Marina von Neumann Whitman
 Marina von Neumann Whitman     ( businesswoman, academic, deep state actor) | |
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| Born | March 6, 1935 New York City, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | • Radcliffe College • Columbia University |
| Religion |  Jewish |
| Parents | • John von Neumann • Marietta Kövesi von Neumann |
| Children | • Malcolm Russell Whitman • Laura Mariette Whitman |
| Spouse | Robert Freeman Whitman |
| Member of | Bilderberg/Steering committee, Trilateral Commission |
Bilderberg/Steering committee, Trilateral Commission, and director at the Council on Foreign Relations. All while Vice President of General Motors Corporation. | |
Marina von Neumann Whitman was a a director at the Council on Foreign Relations between 1977 and 1987, vice president of the General Motors Corporation 1979-1992, and a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee,[1], presumably illustrating the dictum that "What's good for General Motors is good for America".
Background
She was born as the daughter of the Jewish Hungarian-born mathematician John von Neumann, who emigrated to the United States, and his first wife Marietta Kövesi.
Education
She first studied at Radcliffe College until 1956, which she left with a degree in economics. At the age of 21, she married Robert Freeman Whitman on June 23, 1956.[2] She then continued her studies at Columbia University, where she graduated with a master's degree in 1959 and a Ph.D. three years later.
Career
She joined the University of Pittsburgh in 1962. In 1972, she was inducted into the Council of Economic Advisers under President Richard Nixon. She left the board after a year, having been appointed a full professor at the University of Pittsburgh in 1973. Between 1977 and 1987 she worked as a director at the Council on Foreign Relations.[3]
In 1979, von Neumann left the academic company and joined the Board of General Motors as chief economist. Later, as Deputy Chairwoman of the Executive Board, she headed the Department of Public Affairs, which, in addition to economic issues, included responsibility for environmental activities, relations with state institutions, as well as public relations.
She left the company in 1992 and returned to academia when she accepted a professorship at the University of Michigan. At the same time, she took on supervisory board mandates at Chemical Bank, where she remained active after the takeover of Chase Manhattan Bank in 1996 as well as after the merger with J.P. Morgan & Co to form JPMorgan Chase in 2000, as well as at Alcoa. She retired in 2002 for reasons of age. Previously, she had been a member of the supervisory board of Procter & Gamble since 1976, where she retired in 2003.
In 1988 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1978 | 21 April 1978 | 23 April 1978 | US New Jersey Princeton University | The 26th Bilderberg, held in the US |
