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