John Orr Young (June 25, 1886 – May 1, 1976) was an American advertiser who, with Raymond Rubicam, founded the Young & Rubicam advertising agency.
His first job in advertising was at the Salt Lake City Tribune in 1909; in 1910, he joined Lord & Thomas, and in 1913, he was hired by Procter & Gamble to manage advertising for Crisco.
In 1918, he worked at the Armstrong agency in Chicago, where he shared an office with Raymond Rubicam. In 1921, he worked at N. W. Ayer & Son, where Rubicam was again his coworker.Culture shock, from Advertising Age, by Beth Snyder Bulik, published January 8, 2001, retrieved March 19, 2011 In 1923, Rubicam was denied a promotion to partner, and he and Young left Ayer to found their own agency.100 Advertising People of the Century - #46, Raymond Rubicam from Advertising Age, originally published March 29, 1999; retrieved March 19, 2011
In 1927, Young left the firm of Young & Rubicam,"CORRECTION: Young & Rubicam Not Concerned in Cutasy Laboratories, Inc.", Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 109, number 17, October 2, 1937, page 1373 and in 1934 he retired from advertising.
After retirement
In 1940, Young worked for Wendell Willkie's unsuccessful presidential campaign., by Herbert Parmet, published by Macmillan Publishers In the aftermath of the Second World War, he corresponded with Dwight Eisenhower regarding Eisenhower's presidential campaign,Index to the William E. Robinson papers , from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and is credited with beginning the "Draft Eisenhower" movement.John Orr Young Is Dead at 89; Co-Founded Young & Rubicam; Briefcase Was Table from the New York Times, by George Dugan, published May 03 1976, retrieved March 19, 2011
In 1949, Harper and Brothers published his book Adventures in Advertising.
Family Young was the great-grandfather of director and producer Cynthia Wade.Cynthia Wade and Matthew Syrett, from the New York Times, September 15, 1999, retrieved March 19, 2011
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