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Graduates the University of Alabama<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1967<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Plays a central role in the establishment of PRSSA<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1973<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Becomes the first woman president of the Publicity Club of Chicago and PRSA <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1977<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Wins the Gold Anvil Award<\/a>, PRSA\u2019s highest individual award.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1981<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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While serving as a National Adviser, Betsy co-founds \u201cFriends of PRSSA\u201d (now \u201cChampions for PRSSA<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1989<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Wins the Paul M. Lund Public Service Award<\/a>, given to a PRSA member whose volunteerism has increased the common good and reflected credit on the Society. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1989<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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The PRSA Foundation establishes the Society\u2019s first-ever scholarship endowment fund in her name. Since then, the Betsy Plank Scholarship Endowment Fund<\/a> has helped ensure the availability of public relations education funds for students at more than 40 colleges nationwide.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2001<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Wins the Patrick Jackson Award for Distinguished Service<\/a> to PRSA, making her the first-ever person to receive three of PRSA\u2019s top individual honors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2002<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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She\u2019s honored with the first Arthur W. Page Society\u2019s Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award and the Public Relations Institute\u2019s Hamilton Award.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2005<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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The trustees of the University of Alabama establish The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations. The Center\u2019s mission is to develop research, scholarships, and forums that advance the ethical practice of public relations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2010<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Plank serves as the Chair of The Plank Center\u2019s advisory board until her death in May<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-778","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":779,"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778\/revisions\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}