Oral Histories - Public Relations
James Arnold
CEO of the Arnold Consulting Group
Anne Barkelew
Senior counselor at Fleishman-Hillard Inc.
Ed Block
Former senior VP of public relations at the AT&T Corporation
Roger Bolton
President of Arthur W. Page Society
John R. Budd, Jr.
Founder and chairman of the Omega Group
Angela Buonocore
Former senior VP and chief communications officer at Xylem
Chester Burger
Former national manager of CBS Television News
Harold Burson
Founder of Burson-Marsteller
Ron Culp
PRAD program director at DePaul University and independent public relations consultant
Peter Debreceny
Consultant with Gagen MacDonald LLC
Cordelia Donovan
CEO of Cordelia Donovan Inc.
Richard Edelman
President and CEO of Edelman Inc.
Dan Edelman
Founder and chairman of Edelman Inc.
Bob Ehinger
Former VP of public relations at Western Electric
John (Jack) Felton
Former VP of communications at McCormick Spice Company
Larry Foster
Former corporate VP of public relations at Johnson & Johnson
Al Golin
Founder of the public relations firm GolinHarris
James Grunig
Professor of communications at the University of Maryland
Bruce Harrison
Public relations author and consultant
Joyce Hergenhan
Former VP of public relations at General Electric
Barbara Hunter
Founder of Hunter Public Relations
Jon Iwata
Senior VP of marketing and communications at IBM
Ray Jordan
Senior VP of corporate affairs at Amgen
Ray Kotcher & John Paluszek
Ketchum chairman Ray Kotcher and senior counsel John Paluszek
Jack Koten
Founding director and first president of the Arthur W. Page Society
Marilyn Laurie
Former executive VP of brand strategy at AT&T
Maril MacDonald
CEO and founder of Gagen MacDonald LLC
Bill Margaritis
Executive VP of corporpate affairs at Hilton Worldwide
Alan Marks
Senior VP of corporate communications at eBay Inc.
Kelly McGinnis
Senior VP and chief communications officer of Levi Strauss & Co
Jim Murphy
Chairman and CEO of Murphy & Co.
Bill Nielsen
Former corporate VP at Johnson & Johnson
Tim O’Brien
Founder of O’Brien Communications
Helen Ostrowski
Former CEO of Porter Novelli
Charlotte Otto
Senior corporate strategist at Weber Shandwick
Betsy Plank
Former public relations director at AT&T and founder of the Plank Center
John M. Reed
Former VP of public relations at Control Data Corporation
Ron Rhody
Former executive VP of corporate communications at BankAmerica
Kurt Stocker
Associate professor of public relations at Northwestern University
Emmanuel Tchividjian
Executive director of ethics consulting at Ruder-Finn
Tim Traverse-Healy
A founding father of public relations in the U.K.
Gary Weitman
Senior VP of corporate relations at the Tribune Company
Don Wright
Professor and chair of public relations at Boston University
- Arthur Page/Principles/Society/Center
- Characteristics/Qualities of PR Professionals
- Challenges/Accomplishments
- Code of Ethics/Mission Statement/Credo
- Corporate Character
- Counselor/Counseling Advisor
- Crisis Management
- Ethical Decisionmaking/Behavior
- Ethical Leadership/Corporate CEO Responsibility
- International/Global PR
- Marketing/Advertising/Branding
- Mentors
- PR Accreditation
- PR Agency or Corporate PR/Outsourcing
- PR Education/Training
- PR and Technology/Change
- Public Opinion
- Selecting a PR Career
- Strategy/Strategic Thinking
- Terminology
- Transition to Corporate World
- Trust/Credibility
- Women and Diversity in PR