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“How I Went From the Corporate War Room to a Seat Behind the Analyst’s Couch: Is There a Lesson Here for Public Relations?”

Richard E. Cheney

Former Chairman, Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

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October 9, 1996
Union League Club
New York, NY

After years of meetings about proxy fights and business takeovers at one of the nation's largest public relations firms, Hill & Knowlton, Richard E. Cheney opted for a new career. Cheney resigned from his position as chairman of the firm in 1993 and the next year opened a private psychoanalysis practice in the state of New York.