Bradley M. Campbell

Who is Bradley M. Campbell?

Bradley McAllerton Campbell is an American attorney and political figure. He has served at senior levels in the United States Environmental Protection Agency and as commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Campbell was born in Northeast Philadelphia. His Lebanese family had adopted the surname "Campbell" at Ellis Island and his father gave him the middle name "McAllerton" to make him sound as Americanized as possible. His father died when Bradley was eight years old, so he was raised by Jewish stepfathers and an uncle; he would say in jest that his "aspiration is to become ambassador-at-large in the Middle East". He attended the Friends' Central School and learned to sail during summers spent at the Echo Hill Outdoor School. Campbell earned his undergraduate degree from Amherst College in 1983 and was awarded a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. After graduating he was a law clerk for United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Judge Carl E. McGowan. He entered private practice as an attorney at the firm of Rogovin, Huge & Schiller, working on civil and criminal litigation, representing environmental organizations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.