Tom Bedell

Tom Bedell

Achievements
  • Tom Bedell earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1973 and attended the UI College of Law
  • After law school, he headed a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., where his father, former U.S. Representative Berkley Bedell, was serving in Congress
  • Took over as president of what was then Berkley & Company, the fishing-tackle business that his father founded as Berkley Fly Company in 1937
  • The company was sold in 2007 and currently Tom and his wife Molly have started a new venture within the music industry, TwoOldHippies.com
  • Inducted into the Iowa Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004
  • Received the Iowa Business Leadership Award among others

Building Information

Street Address
322 N. Clinton Street
Year built
1929

Converted from an old fraternity house, the Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory opened to students in 2004 as a space for entrepreneurs to meet and share ideas. The Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory (BELL) is a business incubator for entrepreneurial students pursuing the creation of a startup while attending the University of Iowa. Individual students and teams in the program receive a dedicated office space in the remodeled 10,000 square-foot facility, enabling them to concentrate on developing their business concepts.