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Shepard Stone (March 31, 1908 – May 4, 1990) was an American journalist and foundation administrator.
Stone joined the ''New York Times'' in 1933, but in 1942 joined the U.S. army and was active in wartime intelligence work. He served in Military Government in 1945, establishing a press in the American Occupation Zone in Germany.
He rejoined the ''Times'' in 1946, but in 1949 returned to Germany, having been recruited as Assistant Director of Public Affairs for Occupied Germany by the newly appointed High Commissioner
The Papers of Shepard Stone
at Dartmouth College Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Shepard 1908 births 1990 deaths American male journalists 20th-century American journalists Members of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers Congress for Cultural Freedom
Shepard Stone (March 31, 1908 – May 4, 1990) was an American journalist and foundation administrator.
Stone joined the ''New York Times'' in 1933, but in 1942 joined the U.S. army and was active in wartime intelligence work. He served in Military Government in 1945, establishing a press in the American Occupation Zone in Germany.
He rejoined the ''Times'' in 1946, but in 1949 returned to Germany, having been recruited as Assistant Director of Public Affairs for Occupied Germany by the newly appointed High Commissioner John J. McCloy
John Jay McCloy (March 31, 1895 – March 11, 1989) was an American lawyer, diplomat, banker, and a presidential advisor. He served as Assistant Secretary of War during World War II under Henry Stimson, helping deal with issues such as German sa ...
. He was subsequently promoted to Director.
On McCloy's departure, Stone returned to the States as Director of International Affairs at the Ford Foundation, serving from 1952 to 1967, during which time he worked closely with the CIA in funding cultural projects around the world. He also initiated repeatedly support for the Free University
A free university is an organization offering uncredited, public classes without restrictions to who can teach or learn. They differ in structure. In 1980 in the United States, about half were associated with a traditional university, about a ...
in Berlin.
From 1967 to 1974, he was President of the International Association For Cultural Freedom
The Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) was an anti-communist advocacy group founded in 1950. At its height, the CCF was active in thirty-five countries. In 1966 it was revealed that the CIA was instrumental in the establishment and funding of the ...
.
In 1974, Stone went again to Berlin in a role as first director of Aspen in Berlin, a partner institute to American non-profit organization, the Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1949 as the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. The institute's stated aim is the realization of "a free, just, and equitable society" through seminars, policy programs ...
. He remained there until retirement in 1988.
He was a participant in many of the Bilderberg and Pugwash conferences. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.
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The Papers of Shepard Stone
at Dartmouth College Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Shepard 1908 births 1990 deaths American male journalists 20th-century American journalists Members of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers Congress for Cultural Freedom