Thomas W. Gilligan | |
|---|---|
 Gilligan in 2018 | |
| 7th Director of the Hoover Institution | |
| In office September 1, 2015 – September 1, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | John Raisian |
| Succeeded by | Condoleezza Rice |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 21, 1954 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of Oklahoma (BA) Washington University (MA, PhD) |
Thomas W. Gilligan (born August 21, 1954) is an American economist who was the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University from 2015 to 2020. Prior to taking over as head of the Stanford-based think tank, he served as dean of the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. Gilligan previously held a variety of positions at the University of Southern California from 1987 until 2008.[1]
- ^ "Thomas W. Gilligan's Vita". utexas.edu. Archived from the original on August 17, 2003. Retrieved June 25, 2009.