Elliot Gerson
Elliot Gerson (born 1952) is the American Secretary to the Rhodes Trust, responsible for the Rhodes Scholarships in the United States,[1] and executive vice president of the Aspen Institute.[2]
Gerson was an undergraduate at Harvard University, a Rhodes Scholar who studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, a law student at Yale Law School, a US Supreme Court clerk, practised law in government and privately, held executive positions in state and federal government and on a presidential campaign, and was president of start-ups in health care and education, and of two leading national insurance and health-care companies. He has served on many non-profit boards, especially in the arts.[3] The historian of the Rhodes Trust, Philip Ziegler, has described Gerson as "a distinguished lawyer who went on to a highly successful career in business".[4]
For his contribution to the University of Oxford, Gerson has been recognized as a "Distinguished Friend of Oxford".[5] He is an active promoter of philanthropy, including to education, and donor.[6]
Gerson has published various articles, including in The Atlantic,[7] The Washington Post,[8] The Huffington Post,[9] The Harvard Crimson[10] and elsewhere.
References[]
- ^ http://www.rhodesscholar.org/ http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/united-states
- ^ "Elliot Gerson".
- ^ "Elliot Gerson".
- ^ Philip Ziegler, Legacy: Cecil Rhodes, The Rhodes Trust and Rhodes Scholarships (Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2008) page 282.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-09-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://philanthropyforum.org/members/elliot-gerson/ http://www.rhodesscholarshiptrust.com/thank-you-message-for-elliot-gerson[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Elliot Gerson".
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112003374.html
- ^ "A Lasting Legacy for Ambassador Christopher Stevens". 21 March 2016.
- ^ "Harvard, Gender, Rhodes, and Final Clubs | Opinion | the Harvard Crimson".
- Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
- American Rhodes Scholars
- Harvard University alumni
- 1952 births
- Yale Law School alumni
- Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Living people