Osborn Elliott

Osborn Elliott      ( editor)
Born	October 25, 1924  New York City,  New York,  U.S.
Died	September 28, 2008 (Age 83)  New York City,  New York,  U.S.
Nationality	US
Alma mater	•  Browning School •  St. Paul's School (New Hampshire) •  Harvard University
Spouse	•  Inger McCabe Elliott •  Deirdre Spencer
Member of	Bohemian Grove, Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members
Attended the 1971 Bilderberg as editor of Newsweek  Newsweek/Editor In office 1961 - 1976

Osborn Elliott was the editor of Newsweek magazine for sixteen years between 1961 and 1976, when the magazine's circulation doubled, to 3 million. He attended the 1971 Bilderberg meeting and also the Bohemian Grove.

Early life

Osborn Elliott was born in New York City, the son of Audrey Osborn and John Elliott. His father worked as an investment counselor. His mother was a high-profile real estate agent in Manhattan, who had been actively involved with the American women's suffrage movement of the early 20th century.

Elliott's brother, John "Jock" Elliott, became chairman of advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather.

Education

Elliott attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He attended and graduated from Harvard University on an accelerated two-year wartime program. He served in the United States Navy for two years after graduation as a naval officer.

Career

Initially his intention was to dedicate himself to the world of advertising or finance. In 1949 he began working as a freelance journalist for Time magazine and in 1954 he moved to the magazine with which he would reach the top, Newsweek. He was promoted to managing editor of Newsweek in 1959. In 1961, Philip L. Graham, the publisher of The Washington Post, bought controlling interest in Newsweek and promoted MElliott from managing editor to editor. He continued in the job when Katharine Graham assumed control after her husband's "suicide" in 1963.

Elliott was further elevated to editor of Newsweek in 1961 when the Washington Post Company acquired the magazine. He became editor in chief of Newsweek in 1969. He took on the additional roles of president, chief executive and chairman within the following three years.

New York City Mayor Abraham Beame offered Elliott a position with the New York City government in 1976 as the newly created deputy mayor of economic development. Elliott left Newsweek to take the deputy mayor position for an annual salary of $1 per year. Elliott's role in New York government was to reverse the loss of jobs which was taking place at the time in New York City. He was deputy mayor for the remaining 15 months of the Beame administration.

Elliott was named dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in January 1978. He stepped down from that position in 1986, but remained at the school as a journalism professor. The Asia Society, which is headquartered in New York City, has since named an annual journalism prize, the Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Asian Journalism, in his honor. In 1975, Elliott founded Citizens Committee for New York City along with Senator Jacob Javits. His 1980 autobiography was titled "The World of Oz."

"With his liberal urban enthusiasms he helped organize a Save Our Cities march on Washington in 1992 his polka-dot bow ties and his conservatively cut suits, MElliott was a familiar, old-money figure in some of the city’s citadels of power: the Century Association, the Harvard Club, the Council of Foreign Relations and the board rooms of the New York Public Library and the Asia Society."

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1971	23 April 1971	25 April 1971	US Vermont Woodstock Woodstock Inn	The 20th Bilderberg, 89 guests

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