A Man Called Fred . . . And What He Taught Me About Service

Chas Lyons
4 min readNov 4, 2021

Fred Campbell was struck down by that pandemic of the 1950’s — polio.

During that decade about 250,000 people contracted polio; about 12,000 of them died of the disease. A vaccine eradicated polio, largely disappearing by the 1980’s.

As Fred lay in a hospital bed, he read a book, “A Man Called Peter”, written by Catherine Marshall about…

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Chas Lyons

Chas Lyons is a retired CEO and publisher of newspapers. He lives in Rhode Island where he enjoys writing, family, and escaping to a log cabin in Maine.