Dr. Campbell R. Mcconnell got his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa after receiving degrees from the University of Illinois and Cornell College. He taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1953 until his retirement in 1990. Campbell is a recipient of both the James A. Lake Academic Freedom Award and the University of Nebraska Distinguished Teaching Award. Dr. McConnell was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Cornell College in 1973 and received its Distinguished Achievement Award in 1994. His primary areas of interest are economic education and labor economics.