Gertrude Crain
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Gertrude Ramsay Crain was an American
publishing
executive who served as chair of Crain Communications, Inc., a company her husband, G.D. Crain, Jr., founded in 1916. She ran the company after her husband's death in 1973 until her own death in 1996. Under her tenure, Crain expanded from 7 to 27 titles.
In 1993, Crain was awarded the Magazine Publishers of America’s prestigious Henry Johnson Fisher Award, the magazine industry's highest honor. She died in Cape Cod
and was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame that year.
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Publishing
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executive who served as chair of Crain Communications, Inc., a company her husband, G.D. Crain, Jr., founded in 1916. She ran the company after her husband's death in 1973 until her own death in 1996. Under her tenure, Crain expanded from 7 to 27 titles.
In 1993, Crain was awarded the Magazine Publishers of America’s prestigious Henry Johnson Fisher Award, the magazine industry's highest honor. She died in Cape Cod
Cape Cod
Cape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...
and was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame that year.
External links
- Gertrude Crain profile via Advertising Hall of Fame