Marilyn Laurie, Former AT&T PR EVP, Earth Day Co-Founder, Dies at 71
Marilyn Laurie, former AT&T executive vice president of public relations and brand management and one of the founders of Earth Day, died on July 14th at age 71.
Her role in helping launch Earth Day–she was in charge of communications–led to a freelance assignment to write an environmental supplement for the New York Times, which gave way to a job offer from AT&T, where she was assigned in 1971 to create environmental education programs for the company’s employees.
She
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