Background
Healy, Robert Edward was born on August 15, 1904 in Brooklyn. Son of Walter F. and Florence D. (Davis) Healy.
Healy, Robert Edward was born on August 15, 1904 in Brooklyn. Son of Walter F. and Florence D. (Davis) Healy.
Graduate, Dwight Preparatory School, New York City. Graduate, Pace Institute, New York City. Distric.S (honorary), Pace College.
Assistant to vice president in charge sales promotion, Johns-Manville Company, 1928-1933;
brand advertising manager, Colgate-Palmolive Company, 1939-1942;
general advertising manager, Colgate-Palmolive Company, 1942-1946;
became vice president in charge advertising, Colgate-Palmolive Company, 1946;
director, vice president, treasurer, McCann-Erickson, Inc., 1952-1953;
general manager New York office, McCann-Erickson, Inc., 1954;
executive vice president charge, McCann-Erickson, Inc., 1955-1958;
member finance committee, McCann-Erickson, Inc., 1956-1962;
vice Chairman of the Board, McCann-Erickson, Inc., 1958-1961;
chairman, McCann Erickson Corporation (International), 1956-1958;
president, Inter-public (S.A.), Geneva, Switzerland, 1962-1965;
executive vice president, Interpub. Group of Companies, Inc., 1965-1967;
president, chief executive, Interpub. Group of Companies, Inc., 1967-1972;
member Executive Committee, Interpub.
Group of Companies, Inc., 1967-1977;
Chairman of the Board, Interpub. Group of Companies, Inc., 1968-1973;
honorary chairman, Interpub. Group of Companies, Inc., 1973-1983.
Son of Walter F. and Florence D. (Davis) H. M. Lilie Rose, August 3, 1927 (divorced January 1957). Children: Lilie Jane, Patricia Anne, Robert Edward (deceased).
M. Wayne Clark, January 11, 1957. Children: Edward Walter, James Davis.