Hannaford, Peter (Dor)

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HANNAFORD, Peter (Dor)

HANNAFORD, Peter (Dor). American, b. 1932. Genres: Biography, Communications/Media. Career: Account executive for Helen A. Kennedy Advertising, 1956; Kennedy-Hannaford, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., vice-president, 1957-62; president, 1962-67; Kennedy, Hannaford & Dolman, Inc., Oakland, Calif.; Pettler & Hannaford, Inc., Oakland, president, 1967-69; vice-president of Wilton, Coombs & Colnett, Inc., 1969-72; Hannaford & Associates, Oakland, president, 1973; Office of the Governor of California, Sacramento, director of public affairs, 1974; Deaver & Hannaford, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. and Washington, DC, chairman of board of directors, 1975-95; manager, director, The Franklin Firm director of the Carman Group, Inc., Washington, DC, 1996-; Instructor in advertising at Merritt College, 1964-67; national president of Mutual Advertising Agency Network, 1968-69. Republican nominee for U.S. Congress, 1972; vice-chairman of California Governor's Consumer Fraud Task Force, 1972-; member of Public Relations Advisory Commission of U.S. Information Agency, 1981-92; speech writer and adviser to former president Ronald Reagan. Member of Piedmont Park Commission, 1964-67; member of boards of Oakland Symphony Orchestra Association, 1963-69, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Northern California, 1967-70, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 1973-74; and White House Preservation Fund, 1981-89. Publications: The Reagans: A Political Portrait, 1983; Talking Back to the Media, 1986; (co-author) Remembering Reagan, 1994. Address: Bill Adler, 551 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10017, U.S.A.