The Advertising Club of New York

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The Advertising Club of New York, also known as The Ad Club and originally called the Sphinx Club, focuses efforts on advertising industry self-regulation, professional training and good fellowship. The Advertising Club of New York is the only organization to bring the industry together across all disciplines – marketing, media and agencies – in the name of exchanging ideas and best practices for business and thought leadership. Offering the community access to conversations and key influencers, inspiration and recognition for creativity, the best training for professional development and a movement for diversity.^[1][2][3]

Origins[]

In 1896, a group of eight advertising men in New York City began meeting for lunch on a regular basis to share ideas on the business that sustained them. They called themselves the Sphinx Club, and in 1906 the growing group incorporated as the Advertising Men's League, ultimately becoming The Advertising Club of New York in 1915.

Most of The Ad Club's early years were spent at the landmark Stanford White building at 23 Park Avenue, where Ad Club members, including the young Bill Paley, J.C. Penney, and Bill Bernbach, conducted business in the main dining room over lunch.

Initiatives[]

• 1906: First formal course in advertising to be offered by an educational institution at New York University (NYU).
• 1911: The first supporter of the "truth in advertising" program, which remains a hallmark of consumer protection, and formed the first "Vigilance Committee", which evolved into today's Better Business Bureau.
• 1923: Held the first-ever advertising exposition at the 71st Regiment Armory to much acclaim, with an attendance of over 58,000.
• 1949: Founded the Advertising Hall of Fame immortalizing 10 giants of our industry the first year, and many more until it was turned over to the American Advertising Federation in 1973.
• 1964: Founded the to recognize creative excellence in advertising and to raise the standards of craftsmanship in industry.^[4]

List of presidents[]

• 2005-Present Gina Grillo, Executive Director
• 2003–2005 Renee V. H. Simons, Managing Director, J P Morgan Chase
• 2001 - 2003 , VP/Publishing Director, Meredith Corporation
• 1999 - 2001 , Sr. Partner/Director, , J. Walter Thompson
• 1998 - 1999 ,
• 1997 - 1998 , Bozell Worldwide
• 1996 - 1997 , Architectural Digest
• 1995 - 1996 ,
• 1994 - 1995 , The New York Times
• 1993 - 1994 Wenda Harris Millard, Family Circle
• 1991 - 1993 Wilder D. Baker,
• 1989 - 1991 ,
• 1987 - 1989 ,
• 1985 - 1987 ,
• 1982 - 1985 ,
• 1981 - 1982 Michael Chamberlin,
• 1979 - 1981 ,
• 1978 - 1979 Al Ries,
• 1976 - 1978 Michael Chamberlin,
• 1974 - 1976 ,
• 1973 - 1974 , Precision Valve Corporation
• 1971 - 1973 ,
• 1969 - 1971 ,
• 1967 - 1969 , TWA
• 1964 - 1967 , American Can
• 1963 - 1964 , United Airlines
• 1960 - 1963 ,
• 1959 - 1960 ,
• 1957 - 1959 Robert M. Gray, Esso Standard Oil
• 1955 - 1957 ,
• 1953 - 1955
• 1951 - 1953 , Bristol-Myers
• 1950 - 1951 ,
• 1948 - 1950 ,
• 1946 - 1948 ,
• 1944 - 1946 ,
• 1942 - 1944 , Remington Rand
• 1941 - 1942
• 1939 - 1941 ,
• 1937 - 1939 Lowell Thomas, television anchor
• 1935 - 1937 ,
• 1932 - 1935 Grover A. Whalen, John Wanamaker
• 1930 - 1932 ,
• 1929 - 1930 , Editor & Publisher
• 1927 - 1929 , New York Sun
• 1925 - 1927 James P. Gillroy^[5]Charles C. Green,
• 1923 - 1925 ,
• 1922 - 1923 , The Dictaphone Co.
• 1921 - 1922 ,
• 1919 - 1921 George W. Hopkins, Columbia Gramophone Co.
• 1919 - 1919 , Associated Press
• 1917 - 1919 ,
• 1914 - 1917 Harry Tipper, Automotive Industries
• 1908 - 1914 ,
• 1907 - 1908
• 1906 - 1907 Charles Capehart
• 1896 - 1905 Data not available ^[6][7]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website