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William Bell Joins Board of Regents of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

28 June, 1999

Arlington, VA - William L. Bell, Jr. will join the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies as a Member of the Board of Regents. In this capacity, he will advise the Chairman and Board of Directors on the strategic direction of the Institute.

Bell, of Arlington, Virginia, is Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of the CNA Corporation, a non-profit research and analysis corporation in Alexandria, Virginia. He has served in this role since 1983. From 1982-1983, Bell was the Vice President of the Hudson Institute. From 1981-82, he was Minority Counsel for the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to his service in Congress, he was a volunteer for the Cambodia Refugee Committee in Bangkok, Thailand. From 1975-78, Bell was the managing director of Faber-Merlin, Ltd. in Hong Kong. Prior to Faber-Merlin, he was managing director for International Nickel for Australia and Indonesia from 1967-75. His first appointment at International Nickel was in New York as Vice President for Public Affairs in 1966. From 1962-65, Bell was managing director of Washington/Pacific International.

Upon graduation from law school, Bell worked in the Office of the Attorney General in Seattle, Washington. Bell received his B.A. in Political Science from Whitman College in 1949, and received his L.L.B. and J.D. from Gonzaga University in 1954.

The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit policy research institute that provides nonpartisan analysis of technology and technology policy to leaders in government, industry and academia. As the logo suggests, the Institute's work reflects the summation of technology's effects on business and government. With a reputation for fierce objectivity, the Institute has conducted studies on a wide range of technology and technology policy topics, including defense acquisition reform, dual use technology, space commercialization, cyber-terrorism and biological terrorism.