Elliott Bell

Elliott Bell   (journalist, financier)
Born	September 25, 1902
Died	January 1983 (Age 80)
Nationality	US
Member of	Bohemian Grove, Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members
Financial writer for The New York Times, Superintendent of Banks. Attended the 1960 and 1962 Bilderbergs  BusinessWeek/Editor In office 1950 - Present

Elliott V. Bell was a financial writer for The New York Times and editor of BusinessWeek.

Career

On 15 June 1938 Bell co-founded the New York Financial Writers' Association.

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. Bell was also editor and publisher of BusinessWeek from 1950-67; the same years he was Chairman of the executive committee of the financial corporation McGraw-Hill Publishing Co..

From 1976, the New York Financial Writers Association has a prize named in his honor.

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.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
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.

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