Daniel Yankelovich (1924-2017) — founder of Yankelovich Skelly & White, co-founder of Public Agenda, and author of Coming to Public Judgment. EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
Chester Burger (1921-2011) — CBS News pioneer, founder of Chester Burger & Company, and the practitioner known throughout the field as the counselor's counselor. EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
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.
Patrick Jackson (1934-2001) — co-founder of Jackson Jackson & Wagner, PRSA national president 1980, principal architect of the modern PRSA Code of Ethics. EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
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.
William Ruder co-founded Ruder Finn in 1948 with David Finn, served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce under President John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963, and helped build one of the largest independent public relations firms in the world.
David Finn (1921–2021) co-founded Ruder Finn with William Ruder in 1948 on a shared thousand dollars. He served as chairman for 73 years, wrote 30-plus books, and lived to 100. Family succession to CEO Kathy Bloomgarden. The EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
Doris Fleischman (1891–1980) co-founded Edward L. Bernays, Counsel on Public Relations in 1919 and was Bernays's full business partner for 43 years. First married American woman to hold a US passport in her maiden name (1925). The EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
John W. Hill (1890–1977) founded Hill & Knowlton in Cleveland in 1927 and built the first multinational PR firm. His two books formalized corporate PR as a management discipline. The EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
Jack O'Dwyer (1933–2018) founded Jack O'Dwyer's Newsletter in 1968 and turned a yellow-page trade sheet into "the bible of PR." His 1970 financial-disclosure rankings forced the industry into transparency. The EPR In Memoriam canonical record.
