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.
Betsy Plank (1924-2010), first woman to head a major PR agency division (Daniel J. Edelman), first female president of PRSA, and namesake of the Plank Center at the University of Alabama.
Al Golin (1929-2017), founder of Golin, architect of the sixty-year McDonald's account, originator of the Trust Bank framework, and the practitioner who built the longest-running brand-PR relationship in the field's history.
Frank Mankiewicz (1924-2014), press secretary to Robert F. Kennedy through the 1968 campaign, president of National Public Radio, vice-chairman of Hill and Knowlton, and one of the few American practitioners to operate at senior levels in politics, broadcasting, and PR.
Carl Byoir (1888-1957), founder of Carl Byoir & Associates, the second-largest American PR firm of the mid-twentieth century. Counsel to Freeport Sulphur, the Cuban government, and A&P. The EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
Rex F. Harlow (1892-1993), founder of the American Council on Public Relations, organizer of the first national professional body, and the practitioner who turned PR into a self-governing profession. The EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
Scott M. Cutlip (1915-2000), co-author of Effective Public Relations, dean of the Henry W. Grady College, and the scholar who built the academic foundation of the field. The EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
Arthur W. Page (1883-1960), AT&T's first VP of public relations, author of the Page Principles, and the practitioner who put the corporate communications function inside the C-suite. The EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
Edward Bernays (1891-1995), author of Propaganda and Crystallizing Public Opinion, nephew of Sigmund Freud, and the practitioner who turned persuasion into a profession. The EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
