George Campbell Jr.
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Dr. George Campbell Jr. (born December 2, 1945 in Richmond, Virginia)[1] is President of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Education
Campbell earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Syracuse University, a B.S. in physics from Drexel University and is a graduate of the Executive Management Program at Yale University.
[edit] Career
Previously Campbell was the president and CEO of NACME, Inc., a non-profit corporation focused on engineering education and science and technology policy. Additionally he spent twelve years at AT&T Bell Laboratories, served as a U.S. delegate to the International Telecommunications Union, served on the faculties of Nkumbi International College in Zambia and Syracuse University, and published a number of academic papers. He is co-editor of Access Denied: Race, Ethnicity and the Scientific Enterprise, Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-510774-8.
Campbell currently serves on the Board of Directors of Consolidated Edison, Inc. He is also on the Board of Trustees of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (cIcu), a Trustee of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Montefiore Medical Center, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and the New York Hall of Science.
[edit] Personal life
Married since 1968 to Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell, dean of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Campbell and his wife have three sons and live in Manhattan.
[edit] References
- ^ The HistoryMakers - George Campbell Jr.. The HistoryMakers. Retrieved on 2006-12-18.
