President, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY

Dr. George Campbell is president of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, an all honors college and one of America's most selective institutions of higher education. Perennially ranked among the nation's top three specialized colleges, it offers degrees in architecture, engineering and fine arts.

Dr. Campbell began his career as a physicist at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories, where he spent 12 years in various R&D and management capacities. He has also served as president and CEO of NACME, Inc. He's a Director of Consolidated Edison, Inc., Barnes and Noble Inc. and a Trustee of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Montefiore Medical Center, the Institute of International Education and The New York Hall of Science. Earlier in his career, Campbell served on the faculties of Nkumbi International College in Zambia and Syracuse University. He has published numerous papers in physics and science and technology policy and is co-editor of Access Denied: Race, Ethnicity and the Scientific Enterprise. A former Simon Guggenheim Scholar, recipient of the George Arents Pioneer Medal in Physics and several honorary doctorates, he's a Fellow of the AAAS and the New York Academy of Sciences. Campbell earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Syracuse University and a B.S. in physics from Drexel University and completed the Executive Management Program at Yale University.