Marc S. Ellenbogen is an American businessman, diplomat and philanthropist, who is Chairman of the :de:Global Panel Foundation|Global Panel Foundation and President of the Prague Society. Ellenbogen has spent nearly three decades seeking justice against former Communist officials and members of the Communist-era secret police. He is known for his efforts to fight against corruption in Central and Eastern Europe. A respected Ambassador once described Ellenbogen as "something akin to an anti-Communist Bounty Hunter". He has sought to honor those who stood up against communism in Central and Eastern Europe, such as Jan Zaijc, Vaclav Havel, Věra Čáslavská, and Ján Čarnogurský. Besides his work in Central and Eastern Europe, Marc Ellenbogen also rescued the daughter of former Rwandan Foreign Minister François Ngarukiyintwali to Canada after the revolution.
Early life
His father, Paul Ellenbogen, was, amongst other things, serving as a Navy officer in war crimes trials in Japan. The Prague Society's Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award is named after the mother of Ellenbogen. The ancestors of Ellenbogen originated from the German noble family von Katzen-Ellenbogen. with Amb Martin Polous in the background As a teenager, Ellenbogen attended Heidelberg American High School, where he served as student body president. He attended Syracuse University. There, Ellenbogen served as student government comptroller and speaker, as student representative to the Board of Trustees and as president of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Later he was at Magdalen College, Oxford. Ellenbogen is a member of the .
Professional life
As a chairman of the and Prague Society, Ellenbogen hosts meetings with diplomats, politicians and academics. He's also the host of the annual Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award. He is a Life Member of the Association of the United States Army and a Member of the Navy League of the United States. File:14th DL visit to Prague.jpg|thumb|left|Marc Ellenbogen, Nobel Laureate & Statesman F.W. de Klerk and the Dalai Lama at the 9th Besides his roles at the and Prague Society, he is also a Member of the Board of Directors of the CERGE-EI Foundation, a Senior Associate at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Maxwell School, and an Associate Fellow and Professor at the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics. He is a Member of the Board of Advisors of the , founded to bring the Czech Republic into NATO, and serves as Adviser to, and Honorary Member of, the Oxford University European Affairs Society. He is a Patron of the right-of-center Henry Jackson Society and member of the . He was an internationally syndicated columnist for United Press International. About 300 hard-hitting columns appeared in publications such as The Washington Times, The Globe and Mail, The Financial Times and German newspaper Die Welt. The op-ed's were published under the title Atlantic Eye and dealt with political issues and Marc Ellenbogen's own experience with diplomacy across the Atlantic. Ellenbogen's column Atlantic Eye has been cited in numerous media, print media and other mediums. As a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal for Entrepreneurial Finance, Marc Ellenbogen collaborated on many publications and articles. The academic journal is an important source for research on small business finance and entrepreneurship.
