Alan K. "scotty" Campbell
Alan
K. Campbell - affectionately known as Scotty - was a powerful
influence on his students and colleagues at the
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
at Syracuse
University during the 1960s and 1970s, first as
creator and director of the Metropolitan Studies Program (1961
to 1969) and then as dean of the School (1969 to 1976).
Before arriving at Maxwell, Dr. Campbell was deputy controller of
the State of New York.
Alan K. Campbell left Maxwell to become dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin but was immediately tapped by President Jimmy Carter to be chair of the U.S. Civil Service Commission. In this position he led the legislative effort that resulted in the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. President Carter then named him director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. He moved into the private sector in 1980 as executive vice president of ARA Services, joined the firm's board of directors in 1982, and was elected its vice chairman in 1985. Dr. Campbell returned to higher education in 1990 as a visiting executive professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a position from which he retired in 1993. He continued to serve the Maxwell School as a member of its advisory board until his death in February 1998.
Among
other activities, Dr. Campbell
was a Fellow and member of the board of the
National Academy for Public Administration, a member of the
board of the Institute of Public Administration, chairman of
the board of the Corporation for Public/Private Ventures, Inc.
and of public
broadcasting stations WHYY-TV and FM, vice chairman of the
Center for Excellence in Government, a member of the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and president of
the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management and
the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and
Administration. His honors included the Dwight Waldo Award for
Contributions to the Literature of Public Administration, the
Common Cause Public Service Achievement Award, the Hubert H.
Humphrey Public Service Award, and the Gunnar & Alva
Myrdal Award for Government Service. He was awarded honorary
doctorates by Whitman College, The Ohio State University, and
Syracuse University.