History of Administrative Professionals Day, Pugh’s Flowers Memphis

Three people led the effort to create Administrative Professionals Day/Week: Mary Barrett, a past president of the National Secretaries Association—now called the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP); C. King Woodbridge, president of Dictaphone Corporation; and Harry F. Klemfuss, public relations account executive at Young & Rubicam. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer proclaimed the [...]