Richard Lee Gelb (b. June 8 1924, d. April 4 2004) was an American businessman from
New York City
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. He was a consultant and director of various corporations and
not-for-profit entities, and from 1960 to his retirement in 1995 was a senior executive at
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
Biography
Gelb was born in New York City, graduated from
Phillips Andover
("Not for Self") la, Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning") Youth From Every Quarter Knowledge and Goodness
, address = 180 Main Street
, city = Andover
, state = Ma ...
,
Yale University
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, and
Harvard Business School, and lived most of his life in New York’s
Upper East Side
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.
He was former director of the
New York Life Insurance Company
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,
The New York Times Company
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History
The company was founded by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones in New York City. ...
, Bessemer Securities Corporation and
Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He was Chairman Emeritus since 1995, Chairman from 1976 to 1995, President from 1967 to 1976, Chief Executive Officer from 1972 to 1993 and a Director since 1960, of the healthcare company Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Gelb died of cancer in 2004.
Philanthropic work
Gelb was director emeritus of
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, former director of the
Council on Foreign Relations, former vice chairman of the Board of Overseers and Board of Managers of
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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, a member of the board of directors of the
Citizens Crime Commission of New York City
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The Crime Commission’s recent education and advocacy efforts h ...
and trustee emeritus of the
New York Racing Association
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) is the not-for-profit corporation that operates the three largest Thoroughbred horse racing tracks in the state of New York, United States: Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, Queens; Belmont Park i ...
. He helped to found the
New York City Police Foundation
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with Mayor
John V. Lindsay. With his brother, Bruce, Gelb also ran the Lawrence M. Gelb Foundation, a family philanthropic foundation named for his father that supported education, cultural programs and hospitals.
Publications
*''Your Future in Beauty Culture'',
References
External links
Richard L. Gelb Obituary
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1924 births
2004 deaths
American consultants
People from the Upper East Side
New York Racing Association executives
American chief executives
Phillips Academy alumni
Yale University alumni
Harvard Business School alumni
Gelb family
Bristol Myers Squibb
Federal Reserve Bank of New York