- Scott Cutlip
Scott Munson Cutlip (July 15, 1915 in
Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Virginia - August 18, 2000 inMadison, Dane Co., Wisconsin ) was a pioneer inpublic relations education. He was the son of Okey Scott Cutlip and Janet Munson. He married Erna K. Flader on May 21, 1947. [ [http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cutlip02&id=I17775] Cutlips in America 2007]Cutlip served as dean of the
University of Georgia 's "Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication " from 1976 to 1983. [http://www.uga.edu/news/newsbureau/releases/2000releases/cutlip_obit.html Obituary] by University of Georgia]Prior to that, he spent 29 years on the faculty of the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication, introducing the study of public relations to the school. During this time, the Navy's graduate-level program, which had previously been conducted at
Boston University , was shifted to UW. [ [http://www.uwalumni.com/?sectionpath=1/96/122/2058&pageid=4047&usermode=_printpreview UW Badger Insider Class Story] ] The Scott Cutlip Scholarship is awarded to students at UW-Madison with an interest in public relations. [ [http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/undergrad/scholarships.html#PR PR Scholarships] at UW]In 1952 he co-wrote
Effective Public Relations OCLC|1436816 with Allen H. Center.He was diagnosed with cancer several months before his death.
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