Bela Gold

Bela Gold, also Bill Gold, (1915–2012), was a Hungarian-born American writer, researcher, and college professor.

Biography

Bela Gold was born on 30 January 1915, in Kolozsvár (then in Austria-Hungary, now Cluj-Napoca, in Romania). His parents were Esther (born 1891) and Leo Gold (born 1890), a dry goods salesman. His brother was William Gold (born 1921). In 1920, the family emigrated to the United States.

In the early 1940s, Gold began work at the Senate Subcommittee on War Mobilization, while his wife Sonya worked in government as well, for a time for Harry Dexter White.

After the war, Bill Gold went to the University of Pittsburgh and became a professor. He later became a research director at Case Western Reserve University, and eventually a professor at Claremont Graduate School (now Claremont Graduate University). He also worked on the National Research Council and wrote several books.