The Lawrence G. Foster Award
for Excellence in Public Relations

2008 application form: PDF | Word

Deadline: Monday, June 2, 2008

PRSSA members are invited to apply for the Lawrence G. Foster Award for Excellence in Public Relations. The purpose of the award is to recognize an undergraduate student who has demonstrated an understanding and commitment to achieving excellence as a future public relations professional.

Applying for the Award

To apply for the Foster Award, students must write a 1,000 to 1,200 word essay describing what excellence in public relations is and how they plan to achieve excellence in their own careers. Applicants should address the ethical and work standards that they believe will be required of them as Public Relations Professionals, and describe how they personally will aspire to excellence in these areas. Students also should list those leadership qualities they believe are most important in public relations, and why.

Mail the completed application form, essay, and a letter of recommendation from the student’s faculty or professional advisor to PRSSA Headquarters by Monday, June 2, 2008.

Please send to:

PRSSA
Lawrence G. Foster Award
33 Maiden Lane, 11th Fl
New York, NY 10038
FAX: (212) 995-0757

Winners

2006/07
Brendan J. McEvoy, Pennsylvania State University

2005/06
Mark Taylor II, Florida A&M University

2004/05
Kevin Saghy, Ohio Northern University

2003/04
Misty Sue DeMichael, Otterbein College

2002/03
Lorena Nava, San Diego State University

About Lawrence G. Foster

When Larry Foster graduated from Penn State in 1948, he joined the Newark News, New Jersey’s largest daily newspaper, and for the next ten years was a reporter, bureau chief, and night editor. He went to Johnson & Johnson in 1957 to help form the health care company’s first public relations department.

Foster later became Corporate Vice President of Public Relations and a leader in the profession. He and his associates received national recognition for their management of the Tylenol tragedies. PRWEEK named Foster one of the ten most influential public relations professionals of the 20th Century.

After 33 years with Johnson & Johnson, Foster retired and wrote Robert Wood Johnson: The Gentleman Rebel. To honor one of its most distinguished graduates, The Penn State College of Communications and the Penn State Chapter of PRSSA have established the Lawrence G. Foster Award for Excellence in Public Relations.

If you have any questions about applying for this award, please contact the PRSSA Vice President of Member Services.

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