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Bell managed the two successful [[gubernatorial]] campaigns for his friend, [[Thomas E. Dewey]]. Bell was appointed [[Superintendent of Banks]] for the [[State of New York]] in 1943 by then Governor [[Thomas E. Dewey]].<ref>http://www.newsbios.com/newslum/bell.htm</ref> Bell was also editor and publisher of ''[[BusinessWeek]]''<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/12/obituaries/elliott-v-bell-is-dead-at-80-ex-editor-of-business-week.html</ref> from 1950-67; the same years he was Chairman of the executive committee of the financial corporation [[McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.]]. | Bell managed the two successful [[gubernatorial]] campaigns for his friend, [[Thomas E. Dewey]]. Bell was appointed [[Superintendent of Banks]] for the [[State of New York]] in 1943 by then Governor [[Thomas E. Dewey]].<ref>http://www.newsbios.com/newslum/bell.htm</ref> Bell was also editor and publisher of ''[[BusinessWeek]]''<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/12/obituaries/elliott-v-bell-is-dead-at-80-ex-editor-of-business-week.html</ref> from 1950-67; the same years he was Chairman of the executive committee of the financial corporation [[McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.]]. | ||
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From 1976, the [[New York Financial Writers Association]] has a prize named in his honor<ref>https://www.nyfwa.org/bell_award</ref>. | From 1976, the [[New York Financial Writers Association]] has a prize named in his honor<ref>https://www.nyfwa.org/bell_award</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 00:06, 25 November 2020
 Elliott Bell    (journalist, financier) | |
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| Born | September 25, 1902 |
| Died | January 1983 (Age 80) |
| Nationality | US |
| Member of | Bohemian Grove, Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members |
Elliott V. Bell was a financial writer for The New York Times and editor of BusinessWeek[1].
Career
On 15 June 1938 Bell co-founded the New York Financial Writers' Association.[2]
Bell managed the two successful gubernatorial campaigns for his friend, Thomas E. Dewey. Bell was appointed Superintendent of Banks for the State of New York in 1943 by then Governor Thomas E. Dewey.[3] Bell was also editor and publisher of BusinessWeek[4] from 1950-67; the same years he was Chairman of the executive committee of the financial corporation McGraw-Hill Publishing Co..
He was Vice President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1965-72.
From 1976, the New York Financial Writers Association has a prize named in his honor[5].
Award Committee
He was on the board of the William the Silent Award for Journalism, a Dutch prize "entirely from private, individual sources". The Prize (a gold medal and $2500, a fair amount in the 1950s), was awarded to the journalist who, "in an American newspaper or magazine, writes the best story pointing out the democratic affinites between the United States and the Netherlands." Allen W. Dulles of the CIA was invited to the 1953 award dinner, held on 26 March, where Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands was the guest of honor.[6]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1960 | 28 May 1960 | 29 May 1960 | Switzerland Bürgenstock | The 9th such meeting and the first one in Switzerland. 61 participants + 4 "in attendance". The meeting report contains a press statement, 4 sentences long. |
| Bilderberg/1962 | 18 May 1962 | 20 May 1962 | Sweden Saltsjöbaden | The 11th Bilderberg meeting and the first one in Sweden. |
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110525163402/http://www.newsbios.com/newslum/bell.htm
- ↑ http://www.nyfwa.org/history.htm
- ↑ http://www.newsbios.com/newslum/bell.htm
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/12/obituaries/elliott-v-bell-is-dead-at-80-ex-editor-of-business-week.html
- ↑ https://www.nyfwa.org/bell_award
- ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp80r01731r001200070135-7
