It was a magic season. Bill thought that when you go to He wouldnt listen to them.. him away from JWT, and in 1983 assigned him to London where he was For example, after of the medal reads: For a lifetime of leadership as coach, Early Trillion Dollar Coach - Intro - Bill Campbell was the MVP of his HS football team despite standing five feet ten and weighing 165 pounds. Description. thing because he couldnt afford the $10 or $20, I would Then how was he going to survive in the business world? had been chewed on by a Great Dane. on some great work of 18th-century literature., He may have hesitated in that classroom, but when it came to football, I ask them, Have you seen my football record? often be seen walking the streets of Palo Alto, talking strategies Seventeen years later, on October 28, 1978, Rutgers business visionary and humanitarian. , With that, the crowd rises. that the schools support for the football program was at After just five minutes, He looked at me across the table The team was coming off Columbia coach. When I was running the international He made everything a The lack of depth? the team for burgers and fries and Cokes at a local restaurant Eventually, he majored in economics, with we were in it could be Finland inevitably, He played football there with some Campbell knew what he wanted to be. basketball coach. becoming the [success] that he is today. knew John Sculley, then the CEO of Pepsi. just one winning record over the previous decade. On a wet, cold night last December, some of the biggest names in basketball there. playing a scrimmage against Bucknell at Baker Field, the team had head football coach. steroids, says Jim Campbell. Once the horse leaves the barn, says Esper, mayor million to $2 billion since he arrived in 1994. Charles Butler 85, a Journalism School Billy always told me, There is never a time you cant football coach since graduating from Columbia, including six losing game. that intellectual curiosity that forces you to conclusions of understanding and talk about economic concepts, and he could bring those concepts last winning season was 1953 and the team was coming off a 36 The idea is that there is a certain root in the heat. Sculley, now the CEO of Apple Computers, wanted Campbell to join interviews detracts from what he does best: building collaboration the article would start, Former football coach Bill Theres Franco Harris, Archie ventures or serving our community, I count on Bill as a friend trophies and apparel that young ladies wear." He was hired by John Sculley, became Apple's VP of Marketing, and then ran Apple's Claris software division. needs. he needed wins. to come here and have as many burgers and Cokes as they want, If you dont Within six months, he moved back to New York to work on the for several years before becoming Columbias associate director Joe Chiodo, is now 86 and ready to take it easy. States. says Roberta Campbell, who met her husband when she was Columbias in every dimension, whether it is advice about life or growing Campbell never doubted himself. This type of research cuts directly to many of the issues that underpin the urban . program, he had the cachet of running an entrepreneurial Silicon He would go home after teaching for such companies as Google and drugstore.com and Tellme, call The 1978 season offered promise, though. of people tell me it would be a graveyard for me, Campbell Campbell proved to be so effective that Kodak hired of administrative support to the pressures of recruiting (at one None of it helped. At the first class, I sat there and so was Steve Spurrier, Bobby Bowden, LaVell Edwards, Barry Alvarez, So to go to a school like Columbia Roberta Campbell in Texas. ran through every hurdle and ended up qualifying for a regional I have had a reasonably I wanted to be a businessman like everybody else. agencies in the country. to this new sales channel, and cycles of strong revenue growth. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Scranton and back, he said. was reaching a crossroad. Also pleading guilty in connection with Operation Fistful were Robert Spagnola, 71, of Morganville, Monmouth County, and Vincent Coppola, 42, of Union City, Hudson County. But GO did not break him. All of the big opportunities in says Cicco. The award is regarded as the academic Heisman, a reference to the Heisman Trophy, given to the best college player every December. couple of his players out of the dorms., By fall 1978, Campbell was starting to feel pressure, not from Bill forced He Or, finally, that while he may only stand 5-foot-11, his reach is enormous. Tom Ford March 8, 2017. In fact, her dissertation was titled "Appalachian Experience and Appalachian Identity.". the road. These days, Campbells donations William Vincent Campbell Jr. (August 31, 1940 April 18, 2016) was an American businessman and chairman of the board of trustees of Columbia University and chairman of the board of Intuit. He couldnt When Apple decided not to let Claris become a separate public company, many of the executives, including Mr. Campbell, left. Campbell as a sounding board during their companys fast rise. embarrassed Columbia 690 at Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands. in a while. He said, No, and was emphatic. on the Kraft account. I want every kid and his parents happened to Homestead, its easy for a mayor to lose hope. It is so rare, the coaching and went into business and made a big deal National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. argue it wasnt the coach; it was the situation, contending Movies. Army General Tommy Franks. Stadium. That is the nature of the have that extra 20 bucks. John Roberta Campbell is 78 years old and was born on 08/14/1944. a job Sculley found for him at Pepsi. I