Wilma Kendrick Mathews

Background

Mathews, Wilma Kendrick was born on December 23, 1945 in Danville, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Clarence Blanchard and Tina Collins (Powell) Kendrick.

Education

Associate of Arts, Stratford College, 1966. Bachelor, Stratford College, 1970. Student, East Carolina University, 1967.

Student, University Maryland, European division, 1968. Student, Guilford College, 1980.

Career

Assistant editor The Commonwealth Magazine, Richmond, Virginia, 1970-1972. News editor The Commercial Appeal, Danville, Virginia, 1972-1973. Public relations manager Danville Chamber of Commerce, 1973-1974.

Publications officer Bowman Gray Baptist Hospital Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1974-1978.

Senior public relations specialist Western Electric, 1978-1982. Manager public relations American Telephone & Telegraph Company International, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 1982-1984.

Media relations manager American Telephone & Telegraph Company Network Systems, 1985-1987, manager public relations field support, 1987-1990, public relations advisory director, 1990-1993. Consultant, 1993; director public relations Arizona State University, 1995.

Senior public relations advisory North Carolina Epilepsy Information Svc., 1979-1980.Organizational Communications, second edition, 1985, Marketing Communications, 1987.

Author: Effective Media Relations: A Practical Guide for Communicators, 1998.

Achievements

• Wilma Kendrick Mathews has been listed as a noteworthy public relations executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • On Deadline: Managing Media Relations, Third Edition

    (Building on the success and high standards of its previou...)

  • On Deadline: Managing Media Relations, Fifth Edition

    (Media relations professionals must know how to stay ahead...)

  • Effective Media Relations: A Practical Guide for Communicators, Second Edition

    (IABC's most comprehensive resource on media relations to ...)

  • On Deadline: Managing Media Relations, Fifth Edition 5th edition by Carole M. Howard, Wilma K. Mathews (2013) Paperback

    (5th edition)

  • Effective Media Relations: A Practical Guide for Communicators
  • On Deadline : Managing Media Relations

Religion

God never intended nor desired for a single person to go to Hell. Sin caused a separation between God and man, and that Jesus’ death on the cross is the only bridge to cross from death to life. This bridge, however, is accessible by anyone at anytime.

Membership

Member Danville Bicentennial Commission, 1972-1974. Board directors National Tobacco-Textile Museum, 1973-1974. Member Danville City Beautiful Committee, 1973-1974, Maplewood Cultural Commission, 1986-1987.

Fellow International Association Business Communicators (director 1978-1981, 99-01, president North Carolina chapter 1977, 78, director Foundation 1984-1987, chairman Foundation 1987-1990, accreditation board 1983-1989, 94-01, board chairman 1990-1991, 97-99), Public Relations Society of America (director Valley of Sun chapter 1996-1997). Member Danville History Society (director 1973-1974), North Carolina Zoological Society, Smithsonian Institution, International television Association (secretary North Carolina chapter 1979-1980), International Public Relations Association, Council for Communications Management (board directors 1987-1989), Friends of Maplewood Library. (president 1985-1986), Friends of Phoenix Library., Ahwatukee Foothills C. of Chamber (board directors 1994-1998, vice chair 1996-1998), Stratford College Alumni Association, International Order Job's Daughters.

Connections

Father:

Clarence Blanchard Kendrick

Mother:

Tina Collins (Powell) Kendrick