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Institute for Public Relations

The Institute for Public Relations is an independent nonprofit that bridges the academy and the profession, supporting PR research and mainstreaming this knowledge into practice through PR education.

the science beneath
the art of public relations

Alexander Hamilton Medal - Past Winners

2007
Larry Foster - Retired Corporate VP-Public Relations
Johnson & Johnson
2006
Marilyn Laurie - President
Laurie Consulting, Inc.
2005
James E. Grunig - Professor Emeritus
University of Maryland
2004
John W. Felton - President & CEO
Institute for Public Relations
2003
Edward M. Block - Former Senior Vice President
AT&T
2002
Daniel J. Edelman - Chairman
Edelman
2001
Patrick Jackson - Sr. Counsel
Jackson Jackson & Wagner (Awarded posthumously)
2000
Betsy Ann Plank - Principal
Betsy Plank Public Relations
1999
Harold Burson - Founder and Chairman
Burson-Marsteller Worldwide
1998
Chester Burger - President
Chester Burger & Company