Patrick Pollino, APR, Fellow PRSA, a longtime PRSA member, distinguished PR practitioner and former member of the PRSA Board of Administrators, died on Aug. 25. He was 8o.
Pollino’s PR profession spanned 4 a long time. He started at Western Electrical in 1965, and later held administration and govt positions with a wide range of corporations, together with Southwestern Bell, Pennsylvania Electrical Firm and Mercer Administration Consulting. He was additionally a part of the staff main communications for the Three Mile Island nuclear scare within the late Seventies.
He served in native, regional and nationwide positions with PRSA, together with as president of Boston’s PRSA Chapter. Pollino chaired the 1998 PRSA Worldwide Convention (right now often called ICON) in Boston. The Boston Chapter honored him with the 2006 Diane Davis Beacon Award for lifetime achievement in public relations.
He formally retired in 2005, though he continued consulting for a number of further years.
In 2014, Pollino shared this perception with the Boston Chapter for PR professionals: “Study as a lot as you’ll be able to in regards to the world during which we dwell, grasp the instruments which might be out there to you that may make it easier to do your jobs higher, and stay intellectually curious.”
He additionally revealed what he liked most in regards to the PR career: “There’s satisfaction that’s derived from figuring out that your actions could make a distinction in how the group you’re employed for is perceived by stakeholders each internally and externally.”
An energetic contributor to his area people, Pollino referred to as on his ardour for connecting with individuals to volunteer with the Higher Boston Conference and Guests Bureau in downtown Boston and as a consultant on the Boston Commons Customer Info Heart, the place he was the go-to particular person for restaurant suggestions.
Pollino was born in Johnstown, Pa., in 1943, and graduated with honors from the College of Pittsburgh.
Pollino is survived by his spouse, Lynne, and daughter, Kathryn.
