Daniel Edelman (businessman)

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| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

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| death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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Daniel Joseph Edelman (July 3, 1920 – January 15, 2013) was an American public relations executive who founded the world's largest public relations firm, Edelman.Dennis Hevesi (January 15, 2013). [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/business/daniel-j-edelman-a-publicity-pioneer-dies-at-92.html Daniel J. Edelman, a Publicity Pioneer, Dies at 92.] The New York Times Edelman had a significant influence on the methodology of public relations.

Life and career

Edelman was born to a Jewish family{{cite web|url=https://www.edelman.com/p/6-a-m/leading-jewish-family-business/|title=Leading a Jewish Family Business|publisher=Edelman, Inc.|author=Richard Edelman|author-link=Richard Edelman|date=March 31, 2014|access-date=September 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628205032/https://www.edelman.com/p/6-a-m/leading-jewish-family-business/|archive-date=June 28, 2018|url-status=dead}} in Manhattan. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. He then attended Columbia University, graduating from Columbia College in 1940, then earning a master's degree in journalism in 1941 from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.{{Cite web |title=Daniel J. Edelman '40, '41J, Public Relations Pioneer {{!}} Columbia College Today |url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/spring13/obituaries0 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.college.columbia.edu}}

His first job was working as a sports reporter in Poughkeepsie, New York. After serving in a United States Army psychological warfare unit during World War II, he was a night news reporter at CBS before taking work promoting jazz artists.

In 1947 Edelman moved to Chicago as public relations director for hair care product line Toni Home Permanent Co. (now a division of Gillette).{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/11/07/public-relations-scion-richard-edelman-subject-of-an-upcoming-book-shares-his-take-on-the-business-in-the-digital-age/|date=November 7, 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|first=Robert|last=Channick|access-date=November 9, 2012|title=Public relations scion Richard Edelman, subject of an upcoming book, shares his take on the business in the digital age}} In 1952 he founded Edelman there. His son Richard Edelman became President & chief executive officer in 1985.{{cite news|title=Son Moves up as Edelman President|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/25019948.html?dids=25019948:25019948&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+17%2C+1985&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=SON+MOVES+UP+AS+EDELMAN+PRESIDENT&pqatl=google|date=June 17, 1985|accessdate=November 7, 2012|work=Chicago Tribune|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217215523/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/doc/290837836.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun%2017,%201985&author=&pub=Chicago%20Tribune%20(pre-1997%20Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=&desc=SON%20MOVES%20UP%20AS%20EDELMAN%20PRESIDENT|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Dougherty |first=Philip H. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/20/business/advertising-people.html |title=Advertising – People |work=The New York Times |date=December 20, 1983 |accessdate=February 16, 2012}}{{cite news|last=Dougherty |first=Philip H. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/14/business/advertising-a-promotion-at-edelman.html |title=A Promotion At Edelman |work=The New York Times |date=June 14, 1985 |accessdate=February 16, 2012}}

Edelman died of congestive heart failure in Chicago.{{Cite web |last1=Dobnik |first1=Verena |last2=Press |first2=Associated |date=2013-01-15 |title=NY public relations pioneer Edelman dies in Ill. |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-ny-public-relations-pioneer-edelman-dies-in-ill-2013jan15-story.html |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}

References

External links

[http://www.edelman.com/people/dan-edelman/ Dan Edelman (1920–2013)] via Edelman

Category:1920 births

Category:2013 deaths

Category:Businesspeople from New York City

Category:Columbia College (New York) alumni

Category:Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni

Category:United States Army personnel of World War II

Category:20th-century American businesspeople

Category:DeWitt Clinton High School alumni

Category:American Jews