Peter Morrissey, founder of Boston-based agency Morrissey & Co., died on Aug. 3 from complications of brain cancer. He was 59. Morrissey founded Morrissey & Co. in 1999. He was also a professor at Boston University’s College of Communication. The campus paper BU Today published a remembrance of him. In 2004, PRWeek named Morrissey one of the godfathers of modern crisis communications for his work with the crisis assignment of Tylenol tampering. 

Peter Morrissey, founder of Boston-based agency Morrissey & Co., died on Aug. 3 from complications of brain cancer. He was 59.

Morrissey founded Morrissey & Co. in 1999. He was also a professor at Boston University’s College of Communication. The campus paper BU Today published a remembrance of him. In 2004, PRWeek named Morrissey one of the godfathers of modern crisis communications for his work with the crisis assignment of Tylenol tampering. 

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