[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 74 (Wednesday, May 11, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E679]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 11, 2016

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the extraordinary life 
of William V. Campbell, who was born August 31, 1940, in Homestead, 
Pennsylvania, and passed away on April 18, 2016, in Palo Alto, 
California, at the age of 75.
  Bill Campbell is survived by his wife Eileen Bocci Campbell, his 
children Jim and Maggie, and his three step-children, Kevin, Matthew 
and Kate Bocci.
  Bill Campbell attended Columbia University where he played football 
and was named to the All-Ivy team. He graduated in 1962 and in 1964 he 
earned a Master's Degree in Education, also from Columbia. After 
serving as an Assistant Coach at Boston College, he became Coach of 
Columbia's football team, a position he held from 1974 to 1979. He 
entered the business world when he joined J. Walter Thompson, went on 
to work at Kodak, and became Apple's VP of Marketing and headed its 
Claris software division. Bill Campbell was CEO of GO Corporation, a 
company he sold to AT&T in 1993, and was CEO of Intuit from 1994 to 
1998. He retired as Board Chair of Intuit in 2016.
  The chorus of praise for Bill Campbell is intense and varied, and 
comes from a broad spectrum of people across Silicon Valley who 
benefited from his extraordinary generosity of his time and 
considerable talents. He was a generous benefactor to his home town, to 
Columbia University, to Boston College and to many other schools and 
charitable organizations. He has been called ``the most important 
executive you've never heard of'', energetic and vibrant, a great 
sports and executive coach, a proponent of creative talent, a geek and 
a nerd whisperer. He was a devout Catholic and a staunch advocate for 
the rights of women and the LGBT community. He was humble and profane, 
adored children, and made everyone who knew him feel like he was their 
best friend.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me in 
extending our most sincere condolences to Bill Campbell's wife and 
family. A giant has been taken from our midst but we are a better and 
stronger nation because he walked among us.

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