Rod Campbell, founding father of the motorsports communications firm that also bears his identify, has died at age 88.

He died March 30 at his house in Santa Monica, Calif., after a brief sickness, based on a press release from Campbell Advertising and Communications.

He began Campbell and Co. in 1982 to deal with public relations for Ford Motor Co.'s racing unit. He offered the corporate in 1999, when it adopted its current identify.

Kevin Kennedy was employed by Campbell in 1984. He's now one of many firm's managing companions.

He stated {that a} favourite Rod Campbell slogan, "Flat get it on," nonetheless resonates. Kennedy defined that it meant to discover a method to get one thing performed, even when it hadn't been performed earlier than. The quote is mounted on a convention room wall on the firm headquarters in Dearborn, Mich.

Scott Fosgard, a former Chrysler and Normal Motors public relations government who now has his personal PR agency, labored for Campbell within the late 1980s. He remembers his former boss as a fantastic instructor.

"He...