Background
Thompson, Buzz was born in 1951.
Thompson, Buzz was born in 1951.
Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Stanford University, 1972. Master of Business Administration, Stanford University, 1976. Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1976.
Law clerk to Judge Joseph T. Sneed United States Court Appeals 9th Circuit, San Francisco, 1976—1977. Law clerk to Justice William H. Rehnquist United States Supreme Court, 1977—1978. Associate O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, 1978—1983, partner, 1984—1986.
Member faculty Stanford Law School, since 1986, Robert E. Paradise fellow, 1993—1995, Robert E. Paradise professor natural resources law, since 1996, vice dean, 2000—2004. Co-director Stanford Institute for the Environment, since 2004. Instructor water resources University of California at Los Angeles, 1980—1983.
Visiting fellow Hoover Institution for War, Revolution, and Peace Stanford University, 1999.
Board directors National Heritage Institute.