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BURGER,
CHESTER, retired management consultant; b. Brooklyn., Jan
10, 1921; s. Benjamin W. and Terese (Felleman) B.; m. Hannah
Kaufman, Jan. 30, 1948; children: Jeffrey Allen, Todd Oliver,
Amy Louise; m. Ninki Hart, Jan. 9, 1959 (dec. Jan. 1969);
m. Elisabeth Miller Owen, Sept. 2, 1971.
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1946
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BA,
Brooklyn College |
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1941-42
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With
CBS Radio
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1946-48
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1st
U.S. TV reporter, visualizer, CBS TV News
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1948-50
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asst.
news editor, CBS-TV
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1950-52
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news
editor. CBS-TV
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1952-53
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film
assignment editor, CBS-TV
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1953
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national
manager, CBS-TV News
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1954-55
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writer-producer,
Omnibus program, Ford Foundation
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1955
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consultant,
Life magazine
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1955-88
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public
relations dept., AT&T (and associated companies)
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1955-57
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Public
Relations Counsel, asst. to president, Ruder and Finn, Inc.
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1957-60
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v.p.,
plans, Ruder and Finn, Inc.
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1960-62
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president,
Communications Counselors (public relations division, Interpublic,
Inc.), New York, N.Y.
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1963-65
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president,
Echelons Office Temporaries, Inc. (and associated companies)
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1964-88
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president,
Chester Burger & Co., Inc. (management consulting)
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1988-90
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senior
cons., Chester Burger & Co., Inc.
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1991-
2000
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counsel,
James E. Arnold Consultants, Inc., New York, N.Y.
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1964-65
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cons.,
Coca-Cola Export Corp. |
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1967
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guest
lecturer, New School for Social Research |
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1969-72
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guest
lecturer, University of Michigan Graduate School of Business
Administration |
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1970-76
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guest
lecturer, NYU Division of Business and Management |
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1970
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guest
lecturer, Dalhousie University |
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1973-85
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consultant,
American Bankers Association |
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1974
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consultant,
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. |
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1986
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consultant,
AARP |
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1986-88
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cons.,
American Cancer Society |
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1994
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cons.,
The Carter Center, Atlanta |
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lecturer
public relations role in management |
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Author |
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1964
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“Survival
in the Executive Jungle” |
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1966
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“Executives
Under Fire” |
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1969
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“Executive
Etiquette” |
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1972
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“Walking
the Executive Plank” (also published as “Creative
Firing”) |
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1978
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“The
Chief Executive” |
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Editor
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1984,
1988
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Inside
Public Relations, also articles |
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1953,
54, 55
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Mike
and Screen Press Directory |
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1972-74
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Persuasion (monthly newsletter) |
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1975-79
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editorial advisory board Public Relations Journal |
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Contributing
Editor |
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1959-88
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Quarterly
Review of Public Relations (name now Public Relations
Quarterly) |
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1967-68
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Popular
Photography magazine |
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Board
of Directors |
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1965-68
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N.Y.
Interracial Council for Business Opportunity |
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1964-67
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N.Y.
Diabetes Association |
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1973-76
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National
Comm. Council for Human Services |
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1993-96
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Choice
in Dying, Inc.; treasurer 1996; national chairman, 1999 |
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1990-94
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Union
Theological Seminary, N.Y.C. |
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1967-76
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secretary,
executive committee, trustee, National Urban League |
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1962-63
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public
relations chairman, Young Pres. Org. |
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1969-85
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adv.
com., Black Executive Exchange Program |
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1981-86
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1st
v.p. National Urban League Development Foundation, Inc. |
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1981-86
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mem.
private sector adv. comm., U. S. Information Agency |
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1982-88
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national
advisory council, Connecticut College |
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1989-94
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advisory
council, Project Orbis |
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1984-
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president,
board of trustees, elder Central Presbyterian Church, City of
N.Y. |
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1992
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member,
White House Health Project Task Force |
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1993-
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advisory
board, Population Comm. International |
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1996-1988
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bd.
advisors, Medicare Rights Center |
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Awards
and Citations |
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1974
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Distinguished
Service citation, United Negro College Fund |
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1982
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Outstanding
Service, U. S. Information Agency |
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1991
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1st
Drew Middleton Public Affairs award, U. S. Marine Corps |
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1995
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Awarded medal for Outstanding Service to the U. S. by U. S.
Government |
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1988
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named
Counselors Counselor and Life Member, Counselors Academy |
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1992
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named
to Hall of Fame for Lifetime Contributions to Profession, Arthur
W. Page Society |
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1980
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John
W. Hill Award, Public Relations Society of America, N.Y. chapter |
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1987
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Gold
Anvil award for unusually significant contributions, Public
Relations Society of America
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1995
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Special
award, International Association of Business Communicators |
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Member |
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1955-
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Public
Relations Society of America |
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1959-60
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Telephone
Pioneers of America (honorary) |
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1959-61
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American
Public Relations Association (director, N.Y. chapter, 1959-60,
v.p. each chapter, 1960-61) |
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1972-94
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International
Association of Business Communicators |
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1972-94
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American
Arbitration Association, (national panel of arbitrators) |
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1993-
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National
Association of Securities Dealers (national panel of arbitrators) |
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1998-
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Association
of Former Intelligence Officers |
