quite popular and underwent six editions. Colin loved teaching, and was awed by his students’ achievements and careers.
Colin and Rosemary owned a winter home in Venice, Fla., for 27 years, where they had many close friends.
Colin’s survivors include his son William Campbell (Emily Binnian) of Anchorage, Alaska; his daughter Janet Peterson (Shane) of Bonners Ferry, Idaho; and his sister Marion Martin of Kansas City, Kan.
A memorial reception will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, at the Hanover Inn.
Memorial contributions may be made to Dartmouth’s Political Economy Project (c/o Janet Terp, Wentworth HB 6045, Dartmouth College); Macular Degeneration Research; or the Hanover Improvement Society.