Bruce Gelb | |
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United States Ambassador to Belgium | |
In office November 10, 1991 –July 11, 1993 | |
President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Maynard W. Glitman |
Succeeded by | Alan Blinken |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City,New York,U.S. | February 24,1927
Political party | Republican |
Bruce Stuart Gelb (born February 24,1927) is an American businessman and diplomat. He is the retired president of Clairol and former vice chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb. [1]
Gelb was born in New York City on February 24,1927. [1] [2] His father,Lawrence M. Gelb,founded Clairol in 1931. [3] Gelb graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in 1945. Gelb was in the military and went on to receive a B.A. from Yale in 1950 and an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1953. [4]
He has been 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. [1]