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When professors try to run for office.

From a profile in the Sacramento Bee of Tom Campbell, Republican Senate candidate :

… Campbell grew up in Chicago, the son of William J. Campbell, a federal judge. He obtained three economics degrees, culminating in a doctorate, all from the University of Chicago. His experience in the free-market Chicago economics graduate program helped to distance Campbell from his Democratic upbringing.

… Campbell also obtained a law degree at Harvard in 1976, satisfying his parents’ desire for him to secure a professional credential. He served two prestigious clerkships, first on the federal appellate court in Washington, D.C., and then with Supreme Court Justice Byron White.

During that time, Campbell met his wife, Susanne. She taught him how to ride a bicycle at age 25, amusing White, a former football star.

“Justice White was just amazed there was an adult male who couldn’t ride a bicycle,” recalled S. Elizabeth Gibson, a University of North Carolina law professor who clerked with Campbell. “If it had been me, I would not have announced it, but Tom announced he had learned how to ride as a great accomplishment.”…

Margaret Soltan, April 12, 2010 9:04AM
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