November 8, 1981 –
The Palmer House
Chicago, Illinois
Kerryn King is a past president of the Public Relations Society of America. He will speak on the progress and challenges to date in the profession’s efforts to include public relations as part of graduate business school curricula.
Mr. King joined Texaco in 1953 as director of public relations and in 1972 was named senior vice president-public affairs. In 1981, he was appointed to assist the company’s chairman and chief executive officer in executive development and external relations.
Prior to joining Texaco, he was for 10 years associated with the international public relations firm of Hill and Knowlton. Mr. King is a former director of the American Petroleum Institute. At present he is chairman of the Civilian Public Relations Advisory Committee to the United States Military Academy at West Point and a director of the Allergy Foundation of America. He is also an advisory director of the Metropolitan Opera Association, a board member of Public Relations News and a trustee and member of the executive committee of the Foundation for Public Relations Research and Education.
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