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John Scanlon: PR's Master of Disaster
John Scanlon (1935-2001) defended CBS's 60 Minutes against Westmoreland's libel suit, building a reputation as PR's preeminent crisis manager.
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Marilyn Laurie: AT&T's First Woman Executive
Marilyn Laurie (1939-2010) became the first woman on AT&T's executive committee in 1987, after co-founding Earth Day communications in 1970.
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Oliver M. Gale: Founder of P&G's First PR Department
Oliver M. Gale (1910-2006) founded Procter & Gamble's first PR department in 1949, later serving as special assistant to Defense Secretary Neil McElroy.
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Daniel Yankelovich: Public Opinion Research Pioneer
Daniel Yankelovich (1924-2017), founder of Yankelovich, Skelly and White, co-founder of Public Agenda with Cyrus Vance, and author of Coming to Public Judgment. EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
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Chester Burger: PR's Counselor's Counselor
Chester Burger (1921-2011), CBS News pioneer, founder of Chester Burger and Company, and the practitioner known throughout the field as the counselor's counselor. EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
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Tom Harris: The Marketing Public Relations Pioneer
Tom Harris (1931-2014), co-founder of Golin/Harris, coiner of Marketing Public Relations (MPR), and author of the foundational MPR textbook. EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
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Patrick Jackson: Architect of the PRSA Code of Ethics
Patrick Jackson (1934-2001), co-founder of Jackson Jackson and Wagner, PRSA national president 1980, principal architect of the modern PRSA Code of Ethics. EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
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Denny Griswold: Founder of PR News Trade Press
Denny Griswold (1908-2001), founder and editor of PR News in 1944, the first weekly trade publication covering public relations. EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
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Philip Lesly: Author of the Handbook of PR
Philip Lesly (1918-1997), author of Lesly's Handbook of Public Relations, the field's second foundational textbook, founder of Philip Lesly Company, and the practitioner who built the reference shelf of modern American PR practice.
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William Ruder: Co-Founder of Ruder Finn, JFK Aide
William Ruder (1921-2011) co-founded Ruder Finn in 1948 and served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce under President John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963.