William C. Cambell, long prominent as an amateur golfer, is a former President of the United States Golf Association.

Bill served twice on the USGA's Executive Committee. He was a member from 1962 to 1965, then again from 1977 to 1984. He served as treasurer in 1978 and 1979, vice-president in 1980 and 1981, then president in 1982 and 1983.

Campbell, a World War II veteran who was graduated from Princeton University in 1947 with a bachelor's degree in history, is an insurance broker in Huntington, West Virginia.

One of America's most distinguished amateur golfers, Campbell has won dozens of titles, including the 1964 U.S. Amateur Championship at Canterbury Golf Club in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a member of the United States Walker Cup team eight times, and never lost a singles match (seven wins and one halve in eight matches). In 1956, he was the recipient of the USGA's highest honor, the Bob Jones Award, for his distinguished sportsmanship in golf. In 1983, Campbell received the William Richardson Award from the Golf Writers Association of America for his outstanding contributions to golf. He received the 1988 American Senior Golf Association National Award, the 1996 Arnold Palmer Lifetime Service Award of the Golf Associations of Philadelphia, and The Gold Tee of the Metropolitan Golf Writers' Association. Campbell also received the Herb Graffis Award from the National Golf Foundation, and the Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendent Association of America; and was voted into the PGA World Golf Hall of Fame.

In 1987, he became the third American to captain the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, and the only person to head each of golf's governing bodies. The two Americans to precede him as captain were Francis Ouimet in 1951 and Joe Dey in 1975.

Bill is a member of the Guyan Golf and Country Club in Huntington, West Virginia; Canterbury Country Club, Cleveland, Ohio; Pine Valley Golf Club, Clementon, New Jersey; Jupiter Island Club, Hobe Sound, Florida; Seminole Golf Club, North Palm Beach, Florida; Greenbrier Golf and Tennis Club, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; The Homestead Golf and Tennis Club, Hot Springs, Virginia; and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Scotland.

Accomplishments on the field of play:

Played in 37 U. S. Amateurs 1938-1981 including 33 consecutive times between 1941 and 1977 (No championships 1942-1945 due to WWII)
Played in 15 U. S. Opens, 1949-1975
Played in 18 Masters, 1950-1976
1941 Eastern Interscholastic Champion
1943 & 1946 Eastern Intercollegiate Champion
1948 & 1949 Tam O'Shanter World Amateur Champion, 1952 runner-up
1949 & 1973 U. S. Amateur Semi-finalist, 1974 Quarter-finalist
15-time West Virginia Amateur Champion, 1949-1975, seven times runner-up
1950, 1953, 1955 West Virginia Open Champion; 1979 runner-up
1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1971 & 1975 Member U. S. Walker Cup Team (undefeated in singles matches); 1955 Captain
1952, 1954, 1956, 1965 & 1967 Member of U. S. America's Cup Team; 1956 Captain
1952, 1954 & 1965 Canadian Amateur runner-up
1954 British Amateur runner-up
1956 Mexican Amateur Champion
1964 U. S. Amateur Champion
Played 72 holes in all eight U. S. Amateurs conducted at stroke play, 1965-1972
1964 Member of U. S. World Amateur Team; 1968 & 1986 non-playing Captain
1967 Ontario Amateur Champion
1979 & 1980 U. S. Senior Amateur Champion; Co-Medalist 1979; Medalist 1980
1980 U. S. Open runner-up and low amateur
1980 U. S. Senior Open low amateur, finished 2nd overall

Other activities:

President of the Advisory Board of Marshall University
Past President of the Huntington Area Chamber of Commerce
Past Chairman, twice, of the West Virginia Citizens' Legislative Compensation Commission
President of the Huntington YMCA
Regional Vice-President of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Corporate Board of the Cammack Children's Center
Past President of the Central Ohio Valley Industrial Council
Past Member of the West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
Regional President for Annual Giving, Princeton University
Member of the West Virginia Legislature, 1948-1951
3-1/2 years Army active duty in WWII, rank from Private to Captain in combat with 100th Infantry Division, received Bronze Star for Valor, Army Commendation. and 3 Battle Stars.
Life Member of the Million Dollar Round Table, National Association of Life Underwriters

Hobbies:

Swimming (Captain of Phillips Exeter Academy and Princeton Frosh Teams)
Basketball at Exeter
Aviation, private pilot 1951-1987.