Auburn University's Blog Posts Tagged 'Alumni' (5)

Daniel Edelman, who built the largest public relations firm in the world, died on January 16, 2013 of heart failure at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He was 92.

Edelman is credited with developing many of the methods now standard in the field of public relations.  He transformed the firm he started more than 60 years ago with two people into a global marketing force with more than 4,500 employees in 66 offices worldwide. ~ Wall Street Journal / Associated…

...word came last week that Huntsville's Charlie VanValkenburgh ('80 Industrial Design) was on the cusp of setting a record in the 1000cc P-P motorcycle class, (at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah)...

VanValkenburgh, 55, is the president of Pit Bull Products, Inc., a motorcycle accessories…

Octavia Spencer (Auburn '94) will be honored "with an event at 10:30 a.m. on the steps of the State House, 11 South Union St., where the band from her alma mater Jefferson Davis High School will perform."

"Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey will convene a joint session of the Legislature at 11 a.m., when Bentley, House Speaker Mike Hubbard, Senate President Pro…

From the Auburn Alumni Association:

William H. "Doc" Holley celebrated his 105th birthday on February 1, 2012 in Abbeville, AL.   A slideshow of his birthday celebration is located in…

From Auburn's Tiger Tales ... by Vicky Santos

Carrie Williams is already making a name for herself. A 2010 Radio, Television and Film graduat e with a minor in Public Administration, Williams moved to New York City two weeks after graduation…