Oliver M. Gale was a pioneer in the field of advertising and public relations. He was born in Ventura, California

Ventura, California

Ventura is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866. The population was 106,433 at the 2010 census, up from 100,916 at the 2000 census. Ventura is accessible via U.S...

, graduated from The Choate School

Choate Rosemary Hall

Choate Rosemary Hall is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut...

 (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in 1927, and earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 in 1931.

In 1949 Gale started a separate public relations department at his employer Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide range of consumer goods....

, a rarity in corporate America at the time. When Neil McElroy (Procter & Gamble's president) became secretary of defense under United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

, Gale served as his special assistant from 1957 to 1960. Gale then returned to Cincinnati to start his own public relations company. On his death in 2006, Procter & Gamble established the Oliver Gale Society.

External links

• http://eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids/G.html 1971 Oliver M. Gale Memorandum Regarding the Secretary of Defense, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library