Adolph "Bud" Mayer Papers

Adolph ''Bud'' Mayer was born on February 16, 1919 in Denver, Colorado. He received a B. A. in journalism in 1941 from the University of Colorado. After graduation, he worked for the Max Goldberg Advertising Agency as an account executive. In 1942 he began work as a reporter for the Rocky Mountain News and continued there until 1944. He and his wife Eileen Barnett then moved to San Francisco. While in San Francisco he worked for the San Francisco Examiner and then joined the National Broadcasting Company where he was a member of the News and Special Events Department. He left NBC to set up and direct a news special events department at KFBK, the largest radio chain in Sacramento, California.

In the summer of 1949, he returned to Denver and directed the publicity for the Central City Opera Festival. Mayer came to the University of Denver in 1949 as a member of the Division of Public Relations and Development and was soon promoted to the Director of Public Relations. He held this position from 1954 to 1989, when he retired. Mayer passed away on April 8, 1999.