Allen Sommers

Background

Sommers, Allen was born on October 26, 1918 in New York, United States. Son of Robert and Clara (Ressler) Sommers.

Education

Student, Temple University, 1939.

Career

Reporter, assistant city editor Free Press, Easton, Pennsylvania, from 1942. Combat correspondent United States Marine Corps, 1942-1946. Founder, president Allen Sommers Associates, Philadelphia, 1946-1970.

President Sommers Rosen, Inc., 1970-1982, chairman, 1982-1988. Consultant Shapson Gero Sommers, from 1988. Reporter Philadelphia Ledger, 1936-1942.

Achievements

• Allen Sommers has been listed as a noteworthy public relations executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Marine Corps, 1942-1946. Member Public Relations Society of America, Philadelphia Public Relations Association (president since 1946, named to Hall of Fame 1988), Charles Morris Price School Advertising Journalism, National Investor Relations Institute, Young Men’s Hebrew Association, Downtown Club American, Germantown Cricket, Radnor Racquet, Equity Lodge.

Interests

• Tennis, reading.

Connections

Married Ruth, March 16, 1941. Children: Erica, Carl.

Father:

Robert Sommers

Mother:

Clara (Ressler) Sommers

Spouse:

Ruth

child:

Erica Sommers

child:

Carl Sommers