Ben T. Elliott
Ben Elliott | |
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White House Director of Speechwriting | |
In office October 19, 1983 – June 6, 1986 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Aram Bakshian |
Succeeded by | Anthony R. Dolan (Chief Speechwriter) |
Personal details | |
Born | Bently Thomas Elliott November 6, 1944 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Bucknell University (BA) Sciences Po (MA) |
Bently Thomas "Ben" Elliott is an American writer who served as President Ronald Reagan’s director of speechwriting from 1982 to 1986. In this capacity he directed better known speechwriters like Peggy Noonan and Peter Robinson, both of whom he hired.[1]
Life
Elliott was born on November 6, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a 1966 graduate of
In 1978, he worked for the
When Treasury Secretary
After leaving the White House, Elliott wrote speeches for Jack Kemp, William Simon, Steve Forbes, IBM, Pepsi, Goldman Sachs and the New York Stock Exchange. He serves as a speechwriter at Bank of America and is a trustee of Bucknell University.[2]
He has four children, one of whom, Tom Elliott, is the founder and CEO of the news-clipping platform, Grabien.
References
- ^ Douglas Brinkley, "The Boys of Point du Hoc", December 8, 2010
- ^ a b Sept. 4, 2004, "Bucknell World Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine", December 8, 2010
- ^ "The Haverford School Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine", December 8, 2010
- ^ "New Canaan resident recalls senior role in Reagan White House". New Canaan News. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ^ Eleanor Clift, "The LA Times", June 11, 1986, "Two Speech Writers Leave White House; Conservatives Depart After Friction Over Tone of Reagan Rhetoric", December 8, 2010
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
External links
- Ben Elliott (December 4, 2015). "Ronald Reagan's mind was razor sharp: A former presidential speechwriter corrects Bill O'Reilly". New York Daily News.