Scott Cutlip

Scott Munson Cutlip (July 15, 1915 in Buckhannon, West Virginia - August 18, 2000 in Madison, Wisconsin) was a pioneer in public relations education.

Scott M. Cutlip was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia and was the son of Okey Scott Cutlip and Janet Munson. He was raised in the care of his uncle George Carper Reger. Cutlip started in newspapers with the Buckhannon Record in 1933. Moving to Morgantown, West Virginia in 1935, he worked for the West Virginia Newspaper Publishing Company for three years. In 1939 he obtained his bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science from Syracuse University. His career in public relations began in 1941 with the West Virginia State Road Commission. In Madison, Wisconsin he continued to study journalism and political science, earning a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin. In 1942 he entered the U.S. Army Air Force and served with the Fifth Air Force from Australia.

He joined the faculty of University of Wisconsin in 1946, teaching news editing and introducing the study of public relations. He married Erna K. Flader of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin on May 21, 1947. As Cutlip later explained,

In 1952 he co-wrote the first edition of Effective Public Relations with Allen H. Center. This important textbook was reissued in the eighth edition in 2000. In 1965 Cutlip contributed both a bibliography on public relations and a book on fundraising in the USA.

At the University of Georgia from 1976 to 1983, Cutlip served as dean of the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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