Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Office of Public Affairs

Louisiana State University created an information office for its Agricultural Extension Division in 1913 that grew into a university-wide News Bureau. It was dissolved in 1945 upon the establishment of the Bureau of Public Service, an agency created by the Board of Supervisors to describe the activities of the university to the public. Its name changed to the Bureau of Public Relations in 1948, the Office of Information Services in 1965, the Office of Public Relations in 1980, the Office of University Relations in 1998, and the Office of Public Affairs in 2006. The Office of Public Affairs directs the communications strategy for the University; manages all marketing and advertising efforts; handles media relations between the University and its internal/external audiences; provides creative services to members of the University community; and conceives and produces radio, tv, photography, and film for promotional use.

Jack Fiser (1918-1999) attended Louisiana State University from 1934 to 1938, served with the Marines during World War II, and graduated from LSU with a B.A. after returning from the war. He worked for the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, was sports editor for The Shreveport Times, edited the LSU Alumni Magazine, and worked for the LSU Office of Public Affairs.