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Bob Leaf: Burson-Marsteller's Global Chairman
Bob Leaf (1931-2021) built Burson-Marsteller's international office network as its chairman, helping make the firm the world's largest PR agency in the 1980s.
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Bob Marston: Founder of Robert Marston And Associates PR
Bob Marston (1938-2024) founded Robert Marston And Associates in 1970, pioneering the "pincer effect" PR strategy for clients including P&G, Chrysler, and AT&T.
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Inez Y. Kaiser: Founder of the First Black Woman-Owned PR Firm
Inez Y. Kaiser (1918-2016) founded her PR firm in 1957, becoming the first Black woman to own a national public relations agency, with 7-Up as her first client.
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Frank Wylie: PRSA President and PR Education Pioneer
Frank Wylie (1924-2013) served as PRSA's national president in 1978 after an automotive PR career at Dodge, later teaching PR as a professor at Cal State Long Beach.
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Ofield Dukes: Founder of Ofield Dukes & Associates
Ofield Dukes (1932-2011) founded his PR firm in 1969, becoming the first Black recipient of PRSA's Gold Anvil Award while advising Democratic presidents and civil rights leaders.
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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.