Bruce Gelb

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Bruce Gelb : biography

February 24, 1927 –

Bruce Gelb is an American businessman and diplomat. He is the retired president of Clairol and former vice chairman of Bristol Myers Squibb."Members Bruce S. Gelb." Council of American Ambassadors. Web. 12 Dec. 2010. .

Appointments

  • Director of the United States Information Agency (George H.W. Bush) from 1989-1991"Members Bruce S. Gelb." Council of American Ambassadors. Web. 12 Dec. 2010.
  • Ambassador to Belgium (George H.W. Bush) from 1991-1993
  • Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps and International Business (Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani) from 1994-1997
  • Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (George W. Bush) 2003-2006

He is also currently a Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club; a Life Trustee of Choate Rosemary Hall; a Board member of the United Nations Development Corporation; a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Council on Science and Health; Honorary Chairman and a Regent of the Center for Security Policy; and a member of the Advisory Board of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.."Members Bruce S. Gelb." Council of American Ambassadors. Web. 12 Dec. 2010.

Early life and education

Gelb’s father, Lawrence M. Gelb, founded Clairol in 1931.Bruce Gelb: telling ‘The American Story.’ Broadcasting, Oct 29, 1990 v119 n18 p87(1) Gelb attended Philips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts."Bruce Gelb: Executive Profile & Biography – BusinessWeek." Investing & Stock Research by Company and Industry – BusinessWeek. Web. 12 Dec. 2010. In 1941, at the academy, Gelb met George H.W. Bush. After service in the military, Gelb received a B.A. from Yale in 1950 and an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1953.