Regina Ovesey
Born(1921-02-04)February 4, 1921
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 13, 2003(2003-12-13) (aged 82)
Manhattan
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
Occupation(s)Founder and CEO of Ovesey & Company

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.

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Paid Notice: Deaths OVESEY, REGINA". The New York Times. 2003. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  2. ↑ "Regina Ovesey -- Advertising Executive, 82". The New York Times. 2003. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  3. ↑ Staff report (December 20, 2003). Regina Ovesey -- Advertising Executive, 82. The New York Times


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