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Daniel Bell (b.1919), City College '39; Henry Ford II professor emeritus of the Social Sciences, Harvard University and scholar in residence of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Past professor of sociology, Columbia University. Co-founder The Public Interest Magazine former member of the editorial board of Fortune and former editor of The New Leader.

Member, President's Commission on Technology, 1964-66 and of the President's Commission on a National Agenda for the 1980s, 1979. An influential sociologist and social theorist; author of numerous books including The End of Ideology, The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism -- both of which appeared on the Times Literary Supplement's list of the 100 most important books of the second half of the twentieth century . Mr. Bell considers himself a liberal in politics, a socialist in economics and a conservative in culture.

QUOTE: "When I had my Bar Mitzvah, I said to the Rabbi, "I've found the truth. I don't believe in God& I'm joining the Young People's Socialist League." So he looked at me and said "Kid, you don't believe in God. Tell me, do you think God cares"?