Presidential Library honors Janet Campbell for service

The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Foundation has dedicated a patio in its historic gardens in honor of Janet Campbell, who has worked for more than 40 years on behalf of the Foundation. The Foundation announced the dedication and unveiled a plaque at a reception in Mrs. Campbell’s honor on Sept. 10. More than 50 trustees, associate trustees and other friends attended the reception at the patio, which is located between President Wilson’s Birthplace and the Emily Smith Administrative Building on Coalter Street.

Janet Campbell began work for the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation on Oct. 1, 1968. She was hired by Dolores Lescure, then a trustee, and Emily Pancake Smith, then the president of the board. She had previously worked for then-Secretary of State Dean Rusk in the Vietnam Division of the State Department in Washington.

As the director of administration and finance, Mrs. Campbell handles all financial, administrative, and personnel matters for the Foundation. Her duties include accounting, administrative operations, personnel and benefits records, deposits, disbursements, payroll, budgeting, audits, grant records, leases, shop inventory, vendor relations and revenue/fundraising reconciliation. She also serves as the acting secretary of the Board of Trustees and the Board’s Executive Committee.

Don W. Wilson, president and CEO of the WWPL, said, “It is an honor to work with Janet Campbell, whose dedication, loyalty, efficiency, and institutional knowledge are irreplaceable. Without Janet, there would be no Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Foundation.”

Stan Link, chair of the Board of Trustees of the WWPL, said at the reception, “Janet Campbell has been a model of honesty, dependability, loyalty, diligence, and efficiency. She is the backbone of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library.”

The plaque at the garden patio reads as follows: “This garden haven for reflection and relaxation is dedicated in honor of Janet Campbell in recognition of her more than forty years of faithful service to the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Foundation.”