Alum Ofield Dukes passed away 12/7...

Washington Post, 12/9

"Ofield Dukes, prominent D.C. public relations figure, dies at 79"

by Matt Schudel

Ofield Dukes, a prominent Washington public relations executive who represented major civil rights figures and entertainers and who helped focus support for a national holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Dec. 7 at a hospital in Detroit. After working in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Mr. Dukes opened his public relations agency, Ofield Dukes & Associates, in 1969. His first client was Motown Records. He was a 1958 journalism graduate of Wayne State University.

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Washington Informer, 12/7

Public Relations Legend Ofield Dukes Dies

Ofield Dukes, a distinguished PR professional, educator and journalist, died Wednesday morning (Dec. 7) in his hometown of Detroit after a battle with bone cancer. He was 79. He was president of Ofield Dukes and Associates, a highly regarded Washington, D.C.-based PR firm that specialized in political affairs and minority affairs with particular focus on African-American and African issues. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism at Wayne State in 1958.

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