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Wayne P. Davis was a weekly newspaper publisher at The Seymour Herald in southern Iowa for more than 30 years. In 1971 the Iowa Press Association named him an Iowa Master Editor-Publisher.

He joined the Iowa State Center public relations staff in 1977, where he became an assistant director, responsible for marketing, public relations and sales.

From 1988 to 1998 Davis was on the faculty of Iowa State’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication part-time. He was named a “Friend of the
Department” in 1996 and received the James W. Schwartz Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Communication in 2005.

During his time with Iowa State, and after leaving the university, Davis carried on a selective practice in public relations. He is accredited by the Public Relations Society of America.

Davis holds a bachelor’s degree in human relations from The Principia College at Elsah, Ill., a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia, and received a master’s degree in journalism from Iowa State University in 1988.