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Temple University Names AKCG’s Jerry Klein
As 2012 “Gallery Of Success” Honoree

Jerry Klein is congratulated on his induction into Temple University’s Gallery of Success by School of Media and Communication Dean Thomas Jacobson.

Mount Laurel , NJ - October 5, 2012  - Anne Klein Communications Group (AKCG) Executive Vice President and Co-Owner Gerhart (Jerry) Klein has been named to Temple University's “Gallery of Success” for 2012, representing the School of Media & Communication.

The Gallery of Success is a joint program of Temple’s Career Center and the Office of Alumni Relations. Each year, “inspirational alumni” from each of Temple's 17 schools and colleges are honored and highlighted for one year in the Gallery of Success showcases, located in Mitten Hall's lower level. Previous honorees’ names are also on permanent display.

“It’s an honor to be recognized as an inspiration to others,” said Klein. “Throughout my various careers in radio, law and public relations, I have always striven to be the best I can be. I encourage the students I mentor to do the same.”

Klein is executive vice president, general counsel, chief technology officer and co-owner of Anne Klein Communications Group in Mount Laurel, N.J. Before joining the firm, Jerry was a trial attorney with one of Philadelphia’s largest law firms, Montgomery McCracken. Earlier Jerry had an accomplished career as a journalist, primarily in broadcasting at KYW Newsradio and WCAU (CBS) radio in Philadelphia.

A cum laude graduate of Temple University School of Law, Jerry was managing editor of the law review and has been admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Tax Court. His undergraduate degree is from Temple’s School of Media and Communication.

Jerry currently serves as president of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia, and as treasurer of his local homeowners’ association.

Klein lives in Medford with his wife Anne.

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Anne Klein Communications Group, LLC, founded in 1982, provides strategic communications counseling and services to Fortune 500 companies and other national and regional businesses and organizations. Certified as a small business and as a woman-owned business, AKCG is the Philadelphia office of IPREX, an international network of leading independent public relations firms with offices in major cities throughout the world.