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Elliot Gerson

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{{Orphan|date=February 2017}}Elliot Gerson (born 1952) is the American Secretary to the Rhodes Trust, responsible for the Rhodes Scholarships in the United States,^[1] and executive vice president of the Aspen Institute.^[2]

Gerson was an undergraduate at Harvard University, a Rhodes Scholar who studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, a law student at Yale Law School, a US Supreme Court clerk, practised law in government and privately, held executive positions in state and federal government and on a presidential campaign, and was president of start-ups in health care and education, and of two leading national insurance and health-care companies. He has served on many non-profit boards, especially in the arts.^[3] The historian of the Rhodes Trust, Philip Ziegler, has described Gerson as "a distinguished lawyer who went on to a highly successful career in business".^[4]

For his contribution to the University of Oxford, Gerson has been recognized as a "Distinguished Friend of Oxford".^[5] He is an active promoter of philanthropy, including to education, and donor.^[6]

Gerson has published various articles, including in The Atlantic,^[7] The Washington Post,^[8] The Huffington Post,^[9] The Harvard Crimson^[10] and elsewhere.

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1. ^http://www.rhodesscholar.org/ http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/united-states
2. ^http://www.aspeninstitute.org/people/elliot-gerson
3. ^http://www.aspeninstitute.org/people/elliot-gerson
4. ^Philip Ziegler, Legacy: Cecil Rhodes, The Rhodes Trust and Rhodes Scholarships (Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2008) page 282.
5. ^http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/news/DFO-elliot-gerson
6. ^http://philanthropyforum.org/members/elliot-gerson/ http://www.rhodesscholarshiptrust.com/thank-you-message-for-elliot-gerson
7. ^https://www.theatlantic.com/author/elliot-gerson/
8. ^https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112003374.html
9. ^http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elliot-gerson/a-lasting-legacy-for-amba_b_9509174.html
10. ^http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/5/11/gerson-final-clubs/

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