Richard Eells

Background

Eells, Richard was born on August 5, 1917 in Cashmere, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Fred K. and Sophia (Fox) Eells.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Whitman College, 1940; Doctor of Laws, Whitman College, 1982; Master of Arts, Princeton, 1942.

Career

Fellow, Library of Congress, 1945-1946; chief division aerospace, Library of Congress, 1946-1950; Guggenheim chair aerospace, Library of Congress, 1949-1950; field director, Near East College Associates, 1950-1952; educational consultant, General Electric Company. New York City, 1952-1953; manager public relations research, General Electric Company, 1953-1956; manager public policy research, General Electric Company, 1956-1960; founder, president, Richard Eells and Associations Inc., 1961-1992; senior researcher, Graduate School Business, Columbia University, New York City, 1959-1960; Adjunct Professor, Graduate School Business, Columbia University, 1960-1985; Adjunct Professor business emeritus, Graduate School Business, Columbia University, 1985-1992; director, editor, Studies of the Modern Corporation, 1964-1985; member of national development board, Studies of the Modern Corporation, 1974-1992; counselor to dean, Studies of the Modern Corporation, 1975-1992; special adviser to president, Studies of the Modern Corporation, 1977-1992; chairman, Studies of the Modern corporation, 1985-1992; court-appointed observer, United States Court, Berlin, 1979; John M. Olin Distinguished Lecturer, Berry College, 1980. Consultant, adviser International Business Machines Corporation.

Consultant, adviser General Electric Company, Kaiser Companies, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Committee for Economics Development, Continental Group, Ashland Oil Corporation. Member advisory research board National Merit Scholarship Corporation, 1957-1959. President Foundation Study Human Organisation.

Trustee Arkville Erpf Fund, 1962-1982, also secretary and treasurer. Director Midgard Foundation, 1958-1987.

Achievements

• Richard Eells has been listed as a notable Emeritus business educator, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Business System: Readings in Ideas and Concepts. 3 volumes

    (The set is one of the products of the Columbia University...)

  • International Business Philanthropy (Studies of the modern corporation)

    (International Business Philanthropy is a path-breaking ex...)

  • The Corporation and the Arts: Studies of the Modern Corporation

    (FIRST EDITION - Publisher: The Macmillan Company, 1967. C...)

  • The Business System Readings in Ideas and Concepts Vol. 3, Three
  • The meaning of modern business: An introduction to the philosophy of large corporate enterprise
  • Man in the City of the Future a Symposiu
  • Conceptual Foundations Of Business, An Outline Of The Major Ideas
  • Man in the City of the Future A Symposium of Urban Philosophers
  • Conceptual Foundations of Business (The Irwin series in management and the behavioral sciences)

Membership

Trustee New England Conservatory Music, 1974-1978, Next Century Foundation, from 1970, Southeastern College, Athens, Greece, 1987-1990, Biopolitics International Organization, Athens, from 1987. Trustee, vice president, treasurer Weatherhead Foundation, 1958-1987. Board overseers Whitman College.

Board founders Academy Gerontological Education and Development. Special advisor The New York Botanical Garden, 1987-1988. Board directors Aging-in-American Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945.

Member National Institute Social Sciences, The Pilgrims, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Metropolitan (New York City). Church; Cosmos (Washington).

Connections

Father:

Fred K. Eells

Mother:

Sophia (Fox) Eells