November 9, 2006 –
The Yale Club
New York, NY
This year’s Distinguished Lecture is Jim Grunig, professor emeritus of communication at the University of Maryland, where he served on the faculty beginning in 1969 after earning his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin. Widely recognized as one of the world’s leading public relations scholars and theorists, he has edited, authored or co-authored five books and more than 200 book chapters, journal articles, reports and papers.
In the 1980s, Dr. Grunig directed the IABC Research Foundation’s Excellence project, universally regarded as the most significant original research ever conducted in the public relations field.
Jim was a founding and long-time member of the Institute’s prestigious Commission on Public Relations Measurement and Evaluation. Some of his most cogent recent papers, reminding us that public relations at its heart is about public relationships, have been written for this Commission.
Marilyn Laurie, recipient of this year’s Alexander Hamilton Medal for lifetime achievement in public relations, is president of Laurie Consulting and retired executive vice president-brand strategy and marketing communications for AT&T. She was a co-founder of Earth Day, which launched the environmental movement in America. She was inducted into the Arthur W. Page Society Hall of Fame in 2002, previously served as president of that organization and chairman of the Public Relations Seminar.
