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Hall of Fame Builder F. Coin Campbell, Jr. Dies at 85
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F. Coin Campbell, Jr. | F. Coin Campbell, Jr., an Atlanta-area builder who dedicated more than a half-century to the industry and the NAHB federation and who was inducted into the NAHB Housing Hall of Fame in 1993, died in Hiawassee, Ga., on Jan. 22. He was 85.
A third generation home and light commercial builder who began his career as a laborer while still in high school in 1938, Campbell was instrumental in establishing the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association.
He was an active member of the Atlanta HBA, the Home Builders Association of Georgia and NAHB throughout his career and served on numerous councils and committees and as a director in each organization. He served as president of the Atlanta association in 1962 and the Georgia association in 1964. Because of his long-term commitment, he was named a Georgia life directory and a senior life director with both the Atlanta HBA and NAHB.
Campbell founded his own firm in 1948 after working as a laborer, carpenter, draftsman and superintendent. He was one of the first builders in Georgia to develop condominiums and one of the first in the country to build split level-designed homes.
He also was a major force in formulating, writing, updating, rewriting and implementing housing codes and regulations in the Atlanta area and for Georgia for more than 30 years.
For his efforts and dedication to the industry, in addition to his national hall of fame honors, Campbell was inducted in the Georgia Housing Hall of Fame and received the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association’s highest honor, the Lewis Cenker award, in 1988. In addition, the Atlanta HBA named its housing center library in his honor.
Campbell is survived by his wife, Mary Ann; daughter and son-in-law, Sheryl and Jim Pepper; granddaughter and her husband, Stacey and Jeff Rhinehardt; and great grandchildren, Adam, Brooke and Brittany.
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