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Two Local Members Inducted to Esteemed College of Fellows

The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)’s Board of Directors has approved the recommendation of 15 PRSA members for acceptance to the organization’s prestigious College of Fellows, which includes two members of the San Antonio chapter.
 
The College of Fellows, founded in 1989, is a community of more than 300 senior PRSA members who have advanced the public relations profession and distinguished themselves through their experience and leadership in the public relations industry.

Included in the group are two PRSA SA members:

• Douglas F. Cannon, Ph.D., APR+M, Fellow PRSA, assistant professor, Virginia Tech (top left)
• Robert E. Sheldon, APR, Fellow PRSA, public relations director, Creative Communications Consultants, Inc. (top right)
  
  

Admission is open to public relations practitioners or educators with 20 years’ experience or more, hold the Accredited in Public Relations (APR) credential and have demonstrated exceptional capability and accomplishment in the practice or teaching of public relations. College of Fellows members also must exhibit personal and professional qualities that make them role models for other practitioners or educators.

A selection committee consisting current College of Fellows members oversees the nomination of new Fellows. The committee solicited and reviewed applications and recommended this year’s group of candidates to the 2014 Board of Directors.
 
The new Fellows will be formally inducted into the College at a dinner to be held Oct. 11, during the PRSA 2014 International Conference in Washington, D.C.
  
“The fifteen impressive inductees of the prestigious PRSA College of Fellows each have more than two decades of exemplary public relations work and are a model of what can be achieved in our profession,” said PRSA 2014 National Chair Joe Cohen, APR.  “I congratulate them on this incredible honor and I urge students and new professionals to follow the example of this outstanding group.”

The purpose of the College of Fellows is to recognize notable public relations leaders and to further the professionalism and reputation of public relations practice and education. College members provide mentoring for public relations professionals and students, support PRSA in the execution of its strategic plan specifically in the areas of advocacy and education, and create and sponsor a continuing education “Master Class” for advanced professionals each year during the PRSA International Conference.

To see the full list of honorees, click here.