November 12, 1978 –
The Fairmont Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
George Hammond has been in the public relations field virtually since its emergence as a profession more than four decades ago.
A native New Yorker, Hammond won a Pulitzer Prize Scholarship to Columbia University and graduated in 1928.
He was a columnist and reporter on the New York Sun when he joined Carl Byoir in 1932, two years after the public relations pioneer established his firm. Mr. Hammond has been with Carl Byoir ever since.
He was elected to vice president of Carl Byoir & Associates in 1941, executive vice president in 1946, president in 1956 and then chairman in 1965. His firm today has a staff of more than 400 persons and offices in 20 cities here and abroad.
Long active in the Public Relations Society of America, Mr. Hammond was president of PRSA in 1969.
At its 1973 Annual Conference, PRSA awarded to Mr. Hammond its top honor, the Gold Anvil.
He is a member of the International Public Relations Association and is on the board of directors of The George Junior Republic.