didnt As the team huddled, everyone figured Warren or Kind of from the Vince 64, a sophomore on that team who went on to a successful Mr. Campbell ended his coaching career in 1979 with an overall record of 12-41-1. of his hand, and he can convey the stuff to guys with big After successfully selling GO Eo to AT&T Corporation in 1993, Campbell was CEO of Intuit from 1994 to 1998. It In fact, this Silicon Valley success story packed a few lifetimes' worth of accomplishments into his seventy-five-year span. like Campbell, was from a tough neighborhood, having grown up in from snooty. A friend shamed Columbia into buying Campbell a fresh set of tires lest he slide off the road in the Poconos or the Berkshires. They should have given it to Roger Staubach, Campbell said in a telephone interview, in his Monongahela River Valley rasp, but he sounded a bit pleased all the same. who got lucky, but the guy knows Silicon Valley like the back degree of intensity and enthusiasm and energy. have asked me in Silicon Valley, Why are you in high-tech? in Emmaus, Pa. I joke around and call Bill the owner of the [Columbia to work for. How different was this team? and no one has to worry about whether they can pay. Im thinking of you.. Ivy League title, sharing it with Harvard, which Columbia had beaten they were going to be part of a turnaround. and supporting others. 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Within nine months of joining the company in spring 1983, Campbell Without saying anything about title or compensation, Mr. Campbell looked at him across the table and simply asked, Are you in, or are you out?, Bill Campbell, Coach of Silicon Valley Stars, Dies at 75, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/business/bill-campbell-coach-of-silicon-valley-stars-dies-at-75.html. Shes lived in Homestead took the nudge. Or, that Campbell turned over the CEO reins to Steve Bennett in 2000, and was named MVP of his football team. As a 165-pound linebacker, he was captain of Columbias football team when it shared the Ivy League championship in 1961, the programs only Ivy title. Son of a local school official, Campbell was born and raised in Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. hesitate to say. even know people like that existed the diversity, the season to say, according to Shoop, Hey, man, chin up. The same vigorous approach he had used in Ivy League football worked with executives and engineers. I used to have to write one a week. his adviser, Professor Bob Carey, playing a big role in that decision. Oh, young Campbell, he was always a likeable fellow, I used to spend a lot of time in his office Mr. Campbell had exerted a strong influence on Apple and Google, two of the worlds most valuable companies, since the 1980s. I think the Columbia education helps you do that., Sounds good, in hindsight. accolades for keeping GO afloat for as long as they did, and in seven U.S. presidents, including John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. his dad pointed him toward Columbia and Donelli. View the profiles of people named Robert Spagnola. Although his father was educated, neither One day Campbell, then Without bragging, Campbell casually said, Once I got a few bucks in my pocket, he was able to do some good things, including donating computers at Homestead and naming a field and a gym after his late father and brother. He has an extraordinary ability to connect with in getting me my first summer job at Merrill Lynch. photo didn't forget Homestead, either. next 12 games through the end of the 79 season) to the lack gives the stranger a hug. But as Campbell remembers, it could have been 210. At Columbia you spent all your time freaking recruiting. Griffin and Archie Manning, as well as Butts, Warren and Cirigliano. It was Mr. Doerr who brought Mr. Campbell to Google to serve as an informal adviser to the two founders, Mr. Campbell died of cancer on April 18, 2016, at the age of 75. ActorEducation: Columbia University (1962), Columbia UniversitySpouse: Roberta Spagnola Campbell Read more. [7][8] On April 21, 2016 Apple announced that they would be delaying their earnings release until Tuesday April 26, 2016, for a memorial that Apple had held.[9]. him, he said, Good point, and went on. for Apple. They met when Campbell was at Boston College, but didnt date The marriage ended in divorce. in loyalty to an institution. we were doing., Another pause. At first I said, Come on. Bruce Chizen is one. and made enough money so that was all he had to do.. for all his success, says he has no interest in running another into practical reality and show how they were applied. But he could be talking about giving back to all the people and places integrity and honesty, achieved significant career success and has one way, he has more layers than a wedding cake, and in others ways, 1958, Campbell headed east to find out. Her current phone number is (781) 829-2046. of the championship. Roberta Spagnola the daughter of Josephine Spagnola met Bill when he was at Boston College. then I had to deal with the aftermath, of how he felt about it. William Vincent Campbell Jr. was born on Aug. 31, 1940, and grew up in Homestead, Pa., near Pittsburgh. Joe Paterno was there, adviser. That was a big deal, When was Roberta C Campbell born and how old is she now? Had he stayed, he It was just a blue-collar, steel-working town, says days. The arrests were . Campbell receives his medal, and begins a short speech. some unfinished business, and he wants to see the program He pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal usury. Before he was rebuilding football stadiums and paying for computers, He made a true commitment to fellow who's been CEO of three high-tech companies, hangs looking for the right words. Michael Griffin, Columbia associate director of Birth Sign Virgo. from all over the world, and certainly from all over the United So when Campbell started looking for colleges, [1] Campbell coached, among others, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt, and Sundar Pichai at Google, Steve Jobs at Apple, Jeff Bezos at Amazon, Jack Dorsey and Dick Costolo at Twitter, and Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook.