Campbell Scientific, Inc.

CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC, INC. was organized in 1974 by Eric and Evan Campbell with initial capital from themselves, six brothers, and their father, Sanford Campbell. Dr. Gaylon Campbell, a professor at Washington State University, provided direction and help on new product definition and conceptual development.

The first product marketed by CSI (1974) was the Model CA9 Path Averaging Laser Anemometer, which was developed for the U.S. Army, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. This instrument was patterned after a larger experimental version developed by the NOAA Wave Propagation Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. About 60 CA9s were sold to military installations and other centers of atmospheric research.