Suzanne D. Poor
October 6, 1933 – January 17, 2021
Suzanne Poor, Ph.D., one of the Ad Club’s most beloved and valued members, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021, after a long illness. Suzanne will be remembered as a poet, a photographer, a journalist, a scholar and a businesswoman.
Suzanne was President of the NJ Ad Club from 2001-2003, and inducted into The Advertising Hall of Fame of New Jersey in 2004. She created and published the club’s monthly newsletter, AdTalk, which ran for decades, but was most visible as the club’s official event photographer. A member since the 1970’s, Suzanne left an indelible mark on this organization. After graduating as valedictorian from Cambridge High School, (Cambridge, MD), Suzanne attended Mount Holyoke College where she majored in Zoology and was editor of the school newspaper. She graduated in 1955, but not before eloping with her first husband, Richard S. Poor (Amherst, ’54) in the spring of her senior year. After successfully hiding her marriage from the ‘authorities’ at Mount Holyoke until graduation, Suzanne joined her husband at Fort Bragg, NC, where he was completing his military service.
