Herb Kraus, the Chicago publicist who represented Inland Steel, Rev. Martin Luther King, Vienna Sausages and taught PR at Columbia College for three decades, died May 20. He was 95.
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Herb KrausThe former Army combat correspondent and Purple Heart Award recipient launched Herbert M. Kraus & Co. in the 1950s with American Jewish Committee, State of Israel Bonds and Chicago Committee for the Truman Presidential Library and Museum among charter clients, according to press reports.
Known for his quick wit and sharp writing skills, Kraus hired many of the Windy City’s leading PR people, recruiting many of them right from college.
In 1973, he merged his firm into Manning, Selvage and Lee and managed its Midwest office.
Kraus took the helm of Kraus Dunham Nickolich PR ten years later and then re-established it under his own name before retiring in 2007.
In 2006, the Publicity Club of Chicago honored Kraus with its Golden Trumpet Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Hugh Braithwaite, founder of Braithwaite Communications in Philadelphia, died Feb. 28. He was 63.
Alfred Horowitz, who was a PR counselor, educator, businessman and philanthropist, died February 14 of natural causes. He was 93.
Ginger Reeder, the former VP-corporate communications at Neiman Marcus, died Jan. 9. She was 64.
José Antonio Llorente, founding partner and executive chairman of Spain’s LLYC, died from cancer on Jan. 1. He was
Bob Dorf, who founded his own firm and then ran Dorf & Stanton with Alex Stanton, died Dec. 2. He was 74.
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