 Dennis McGrath |
Dennis McGrath, a former president/CEO of Mona, Meyer, McGrath & Gavin, died May 13. He was 81.
Weber Shandwick acquired MMM&G, which became its Minneapolis office. McGrath headed Weber Shandwick's New York and Tokyo offices.
Following his departure from the Interpublic unit, McGrath joined the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as communications director in 2002. During a ten-year stint, he dealt with sex abuse cases and a major consolidation of local parishes.
McGrath also formed McGrath-Buckley Communications Counseling with his wife, Betsy.
He joined Himle Rapp as senior counsel in 2013 and stepped down last year.
Kassie Canter, a media and entertainment PR veteran, died October 24 in New York. She was 67.
Leo Pearlstein, the “king of culinary PR,” died on Sept. 10 in Los Angeles at the age of 104.
Tim Metz, who joined Hill & Knowlton in 1989 after a 23-year career at the Wall Street Journal died Aug. 15. He was 86.
Bill Murray, who had been with MikeWorldWide for 35 years (most recently as EVP/national director, public affairs), has passed away at 67 after a battle with cancer.
Peter Costiglio, a top corporate communications executive for more than 40 years, died March 17 after a long-battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. He was 76.
