Distinguished Business Visitor

March 10, 2011

The Lewis & Clark Distinguished Business Visitor

The Distinguished Business Visitor honors an outstanding business leader or company who has demonstrated visionary leadership, exemplary ethical values, made significant contributions to the community, and who strives for continued excellence as a steward of the local and global environment. 

The Distinguished Business Visitor is expected to be at the Law School for two to three days, and while here, will interact with faculty and students, participate in various campus activities at the Law School, and deliver a public lecture at the Law School campus.  During this time the Visitor may also visit at the Lewis & Clark College of Arts and Sciences and/or Graduate School, to be coordinated through the Law School.

On March 9, 2011 we were pleased to welcome Art Jackson to our Law School.

About Art Jackson:

Arthur Jackson is the Vice President of General Administration for Costco Wholesale.  He serves as Chairman of Costco’s Charitable Contribution Committee. His responsibilities include Governmental Affairs, Employee and Member Relations, Charitable Giving, Community Relations, Supplier Social Responsibility Compliance, Corporate Space Planning and the Supplier Diversity Program.

Prior to joining Costco in 2001, Art was Vice President of Labor and Employee Relations, Government and External Affairs for The Bon Marche in Seattle, now known as Macy’s.

Art relocated to the Seattle area in 1992, after serving as Assistant General Counsel with Federated Department Stores (Macy’s Inc) in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He earned his Bachelor of Science in Music Education and later Juris Doctorate degrees from Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio.  He was in the private practice of Law in Dayton, Ohio before serving as a Dayton Municipal Court Judge for eleven years.  Art served as an adjunct Professor of Law for five years at the University of Dayton, College of Law and was a volunteer paramedic with the Box 21 Rescue Squad in Dayton, Ohio.

Mr. Jackson’s community activities include: the Board of Directors, Thurgood Marshall College Fund; Board of Directors, King County Chapter of the American Red Cross; Community Leaders Council for the Institute For Prostate Cancer Research; and former Chairman of the Board of Directors for Committees In Schools of Washington State. He was a member of the first class at the FBI Citizens Academy in Seattle Washington.

Arthur and wife Sue are the parents of three children and reside in Bellevue, Washington.