Oliver M. Gale (1910–2006) was a pioneer in the field of advertising and public relations. He was born in Ventura, California, graduated from The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in 1927, and earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1931.[1]
In 1949 Gale started a separate public relations department at his employer Procter & Gamble, a rarity in corporate America at the time. When Neil McElroy (Procter & Gamble's president) became secretary of defense under United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gale served as his special assistant from 1957 to 1960. Gale then returned to Cincinnati to start his own public relations company. On his death in 2006, Procter & Gamble established the Oliver Gale Society.[2]
References
edit- ^ http://www.cincinnatichamber.com/cham_a.aspx?menu_id=144&id=993 Great Living Cincinnatians: Oliver M. Gale. Retrieved 01-09-09.
- ^ "In Memoriam," Choate Rosemary Hall Bulletin, summer 2007, p. 52; Federal Records Division, National Archives and Records Administration. United States Government Organization Manual, 1958–1959. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office. 1958 -1959. p. 127.
External links
edit- [1] 1971 Oliver M. Gale Memorandum Regarding the Secretary of Defense, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library