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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 |
