November 7, 1995 –
Union League Club
New York, NY
David Finn has had an outstanding career spanning more than forty years as a key executive in the field of public relations and is a widely published author on business and society. As founder and CEO of Ruder-Finn, Inc., one of the largest independent public relations firms in the world, he has been a leader in exploring the ethical and philosophical dimensions of public relations as well as creating innovative approaches that have enhanced its effectiveness and broadened its contributions.
Mr. Finn has been an advisor to the World Bank and has been involved in programs for the White House and the Federal Reserve Board. He writes a periodic column for the Roll Call, the newspaper of Congress. Articles by him have been published in Fortune, Harpers, the Saturday Review, the Harvard Business Review, and Reader’s Digest. He is also the author of “Public Relations and Management” and “The Corporate Oligarch.”
Mr. Finn is Chairman of the Board for Cedar Crest College, a member of the board of directors of the Institute for the Future; the American Academy of Poets; the Institute of Applied Economics; the American Forum for Global Education; the New York Center for Visual History; the New Hope Foundation; the Printmaking Workshop; and MUSE Film and Television. He is also an accomplished photographer of sculpture, a painter and a writer on art, with over 50 books to his credit.
