Thomas W. Gilligan

Thomas Gilligan
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	(1954-08-21) August 21, 1954 (age 69) 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]