Phoebe Resnick of Wallingford, a writer and a public relations/marketing success, died Sept. 25 at 85, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Formerly of Broomall, she was the former head of public information at the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, known as the Penn Museum.

In the 1970s, she was the cultural affairs director at Delaware County Community College, responsible for arranging appearances by Penn & Teller and rock musician George Thorogood and the Destroyers.

“Everybody knew Phoebe,” said her daughter, Rosalind Resnick.

Mrs. Resnick represented her clients with enthusiasm and was particularly skillful with publicizing projects about art, culture, history, music, entertainment, academics, and politics.

“She was a total bulldog in promoting others,” her daughter said.

She generated public awareness for Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass and Penn’s publication of the first Sumerian dictionary.

She was the media’s go-to person in 1981 after high-profile thefts at the museum.

In 1986, she opened her own public relations and marketing firm, Resnick Communications.

There, she worked with Moderne Gallery, the Center for Art in Wood, Thos. Moser furniture, the Main Line Antiques Show, and others. She also promoted city-sponsored events.

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