Richard Edelman
Richard Edelman

Richard Edelman will become the first PR firm executive to be inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame of the American Advertising Federation.

He will be joined this year's inductee class: Michael Roth, CEO of Interpublic; Andrew Robertson, CEO of BBDO Worldwide; Judy McGrath, former chairman/CEO of MTV Networks; Nina DiSesa, ex-chairman/chief creative officer at McCann; Wenda Harris Millard, vice chairman of MediaLink; J. Melvin Muse, founder/chairman emeritus of Muse Communications; and Annie Leibovitz, photographer.

IBM will be inducted as a corporate honoree at AAF's 71st induction ceremonies and gala dinner slated for April 28 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.