STIRLING — Donald Ralph Campbell was inducted into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame posthumously June 8.

Campbell was also nominated to the two-year-old Quinte Wall of Fame, where he will be inducted Sept.14 with five others.

Born in 1918, in Foxboro, Campbell worked full-time on a dairy farm for five years after high school. He then became a RAF bomber pilot in the Second World War, where he was awarded the DFC, the highest honour after the Victory Cross, for bombing raids.

Campbell later studied at the University of Toronto and became a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. He returned to his agricultural roots and became a professor and associate dean of the department of agriculture economics, at the University of Guelph from 1952 to 1962. Campbell also headed the Scarborough College of the University of Toronto, and University of Manitoba. He became a member of the Order of Canada in 1986.

His work led him to Jordan and Kenya. Campbell died March 13, 2008.

Here are the other five new inductees:

Wellington Boulter: Recognized for entrepreneurial spirit and innovations in fruit and vegetable processing, which led Prince Edward County to become known as the "Garden County of Canada."He was the first pioneer of the canning industry.

Harry Danford: Resides in Hastings County, where he operated Elmford Holsteins. He was president of the Hastings County Holstein Club, served on county council and was . elected MPP.

Lloyd Kellogg: Operated a dairy, beef and cash crop farm at Welcome, Ontario, in Northumberland County. He was involved in Crop Improvement Association, Port Hope Fair, Hope Township Council, the Regional Milk Committee, and was local fire chief for 33 years.

Donald Hough: Farmed his entire career near Sillsville. Innovative in soybean, winter wheat and trefoil production. He has served as a director and official of many organizations, including Eastern Breeders Inc., the Soil and Crop Association, School Board, and the Farm Debt Review Board.

Morley Webster: He spent over 47 years as a leading expert in apple production. He liived in Brighton and earned numerous awards from the Ontario Department of Agriculture.