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PR Program Celebrates 60th Anniversary
Harold Burson, Carol Cone and a number of other distinguished practitioners and academics helped Boston University celebrate the 60th Anniversary its Master of Science Degree in Public Relations, Wednesday, April 23, 2008, on BU’s Charles River Campus. The world’s oldest public relations degree was first offered during the 1947-48 academic year at BU.
The highlight of the day-long event involved a panel discussing “Progress and Public Relations: A Look at Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going.” Burson and Cone were joined on the panel by Dr. Otto Lerbinger, Professor Emeritus at BU and Paul Rand, President and CEO of Zócalo Group, part of Omnicom Group and Ketchum. Dr. Don Wright, Professor of Public Relations at BU moderated the discussion that attracted nearly 200 practitioners, academics and BU alumni to BU’s Photonics Center. Read more on the College of Communication website
