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==Background==
 
==Background==
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He was born in New York City to [[Stanley Matthews Cleveland]] and [[Marian Van Buren]]. His siblings were [[Harlan Cleveland]], a [[diplomat]] and fellow Bilderberger; [[Anne Cleveland White]], an artist; and [[Stanley Cleveland]], a [[diplomat]].
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Harold Van B. Cleveland graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1938 and from its law school in 1942, when he joined the War Production Board as an industrial specialist.  
 
Harold Van B. Cleveland graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1938 and from its law school in 1942, when he joined the War Production Board as an industrial specialist.  
  
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Cleveland worked for the [[US State Department]]. After the war he and [[Ben T. Moore]], as members of the State Department's economic bureau, wrote a report outlining a program for the economic revival of [[Europe]].
 
Cleveland worked for the [[US State Department]]. After the war he and [[Ben T. Moore]], as members of the State Department's economic bureau, wrote a report outlining a program for the economic revival of [[Europe]].
  
Their study and a parallel one from the department's policy planning staff were submitted to Gen. George C. Marshall, the Secretary of State, who used them to shape what became known as the Marshall Plan. Formally called the European Recovery Program, it was proposed by General Marshall in 1947.
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Their study and a parallel one from the department's policy planning staff were submitted to Gen. [[George C. Marshall]], the Secretary of State, who used them to shape what became known as the [[Marshall Plan]]. Formally called the European Recovery Program, it was proposed by General Marshall in [[1947]].
  
Cleveland helped carry it out as a deputy director in the European division of the Economic Cooperation Administration. He returned to Washington as an economist for the Committee for [[Economic Development]] in the early 1950's.
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Cleveland helped carry it out as a deputy director in the European division of the Economic Cooperation Administration. He returned to [[Washington]] as an economist for the Committee for [[Economic Development]] in the early 1950's.
  
 
He was later counsel for the [[John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company]] in [[Boston]] and director of Atlantic Policy Studies for the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] in Manhattan.  
 
He was later counsel for the [[John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company]] in [[Boston]] and director of Atlantic Policy Studies for the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] in Manhattan.  
  
He joined Citibank in 1965, where he worked for 20 years, becoming a vice president and chief international economist.
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He joined [[Citibank]] in [[1965]], where he worked for 20 years, becoming a vice president and chief international economist.
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==

Latest revision as of 04:12, 9 January 2021

Person.png Harold Cleveland Amazon GeniRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(economist, banker)
Born1916
Cincinnati
Died1993 (Age 76)
NationalityUS
Alma materHarvard University Law School
Parents • Stanley Matthews Cleveland
• Marian Van Buren
Siblings • Harlan Cleveland
• Stanley Cleveland
• Anne Cleveland White
InterestsCitibank
Citibank vice president, double Bilderberger

Harold van Buren Cleveland was a US economist and author.

Background

He was born in New York City to Stanley Matthews Cleveland and Marian Van Buren. His siblings were Harlan Cleveland, a diplomat and fellow Bilderberger; Anne Cleveland White, an artist; and Stanley Cleveland, a diplomat.

Harold Van B. Cleveland graduated from Harvard University in 1938 and from its law school in 1942, when he joined the War Production Board as an industrial specialist.

Career

Cleveland worked for the US State Department. After the war he and Ben T. Moore, as members of the State Department's economic bureau, wrote a report outlining a program for the economic revival of Europe.

Their study and a parallel one from the department's policy planning staff were submitted to Gen. George C. Marshall, the Secretary of State, who used them to shape what became known as the Marshall Plan. Formally called the European Recovery Program, it was proposed by General Marshall in 1947.

Cleveland helped carry it out as a deputy director in the European division of the Economic Cooperation Administration. He returned to Washington as an economist for the Committee for Economic Development in the early 1950's.

He was later counsel for the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company in Boston and director of Atlantic Policy Studies for the Council on Foreign Relations in Manhattan.

He joined Citibank in 1965, where he worked for 20 years, becoming a vice president and chief international economist.

Publications

Cleveland was the author and co-author of many books and articles, including "The Atlantic Idea and Its European Rivals (1966, McGraw-Hill for the Council on Foreign Relations), and a history of Citibank.


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/196329 March 196331 March 1963France
Cannes
Hotel Martinez
The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France.
Bilderberg/196731 March 19672 April 1967St John's College (Cambridge)
UK
England
Possibly the only Bilderberg meeting held in a university college rather than a hotel (St. John's College, Cambridge)
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References