ABSTRACT
Donald Thomas Campbell's father had been raised in a fundamentalist church in Pennsylvania, although he was not an active churchgoer as an adult. Campbell was sent by his mother to Sunday School during his childhood but he rejected religion while nevertheless recognizing its evolutionary role. He had: 'considerable respect for the quality of lives led by those devout believers who combined subtle understanding of themselves with high ethical standards'. He finished high school at the age of eighteen, knowing that he wanted to be a scientist, but without a chosen field, and then spent a year working for 40 a month plus room and board on a turkey ranch near Victorville, California. Giving people a glimpse of family influence, he noted that family ideology favoured 'broadening experiences'. The next year he lived at home and attended San Bernardino Valley Junior College for his freshman and sophomore years.
