When JoAnne Epps was named Temple University’s acting president in April 2023, she identified enrollment as one of her key priorities moving forward. For enrollment to remain strong, it is important that young people, those regionally, nationally and internationally, continue to have access to the high-quality, student-centered education that defines this institution. One of
Marilyn Barnett, New Orleans public relations maven, dies at 97
Barnett perfected public relations at several hotels, including the Royal Orleans, Fairmont & Hilton. She was also a pioneering sports journalist and tennis star. Author: Dominic Massa / WWL-TV Updated: 4:34 PM CST January 17, 2021
NEW ORLEANS Marilyn Barnett, who perfected the art of public relations for nearly four decades at the Royal Orleans, Roosevelt and Hilton hotels, where she developed friendships with movie stars, famous authors and symphony conductors, died Sunday. She was 97.
Ms. Barnett, known to colleagues and friends as “MB,” rose to become one of the local public relations industry’s most talented practitioners. She was described in a 2005 Times-Picayune article as a “one-woman media conglomerate.”