Scott Munson Cutlip (July 15, 1915 in Buckhannon, West Virginia – August 18, 2000 in Madison, Wisconsin) was a pioneer in public relations education.
[2] He joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin in 1946, teaching news editing and introducing the study of public relations.
[6] In 1957 Cutlip produced a bibliography on public relations (updated in 1965), and in 1965 he authored a book on fundraising in the United States.
At the University of Georgia from 1976 to 1983, Cutlip served as dean of the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Cutlip was a member of the Public Relations Society of America and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Cutlip also cited Hugo Black of the U. S. Supreme Court re-affirming the free speech context of practitioners in 1961.
University colleagues Merrill Jensen and Merle Curti challenged Cutlip to defend devious tactics of public relations practitioners.
"The impact of public relations counselling can be seen ... in the more socially responsible business leadership that emerged in the wake of the Depression and the New Deal."
In recognition of his contributions to journalism education, he was elected a member of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Hall of Fame.