[4][5] Arthur was born on September 10, 1883, to Walter Hines Page and his wife, Willa A.
"He wrote many powerful editorials describing and explaining the special obligations of corporations in a democratic society.
One of his first assignments was to prepare a speech for President Gifford to present in October that year to the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners meeting in Dallas, Texas.
[3] On the other hand, Stuart Ewen wrote that AT&T used its advertising dollars with newspapers to manipulate its coverage and had their public relations team write feature stories that were published as if they were written by independent journalists.
Page was published, the Dallas speech was quoted in chapter 2: "Responsibility for such a large part of the entire telephone service of the country...imposes on the management an unusual obligation to the public..."[9] He is today recognized in the name of two organizations, the Arthur W. Page Society,[10] an organization for senior public relations executives, and the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication, a research center dedicated to the study and advancement of ethics and responsibility in corporate communication.