They ran two of the top professional schools in the country for most of the 1990s. Now Law School dean Paul Brest and Graduate School of Business dean Michael Spence are moving on to new projects. They look back at their tenures:
|
BREST |
SPENCE |
| STARTED AS DEAN | |
| 1987 | 1990 |
| EXPERTISE | |
| Constitutional law, decision-making and problem-solving | Economics, how markets work |
| BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT | |
| Established programs in business and technology, environmental law, public interest law and dispute resolution | Introduced global management program that teaches students to work in an international marketplace |
| HIDDEN TALENT | |
| Accomplished violist | Avid windsurfer |
| MOST MONEY RAISED IN A SINGLE CAMPAIGN | |
| $88 million | $90 million |
| BEST JOB PERK | |
| Met Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Czech president Václev Havel | Met his wife, Monica (she was his travel agent), got to know former secretary of state George Shultz |
| KEY RECRUIT | |
| Richard Ford, an expert on property law and race | Garth Saloner, an expert on industry's use of information technology |
| MOST SERIOUS MISTAKE | |
| Not building consensus before making decisions: "It was such a common error." | Didn't invest enough early enough in computers for the School |
| BIGGEST MINOR ERROR | |
| Scheduled faculty retreat for Big Game Day in 1989 | Missed the annual student parody show in his first year as dean |
| FUTURE PLANS | |
| Will serve as president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (assets: $2 billion), which gave out $71 million in grants in 1998 | Expects to teach an experimental class in electronic commerce at the School and dabble in the business world |