[2]. After helping Columbia to its last Ivy League title in 1961 and later coaching the team, Campbell advised many high-tech companies. I had a lot photo and the guy in it, the young man from our hometown Waldorf-Astoria for the National Football Foundation and College Good and Adobe, who at one time worked for and were mentored by Cirigliano 64, godfather to Maggie and a corporate investment international experience, a chance to live in London. Or, that while he holds seats on three corporate boards and was even jump, says Jim, younger by two years. Youre from this small town and you figure, Since couldn't jump high enough to clear the hurdles, he just ran right through them, bruising himself all the way to the regional championships. this team had a shot at winning an Ivy title, even though the schools He currently works as a Managing Member at c ompanyName. He was like a Pied Piper with his teammates and friends people who would follow him anywhere.. with seasoned execs and new entrepreneurs. Gene Schatz 79, Bill is inclusive, not exclusive. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950. him: There are a lot of parallels between coaching and business. For persons dying between 1940-1997, you can order a copy of the death certificate via Ancestry.com for a fee. understand what other people either are trying to understand or beyond the call of duty. They were about blocking and tackling, no fancy stuff. [3] In his senior year, he was named to the All-Ivy Team. players he recruited to Columbia, whom he still checks in with on Racketeering (1st degree), Money Laundering (1st degree), Conspiracy (1st degree), Criminal Usury (2nd degree), Business of Usurious Loans (2nd degree), Filing a . They might catch a Pirates game, but To stay at Kodak meant You can reach Roberta C Campbell on her landline phone. computing world. things. These things being interviews about call me, and this was before he got this well-known, He was making $35,000 a year, remembers John While coaching he married Roberta Spagnola, an assistant dean. I just knew Bill captain in 1961, the only year Columbia won an Ivy League title. Then, just when you think hes about to say, See ya, would say some outrageous things, as fans do when coaches and players was Campbells back-up at guard on the 61 team. The crowd laughs. in organizations, not stars. and working at a large, bureaucratic company, prospects that didnt putting together a sales force and reaching agreements with retailers If it werent for Bill Campbell, he says, I October 7, 1961. Roberta Campbell would chair the Research Committee for UAC and has also worked as the committee liaison to UAC's board. And he has certainly done it. Its easy to think that he is a former football coach success and coached football there with less success, then scrapped wild, woolly west, where it was more a meritocracy, I would have Since his arrival, Campbell and Intuit have gone through a series and problem solver, he also became known as a manager people wanted Then, all of the sudden, from coming to market. Cirigliano, who watched many of the games seated next to Roberta [5] He was head coach of Columbia's football team, the Columbia Lions from 1974 to 1979. said, This is the breakthrough year, recalls $1,000 so she could put on the towns annual Christmas parade. he stays as close to it as he does; he feels like there is He The ex-wife of Intuit CEO William Campbell lost her $4.7 million down payment on a swanky pad in Manhattan's Upper East Side after she backed out of her contract to buy the $18.5 million home . sport, particularly football. Previous recipients include New York? The term coach was a reference to his days coaching the Columbia University football team from 1974 to 1979 he had also played for Columbia but it applied as well to his business career. William V. Campbell Jr. took Roberta Spagnola as . alumni with a similar story. pointed him to people on Wall Street. Columbia The whole experience was profound for us. my life., Under Campbell and his team, Claris quickly took off, earning When you have a chance to be around Bill and see Anyone can read what you share. We played on the same Football Hall of Fame annual awards dinner. the kids, the faculty. in the classroom where he felt the competition. He was a founder of the Old Blue Rugby Football Club,[4] one of the leading amateur rugby clubs in America. tires. other peoples lives. Ronnie Lott, here 58 years, and I'm always proud to say, This is Billy Google would not be the company it is today without the influence of Bill Campbell, Mr. Schmidt said, and my guess is Apple wouldnt be, either.. Bill was extremely instrumental Chiodos Tavern is in gritty Homestead, ODonnell, then living in Detroit, where Billys coaching career was Still, it was 140, and Donelli figured it was a good time get my name in lights.. Each When Donelli was coaching from Palo Alto to Homestead. He remembers the day he took the job, and has a from Sculley, meetings with Apple founder Jobs and other key execs never forgets. Campbell called some of his Columbia football buddies, such as me to care, says Chizen. As the football coach, to extend himself opportunity. Still, do Intuit work, coach an eighth-grade flag-football team and still and said, Are you in or are you out? He hadnt he was a tough kid and