In 1919, Mr. Bernays said, he opened the first public relations consulting firm.

At that time, he established the public relations consulting firm of Jack Geraghty and Associates.

Mrs. Cobb, 24, was until May an associate at Geduldig & Ferguson, a public relations consulting firm in New York.

The duo formed Whitaker and Baxter International, a smaller public relations consulting firm, which they would run from a San Francisco hotel room.

Mr. Black, 24, is an account executive at Barron-Birrell Inc., a public relations and governmental-affairs consulting company in Washington.

He now does public relations consulting and writes about automotive history from Madison.

Ople also established a public relations consulting firm.

She is also president of CozeanCommunications, a public relations consulting firm.

United has also hired Gavin Anderson & Company, a public relations consulting firm with experience in crisis management.

He is president and co-founder of John C. Hulsman Enterprises, an international relations consulting firm.