Robert Knudsen/ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) — 35. KENNEDY

Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) — 36. JOHNSON

OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
David Elliot Bell

BORN:
January 19, 1919;
Jamestown, North Dakota

DIED:
September 6, 2000;
Cambridge, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Pomona College (BA, 1939)
Harvard University (MA in Economics, 1941)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1942:
Staff Member, Bureau of the Budget
1942-1945:
Served in U.S. Marine Corps Reserve During WWII
1945-1947:
Budget Examiner, Bureau of the Budget
1947-1948:
Special Assistant to President Harry Truman
1948-1949:
Assistant to the Chief, Fiscal Division, Bureau of the Budget
1949-1951:
Special Assistant to President Harry Truman
1951-1953:
Administrative Assistant/ Speechwriter to President Truman
1952:
Joined Campaign Staff of Adlai Stevenson,
Speechwriter/ White House Liaison for Stevenson
1954-1957:
Adviser on General Economics, Planning Board, Government of Pakistan, and Project Field Supervisor, Harvard Advisory Group
1957-1961:
Lecturer on Economics, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
1961-1962:
Director, Bureau of the Budget
1962-1966:
Administrator, Agency for International Development
1966-1980:
Executive Vice President, Ford Foundation
1981-1988:
Taught Population Sciences and International Health, Harvard University

PORTRAIT:

David E. Bell (LBJ Library Photo by Yoichi Okamoto, 2/7/1966)

RESOURCES:

3/22/1963: President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID), David E. Bell (left), and Chairman of the Committee to Strengthen the Security of the Free World, General Lucius D. Clay. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (Robert Knudsen/ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)

Papers (Truman Library)
Papers (JFK Library)
Oral History (Truman Library, 1968)
Oral History (JFKL #1, 7/11/1964)
Oral History (JFKL, #2, 1/2/1965)
Wikipedia

MEDIA COVERAGE:

02/07-8/1968: President Lyndon B. Johnson (center) converses with David Bell (right) as McGeorge Bundy observes from the doorway in President’s suite, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii during Honolulu Conference on the Vietnam War (LBJ Library photo by Yoichi Okamoto)

OBITUARIES:
New York Times
Los Angeles Times