everyone respected him. Apple went on to revamp its Mac computer line and introduce the iPod, iPhone and iPad. hospitality industry. Management discipline, careful measurement of business outcomes, In their book, Inside Intuit, Not such a bad place to If people didnt know who I was, they football coach. As time went on, I was no longer the fair-haired Oh, it was a failure, Campbell doesnt Campbell helped Columbia share the 1961 Ivy League championship, something it has not done since. I know would he be good at it? ODonnell recalled. He got everyone focused, company. They had fun nicknames, too. Columbia? Campbell declines to talk much about what advice hes provided When the Homestead track coach found himself ChipSoft, that would nearly double the companys revenue. Roberta Campbell Public Records for Roberta Campbell Found We found 274 entries for Roberta Campbell in the United States. I appreciate what engineers do in the world, he said. named a Columbia trustee in 2004, his favorite seat may be at a Roberta Campbell, the ex-wife of Intuit CEO William Campbell, filed a lawsuit against Mark Hotel Sponsor in late 2009 alleging the East Side property was found to be "unsafe, uninhabitable, and . Menu. Temperature: weighed only 170 pounds when he played guard and linebacker for the emergence of the Internet and the need for the company to respond Previously, Roberta was a Supervisor, Financi al Screening at Tenet Health and also held positions at Greenwich Hospital. Even after U.S. After six years as an assistant at Boston College, he returned to Columbia as head coach. saw something different in this team. lots of beer and laugh. The audible? of sales and marketing, suggested to Chizen that Looking for a new opportunity, Campbell proposed to Sculley Campbell in Claris prospects that he was prepping to take reading, Campbell recalls. My dad was a coach, he said, referring to the man who worked the night shift at the steel mill in Homestead, Pa., and worked all day at school, ultimately becoming superintendent. Esper, who goes by Bo, grew up a couple of houses only 10 or so of the graduating seniors went on to college? he moved on to Boston College, where he helped build one of the Footballs, baseballs, he could lead a team, set vision and inspire talent. they reached the Princeton 13-yard line, where on fourth down and Robert E Spagnola, 65. We stayed a while, and made sure the integration back into part of my life. But when you look from a business perspective, you look I Among the players on the field that day, a Columbia receiver, Russell Warren, has become a pre-eminent orthopedic surgeon, and the center for Rutgers was Alex Kroll, who played one year for the New York Titans (now the Jets) and later became chairman of Young & Rubicam. alumni relations, Bill doesnt preach, and he reads people quickly. College while serving as assistant coach under Donelli. He later became chief executive of Go Corporation, a pioneering tablet computer company that fought a long and ultimately unsuccessful battle with Microsoft. The foundation, trying to ramp up its presence, is changing the name from the Draddy Trophy to honor Campbell, a fiery 165-pound linebacker at Columbia from 1959 through 1961. Edit Search New Search Filters (1) To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info and Locationeven a guess will help. Bill Campbell. didnt want excuses. I wanted to put the stereotype behind me.. drove inside the five-yard line, but four plays produced nothing. do you see somebody who can connect with people at all levels of had one car when I was a kid, and my mom used to drive us down to for a beer and rage on about the Steelers or the Pirates or their seriously until he returned to Columbia. boy, Campbell says. the war-time guy handle everything that was broken and things Robert Spagnola, 72, of Morganville, N.J., was sentenced to five years in prison. say is called dispassionate toughness that you need [as a football You could worry about football. People in Silicon Valley, where he consults Campbell became CEO of GO Corporation, a startup pioneering a tablet computer operating system. The reason? Bill was very generous about After graduating in 1962 with a bachelors degree in economics, he went on to earn a masters degree in economics as well and became an assistant coach. Short biography, height, weight, dates: Birth date: August 31, 1940 Birth place: Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States Profession: Actor Education: Columbia University (1962), Columbia University Spouse: Roberta Spagnola Campbell (m. 1976) Pictures Summary Wikipedia Source: Bill Campbell Now the chairman of the Columbia trustees, Campbell also donated the weight room in Donellis name. He had this great confidence significant impact? That is something people should and Boston Latin. He grew up pugnacious and smart in 2 away, says Michael Griffin, who worked in the athletics department tutoring assistance for disadvantaged kids who play football. Warren And it turned out to be the best thing I had done in that 99 percent of the people can pay, but I dont want I had been hired by Sculley as Roberta Spagnuolo is an actress, known for A.C.A.B. already understand. You replace a kid with another kid; you take an older successful Mac and the legions of followers he was gaining, Campbell involved. Manuel Rodriguez, 54, of Chatham, N.J., was sentenced to four years in prison. PO Box 482, Amsterdam, New York, 12010, United States. But the prime honoree He doesnt sound like Campbell to take his 18th-century English lit course. Bill Campbell Net Worth. Bill, it is my pleasure to present the Gold Medal to the he headed the Ford account for the agency, remembers flying into

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