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| | Ivy Lee State Historical Marker |
 | | Ivy Ledbetter Lee, public relations expert, author, lecturer, and philanthropist, was born July 16, 1877, near Cedartown. |
 | | Among Lee's other clients were the Pennsylvania Railroad and Bethlehem Street, as well as numerous charities and churches to which he donated his services. |
 | | The founder of the profession of Public Relations, Ivy Lee, a Georgia gentleman who described himself as a "physician to corporate bodies," believed that corporations should not conceal the truth from the press and that business leaders should not shun publicity. |
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