Economy

Tom Campbell
Bank of America Dean of the Haas School of Business

Expertise:
State and national economics, business ethics, U.S. Supreme Court, legality of war.

Contact:
Office phone: (510) 643-2027
E-mail: campbell@haas.berkeley.edu

Background:
Campbell, an economist and a lawyer, also was a five-time Republican congressman for the Silicon Valley. Among his legislative achievements as congressman, he authored the 1998 Food Bank Relief Act and the 2000 Peace Corps Reauthorization Act. During a two-year term in the early 1980s as a California state senator, the Sacramento-based "California Journal" rated him the most ethical state senator.

Before joining the Haas School, Campbell was a law professor at Stanford University for 19 years. Campbell was a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Byron White. Since 2003 he has served as chair of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.

Because of the widening ethics scandals that have rocked corporate America over the past year, in 2002 he launched a major expansion of the business school’s already significant activities in corporate social responsibility and business ethics. The effort, called the Socially Responsible Business Leadership Initiative, is being supported by gifts from individuals including actor/philanthropist Paul Newman. Campbell has been a leader in academic opposition to the USA Patriot Act provisions applying to scholars saying they violate civil rights or civil liberties.

Campbell has extensive experience with the media —local, state and national, both print and broadcast. He’s smooth and capable in interviews. He has authored numerous op-ed pieces on a wide range of topics.