By Kevin McCauley
The Institute for Public Relations will award James Murphy its Alexander Hamilton Medal, which is the group’s top honor, at the annual distinguished lecture & awards dinner slated Nov. 8 at the Yale Club in New York.
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Murphy, who now heads his own firm, worked as chief marketing and communications officer at Accenture during its rebranding effort. He also held PR posts at Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Beatrice and Merrill Lynch and served as president of the Arthur W. Page Society.
The evening will feature a discussion of the election results by Mark Penn, pollster to Bill & Hillary Clinton, former Burson-Marsteller CEO and current Microsoft VP; and Karen Hughes, B-M vice chairman and senior advisor to president George W. Bush.
IPR also will bestow its Pathfinder Award to Bruce Berger, professor of advertising/PR at the University of Alabama and ex-VP for corporate affairs at Whirlpool, in recognition of his career contributions to PR research. |