Dan Edelman’s passing had a profound effect on so many – his family, friends, colleagues, and our industry. While I have only been at the firm for two and a half years, it deeply touched me too.
It has been a month since my father died. I wanted to give you a bit of the back story on the months leading up to his passing and express my appreciation for the outpouring of support for my family in the wake of his death.
Edelman and the Rise of Public Relations has been a year in the making, with Franz Wisner conducting hundreds of interviews and sorting through my father’s school years and war-time memorabilia. The result is the first real history of public relations as a business and a lovely tale of a family committed to the success of the enterprise.