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  1. Albert Davis Lasker (May 1, 1880 – May 30, 1952) was an American businessman who played a major role in shaping modern advertising. He was raised in Galveston, Texas , where his father was the president of several banks.

  2. May 25, 2024 · Albert Lasker (born May 1, 1880, Freiburg, Ger.—died May 30, 1952, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was an American advertising executive and philanthropist who is credited with being the founder of modern advertising because he insisted that advertising copy actively sell rather than simply inform.

  3. Jun 8, 2011 · Albert Davis Lasker (born: May 1, 1880 in Freiburg, Germany; died: May 30, 1952 in New York City) was an all-American advertiser. The son of Morris Lasker, a Prussian Jew who immigrated to the United States in 1856, Albert Lasker’s life was an example of every immigrant’s dream come true.

  4. May 21, 2018 · Albert Lasker (1880-1952) was a prominent advertising executive during the first half of the 20th century. During his 40-year tenure with the Chicago-based Lord and Thomas, Lasker built the company into the largest advertising agency in the United States.

  5. June 5 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time: Lasker Public Lecture featuring Tom Cech. This online event is free & open to the public. For more information, click here. September 19: Announcement of the 2024 Lasker Award winners

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  6. Albert D. Lasker. Lord and Thomas. 1912–1942. Industry: Services. Era: 1910. Lasker was a pioneer of hard-hitting advertising. He directed campaigns for such products as Palmolive Soap, Quaker Oats, and Pepsodent Toothpaste (he helped to found the latter company and was one of its directors for many years).

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  8. Albert D. Lasker was one of the greatest advertising executives of the twentieth century. He was born in Galveston, Texas, in 1880. In 1896, Lasker graduated from high school and, as an aspiring journalist, acquired a scoop by convincing the prominent socialist Eugene V. Debs, in Galveston to resolve a union dispute, to give a brief but ...

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