Carl Ally
American advertising executive (1924–1999)
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Carl Joseph Ally (31 March 1924 – 15 February 1999) was an American advertising executive who founded Ally & Gargano.[1]
Ally served in World War II as a fighter pilot, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.[2] He claimed to be the "prototype of the character Yossarian" in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 (a claim that was denied by Heller). He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1948.[1] He was inducted in the American Advertising Federation Hall of Fame in 1991.[3][4]
