John Orr Young

John Orr Young
Born(1886-06-25)June 25, 1886
Leon, Iowa[1]
DiedMay 1, 1976(1976-05-01) (aged 89)
Southbury, Connecticut[2]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAdvertising
Known forFounder of Y&R
Children3[3]

John Orr Young (June 25, 1886 – May 1, 1976) was an American advertiser who, with Raymond Rubicam, founded the Y&R advertising agency.

His first job in advertising was at the Salt Lake City Tribune in 1909; in 1910, he joined Lord & Thomas, and in 1913, he was hired by Procter & Gamble to manage advertising for Crisco.[1]

In 1918, he worked at the Armstrong agency in Chicago, where he shared an office with Raymond Rubicam. In 1921, he worked at N. W. Ayer & Son, where Rubicam was again his coworker.[4] In 1923, Rubicam was denied a promotion to partner, and he and Young left Ayer to found their own agency.[5]

In 1927, Young left the firm of Y&R,[6] and in 1934 he retired from advertising.[7]

  1. ^ a b John Orr Young Papers: An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University (Finding Aid: Biographical history) at Syracuse University; written July 1967, retrieved March 19, 2011
  2. ^ MOVIE SCREEN NO PLACE FOR ADVERTISING: GROUP from Advertising Age, published May 10, 1999, retrieved March 19, 2011
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYTobit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Culture shock, from Advertising Age, by Beth Snyder Bulik, published January 8, 2001, retrieved March 19, 2011
  5. ^ 100 Advertising People of the Century - #46, Raymond Rubicam from Advertising Age, originally published March 29, 1999; retrieved March 19, 2011
  6. ^ "CORRECTION: Y&R Not Concerned in Cutasy Laboratories, Inc.", Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 109, number 17, October 2, 1937, page 1373
  7. ^ Y&R, from the International Directory of Company Histories, volume 66 (1995), by Jeffrey Covell and Howard Jones; archived at FindArticles, retrieved March 19, 2011