Difference between revisions of "Edward Littlejohn"

From Wikispooks
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (scanty bio)
 
(6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{person
 
{{person
|wikipedia=
+
|alma_mater=Sydney University,London School of Economics, Harvard University
|description=Little known US visitor to 2 Bilderbergs in the 1950s
+
|description=Little known advertising executive and US organiser of the second and [[fourth Bilderberg]] meetings
|image=
+
|image=No image available (photo).jpg
|nationality=American
+
|nationality=Australian, American
|birth_date=
+
|birth_date=1917
 
|birth_place=
 
|birth_place=
|death_date=
+
|death_date=1993
 
|death_place=
 
|death_place=
|constitutes=
+
|constitutes=businessman
}}
+
}}'''Edward T. Littlejohn''' worked in the Burroughs Corporation of Detroit, which was a major American manufacturer of business equipment, where he was director of [[public relations]] <ref>Problems of power in American democracy, Arthur William Kornhauser, 1957</ref>, from 1951 as assistant director.<ref>Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Volume 58, 1955</ref> He was on the Committee for a National Trade Policy, Inc. under [[George Ball]] with many other early Bilderbergers.<ref>International Finance Corporation: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and  Currency House of Representatives, 84-1 on H.R. 6228July 11 and 14, 1955</ref>
 +
 
 +
==Background==
 +
Littlejohn is [[Australian]] by birth. He studied in [[Sydney University|Sydney]] and at the [[London School of Economics]]<ref>https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1958.03.07.001/10</ref>, before graduating from [[Harvard University]] in 1941.
 +
 
 +
He served eight years in Australian Foreign Service, worked for [[Standard Oil]] and later Humble Oil and Refining, now [[Exxon Corporation]], from 1959 to 1965. He then moved to [[Pfizer]], pharmaceutical and health care company based in New York, and was named vice president of its public affairs division in 1971. He retired in 1981.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/30/obituaries/edward-t-littlejohn-business-executive-76.html</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/25/archives/snooping-in-the-marketplace.html</ref>
 +
 
 +
==Bilderberg==
 +
Edward Littlejohn was active in the early arrangements ('master minding') of the second and third Bilderberg Conferences, as this letter from fellow Bilderberger [[John Ferguson]] shows. (George= [[George Ball]])
 +
[[file:Bilderberg littlejohn2.png]] 
 +
 
 +
And this letter from general [[C. D. Jackson]] to Littlejohn, were the Americans believe [[Józef Retinger]] is a British 'secret agent'.
 +
 
 +
[[File:Bilderberg2.png|left|700px]]
 +
 
 
{{SMWDocs}}
 
{{SMWDocs}}
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
{{reflist}}
 
{{reflist}}
{{Stub}}
 

Latest revision as of 06:44, 28 September 2021

Person.png Edward LittlejohnRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(businessman)
No image available (photo).jpg
Born1917
Died1993 (Age 76)
NationalityAustralian, American
Alma materSydney University, London School of Economics, Harvard University
Little known advertising executive and US organiser of the second and fourth Bilderberg meetings

Edward T. Littlejohn worked in the Burroughs Corporation of Detroit, which was a major American manufacturer of business equipment, where he was director of public relations [1], from 1951 as assistant director.[2] He was on the Committee for a National Trade Policy, Inc. under George Ball with many other early Bilderbergers.[3]

Background

Littlejohn is Australian by birth. He studied in Sydney and at the London School of Economics[4], before graduating from Harvard University in 1941.

He served eight years in Australian Foreign Service, worked for Standard Oil and later Humble Oil and Refining, now Exxon Corporation, from 1959 to 1965. He then moved to Pfizer, pharmaceutical and health care company based in New York, and was named vice president of its public affairs division in 1971. He retired in 1981.[5][6]

Bilderberg

Edward Littlejohn was active in the early arrangements ('master minding') of the second and third Bilderberg Conferences, as this letter from fellow Bilderberger John Ferguson shows. (George= George Ball) Bilderberg littlejohn2.png

And this letter from general C. D. Jackson to Littlejohn, were the Americans believe Józef Retinger is a British 'secret agent'.

Bilderberg2.png


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/1955 March18 March 195520 March 1955France
Barbizon
The second Bilderberg meeting, held in France. Just 42 guests, fewer than any other.
Bilderberg/195611 May 195613 May 1956Denmark
Fredensborg
The 4th Bilderberg meeting, with 147 guests, in contrast to the generally smaller meetings of the 1950s. Has two Bilderberg meetings in the years before and after
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.


References

  1. Problems of power in American democracy, Arthur William Kornhauser, 1957
  2. Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Volume 58, 1955
  3. International Finance Corporation: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency House of Representatives, 84-1 on H.R. 6228July 11 and 14, 1955
  4. https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1958.03.07.001/10
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/30/obituaries/edward-t-littlejohn-business-executive-76.html
  6. https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/25/archives/snooping-in-the-marketplace.html