GEORGE E. FILIPETTI, 72, of St. Petersburg, died Jan. 27, 1991 at Wrights Nursing Home, Largo. He was born in New Jersey, and came to St. Petersburg in 1985 from Chicago, where he had spent almost 50 years in creative positions at well-known advertising agencies. In 1986, he retired from the Tatham, Laird and Kudner advertising agency as Director of Marketing Services. He attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, having been a member there of Chi Psi Fraternity. During World War II, he served in the Army in the 42nd Bomb Group as a bombardier/navigator on B25's in the South Pacific. He was a member of the Tides Country Club, American Legion Post 273 at Madeira Beach, and the Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Society. [His obituary was published in the St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, FL) City Edition, Jan. 29, 1991]
"FILIPETTI, George E., director of collateral services Tatham-Laird & Kudner Advertising, 625 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60611. Creative dir Abelson-Frankel 1971-78; assoc creative dir MacManus John & Adams 1968-71; vp creative dir Bronner & Haas Advertising 1966-68; vp creative dir Wade Advertising 1963-66; vp dir creative svces John W. Shaw Advertising 1959-63; vp, creative dir Keyes, Madden & Jones 1958-59; vp, creative dir Donahue & Coe 1956-58; vp, creative dir Arthur Grossman 1955-56; group copy supv Foote, Cone & Belding 1952-55; group copy head Ruthrauff & Ryan 1949-52; copy chief Advertising Producers 1946-49.
Areas of exp: copy & copy supv, art & acct supv; appliances, food, drugs. Mem: Chi Psi. Educ: U of Minnesota 1936-38. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. 1942-6, Air Medal. Int: golf, horseback riding ..." [Catherine Quinn Serie, ed., Who's Who in Advertising (Monroe, New York: Redfield Publishing Co., Inc., 1980), Third Edition, Page 137]
"FILIPETTI, George E., director of collateral services Tatham-Laird & Kudner Advertising, 625 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60611. Creative dir Abelson-Frankel 1971-78; assoc creative dir MacManus John & Adams 1968-71; vp creative dir Bronner & Haas Advertising 1966-68; vp creative dir Wade Advertising 1963-66; vp dir creative svces John W. Shaw Advertising 1959-63; vp, creative dir Keyes, Madden & Jones 1958-59; vp, creative dir Donahue & Coe 1956-58; vp, creative dir Arthur Grossman 1955-56; group copy supv Foote, Cone & Belding 1952-55; group copy head Ruthrauff & Ryan 1949-52; copy chief Advertising Producers 1946-49.
Areas of exp: copy & copy supv, art & acct supv; appliances, food, drugs. Mem: Chi Psi. Educ: U of Minnesota 1936-38. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. 1942-6, Air Medal. Int: golf, horseback riding ..." [Catherine Quinn Serie, ed., Who's Who in Advertising (Monroe, New York: Redfield Publishing Co., Inc., 1980), Third Edition, Page 137]
GEORGE E. FILIPETTI, 72, of St. Petersburg, died Jan. 27, 1991 at Wrights Nursing Home, Largo. He was born in New Jersey, and came to St. Petersburg in 1985 from Chicago, where he had spent almost 50 years in creative positions at well-known advertising agencies. In 1986, he retired from the Tatham, Laird and Kudner advertising agency as Director of Marketing Services. He attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, having been a member there of Chi Psi Fraternity. During World War II, he served in the Army in the 42nd Bomb Group as a bombardier/navigator on B25's in the South Pacific. He was a member of the Tides Country Club, American Legion Post 273 at Madeira Beach, and the Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Society. [His obituary was published in the St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, FL) City Edition, Jan. 29, 1991]
"FILIPETTI, George E., director of collateral services Tatham-Laird & Kudner Advertising, 625 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60611. Creative dir Abelson-Frankel 1971-78; assoc creative dir MacManus John & Adams 1968-71; vp creative dir Bronner & Haas Advertising 1966-68; vp creative dir Wade Advertising 1963-66; vp dir creative svces John W. Shaw Advertising 1959-63; vp, creative dir Keyes, Madden & Jones 1958-59; vp, creative dir Donahue & Coe 1956-58; vp, creative dir Arthur Grossman 1955-56; group copy supv Foote, Cone & Belding 1952-55; group copy head Ruthrauff & Ryan 1949-52; copy chief Advertising Producers 1946-49.
Areas of exp: copy & copy supv, art & acct supv; appliances, food, drugs. Mem: Chi Psi. Educ: U of Minnesota 1936-38. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. 1942-6, Air Medal. Int: golf, horseback riding ..." [Catherine Quinn Serie, ed., Who's Who in Advertising (Monroe, New York: Redfield Publishing Co., Inc., 1980), Third Edition, Page 137]
"FILIPETTI, George E., director of collateral services Tatham-Laird & Kudner Advertising, 625 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60611. Creative dir Abelson-Frankel 1971-78; assoc creative dir MacManus John & Adams 1968-71; vp creative dir Bronner & Haas Advertising 1966-68; vp creative dir Wade Advertising 1963-66; vp dir creative svces John W. Shaw Advertising 1959-63; vp, creative dir Keyes, Madden & Jones 1958-59; vp, creative dir Donahue & Coe 1956-58; vp, creative dir Arthur Grossman 1955-56; group copy supv Foote, Cone & Belding 1952-55; group copy head Ruthrauff & Ryan 1949-52; copy chief Advertising Producers 1946-49.
Areas of exp: copy & copy supv, art & acct supv; appliances, food, drugs. Mem: Chi Psi. Educ: U of Minnesota 1936-38. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. 1942-6, Air Medal. Int: golf, horseback riding ..." [Catherine Quinn Serie, ed., Who's Who in Advertising (Monroe, New York: Redfield Publishing Co., Inc., 1980), Third Edition, Page 137]
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