Mintz & Hoke Co-founder Alan Mintz Dies at 72
BOSTON—Alan Mintz, a co-founder of Mintz & Hoke, Avon, Conn., died on Sept. 9 after a long bout with cancer. He was 72. Mintz founded the shop in 1971 with Joe Hoke, building it from a one-client startup to a 100-person agency with nearly $50 million in billings by the time he retired in 1989. The two met in 1968 at Graceman Advertising in Hartford, Conn., where they teamed up to create a campaign supporting Republican Thomas Meskill’s successful run for the state’s governorship.
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