Bruce Stuart Gelb (February 24, 1927 – November 17, 2025) was an American businessman and diplomat. He served as the president of Clairol and vice chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Background
Gelb was born in New York City on February 24, 1927.
[Bruce Gelb: telling 'The American Story.' Broadcasting, Oct 29, 1990 v119 n18 p87(1)] 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.
Gelb died on November 17, 2025, at the age of 98 in Naples, Florida.
Appointments
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Director of the United States Information Agency (George H.W. Bush) from 1989 to 1991
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Ambassador to Belgium (George H. W. Bush) from 1991 to 1993
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Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps and International Business (Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani) from 1994 to 1997
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Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (George W. Bush) 2003-2006
He was 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.
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