About the Dean
Tom Campbell is the thirteenth dean of the Haas School of Business, a position he has held since August 2002. He formerly held positions of US Congressman, California State Senator, Stanford University law professor, and, recently, California's Director of Finance.
At UC Berkeley, Dean Campbell has focused his efforts on moving the Haas School
forward to be among the very top business schools in the world by teaching "Leading
Through Innovation."
Dean Campbell describes the study and pursuit of business as being "noble
and ennobling, since it leads to people becoming employed, from which so much
other good flows." Under Dean Campbell's leadership, the Haas School is
dedicated to teaching young men and women about business and the creation of
opportunity, and is equally committed to offering lessons in the importance
of sharing the opportunities and wealth that come from the successful pursuit
of business.
In December 2004, Dean Campbell took a one-year leave of absence from the school after being appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to be director of the California Department of Finance. He returned as dean of the Haas School in November 2005.
Prior to joining the Haas School in 2002, Dean Campbell was a law professor at Stanford University Law School for 19 years, beginning in 1983. He was elected five times to represent the Silicon Valley area of California in the United States Congress. Among his legislative achievements were authorship of the 1998 Food Bank Relief Act and the 2000 Peace Corps Reauthorization Act.
Campbell also was elected as a California state senator in 1993. During a two-year term, he earned ratings by the Sacramento-based "California Journal" as the most ethical state senator, the best overall senator and the state Senate's best problem solver.
A native of Chicago, Campbell earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in economics at the University of Chicago, and a law degree from Harvard in 1976. He returned to the University of Chicago, earning a Ph.D. in economics there in 1980. His dissertation was the first quantitative measurement of discrimination against women in federal civil service employment.
He served as a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White from 1977 to 1978 and, the year before that, for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge George E. MacKinnon. He practiced law at Winston & Strawn in Chicago until 1980, when he became a White House fellow in the Office of the Chief of Staff. He then served as executive assistant to the U.S. Deputy Attorney General and became the youngest person ever to be appointed director of the Bureau of Competition in the Federal Trade Commission, where he served from 1981 to 1983, when he joined the faculty of Stanford Law School.
His book, Separation of Powers in Practice, published by Stanford University Press in 2004, examines the constitutionally defined roles and powers of the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of government and then suggests which branch might best be address some of America's most contentious policy issues. He has also published numerous scholarly articles on the subjects of law and economics.
He is married to Susanne Campbell, who works at the UC Berkeley-based Institute of Management, Innovation, & Organization. As executive director of the UC Berkeley-St. Petersburg University School of Management Program, she has served as the liaison between the management institute and St. Petersburg University since 1993. UC Berkeley was instrumental in helping to launch St. Petersburg’s School of Management in 1993.
As dean of the Haas School, Tom Campbell leads a school that annually enrolls more than 1,600 students in its undergraduate and graduate academic programs, as well as hundreds of senior managers in a series of non-degree executive development programs.
The school has more than 30,000 alumni worldwide.
Haas School Accepting Nominations for New Dean
View from the Dean's Office: Video Messages from Tom Campbell
More about Tom Campbell
The Haas School Advisory Board
Articles by and about Tom Campbell
Ensuring Diversity and Excellence at Haas: A Statement by Dean Tom Campbell
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