Regina Ovesey
American advertising executive
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Regina Haimo Ovesey (4 February 1921 – 13 December 2003) was an American advertising executive. She founded Ovesey & Company, and was the first female CEO of an agency recognized by the American Association of Advertising Agencies.
Regina Ovesey | |
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| Born | February 4, 1921 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | December 13, 2003 (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupations | Founder and CEO of Ovesey & Company |
Ovesey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Los Angeles, and graduated from Stanford University, Phi Beta Kappa.[1] After founding Ovesey & Company in the 1940s, she ran Regina Ovesey, Inc. (later Ovesey Straus, Inc. and ultimately Ovesey, Berlow Straus, Inc.). She was the co-director of the Public Advertising System at the School of Visual Arts.[1]
Her husband was noted psychoanalyst Lionel Ovesey and they had two daughters.[1] She died of lung cancer in Manhattan on December 13, 2003.[2][3]
Selected publication
Ovesey, Regina (1980). The Last Word: Exploring Careers in Contemporary Communication. R. Rosen Press
