Education
He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx.
He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx.
Edelman had a significant influence on the methodology of public relations. Edelman was born in Manhattan. He then attended Columbia University, graduating in 1940, then earning a master’s degree in journalism.
His first job was working as a sports reporter in Poughkeepsie, New New York
After serving in a United States Army psychological warfare unit during World World War II, he was a night news reporter at Columbia Broadcasting System before taking work promoting jazz artists. In 1947 Edelman moved to Chicago as public relations director for hair care product line Toni Home Permanent Company
(now a division of Gillette). In 1952 he founded Edelman there.
Edelman died of congestive heart failure in Chicago.